Anyone gonna be a creature handler?

[envenom]

I am im currently Exploration 2 Hunting 1 (can qualifie for lvl 2 but need the exp)

and lvl 1 pistol.

anyone else gonna be a ch?

 

[old.LittleDwarf]

I shall be, managed to get Master CH just before we had a player wipe in beta, loved it, just wondering around planets looking for new and interesting creatures - even if they did disappear from your inventory all the time.

 

[Durzel]

It's a shame you can't tame Krayts, Kimos and other uber high level monsters anymore. I can see the logic in not being able to, but CH isn't really like a combat-related profession where you can just get powerlevelled, exploit, or whatever to get you to Master Marksman/Pistoleer/Rifleman or whatever quicker. To get to Master CH, I presume, involves a shitload of long painful trial-and-error training, teaching, etc.

In that respect, anyone who aims to be a CH is likely to be - in my opinion - a roleplayer anyway.

Just out of interest - and maybe you can answer this - if you were in a duel with someone, or even overt and someone attacked you - could you set your creatures on them?..

 

[old.LittleDwarf]

If the creatures are already out you can use them in duels and so on, so you can't be fighting someone and then pull 3 Rancors out and stamp all over them - even though it would be kind of funny

 

[envenom]

dwarf any idea on what kinda weapon i should be using mate? thanks

 

[kermy]

Well

Originally posted by envenom
dwarf any idea on what kinda weapon i should be using mate? thanks

Any would be good I think, I would try to stay out of melee but then again there are CH that uses swords. I would go for a pistol since it does dmg on the health pool while rifle and melee(some if not all) dont

 

[stu]

Originally posted by old.LittleDwarf
If the creatures are already out you can use them in duels and so on, so you can't be fighting someone and then pull 3 Rancors out and stamp all over them - even though it would be kind of funny

That's a bit lame really. It depends on the thinking behind the "storage" of creatures, whether it's just a gameplay device or to do with the dreaded 'continuity'. Thing is, if you attack a Commando he can quite easily whip out a flamethrower and torch you (or not, I hear flamethrower sucks), so why cant a CH start spamming the pokéballs? Doesn't really make sense.

I'll have to have robo-rancor out with me most of the time then.

 

[old.LittleDwarf]

As kermy says pistol, you get bodyshot which dmg's the health pool, all weapons you will get a special that does dmg to the health pool eventually, but you get it early in pistol so may as well use that.

 

[envenom]

any chance you can explain how Mask scent works? sometimes ive had it on and got 256 exp for nothing?

 

[pilia]

Mask Scent gives you a chance to avoid being noticed by a critter.

You only get exp for aggressive creatures though,of lvl blue and up.

Basically you walk in range (think its 50 m) and it does a check,if it sticks you get exp based on the con of the creature.

Shame it doesnt work very good until explo 4 though

 

[envenom]

but once ive walked within the range long range is 64 meters do i then have to walk back until the critter is off my radar?

 

[pilia]

No ,when you get into the markscent range you will get exp,if it succeeded anyway.


In beta there was an exploit with mask scent,just find a group of high lvl aggro critters,and walk in and out of range,bashing the maskscent button,tons of exp

Theres some sort of timer on it now though,but it can still be a nice source of scouting exp when you do missions on lairs with aggro mobs.