SWG Exploit: The famous Space Exploit : Star Wars Galaxies Nerfed Info

[EDIT] Of course, I don't require any reward for this, admins already know I could have post it before but didn't want to. I am just posting it to clarify it, since many ppl didn't figured what to do. Pardon my poor english, will try to fix comprehension problems when they occur, so don't hasitate to say what is unclear for you.

I posted it on another site. It is NOT my exploit so I don't qualify for any reward. But since SOE is in the process of fixing it, let's clarify it.



Ok, this exploit is now known for sure by SOE. They told me (direct tell from a CSR I know) that they are logging it and plan to ban (dunno if it is a perma ban or a 1 week one) ppl who use it.

so :


USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK !

Now, here is what you have to know :

- there is NO faction restriction. Any faction can do it the exact same way.
- you NEED an ACE pilot with POB. Multi gun fighters don't work, dunno why.
- I only tested it in upper turret and ppl failed to make it work with lower turret. That being said, many ppl failed to make it work in upper one too
- you WILL get GCW, XP, Space XP AND money from EACH shot...not only yours, but ALL shots (that are giving at least XP, you will understand later).
- Money is in the lootbox of the POB that was used...let's say it's the reward for the Master Pilot that helped you

Now, here is how it works. You have to know that it works with 1 to 8 ppl (single person to full group) but I'll explain here how to lvl up a trial toon.

You first have to get your n00b a ship, so you have to make it validate n00b quests (best thing to do is to go to the pilot trainer for newbie player on the station and hyperspace to a valid planet. You need to use the commandline for that - there is a trick on the site explaining how to do that).

So, now that your n00b toon is ready, here is the step by step (with explanations when applicable) :

1 ) Ace Pilot and n00b pilot launch in POB.
2 ) Ace pilot sets the ship up
3 ) n00b enters the UPPER turret
4 ) Ace fly to the target (there are MANY different possible targets...actually, ALL targets are valid. Only factionnal targets while both pilots are combatant or SF will grant GCW - Kessel is a very nice place since tier 5 gunboats will grant 2K45 Combat XP, 24K5 Space XP, 22 GCW and up to 1K credits / shot).
5 ) n00b pilot should destroy all weapons and shield generator (will be important for second run)
6 ) n00b pilot should hit the engine to down it to 5-10% (DO NOT DISABLE THE TARGET !!!)
7 ) Create a WP (both pilots)
8 ) Ace pilot HOME PORT
9 ) both pilots have to come back in their FIGHTER ship (n00b for obvious reasons and Ace just because his fire rate will speed up the whole process a lot - not to mention Ace have to be in the zone to allow the target to not be destroyed)
10 ) n00b pilot (AND ONLY N00B) hits the target until it grants XP (HUD message)
11 ) once HUD message stating that XP is granted to n00b is displayed, Ace pilot can turn on his weapons


Now, what you have to know :

if target is disabled BEFORE you get XP, the target will be destroyed a short time later. DO NOT TARGET SUBSYSTEMS ON SECOND RUN to avoid this. Usually, n00b pilot will take target's chassis down to 0 before systems.

The purpose of taking down engines is to slow down target to make it quite close to where you created your WP...often, gunboats in Kessel are bugged and are stuck with another one...just destroy their weapons (doesn't matter they destroy you, just come back) and once they can't hit you back, bring your n00b pilot in his fighter back.

Ace pilot must be in the zone, even if he doesn't hit the target (imagine he doesn't want to get caught and thus, banned :p).

You can be AFK with a simple macro. The command to fire weapons is "/ship weapongroup fire X" where X is the weapon group to fire.

Try to find a spot where NOBODY will come...expect MANY ppl asking you what you are doing. Really, you don't want ppl to see you doing it. If you want to avoid problems, just make your Ace to zone out and target will blow up (kessel is cool for this since the "/escape yes" command makes you zone out too).

If there are more than one person to lvl up, make every pilot BUT THE POB PILOT hit the target enought to gain XP. For this, make every pilot make the target lose AT LEAST 10% chassis or system (or 10% cumulated). POB pilot will ALWAYS qualify for XP (well, for money and GCW if he is lvl 90 and Ace pilot).


If I remember any other trick, I'll post it back.


Have fun...

can a premium member vote yay or nay on this submission

Well...it isn't a real submission, it is working, 100% sure (but tricky to do).

I do not want anything for this (so best thing to do is to ask for reward, right ?)


Was posted by Slogar a few days ago but was really unclear and was missing some tricks / explanations.

I'm sure you can complete this, will try to keep it updated.


Really, the reason for posting it is SOE is willing to fix it soon, so let's ppl use it.

Just need a yay or nay so we can move it then

*sigh* Since this is out of the bag (and I know who let it out and trained it to this slogar guy who thinks it's his), I might as well state how easy it really is for a noob to benefit from this. Since it is doomed now.

I have been doing this for 9 months now and know the guy who found it. Ahh the good old days when it was contained to 6 people and on one server only (the one with the worst economy). Anyways, I have had time to perfect this in 9 months. So write your big detailed lists...it dont matter....try this with a noob....you'lll see

1. The noob doesn't have to be in your group
2. The noob doesn't have to start the ship at any point
3. The noob only needs the beginner ship and to find an already bugged ship of a faction they can attack
4. Go to some of the areas listed in earlier posts and look for a ship with at least 10% on shields or armor remaining (ex- 10% 0% 0% 0%)
5. Fly around to the nose of the ship and shoot it. If the number drops to 0 ...keep shooting and watch your levels go up. If it blows up, that means creator is not logged in or is zoning atm). A good idea for ones who "bug" ships is to shoot your ship for 5 minutes or so, then fly around front to clear out any remaining %'s ....also if the front doesnt work ...try the back ...90% of the time, it's the front.
6. You can use this once you damaged it to zero for as long as creator is still logged in. Handy when you want to level a pilot up. keep coming back up after missions. I leveled pilots to master on 4 other servers "leeching" off of ppl's ships.

Also, the top/bottom turrett thing is BS. This is not a planned feature in the game, so it is not perfect. The main reason ships blow or dont work is the style of shooting you have. Taking the ship down to 78% or under on systems is important. But the speed in which you do so is also. Shooting it fast enough will take systems down while maintaining chassis. If you let the ship fly around and regen shields chances are you will damage chassis too much. try to do it quick enough to keep chassis to 75% or higher. A perfect setup will look like 25% 25% 77% 100%. This turnout happens most of the time when you do it fast enough

Giving this a big yay, and moving to confirmed.

This will level you up from 5 to 90 in just over an hour. You will also gain millions of creds, loads of GCW and space XP at the same time.

Can this be done with only one player? As in, I want to level my main up for the GCW but don't need to with any alts and there aren't any other players that want to do this also. I'm wanting to try this but I won't know that I'm not doing anything wrong if it doesn't work with only one player.

Well this was nerfed today :/ And just woundering i got myself over 500k of GCW points grinding to get to 90 on a toon. But it only got me up 2 ranks then took all the rest of my points away? Anyone know why?

It is the decay thing. Don't go above 25K or 30K GCW, utterly useless.

Oh and yes, this have been fixed (nerfed isn't the right word :p)

I've heard of some bans being handed out for using this one...

Ok double nerf confirm. It was good while it lasted. Pity it wasnt properly posted while people could make use of it. It was bound to be fixed as soon as people started using it to grind GCW.

Moving to nerfed.

heh, i used it to lvl up to 90 on 2 toons, i almost got caught, but i always did it by a mission, so i could cvr myself, kinda useless, but hey, the guy might b retarded, or nice enough to let me go

Ok, anyone try this recently sometimes with new patches exploits start working again.