Scout Archive
Thread: Am I ready for the scout grind
Hmmm....
I think you need more experience before you can level inPosting I. 
Jansem,
That's a very good question. I've never really done the math.
Let me do it (or someone else here can) and get back to you.
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All camps have a 2:1 ratio of hide to bone (or close to it)
The wire-mesh trap 3 of each.
Since harvesting gets you the xp you need for two lines and hides tend to give you more from the same creature, alternate harvests starting with hides in any group of creatures. If your hides outnumber your bones in a 2:1 ratio, then harvest a few more bones.
Use traps in every fight. The bigger the creature the more xp, but the less likely the trap will work. Try CL 10-15 initially. Find critters that give decent xp and your trap successfully lands on. Since you have to kill to harvest, this will greatly speed things up.
Wire-mesh traps can be stacked and are cheap on resources when you are starting out. The other similar traps (glow-wire and one the name aludes me) that make it easier to hit can also be stacked. These should give more xp from crafting due to more resources being used.
Craft camps and traps while sitting in a camp. By yourself, the basic camp caps out around 20 minutes. I don't know about the others' times, but they have higher xp caps. If someone is with you, it cuts the time to cap in half (third, fourth, etc.).
If you need a break from getting wilderness xp, go fishing. That gives you decent xp, and if you use Volstead's Power Fishing Guide, you might make xp faster than camping or crafting. Additionally you can sell the meat for a few credits.
Wow, I'm really surprised at the answers you are getting Jansem! When I opened this thread, I totally expected a bunch of "Zen", "The Destination is not important, only the Journey", anti-grindingposts. Very civil folks here in the Scout forum 
I've only started grinding towards Jedi (6 down, 31 to go!) but I've done some research on the other professions (meaning I've read a lot of the "Hologrinders start here" posts), and Scout is by far one of the most useful, pleasant, and quickprofessions to progress through. Once you get your traps and harvest commands hotkeyed and your maskscent going, the skill boxes will just fly by. You will forget that you are leveling as you experience the wonders of the great outdoors. You will be done before you know it!
Enjoy!
Thanks for all the tips guys. Do I get trapping XP just for crafting traps? I'd like to basically craft both lines. Right now I'm a 4/0/4/0 and have 0 hide/bone. I was planing on buying it all and just crafting through both lines. Is this possible?
]Message Edited by NRaas on 02-23-2004 11:56 AM
I hear Corbantis Reptillian hide is in high demand lately.
(And since I started as a Trando, I lose out either way.
)[Edited for humor and my own fickleness]
Message Edited by Seiryuu on 02-23-2004 03:26 PM
