Having been up and down the marksman tree more times than I care to admit and seeing the same questions asked time and time again I've decided to try my hand at a FAQ. This isn't meant to be the end all be all of playing a marksman just a hopeful attempt at clueing in some new folks, and possibly some advanced folks, to some things that they could benefit from.
Q) What is the best way to get XP? A) Shoot stuff, lots of stuff. If it moves make it stop moving. I suggest getting a MSE or DZ70 droid, grouping with it, and leaving it in town. You get the group XP bonus, which can turn that 1400XP critter into an 1800XP critter. Going after big game may seem the best way to go at it, but in my experience its not in all cases. I've advanced faster while killing normal starter planet mobs than taking trips to the advanced planets. Crazed Durnis are 400XP a pop and one shot is usually enough, a random spawn can generate 20 or so of them. There are other mobs out there(diseased bocatts and such) but I have a fondness for ventilating durnis.
Q) What is the best pistol/carbine/rifle? A) Just about each one has its use. Weapons have a damage type, mobs usually have resists and/or vulnerabilities. Use the damage type that is least resistant or vulnerable. /examine is your friend. Maximize your efforts by using the correct damage type on mobs and you'll see that XP/Time ratio shoot to the positive and climb. See below for damage types.
CDEF, Energy, AP0 Tusken, Energy, AP1 (should be kinetic but bugged) DLT20a, Energy, AP0 SG82, Cold, AP0 E11, Energy, AP2 Laser, Energy, AP2 T21, Energy, AP3 Jawa Ion, Stun, AP1 Spraystick, Energy, AP0 (should be acid but bugged)
Q) I just hit specialist but the XXXshot1 isn't doing any damage? A) /actionshot1, /mindshot1,/healthshot1 are all DoT attacks. You hit the critter(and no it doesn't matter where as long as you hit it) and it will start to "bleed" from that HAM bar. It will take about 20 seconds for the first tic to bleed off, but it will bleed. Q) How can I tell how much the bleed is for? A) Look in the combat spam window. Bleeds are not affected by armor or resists. Its generally a good idea to use the weapon with the highest gross damage to start a bleed. For example I use my launcher pistol to start my health bleeds. With novice pistoleer I can get a 1800-1900 bleed. Q) Do bleeds stack? A) You bet. You can stack XXXshot1 and 2 together. What you can't do is stack a bunch of XXXshot1's. This happens in groups where everyone fires off a DoT. The highest damage bleed will always be the bleeder, but each attempt will reset the clock and delay the bleed. You can how ever bleed each HAM bar. I've seen mobs with action, health, mind bleeds, be on fire(another DoT), and have a bleedingshot from a Bounty Hunter.
Q) I'm getting my butt handed to me with this rifle. A) Rifle users take 2.5 melee damage. Meaning if a mob slugs you for 100 points, you're going to take 250. Carbine users suffer from a multiplier as well, around 1.5 I believe. If you can afford it get a Probot with medium armor and 40% resists to tank for you. This isn't the best tanking out there, but it will work for getting through the marksman trees. An alternative is to get a Mountain Krevol from a Creature Handler. These boys have Armor 1 and 30% Kinetic resists and 2200 HAM. You don't need to be a creature handler to use one, but you'll have to have one train it and transfer it to you. I prefer the bot, but that's more for style and less XP loss(yes the critter will take XP from you, the probot will take some, but not as much). Q) What's the best elite? A) Total matter of personal preference. Pick one, have fun, don't like it, switch to another one. Q) What does Threaten shot do? A) If you hit the mob it has the ability to make the mob run in a random direction. It won't always work, but it can be a life saver if you don't have anything else. Q) What do the roll to shots do? A) Make you roll for 12 seconds unable to perform specials. May provide defensive bonuses, but we're not sure. I only use them in camps to generate survival XP for HAM regeneration. Q) What does warning shot do? A) Its similar to threatenshot but it will make the mob run away from you. No more random direction, straight away from you. It seems to make the mob run away more often than threaten and is more controllable. Q) I've warned/threatened but the mob keeps coming after me. A) First idea is to /peace after the shot, if it worked the mob will run away from you. If its still coming after you, you may need to hit it with the shot more. Or it just might not run away from you, its too high a level mob for you, or its just stubborn and wants to taste you. These shots do not work on NPC's, don't even try it. I believe these are on a 30 seconds timer, haven't tried to test it out, but one of the previous patch notes makes me wonder. Q) What does suppression fire do? A) It lowers the posture of the mob by one step. Standing to kneeling, kneeling to prone. It can provide a nice chance to run away from a mob that just won't stay away. It'll only pause for a few seconds so make the most of it. If possible this shot works wonders when the mob has been dizzied. You'll have a knockdown that sticks on the mob(speaking from experience Posture Change + Dizzy= sucks to be you). This shot is on a 30 second timer, meaning the mob can only be affected by a posture change shot/hit every 30 seconds. That just doesn't include you, its on the mob itself, so make sure it counts when you use it.
The_Great_Destroyer wrote: This is a quality review. It's getting stickied and should I see if I can get it locked? Or would you prefer for this to be the general Q&A thread?
You're the boss, man. We could lock it and just post up a new one each time something changes, it'll make it easier than having to go to page 9 and dig through all the old questions to look for the most current stuff.
But either way I'm game, I'm just happy I figured out how to post it-no cut and paste from MSWord on these boards.
A: East of the Mos Eisley starport on Theed. Mos Eisley is a neutral city, there is always big game at the specified location, and no one can build in that area, so it will always be there.
A: East of the Mos Eisley starport on Theed. Mos Eisley is a neutral city, there is always big game at the specified location, and no one can build in that area, so it will always be there.
Mos Eisley is on Tatooine my man.
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Its a line from a 1988 film 'They Live' (so it pre-dates, Duke), not what you'd call a blockbuster, and in fact doesn't have any well known stars, but I liked it. See here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/
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Slight correction: Mob actually just means a monster or attackable NPC. It comes from the days of text-based MUDs and is short for MOBile NPC (as opposed to static NPC, I guess). Mobs that come when you attack another one of their kind nearby are generally referred to as either 'social', 'baf's - 'baf' meaning 'bring a friend'. If another mob does come when you pull the first (or appears and attacks while you're fighting another) it's referred to as an 'add'.
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Pogel wrote:
Slight correction: Mob actually just means a monster or attackable NPC. It comes from the days of text-based MUDs and is short for MOBile NPC (as opposed to static NPC, I guess). Mobs that come when you attack another one of their kind nearby are generally referred to as either 'social', 'baf's - 'baf' meaning 'bring a friend'. If another mob does come when you pull the first (or appears and attacks while you're fighting another) it's referred to as an 'add'.
Yeah that's the longer answer I was just trying to keep it simple, but detail is always good.
"Its a line from a 1988 film 'They Live' (so it pre-dates, Duke), not what you'd call a blockbuster, and in fact doesn't have any well known stars, but I liked it. See here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/"
"No well known stars?!?"
And just what do you call Rowdy Roddy Piper?!? He revolutionized the way bad movies were made!!!
thx for reminding of that flick, man....one of the best worst ones!
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is a mob a group of actual people (as opposed to animals/monsters).
Where might i find these crazed durmi's?
I have reached pistols 3 and i am trying for smuggler (with a bloody mon calamari no less). I notice that the xp requirement for level 4 is huge, whats the best thing i can do (or kill) to gain that xp quickest.
i'm trying to master marksman but i'm like no xp i get 50xp for a huf when i sould get 500xp. it happens when i solo to i tryed all sorts of guns but it does nothing can someone help plz.
I find it nice to do faction missions (rebel or imp whichever)... I get about 1k rifle exp off each person... then i pull out the pistol on the flag ...
my rifle can take them out in one hit, but i just level my pistol on the flag..
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I was just trying to keep it simple, but detail is always good.
