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Bounty Hunting

Informants:

Bounty hunter missions come in 3 tiers. Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced. These tiers have different npcs allocated to them for the player to obtain missions from. Each level of the Bounty Mission Difficulty modifier increases the difficulty level of the missions acquired and subsequently require the player to get missions from the different informant tiers as the bounty hunter progresses.

Novice Level Informants

Coronet, Corellia: -29 -4818 Novice
Coronet, Corellia: -86 -4829 Novice
Coronet, Corellia: -171 -4443 Novice
Coronet, Corellia: -172 -4410 Novice
Coronet, Corellia: -212 -4465 Novice
Coronet, Corellia: -250 -4430 Novice
Coronet, Corellia: -428 -4751 Novice
Coronet, Corellia: -477 -4553 Novice
Coronet, Corellia: -566 -4361 Novice
Coronet, Corellia: -508 -4367 Novice
Coronet, Corellia: -359 -4210 Novice
Coronet, Corellia: -293 -4251 Novice
Coronet, Corellia: -184 -4342 Novice

Bela Vistal, Corellia: 6687 -5594 ???
Bela Vistal, Corellia: 6733 -5609 ???
Bela Vistal, Corellia: 6832 -5545 ???
Bela Vistal, Corellia: 6901 -5606 ???
Bela Vistal, Corellia: 6697 -5737 In Cantina Novice

Doaba Guerfel, Corellia: 3100 5224 Novice
Doaba Guerfel, Corellia: 3123 5188 Novice
Doaba Guerfel, Corellia: 3144 5148 Novice
Doaba Guerfel, Corellia: 3165 5077 Novice
Doaba Guerfel, Corellia: 3078 5014 Novice
Doaba Guerfel, Corellia: 3210 5440 Novice
Doaba Guerfel, Corellia: 3311 5386 Novice
Doaba Guerfel, Corellia: 3293 5401 Novice
Doaba Guerfel, Corellia: 3297 5514 Novice

Kor Vella, Corellia: -3563 3138 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3571 3176 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3574 3154 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3604 3172 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3665 3139 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3375 3281 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3358 3307 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3315 3234 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3386 3184 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3444 3231 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3458 3165 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3416 3078 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3401 3034 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3124 2808 Novice
Kor Vella, Corellia: -3128 3008 Novice

Tyrena, Corellia: -5024 -2345 Novice
Tyrena, Corellia: -5136 -2294 Novice
Tyrena, Corellia: -5587 -2809 Novice
Tyrena, Corellia: -5486 -2781 Novice
Tyrena, Corellia: -5504 -2699 Novice
Tyrena, Corellia: -5539 -2667 Novice
Tyrena, Corellia: -5592 -2684 Novice
Tyrena, Corellia: -5450 -2630 Novice
Tyrena, Corellia: -5308 -2512 Novice
Tyrena, Corellia: -5097 -2344 Novice

Mos Entha, Tatooine 1266 3184 Novice
Mos Entha, Tatooine 1727 3093 Novice
Mos Taike, Tatooine 3775 2371 Novice
Mos Espa, Tatooine -2804 2237 Novice
Mos Espa, Tatooine -2836 2275 Novice
Mos Espa, Tatooine -2935 2393 Novice
Bestine, Tatooine -1449 -3558 Novice
Bestine, Tatooine -1450 -3566 Novice
Bestine, Tatooine -1332 -3700 Novice
Bestine, Tatooine -1053 -3726 Novice
Bestine, Tatooine -1023 -3677 Novice
Bestine, Tatooine -1220 -3560 Novice
Imperial Oasis, Tatooine -5296 2654 Novice
Wayfar, Tatooine -5216 -6563 Novice
Mos Eisley, Tatooine 3447 -4850 Novice
Mos Eisley, Tatooine 3253 -4923 Novice
Mos Eisley, Tatooine 3487 -4781 Novice

Dearic, Talus 342 -2896 Novice
Dearic, Talus 408 -2867 Novice
Dearic, Talus 434 -2821 Novice
Dearic, Talus 286 -3101 Novice
Dearic, Talus 411 -3056 Novice
Dearic, Talus 568 -3173 Novice
Dearic, Talus 555 -2958 Novice
Dearic, Talus 683 -2898 Novice
Dearic, Talus 653 -2850 Novice
Nashal, Talus 4519 5191 Novice
Nashal, Talus 4530 5094 Novice
Nashal, Talus 4347 5056 Novice
Nashal, Talus 4353 5196 Novice
Nashal, Talus 4290 5202 Novice
Nashal, Talus 4277 5140 Novice
Nashal, Talus 4224 5117 Novice
Nashal, Talus 4214 5140 Novice

Narmle, Rori -5331, -2233 Novice
Narmle, Rori -5127, -2266 Novice
Narmle, Rori -5120, -2269 ?????
Restuss, Rori 5401, 5857 ?????

Deeja Peak, Naboo 4700, -1406 Novice
Moenia, Naboo 4652, -4749 Novice
Moenia, Naboo 4744, -4847 Novice
Moenia, Naboo 4825, -4829 Novice
Moenia, Naboo 4958, -4854 Novice
Moenia, Naboo 4976, -4920 Novice
Moenia, Naboo 4971, -4941 Novice
Moenia, Naboo 4909, -4975 Novice
Moenia, Naboo 4679, -4923 Novice
Moenia, Naboo 4838, -4877 Novice
Moenia, Naboo 4810, -4627 Novice
Moenia, Naboo 4773, -4937 Novice
Theed, Naboo -4833, 4134 Novice
Theed, Naboo -4892, 4216 Novice
Theed, Naboo -4962, 4259 Novice
Theed, Naboo -5100, 4146 Novice
Theed, Naboo -5455, 4277 Novice
Theed, Naboo -5469, 4173 Novice
Theed, Naboo -5436, 4133 Novice
Theed, Naboo -5369, 4178 Novice
Theed, Naboo -5477, 4089 Novice
Keren, Naboo 2030, 2591 Novice
Keren, Naboo 1959, 2577 Novice
Keren, Naboo 1818, 2496 Novice
Keren, Naboo 1890, 2527 Novice
Keren, Naboo 1926, 2757 Novice
Keren, Naboo 1835, 2633 Novice
Keren, Naboo 1847, 2573 Novice
Keren, Naboo 1347, 2671 Novice
Kaadara, Naboo 5042, 6736 Novice
Kaadara, Naboo 5199, 6546 Novice

Not sure on levels of these guys yet:
Nyms Stronghold, Lok 369 5087
Nyms Stronghold, Lok 540 5072
Dathomir(Trade) Outpost, Dathomir 590 3091
Dathomir(Trade) Outpost, Dathomir 598 3025

A few I do not have levels on, and I am sorry I cannot confirm what they are, but they are not Master level guys. If you know what level some of the ones I do not have leveled, please let me know. 

Invest 1 & 2 level Informants:

Bela Vistal, Corellia: 6775 -5487
Bela Vistal, Corellia: 6876 -5466

Mos Taike, Tatooine 3790 2389 In Tavern
Mos Espa, Tatooine -2879 2555
Imperial Oasis, Tatooine -5284 2676
Wayfar, Tatooine -5205 -6503
Darklighters Estate, Tatooine -685 -6731
Darklighters Estate, Tatooine -703 -6734

Dearic, Talus 147 -2812
Dearic, Talus 203 -2979
Dearic, Talus 258 -3008
Nashal, Talus 4542 5329 Behind Starport

Deeja Peak, Naboo 5332, -1568
Deeja Peak, Naboo 4980, -1489
Deeja Peak, Naboo 4923, -1411
Deeja Peak, Naboo 4757, -1358
Deeja Peak, Naboo 4688, -1342
Lake Retreat, Naboo -5548, -13
Lake Retreat, Naboo -5476, -76
Moenia, Naboo 4638, -4643 Behind Starport
Moenia, Naboo 4878, -4618 In Cantina
Keren, Naboo 1279, 2858
Kaadara, Naboo 5410, 6672
Kaadara, Naboo 5075, 6784
Kaadara, Naboo 5261, 6793
Kaadara, Naboo 5081, 6591 

Master Level Informant (Invest 3, 4 and MBH):

Vreni Island, Corellia -5559 -6220
Bela Vistal, Corellia: 6871 -5752 Near Clone Center

Mos Taike, Tatooine 3789 2391 In Basement Tavern
Wayfar, Tatooine -5205 -6555 In backroom of Cantina
Mos Eisley, Tatooine 3397 -4600 Lucky Despot (walk in go left, in back room behind you on right is a small room.)

Dearic, Talus 265 -2974 In Spaceport
Dearic, Talus 255 -3024 Behind Clone Center
Dearic, Talus 682 -3219 On Capital Balcony
Nashal, Talus 4529 5371 In Starport

Restuss, Rori 5102, 5654

Moenia, Naboo 4721, -4614 In Starport
Kaadara, Naboo 4999, 6822
Kaadara, Naboo 4977, 6700
Kaadara, Naboo 5009, 6652
Kaadara, Naboo 5277, 6560

Imperial Prison, Dathomir -6239 940 Near Shuttle
Science Oupost, Dathomir -68 -1565 Near the Ticket Droid 

Tools used: Probe Droids

Arakyd Probe Droid = your interplanetary search. This is the first step in your search for your mark, because it tells you which planet he is on. This is used by using the Transfer Signature Command. Once this is used the droid will then launch off and the bounty hunter must wait for a period of time (dependant on their droid speed modifier) for the location of the target and for the waypoint to be set. Interplanetary searches don't come into play until Investigation-2.

Seeker Droids = your search after you're on the right planet. After coming to the right planet, This droid will create a waypoint to the target after it has located it using the find ability (uses the droid speed timer which is the same timer as probe Droids for the waypoint return). After the waypoint is returned it can be used again to locate the target to update the current waypoint using the Find option. Later on, the bounty hunter obtains the Find and track option which will find the target, deliver a waypoint and then update the waypoint by itself for a certain number of times. This also has a timer in between updates but it is dependant on the tracking speed modifier and not droid speed.

Hunting the target

When you first start out at Novice BH, your SpyNet operative gives you a waypoint to your mark. At Investigations 1, you start using Seeker Probe Droids. The mark will still be on your planet of origin, but you won't get a waypoint to him. Instead, the SpyNet operative gives you a "biosignature" sample from the mark, supposedly culled when he uses a public shuttleport or starport terminal. Once you do that, you can then use a Seeker droid (the black spheres used by Darth Maul to locate Queen Amidala in Episode 1, and you can buy Bounty Hunter droids from a droid-engineer vendor) to locate your quarry. At that point, you'll activate a waypoint.

At Investigation-1, your mark doesn't move around, so tracking him down is still relatively straightforward.

Things get much more interesting at Investigations 2, because two things are now changed: Your marks can now show up on any planet; and they move! Unfortunately, you don't unlock Droid Tracking until Investigation 3.

So, the drill for Investigation-2 missions is as follows:

1. Get your mission from a mission terminal

2. Consult with an intermediate-level SpyNet operative (the level-2 guys) and obtain a biosignature

3. Travel outside the city limits, then call down an Arakyd Probe Droid from an orbiting starship. These are the bulbous-headed droids that crash-landed on Hoth in search of the rebel base at the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back.

4. When it crash-lands near you, move to it, pull up it's radial menu, and select the "Transfer Biological Signature" command. It acknowledges your input with a message that it's commencing an interplanetary search and zooms into space.

5. After about a minute, you will receive a message, either some sort of malfunction like "Your droid has been destroyed by a comet" or "Your droid has exploded in space," or that it has located your mark on such-and-such planet. You then travel to that planet.

6. When you've landed on the correct planet, you will notice that you now have a waypoint. It is now your unhappy task to travel to that waypoint in the hope that your mark will be there. Chances are he won't be, because as I said earlier, they now move.

7. When you reach your abandoned waypoint, send up a Seeker Probe Droid. After a moment, it will activate a new waypoint. Go there, and see if he's still there. He probably won't be, so repeat this step as often as needed until you catch up to him.

8. Eliminate your mark, and collect your reward and PHAT xp bonus! (phat, it is not!)

Investigation 3-4

Same as above except that the seeker droid will offer continuous updates over a period of tracks.

Bounty Hunter Experience

http://soe.lithium.com/swg/board/message?board.id=bounty_hunter&message.id=250152&query.id=42349#M250152

Bounty Hunter experience is a percentage based off of the payout on the mission.

There's a simple formula to calculate Bounty Hunter xp

50 bounty credits earned = 1 investigation xp or credits x .02 = XP

In other words, if you take a bounty mission for 5000 credits, you are awarded 100 inv xp upon completion. If you complete a bounty worth 10000 credits, you earn 200 inv xp.

So if you take a bounty with high mission difficulty you WILL earn more XP. However, this isn't specifically due to the mission difficulty, but rather that more difficult bounties pay more than lower difficulty missions.

NOTE: The more proficient you are with the weapon you have equipped when choosing the mission and the more damage that weapon deals out, the higher the pay you can generate from the terminals. In otherwords, if you have LLC 4 and pick a mission with your LLC equipped, you will generate higher paying missions (and again, remember this means more inv xp in the end) than if you equip a pistol with only BH pistol 1 (or even 4, as the LLC causes more damage than your pistol).