Scout Archive

In my opinion, Scouts should be getting more Scout exp. from harvesting monsters. I'm currently a brawler/scout, hoping to go into Creature Handler and Fencer professions. When I kill a white con monster, I'll get about 200 1 handed Slash exp. but i might only get 50-80 scout exp. Thats not even 1/2 of my 1 handed Slash exp. As if the exp. problem wasn't bad enough, us to-be Creature Handlers have to divide that meager Scout Exp into 2 skill lines.

And, with all of the random killing you almost have to do missions or your character will be stuck with thousands of bone, hide and meat but crap for weapons and armor. So, if you do missions besides the random killing of creature's nests, your scout exp is cut in 1/2 again! So, your really forced to take 1/4 of the scout exp that you deserve. Devs should really change this so that you get 3/4 or the same amount of scout exp as you get weapon exp. from monsters.

There should be more ways to get scout exp also. When your a scout, you only get a CDEF pistol, and basicly no skills to use the weapon, and to get scout exp you have to risk getting aggro from monsters (maskscent) or kill the monsters to harvest it. So, its basicly forcing you to take up a fighting profession. And the general idea of scouting doesn't involve fighting, so why not make several ways to get scout exp?

I realise its an impossible task to satisfy everyone that plays these games, but when one person has heard the same thing from many scouts then something needs to be done. Games are supposed to be fun, not just time consuming. Getting Scout exp. is time consuming.

I agree... and HAHA check out the ranger skill tree. 3 of the 4 skill lines need scout XP.

Ok guys, I used to complain about scout exp as well. But yesterday I finally sat down and got all the 17500 scout exp required for CH in around 4-5 hours. The way I did it was by killing blue conned monsters right outside of town. I found that killing an ikopi, which took me 3-4 hits to kill gave me 50 scout exp when harvested. Then I killed a flesh eating chuba, flewt, and spineflapper something-or-other. All of these monsters only took me ONE hit to kill and gave me 48 scouting exp per harvest. That's 2 less exp! I killed these weak enemies for 4-5 hours and got my CH. Plus all the meat I harvested help me make some creatures with my other skill, BE.

-Zisko BE/CH
Eclipse(Naboo)

Well I agree that we don't get much xp for doing our "scout" stuff. But after looking at most other profession skill trees, they require MUCH more xp compared to the Scout. Scout skills are all 1k, 5k, 10k, 15k. Some of the other professions, like marksman I have, require 1k, 5k, 30k, 70k. So that is a balancing factor. Remember that not all professions need the same xp number to advance.

The Scouts do need more, different, ways to Scout xp. Having 2 of our skill trees need it, and only ways to get it are harvesting and MS. Well I won't go into the MS problem, but harvesting is to slow, and really only way to gain scout xp reliabley. We need other ways to gain Scout xp, to make our profession a bit more unique and fun.

i have a new way to get scout exp but you have to be able to buy a probot for it to work..

you buy a probot and travel from bestine to wayfar killing everything you can (desert eopie are 150 exp/harvest) alittle harder but better greater desert womprats are 236 exp per harvest but you have to be careful and not get your droid/self killed. im not sure if this will work very well for melee scouts but i do great with pistols in a house trip from bestine to wayfar i made 5000 scout exp then i had to go to be but plan to keep using this method!

i never had to burst run or died once.

if you arent afraid of alittle danger try it out but be sure you know what you and your probot can handle b4 you try to make the whole trip =)

Dancer4Hire

p.s. has anyone seen the holo post we were promised? darn lazy devs

Dancer, how long did this run take you?

Im doing better with pistol than I am on scout xp isn't that funny. Wish I would have gotten in on the MS bandwagon because this grind is horrible.

scout harvest exp is fine.

I can area shot blues in droves. Or you can send droids in and kill for you and just harvest. I have had no problem with scout exp... now pistol exp (grumble)