Armorsmith Archive
Thread: Recon Armor Question
1. What are the highest stats (energy) on layered recon armor?
2. What kind of Recon gives health bonus (Tantal?)
3. What price on this kind of armor today?
4. Any Farstar AS has it on vendor ( sorry, probably Trade forum question)
Best regards
Obei
1. not sure someone else can answer that
2. no set type. all armor types can be made with enhancements to health if your armorsmith has some to spare.
3. Expensive
4. not sure someone else can answer that
here this answers most of your Questions
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=flurry_trade&message.id=233717
Every suit of Recon Battle Armor will require (not including appearance materials):
11 Advanced Recon Cores:
-495 units of Lokian Leathery Hide
-495 units of Naboo Fiberplast
-495 units of Polymer
-440 units of Carbonite Steel
-440 units of Link-Steel Aluminum
-385 units of Crystalline Gemstone
-3 Recon Segments (3 x [11 + 1] = 36 total battle segments)
--360 units of Steel
--180 units of Copper
--540 units of Fiberplast
--180 units of Leathery Hide
Reconnaissance Armor Segment and Cores:
Krayt Dragons
Reconnaissance Armor Enhancers:
Nightsisters, Sharnaff
Krayt Dragon (Advanced Recon Core)
Used in: Recon Armor
Dropped by: Krayt Dragons on Tatooine
Kinetic: 4300
Energy: 6300
Base: 5300
Summary: Very useful to make cheap, decent armor. Can usually not match crafted components, but can reach surprisingly high stats.
Usefulness Rating: * * * (*)
Nightsister Shards
Dropped by: Nightsisters on Dathomir
Used in: Recon Armor segment enhancer
Stat: Health
Looted Range: +5 to +15
Converted: +15
Summary: The best Recon segment enhancer, especially for the converted enhancers which should exist in large quantities. Usefulness Rating: * * * * *
Peko Peko Albatross Feather
Dropped by: Peko Peko Albatross on Naboo
Used in: Feathered Appearance Enhancer slot, Appearance of any armor
Stat: Health
Looted Range: +11 to +22
Converted: +20 / +25
Summary: To gain access to this schematic you have to perform the RIS quest. This is the old RIS layer, which were converted to a whopping +25 health for those you fortunate having some in your stocks…The converted feathers give a +20 bonus when the FAE is made. This enhancer can be used in any armor, hence it is the most useful health enhancing loot in game. The feather itself show no stats, hence The Feathered Appearance must be made to see the health bonus.
Usefulness Rating: * * * * *
Sharnaff Plating
Dropped by: Sharnaffs on Corellia
Used in: Recon Armor segment enhancer
Stat: Health
Looted Range: +3 to +5
Converted: ?
Summary: Useful for health enhancing of Recon armor.
Usefulness Rating: * * *
Advanced recon core
45 lokian leathery
45 naboo fiberplast
45 polymer
40 carbonite steel
40 link-steel aluminum
35 crystaline gemstone
3 recon segments
(optional)
1 core enhancement
I don't have a working relationship with an AS, so it's like shopping for a car....always be in doubt.
Canaryville
Message Edited by canary on 07-29-2005 09:01 AM
So how would I know if the armor that I might be looking for on a vendor has enhancers? Is there a general guideline that says the stats will be @xxxx base amount and if it has enhancers will be @xxxx base amount.
What about colors? Anything other than the darker blue/black combo?
Canaryville
You might see layered recon armor with much higher energy protection and lower kinetic protection (if energy layers are used) or layered armor with slightly higher energy AND kinetic protection and lower special protection (if primus layers are used). Adding layers adds a lot of expense without adding that much protection, 3 to 8 percent addition damage reduction is typical.
The other way to enhance armor is to add a health bonus using different loot. THIS BONUS, ALONG WITH BE MODDED CLOTHING, HAS BEEN BROKEN SINCE PUBLISH 18!!! (Yes, I'm shouting
) So you would be hard pressed to find health-bonus armor right now, and no smith can make any for you.
Armor colors courtesty of Teila on Shadowfire:
http://www.geocities.com/ravingbantha/armorcolor.html
Pyke,
First of all thanks for the info and secondly the link to the color chart. Most appreciative.
Canaryville
well if you're only lvl 54, armor isn't going to help you that much. on adventure planets where mobs are all lvl 70+, they're going to hit you for a hell of a lot of damage, probably around 2k dmg per hit or so, maybe more. armor isn't going to do anything to protect you from getting killed. even with capped armor, you're still only going to block a little over 50% of the damage you are hit with, so in 3 or 4 shots, you're going to be dead anyways.
thank SOE and their stupid ass level system for this. has to be one of the stupidest, most unrealistic things i've ever seen.
Yes...I'm normally not looking for solo fun on those planets. Just a bit of surveying and, if possible, hold my own till I can get out of the area.
But the fact of the matter that if I can upgrade the armor so that it takes 4 hits instead of 3 hits to knock me off my bike and avoid being db'ed, then it should be worth it. Nothing like cloning and see how much you degrade.
Wish I had my old composite back.
Canaryville