Scout Archive

I just mastered the marksman profession and is now heading for mastering the scout profession, and the only two things I need (both at lvl. 2 atm) are survival and trapping. I see the survival profession is pretty easy to get up (just need a bit of patience), but the trapping xp is so **edit** boring to get up in lvl, just throwing traps at low lvl creatures. Any of you guys/gals know how to get that skill up fast, easy and relaxing?

Exec,

Make a macro, and just make this part of your normal hunting routine. Lob a few traps, then kill the thing.

You'll get through it in no time.

For more tips, read my From Novice to Master Guide.

B

Thanks, but they "resist" all the things I try to throw at them ><

I had the same problem with trapping... everything above a gnort resisted my lvl 1 and 2 traps...

but I just got comfortable on tatooine with a backpack full of traps and when kreetle hunting... (I have mastered scout so many times on so many char.s on so many servers... only takes determination and time...)

Exec,

You've got to realize that while you're a master marksman, your scouting skills ain't that L33T.

Use the macro on the lower level critters, til you get to Trapping 3 and 4. Then move up.

B

I smell a BH wanna be.

And they want people traps?

Can't even figure out mouse traps.

Well, guess we gotta have a profession like BH, keeps the kids happy and readily identifiable. I pity the poorholo BHs, they have soooo much to put up with.

JB

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DeltaXi65 wrote:

Exec,

Make a macro, and just make this part of your normal hunting routine. Lob a few traps, then kill the thing.

You'll get through it in no time.

For more tips, read my From Novice to Master Guide.

B

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Delta's right I suggest heading to Doaba Guerfel and grabbing Rogue Bagaraset missions, lob Wire Mesh at them and each one will give up between 565 trapping xp or as much as over a thousand for each one. That's how I got Master Scout anyway. It's all about finding the right prey.

I created this macro

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This will toss 8 traps at the target. By the time it takes to through the last trap, the first has worn off and you can apply it again. Carry some Stim-Bs with you and apply a stim in-between each time you activate the macro. Wear good kinetic resist (I use 80% ) body armor as well.

A Giant Wort gave me arounf 150exp per trap, and I was able to apply the full string of traps 5 times each. Thats 6000 exp for one animal.

Exec,

What Delta said. You're going to have to adjust to the fact that you're a n00b again and select your prey accordingly!

Rills, womprats, and worrts are all good for getting your initial trapping XP in the bag. As you move up the tree,you get cooler and more powerful traps (my fave: the glow wire trap...great on sharnaffs and similar CL 30 level beasties...gives bonuses to melee and ranged combat!) that are effective against the sort of PvE content you're a lot more used to.

And to reiterate Deltas point. The higher up the trapping line you go the easier it is to get XP as you will be able to stick traps to higher level animals and get the higher XP per. Ancient Bull Rancors give 2K xp per trap while Giant Sand Beetles were giving i think it was 700 per trap. That was only with Ranger trapping box 2 for the Beetle and 3 for the Rancor. Not every trap stuck every time, and some individual animals they just won't stick on no matter what level you are, although his brother will have every one of the traps stick.

Start out small with the low level critters and move up the ladder just like you do with a weapon skill. You can't expect to kill a Scyk with a CDEF, so why should a trap you throw land just right on a creature that is above your trapping level?

Good luck, and learn which ones work best in different areas. You might find yourself using them more and more when hunting.

Trapping is way easier then survival. I did not even touch it until the other three trees were maxed. I was kicking myself for it. The easiest way to do it, is as recommended above. Just make ita part of you regular hunting routine. There is almost never a time when a Phecnacine dart is not useful, and if you can get an Adhesive mesh to stick, you can buy yourself a couple seconds to put some distance between you and the MOB about to have you for breakfast. You will learn as you go which are good and which are useless, but for the purpose of progessing in the skill, throw them all! good luck

For trapping you can get trapping 1 - 4 in about 1hr here's how =D

make about 50 sets of wire mesh traps (these stack on enemies_

2. Get a doctor buff and put some armor on now find a tuskcat and pull him away from the group and start throwing traps each trap lands for 175 and you can stack them all w00t