Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: Armor Question
HeartlessHunter
Sun Sep 04, 2005 6:39 am
#210
Pyskow wrote:
why combat medic ?
Combat medic gives you great healing power that you will need when hunting jedi. This is the CM4xxx, however people have been picking up CMxxx4 for the debuff line and paralyze. It seems right now the out healing of Jedi seems to be a trump card to success.
El_Puto_Amo
Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:06 am
#211
Pyskow wrote:
Since i dont wanner hunt Jedi, i dont have ANY skilltapes atm, i only wanner do NPC missions. Couldnt i just settle for Master Pistol and something else ?
Then use the classic template: Master BH / Master (any ranged proffesion) / CM 4xxx . It works fine with jedi and npc missions as well.
GoordonFreemλn 
assassin-sk
Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:12 am
#213
for armor though, some ubese with a good PSG never hurt, that combo of energy armor even stopped the NK from hitting me as hard, lol
MsEve
Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:33 am
#214
little off topic...but you all seem to be taling about it... anyway recon is the way togo 
now a ? for me... i am master bh /rifleman and pistols 0004.. just wanted to know i start dropping pistols and how long would it take me to get 4000 cm? 2-3 hrs a day when i can grind?
Chaind2f8
Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:00 am
#215
If you're only wanting to hunt NPCs then i suggest a good set of Primus layered Assualt Armor. Why? Well your marks can use Kinetic AND Energy weapons. With the Primus layered Assault you can probably get your Energy resistance up to about 5k while having a 7k+ kinetic resistance. You can also throw onto that a PSG to give you an additional 2k+ Energy resistance. This will in effect give you 7k+ resistance to both Energy and Kinetic attacks.
If you go with Recon Armor then you're stuck with lower Kinetic resist plain and simple since a PSG will only offer Energy protection.
Sharky_Donavan
Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:57 am
#216
I wanted to thank you for posting what to look for in armor for this profession. Last couple of days I had been having bad experiences hunting my marks and kept getting knocked down and incapped because i could stay standing before they would knock me down again. I did just as you suggested and bought 7k kenetic armor for the critical areas head, chest, and legs. I also purchase a PSG to bring up the 5k energy to 7k also. I then went out and got my mission and off to Lok i go for my first mark. It was only 74 level mark but I couldn't even hold my own against them.....till now!!!!. It made all the difference in the world...have done 3 marks already...not one knockdown yet. Infact right after I launched my seeker and got a waypoint on Lok, the new updated waypoint.....less then 200meters away!!! sweet!!!. Well loaded up the PSG and equiped my Lightning rifle sent in a probot droid for distraction so i can get off my beginning shot. I know some think its a waste to get those but anything to distract the npc while hit him is ok with me. Within about 20 to 30 seconds i had my mark and my reward as well as loot. Thank you again for you information. Just wanted to let you know your post turned it around for me.
Pyskow
Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:39 am
#217
Thanks all...
I have bought 7k Kinetic Recoon armor
Lightning Rifel Dam 1246 with a PUB
And maan...that rocks...took out a CL77 that i couldnt do before, without a scratch
Marcuss
Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:06 pm
#218
I'm not sure where to post this since it's a generic armor question but since I'm an upcoming CL31 ranger I thought I'd try here. I have been unable to determine how to tell what armor I'm able to use when seeking to upgrade. It's easy with weapons. The details display tells you what CL and skills are required right up front. The only way I can see to evaluate a piece of armor is to buy it and try to equip it. That can get quite expensive. The answer is probably obvious but can anyone point it out to this clueless ranger?
Dyrwen
Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:09 pm
#219
It's dictated by your profession. Click on the skill boxes in your ctrl+s screen to see what mitigation occurs and you'll see what type you can wear. Rangers get battle, but.. (seemingly) in the next revamp we're getting recon instead.
Wales
Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:21 am
#220
Hi,
I read somewhere on these boards (But I can't seem to find it now) that certain pieces of armor have no effect (i.e. there are certain parts of the body that no longer take damage). I believe head and feet were the areas that don't take damage. Can anyone confirm/deny this please as I am looking to get my armor 75% AB sliced and can't afford the resources to get all my armor done. Thanks
pykescylla
Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:51 am
#221
Hands and feet don't take damage. Armor boots and gloves are just for looks and have no stats other than condition. You can't slice them nor would you need to.