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Combat XP
hey,
can anyone tell me what the most efficent way to level combat is beyond 4th level?
i have been doing the advanced combat mission, but it is such a grinde to actualy level up from it. mostly i want to know what other sorces there are for combat xp. Do you get combat XP for PvP?
any advice or direction to where that advice has already been given would be apriciated.
can anyone tell me what the most efficent way to level combat is beyond 4th level?
i have been doing the advanced combat mission, but it is such a grinde to actualy level up from it. mostly i want to know what other sorces there are for combat xp. Do you get combat XP for PvP?
any advice or direction to where that advice has already been given would be apriciated.
hey, the last time i was hunting vallent assaults for combat xp. They give i think 450 xp, but i feel you. Gaining combat xp is a royal pain in the butt. I hope they'll come up with more fun ways to level up, in the form of combat missions. Untill then, i don't really bother anymore to bot. I'm pretty comfy with combat 6 atm.
I agree that it's just a little too tedious. More fun ways to level up is a good idea, and an alternative to simply changing the requirements or the XP that's given.
Here's my best tip for combat XP: bonus bots. In my experience I have to do a couple of rounds of the combat mission before it will give me bonus bots, but once it starts giving bonus bots I can just about double how fast I gain XP. And IMO it's funner to hunt down the bonus bot than to just keep mindlessly blasting Prosus over and over.
For a long time making Hive Queens permanent bonus bots has been pretty high on my wishlist.
Oh, and yes you do gain combat XP for player kills, but it's much faster to do the missions.
For a long time making Hive Queens permanent bonus bots has been pretty high on my wishlist.
Oh, and yes you do gain combat XP for player kills, but it's much faster to do the missions.
Although I agree in principle with the premise that Combat XP should be more
difficult to get than Trading or Mining, the current reward levels are way too low.
For example, take a Trading Guild mission and get 700+ XP. When you complete
it, you are usually offered a return mission that pays about 2200-2700 XP. I am
referring to missions of 6 or 7 jumps, but these can be completed in a few minutes.
How long would it take to earn that many points botting?
As for Bonus Bots, I have NEVER seen the Bonus Bot available in a system even
remotely close to where I happen to be botting. And I use many different systems.
The Combat XP awards should probably be tripled to make it more worthwhile.
Even tripled, they would still be considerably less than Trading rewards.
difficult to get than Trading or Mining, the current reward levels are way too low.
For example, take a Trading Guild mission and get 700+ XP. When you complete
it, you are usually offered a return mission that pays about 2200-2700 XP. I am
referring to missions of 6 or 7 jumps, but these can be completed in a few minutes.
How long would it take to earn that many points botting?
As for Bonus Bots, I have NEVER seen the Bonus Bot available in a system even
remotely close to where I happen to be botting. And I use many different systems.
The Combat XP awards should probably be tripled to make it more worthwhile.
Even tripled, they would still be considerably less than Trading rewards.
I share Beolach's approach: go after the bonus bot, it is much more fun. You can find any kind of bots in two next grey systems. You just need to recon a little bit, to know where to find them.
My biggest complaint about combat XP, and I say this a lot, is that you get none for killing queens. You get ridiculous weapons bonuses for killing a queen, but zero combat xp.
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