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id like all of my fellow scouts to unite and if you agree the maskscent timer is unfair and believe it should...

A. be removed totally and maskscent be how it was originallly
or
B. have time timer at least be FAIR ro us and be cut down to 10 to 15 seconds


ALL SCOUTS IN FAVOR SAY AYE!!!!!



Dancer4Hire

sorry it posted this topic 2 times for some reason



Dancer4Hire

i thought you quit the game already? Thats what your last post said.

Besides man...no petition in these forums or any forums is ever gonna do anything. Hate to say it but its the truth.

Im of the opinion that they need to re-enable mask secent to its orginal glory BUT bring down the exp considerably. It does fall into the EXPLORE catigory even though we have now been told by the devs that Mask Scent was originally made to let you creep up on Animals and maybe get allitle closer before attacking (kinda sounds like Hunting HUH? not to mention why in the hell you would wanna do this) and it was not made to run around a planet without getting aggro'd (kinda sounds like exploring to me).

but alas, no change will be made because of any forum petition. sorry

im really torn about what they did. i just got explore III tonight, so i missed out on the uber XP that you guys got.

on one hand i dont think ANY class should have a super easy way to get XP for anything. I REALLY hate people that set up macros to sit in the cantina and dance or play all day and the person not even have to be at their pc. same goes for those harvesting macros. macros like that take all the fun out of the game (imo). i have a few macros set up for harvesting creatures after i kill them so i dont have to use the radial menu, and a few set up for flourishes when im in a cantina playing. but, i actually have to hit a button for the flourishes and it only does 3 at a time. i think setting up auto macros is cheating. anyway...back on topic, i guess the devs realized that they needed to do something about the maskscent skill because it was being abused. i would hope they do something about those **edit** macros too!

and on the other hand, ive been playing this game every day since release. ive put in my time ACTUALLY playing the game. not just running around using maskscent. thats cheating! anyone who gets to master anything by cheating, whats the point? why bother playing the game? just to start out with a high level character? wheres the fun in walking up to something and being able to kill it with 2 shots? or never getting attacked by aggos? i love that i have to burst run when ive got 40 aggros around me and have to shoot backwards while running. this also brings up the newbie death. STUPID! get rid of it NOW! fix the problems and take it away please! i cant tell you how many times i wanted to throw my computer out the window when i die and have to run back to my corpse unarmed (scouts should be exploring. if you are, then cloning and insuring would bring you back to someplace that you were at 2 days ago.). but having to run from stuff and the possibility of death is what makes it exciting. its what prevents you from running up to a creature that has 10000 hp and just shooting him without fear of death because you know yo ucan go back and finish him of the next time, or the time after that. im surprised no one has tried to kill a krayt dragon using this method.

they made this game so that you can live in their world. its as close to real life as any game ive ever seen. so its SHOULD be hard. life isnt easy! i think that if they reinstate the maskscent to what it was before, it will make the game LESS fun in the long run. youll get bored if you are never attacked.

Maskscent was very easy to abuse, and gave an unfair advantage.

I agree that 60 seconds is a bit long.. perhaps 15 or 30 seconds. 60 makes maskscent pretty much a useless skill..

personally, i was devastated when i read that update. i am about to get explore 2, and not being able to really use maskscent is a killer, because going back to farming scout xp by harvesting from dead stuff is not cool... all you people who managed to get explore and hunting all the way up before this must feel pretty good though. lucky punks!

I am a scout and you know what.... they did the right thing. They should howeven had a second mark scent skill with a much shorter delay

Here's what happened according to Holo:

1. People were exploiting /maskscent, sometimes gaining 4 skill boxes in an hour!

2. The devs have stated that they will always break an exploit, & quickly pick up the pieces. Hence, the 60 second timer.

3. Holo said that we should get a fix today or tomorrow that leaves the 60 sec timer, but makes /maskscent work a good deal more often. i.e. Every yellow blip doesn't detect you.

4. Holo also said that they are considering many of the suggestions we have made.

actually today i hae noticed that my maskscent worked more while doing kreetle missions hmmm...

and for all of you who are confused about my name IAM A DANCER (or will be) im going to be CH/dancer with pistol and ranged support if you dont believe me stop by the mos eisley cantina near bank and watch me ;P

Dancer4Hire


Devs plz cut this timer back!!!