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Message Edited by DirthNader on 03-04-2004 04:08 AM

Hi!



I do specialise in chitin armor. I'm not master yet but i have tech 4 (7points).



I use good resources exept for doonium iron with about 950 (SR+OQ)



With the use of voritor scale, I hit 58% kinetic. If i was master, That would be about 64%.



I hope this help!



Marie Novalight TKM/AS

Kauri

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Mid 60's is all your probably going to get. I'm a master and using some really good resources i can hit 65% tops. That is so great armor considering how light it is.

Inoch,

Master AS of Wanderhome

Don't let this customer make you feel bad. That Chitin is a very HIGH quality Chitin. Problem is, most people are used to Ubese & Composite stats which are much higher. However, the HAM is 2-3 times that of chitin. I mean, 70% Kinetic Ubese is awsome and you can usually hit that mark only when you add an extra layer (which means higher HAM).

62%-65% for unlayered? Please, that's an awsome armor you're making. Hold onto those resources, especially the wooley, and try making it again when you hit Master. Hell, hold an auction. There's a HUGE, untapped market for high resists & low HAM armor out there that people don't go into. However, I would recommend against producing Chitin exclusively. The bones & hides requirements are WAAAAAY to high to make it profitable. Especially, with the pricing of 50-80cpu for a high-grade bones & hides.

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hopnasty wrote:
Don't let this customer make you feel bad. That Chitin is a very HIGH quality Chitin. Problem is, most people are used to Ubese & Composite stats which are much higher. However, the HAM is 2-3 times that of chitin. I mean, 70% Kinetic Ubese is awsome and you can usually hit that mark only when you add an extra layer (which means higher HAM).

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What are the secondaries on Chitin? What are the vulns?

Been a long time since I seen any good stuff, but I sold a heap of Dantooine animal bone to a guy the other day, and I bet that was going into armor. Might want some at 60% or better and low HAM. Looks great too, only helmet that looks good on a Rodian

--Yak

Base resists are in energy, acid, blast, and (I think) restraint. Vunerablities are heat, cold, electricity and stun.

With the materials I was talking about above, the base resists come out around 16%. That's will full experimentation into the special protection. Now that I'm master and have 11 points to play with instead of 8 I'd still throw the extras into HAM, leaving the base at around 16%.

Message Edited by DirthNader on 03-04-2004 10:45 AM

That's some good stuff you have there. I agree, wait until master and then crank out some good suits. And you could probably sell that for a good profit. I am making Non-advanced chitin right now since dantooine animal bone is/was pretty crappy. But once I get some good animal bone (I harvest everything myself) I will be making advanced suits myself.

Of course, with the resource requirements and harvesting myself I cannot make big runs on it that I could with composite (I just made master the other day) but since there are already established masters that produce composite better than I could ever do I am avoiding comp. And I like making the chitin that I put on the bazaar for newer players. It sells in 24 hours or less (3-4K for 33-36% kinetic resists non-advanced chitin chest plate).

Good luck and have fun. And don't listen to those, how do you spell it?...L33t d00ds?

wow i didnt know chitin got that high..

how much would a 60% chitin chest go for....

Was a little bored waiting for some layers to run through the factory. Threw a rancor hide in...

65% kinetic, 23% energy/blast/restraint/acid, 5% heat/cold, vunerable to stun and electricity.

I think 65% may be the cap for chitin, but I didn't pay attention to the percentage. I had two points left over when I hit 65% on kinetic.

Yeah I have to agree with everyone else, that's pretty awesome Chitin!

Most customers really only what is percieved as the "best" out there (namely composite and layered, adv ubese).I got a tell tonight from a guy who wanted "uber Ubese." I said "define uber" with the only response of "kinetic." Ummm, way to narrow it down. Since axidite iron hasn't spawned on our server in about two months (if it has I haven't seen it), the only thing i got is regular ubese with a kinetic layer... about 52% resists. Sure, it's not "uber" but I figure that's pretty decent. I tell the customer my stats, to which he replies "Oh, I wanted 70%".

/shakehead