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I have 30k scouting xp banked atm. I am waiting to see if they fix the /maskscent before I go Ranger.

Whenever I make scouting xp... it does not increase. Stuck at 30k. So, Bounty Hunter needs 40k combat xp. Is this capped at 30k too? Kind of hard to make the 40k required to become a novice bounty hunterif you cap at 30k.

Hope a dev answers this.

Nara

DEV here... we decided to nerf the bounty hunter class because just like a scout with /maskscent, they would be way to powerful. we are nerfing them, by preventing anyone from becomingone by locking the amount of XP you can get... you won't be able to get enough to become a novice bounty hunter, effecticly nerfing them.

Thanks

Just kidding SoE... please don't send the men in black suits after me

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Greggthegrmreapr wrote:

DEV here... we decided to nerf the bounty hunter class because just like a scout with /maskscent, they would be way to powerful. we are nerfing them, by preventing anyone from becomingone by locking the amount of XP you can get... you won't be able to get enough to become a novice bounty hunter, effecticly nerfing them.

Thanks

Just kidding SoE... please don't send the men in black suits after me

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That'd bealot funnier if i didn't actually think they might actually DO something that stupid...justl ike they did with the nerfs recently...pathetic :\

You must have explore 3. The cost to get explore 4 is 15k. You can only have twice the exp saved up that you need to advance to the next level, hence 30k.

Master scout. No think up a better answer.

10k scout xp for ranger

17,5k scout xp for creature handler

These are the 2 skills you can reach with only scout xp at (at least) master scout.

I assume, that you could have (17,5k * 2) scout xp. So you should cap your scout xp at 35k.

Don't know why you cap at 30k, but it's intended that you cap your xp to prevent bottom-up feeding. However, it's not a major problem, because the cap doesn't prevent you from reaching any skills. This had been an issue for medics who would want to become doctor but couldn't because their xpcap was lower than the needed xp for novice doctor (or something like that).

However, my concern about capping xp at all is, that we all basicly stop at some point gaining any xp anymore. So someone who is master scout for 2 years looks the same as someone who is a master scout for two months. Skillwise there should be no difference of course, but at least the xp should be different.
We really shouldn't cap xp while leveling. I would prefer capping or removing xp when we go get something teached - so still preventing bottom up feeding.

this is to prevent harvesting XP against lower level mobs and spending it all at once. XP amount drops from the same type of creature or action as you progress. What cons dark blue as a novice marksman is green to a rifle specialist. massive XP award drop. This is an extreme example only meant to illustrate the point.

Both Bounty Hunter and Ranger require you to master Scout.

Until you master scouting, there is a skill cap of twice the value of your highest skill (Hunting and Exploration IV take 15k) so you are capped there. Once you are a master, you have no practical limit on scouting experience and can obtain either of those classes.

So the only one gating your advancement is yourself. The system is designed this way. You are wasting your experience if you do not take exploration now, and you can always sell it back if you decide not to go Ranger or Bounty Hunter.