[ThatDearGuy]

I'm employing a number of tricks to get the most exp out of this place. However.. I'm not sure about one.

It's about those droids that you can disable rather than destroy on the Administration level, way into the beginning of the game.

• you can kill them directly, for 100 exp per kill, I think for 800 total
  
• you can leave them alone and disable them directly, for only 400 exp

If you leave them alone, you can actually get still get some more exp out of them by using the computer and repair skill on each disabled droid. It's just that even if you do that, the total amount of exp still won't beat what you would get for killing them all.

My next thought was, hey, why don't I just leave them alone until just *AFTER* I killed the HK-50 unit, and do them at a much higher level/skill level? Wouldn't that net me more exp per computerized/repairized droid? I have no idea actually.

Even if that would work, it would mean having LESS exp by the time you get into the mining tunnels. Removing those mines there *should* give you more exp per level. If it means missing an entire level that early on, it would mean all the following maps would spawn with less exp as well.

So in short, I don't really know what the best route is here. Do you guys have any ideas?

[ThatDearGuy]

I had one more idea, something I simply never tested. I was doing the solo bit with T3-M4. When I finished it, I noticed NONE of the experience was actually transferred back to The Exile. So I was thinking, if I manage to do the entire sequence without killing *any* droids at all, will they still be there for The Exile to kill, later?

[Hassat Hunter]

Don't worry and love the bomb? (or just play)

Don't know about the droids, but yes, any unkilled droid by T3-M4 will be available for the exile to kill later. For pitiful XP though (since lvl 3 droid vs. level 8 or so exile).

[ThatDearGuy]

Heh. I've finished the game several times, I just thought it was time of an optimized exp game for me. A level or two more or less at the start of the game can have a huge impact later on. I've been using the guides on this site a lot: http://aeons.powered.../kotor2_faq.php

I think I'll have to restart to test all of this then. I was hoping someone had beaten me to it.

[ThatDearGuy]

ThatDearGuy, on 23 February 2012 - 02:32 PM, said:

I think I'll have to restart to test all of this then.

.. which was actually a lot more simple than I thought it would be. Seems like you only get exp for the FIRST droid you use your repair/computer skills on. And that only 60 exp (plus the 400 for flipping the switch on the administration level to make them all passive). Even if that would increase somehow at higher levels, I very much doubt it will ever approach the remaining 400 exp. I had no idea.

Then it's settled. You get the best exp by killing them all, 800 exp.