The Tatooine Dewback Desert Run! - Jan 31st - First Place Prize: A Jetpack!

[Darksmyth]

Still looking for a few more Entertainers!
https://www.swgemu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=237667

[ruskuval]

***Updated previous post***

There are now 30 non-CH dewbacks (below level 10) and 15 dewbacks requiring some CH (highest level is 15) available for sale (5k, free complimentary training with every purchase) at the <---Dust Industries---> Emporium ~1250m west of Theed (waypoint in signature). If before the race, you find I am out of stock, and you still want one, simply send a mail in game to Sparzacca and he will get right on it!

***NOTE*** They are bio-engineered pets, so you will need to use them in combat a little in order to level them up to their full size (babies can't be trained as mounts). Buy now so you have time to level them up!
For those who don't know, your pet only needs to hit the target once to get full XP for the kill (they will be very weak at first, and will almost always be taken out in combat against even the lowest level creatures). You will want to give the "attack" command, and as soon as you see the target get hit once, finish it off quickly. Here is a very basic macro:

/ui action targetSelf;
/ui action cycleTargetOutward;
/pause 1;
/follow target;
/pause 3;
/say (attack command);
/pause 3;
/attack (or your hardest hitting attack);
/pause 30;
/macro (macro name)

Optional additional commands:
1) /harvest meat/hide/bone;

2) /target (pet's name);
/pause 1;
/healdamage;

Include some pauses in the 2nd option to your pet time to heal up.

Good luck to everyone in the race!

Great to see you have a nice inventory!

However, combat has absolutely nothing to do with leveling a pet. You just need to summon your pet from the deed and it will automatically level as time passes. You can leave it in your datapad and it will still level. The import thing is you tame it from the deed. Don't worry if you don't see any changes when you click on your pet in the datapad, the visuals showing the stats won't update until you summon the pet but it's still growing.

Also, I believe a lvl 10 dewback can be mounted immediately from the deed.

[nabeysparza]

However, combat has absolutely nothing to do with leveling a pet. You just need to summon your pet from the deed and it will automatically level as time passes. You can leave it in your datapad and it will still level. The import thing is you tame it from the deed. Don't worry if you don't see any changes when you click on your pet in the datapad, the visuals showing the stats won't update until you summon the pet but it's still growing.

You are correct, I apologize - I was thinking of the CH grind I went through lol. Thank you for correcting this for everyone else!

[ruskuval]

You are correct, I apologize - I was thinking of the CH grind I went through lol. Thank you for correcting this for everyone else!

Wild tamed pets don't require combat to level either.

[eallend7]

So I can purchase a lvl 10 and have it trained for mount immediately to race Sunday? (:

[Darksmyth]

We now have a Discord channel! https://discord.gg/Dy3CUJ2Y

[ruskuval]

So I can purchase a lvl 10 and have it trained for mount immediately to race Sunday? (:

Correct. I just tested.

[Darksmyth]

Added prizes for 4th and 5th places!

[Darksmyth]

Updated the Discord link, it should work now.

[tunz]

Great event thank you

[Darksmyth]

I'd say it was an overwhelming success!

[DarkJediLady]

It was a lot of fun! Thanks so much for doing this.

[PhillipDine]

We now have a Discord channel! https://discord.gg/Dy3CUJ2Y

Thanks for the link, it's helpful to me as a newbie!