>>Has anyone checked to see if running trails teaches scouting at a decent pace in 3.0?

Pathyn<<

This. Please by all that is holy fix scouting. I use hunt all the time but I really want another method of training this. There is no reason why a non-combat skill is basically only trainable in combat. My scouting is falling behind just because it doesn't train well enough just in combat.

10 min running trail with one message between end points.
Scouting: 491 09% considering (6/34)
had just pushed to 6/34 when i stopped, staying around 70% fatigue running with 50 stamina

cleared my exp with an orb
10 min running trail with 3 msg between endpoints.
Scouting: 491 16% thinking (5/34)
just pushed to 5/34
fatigue about the same as running the shorter trail

both cases perception never got above 1/34


I believe these results are using my exp bonus pool as well, so still not a viable means of training scouting IMO, but if you use this method, shorter trails are still the way to go. So...hunt like crazy now and use your bonus bits to crank up some scouting ranks in 3.0.
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