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i know since this skill got nerfed, all you people have been doing is complaining instead of trying new stadigies with this skill. Iwas also, up until today when i realized the skill still works effectivly(most of the time).

all you need to do is, go to an area (a nest or something) with only red dots and no yellowon the radar. get just out of range of the enemy(s) you are going to try and use /maskscent against, and throw it on. from here, HOLD DOWN THE SHIFT KEY and slowly move towards the target, NOT away from it. once you are close enough, you will see a "!" over the targets head. if it worked he wont attack you, if not he may depending on how aggresive it is, but if it doesentwork just step back til you can put it on againand you'll eventualyget the EXP. it works alot easier with less creatures around, only because it is less you have to hide your scent from.

I was a wookie with explore 3 and it worked a majority of the time. the creatures i was using it against were giving me around 120exp. its not the greatest way to get exp, but it still works. especialy if you can kill the enemies afterwards and then harvest from them.

Nice

But you shouldn't have posted this because now they'll nerf this, too

haha i thought about that same exact thing after i posted. but i figured maybe this is the way they intended it to work. but since they never said how they intended it, we'll just have to find out.

besides... can it get nerfed anymore than it already is?

they should just undo the nerf or just undo it and lessen the exp. I really hate and cant stand harvesting millions of mobs just to get both exploration and hunting up. really anoying! I tried your tactics, but i never get exp!!

since the nerf, i have only had maskscent work 1 time for me. that blows! especially since i wasnt one of the ones abusing it (i got it the day after they nerfed it).

why dont they just get rid of it and make it a ranger skill without a nerf on it? that would seem to make ALOT more sense to me than doing what they did. or how about keeping it this way UNTIL you get to ranger, then take the nerf off? an experienced ranger SHOULD be able to do this.

or maybe they can....and no one is at that level yet....

they cant just make it a ranger skill you wookie its a essential skill for CH's too and SOE isnt mean enough toi make people who want to go CH also go all the way to ranger just to get maskscent think about other classes b4 you type~!~!~


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ok, so they could make it for CH too. and any other profession that NEEDS it.

better? :-)

i didnt realize since im not working towards CH.

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flyingmist wrote:

haha i thought about that same exact thing after i posted. but i figured maybe this is the way they intended it to work. but since they never said how they intended it, we'll just have to find out.

besides... can it get nerfed anymore than it already is?

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It still doesnt work effective for CH's. It's not about the XP it's about yellow dots revealing you...

Decent post however.

They should remove the timer or make it 10 seconds max...make yellow mobs not reveal you..and change the XP if desired..

Everyone go read "The Secret To Mask Scent" by Jowabe. he's 100% right. i just tried it and it worked like a charm.

The big thing with Mask Scent is it's heavily dependent on your level of Camouflage skill level. That's why, under the old system, Bothans could make it work at Level 3 instead of Level 4 (because of their race's 10 point bonus to Camouflage).

I found that, after I reached Master Scout and got that 20 point bonus to Camouflage, that it has become a lot more reliable. It's still not bullet proof (I'm working on some Ranger skills now to see if an even higher camouflage skill will help) but I'm already finding it will actually have the chance to wear off naturally now and then.

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No listen to him... I am wookie scout who managed to work my up to exploration III using the now nerfed mask scent. I didn't get exploration II until yesterday afternoon. All I did was disarm hit mask scent and run up to a group of aggro mobs. Now this doesn't work all the time but definitely works more often than having a weapon. 106 scout xp a pop. After I'm done I usually gather the resources from them for some more scout xp. Good luck and try it before you post....

Ill try that when I get home. All I know is that since the nerf I have not gotten so much as 1 point of XP from mask scent, nor has it worked, at all...