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Do armorsmiths get any armor repair bonuses?

no one has yet figured it out since the devs have given no real info on how they work in the first place.

I am highly aggravated with this. I crafted 3 tools with 950 conductivity metal and had amazing successes on 3 of em. I go to repair some armor and get 1 success and 3 failures on armor that is only 70% damaged. Whats up with this?

I feel your pain, manwolf. I'm a master armorsmith and I have some 96.63 effectivness armor repair tools. When i repair 1 out of 5 pieces falls apart and 3 out of 5 are only marginally repaired. And people are less than understanding when their composite chestplate falls apart.

Thoseare the kind of stats that make me not want to have a searchable character.

I do not repair for all the reasons listed above. Some people get mad when I tell them I wont do it, but not as mad as when their adv composite is destroyed. I wont deal with the headache of it anymore. They supposedly made it so Master Armorsmiths get a bonus to reapair armor, but I dont see it.

I have repaired quite a bit with 99.8% tools and so far ppl have never been mad at me for failing since i very clearly state that it is a very real possibility before repairing anything

I got 19 Armor Repair points, i'll run some tests with/without them and report back.

How did you get Armor repair points? and how can I get them ???

A WS friend of mine has weapon repair belt or some such thing. He says he has yet to fail since he started using it, but failed just as much as us before he got it. Its only like a +5 or so. From that I assume they did not put in repair bonuses for us.

The bonuses come from skill tapes. I believe some better places to get them are locked boxes in squill cave and from tuskins at fort tuskin (Both on Tat). Not sure on those because I've never gone to either place myself.

I could not find this in the FAQ, sorry for the newb question, but I just started using armor. I had a question about repairing it once it's damaged. (I knowit cannot be fixedwhen it's down to 0%, found out the hard way).

1) Can anyone repair armor, or only armorsmiths?

2) When is the best time to repair, so as to maximize the lifetime of the armor, and minimize the possibility of a critical failure that ruins the armor? IOW, wait till its at 50%, or what?

Thanks-in-advance!

My experience on the matter:

I have heard rumours that 'armour repair' is like a hidden skill or related to Armour Assembly skill. Anyone can do it, but as you become a better armoursmith you have better odds at repairing armour.

I use 99% experimented repair kits. My best is 9 from 9 pieces and worst 7 from 9 successes. When trying to repair armour before becoming an AS I always failed. Not conclusive evidence, but enough for me to feel confident for repairing today.

Conditions:

0 - never attempt. I have tried 6 times now and they have always fallen apart to silly negative numbers. 0 in the formulat must really hit the repair.

1-50% - in my experience, I tend to see more fails at this level

50%-80% - I have seen better results on average.

81%+ - I have repaired 5 pieces at this level of condition and all have been saved with minor blemishes.

Remember, this is not conclusive, just my experience. I have heard of Master ASs with similar setup getting 9 from 9 fails.

Try standing by a armor crafting station (driod or personal included). This is purely my own experience and I have no proof that this helps, but since I have started standing near one my fail rate has gone down significantly. Hope that helps.

Even as master armorsmith I used to fail 2 out of 5 times and hardly ever repair with minor blemishes.

Now I make sure I don't have mind wounds or battle fatigue, pull my droid, and sit down to do the repair. I don't know how much this actually has to do with the results but I haven't had a piece fall apart in a while, and at least 50% of the time I repair w/minor blemishes only.