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Thread: Question: Nightsister Armor Shards
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this planet is boring and has 2 many trees )
Nice shards!
If you want a full set of composite you need matching serial numbers on all the parts but the gloves.
- Each bicep = 3 shards with same serial number
- Each bracer = 3 shardswith same serial number
- Helmet & Pants = 4 shards with same serial number
- Chest = 5 shards with same serial number
- Boots = 3 shards with same serial number
SO unless you have ohhh....22 shards with the same # ( I don't think so )
Its gonna cost you a grand total of 29 shards (thats if each part is made with a set of different serial numbers) because composite calls for factory crates of the same # you need one shard extra per segment.
And there you have it...oh, and no, the HAM reduction does not stack 
so 2, -10 shards will not lower the HAM by 20..it will be 10....if I remember correctly.
Message Edited by Jekkra on 02-27-2004 01:49 AM
My read on shards and nightsister layers is that they are really not worth the time for the payout.
Yes, at face value, they seem extremely attractive but it just takes way too much time to produce a suit that will probably get screwed by poor experimentation or most likely a slice you do not want.
Endstate, there is way too much variance in the slice to make paying and using these things on a regular basis worth the effort.
I can produce 5 chest plates with 80% special and 65% base w/ reasonable HAM and have at least one of them slice for 84-85% on the base. Also, translate this to encumberance if you're looking for that.
IMO, if you have them handy great, otherwise it's a huge waste of time and money given the extreme variance of our endproducts.
Put it this way - NS are currently dropping some of the most sought after loot in the game, so any shards or layers you grab are gravy. I sold two sets of heavy duty clasps for 2mil, one very nice lance for 320K, and a bunch of lances on the bazaar for 6K. Not to mention the bicep that I can't decide to sell or not.
I say go for it. If I ever get enough I think it'd be fun to have a few pieces of triple NS layered and sharded comp.
you wont know how many lances i have ...think the 78-493 3,2 lance with poison and disease and the lance with fire mind DoT (unlimited uses)aremy favourits atm. also got a nice clothingattachment with +15 on medical experimentation from the NS.
cant stop killing em lol
cheers lelaina
NS Armor shards are nice, but i'm a bigger fan of the layers.
Getting segs made with 2 runs of NS layers, a run of stun layers and a janta hide/ns shardcan create the best armor in the game, pray for a good slice.