Scout Archive

Hi All-

I have just decided to pursue BE, and as such need some Scout skills. I was never much for fighting, and only have certs for CDEF weapons. Does this mean I can only use these weak pistols/rifles?

If so, do I have to also become a gun fighter to increase my certs in weapons?

Thanks for any help.

Find a group or another player to hunt with that can take on higher-level creatures. I'm pretty sure you get full XP for harvesting from larger creatures, even if they're killed by someone else in the group.

Soloq,

To answer your questions - no, you don't need a combat profession in order to be a Scout. BUT if you don't have one, you'll be reliant upon (as HolyElvis said) a friend to kill the critters, in order for you to harvest them.

Your weapon certifications ARE dependent upon having a combat skill and moving up through the ranks. You will be able to use weapons that you aren't certified for, but the penalty for doing so is significant - the weapons don't hit for their full amounts, you have no special attacks, and the weapons degrade faster. So generally, it's a bad idea to use a weapon you don't have the cert for.

So, either find a friend, or get those weapon certs.

B

You also get Scout XP by using maskscent... run around a planet with lots of hard (red con) creatures with maskscent on and you'll get pretty decent XP (compared to harvesting resources from bunnies and birds)...

If all you want to do is grind as quickly as possible through the hunting branch to get to BE, you might be able to do it by hunting only noob creatures using low-level weapons like a CDEF. However, it won't be much fun and it will take a lot of harvests to get enough points. It would be faster and more fun if you got some betterweapon skills and were able to hunt some mid-level creatures. You could get novice marksman or brawler. If you decide you need the skill points after you make BE, you could always give back the skills.

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Nice! Making the change as I type this (well, immediately after)...