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Thread: How would you slice this Bowcaster and HLR?
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Aydhan
Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:36 am
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I was lucky enough to be able to have a nearly perfect Assault Bowcaster and HLRmade last night and am not sure how to slice them.
I think this boils down to two questions.
I don't have my final armor made so don't have my Rifle or General Ranged Speed tapes equipped yet. My template involves MRifles. Unfortunately I don't know another Wookiee with my template that would let me borrow their tape enhanced armor to see what I would end up at. With my natural mods, the bowcaster has a modified speed of 1.6 and the HLR has a modified speed of 1.5. The HLR is primarily for PVE mobs and the Bowcaster is primarily for PVP.
1st Question. Will the additional 50points of speed from the tapes bring either weapon down to near 1.0 without speed PUPs? If so, I'd like to go for 10% critical on the slice.
2nd Question. If not, how much speed should I get it sliced for in anticipation of the 50 points of speed mods I'll eventually have?
Thanks for your help.
Message Edited by Aydhan on 09-29-2005 03:06 PM
Alristico
Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:45 am
#2
depends for the bowcaster. If you did a 2% dmg slice with a 7% spd slice you will hit the dmg cap which is 1184 (which is also the slicing cap). But you might get more dps if you did a 12% spd slice, especially if you don't have alot of spd mods.
Alristico
Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:10 pm
#4
Aase wrote:
DPS dont work atm, so go 4 dam and crit!
dps works exactly how its supposed to. You just have to know how to interpret it. Thats where many are confused.
Critical slice is actually whats broken atm. In the FAQ it says its supposed to give a 10% chance to do double dmg but it actually only gives a 10% chance to do 25% dmg. Seems they tried to increase it from 50% dmg (which is what the FAQ said before) to 100% but they inverted some code or whatever and decreased it to 25%. Halved instead of double.
Gramble
Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:21 pm
#5
Very nice caster 
. I would go for a 1 speed ( should bring speed down to about 1.56 ) Full damage ( Should bring your min up to around 507 ) and 1 critical for 100% custom and a mean Assault Bowcaster.
. I would go for a 1 speed ( should bring speed down to about 1.56 ) Full damage ( Should bring your min up to around 507 ) and 1 critical for 100% custom and a mean Assault Bowcaster.
AgentDib
Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:25 pm
#6
What I prefer to maximize in the CU is not DPS, but DPA - your damage per action point. Think of action being a currency you spend in order to inflictdamage on your mark, as you will definitely be at the point of marginal speed increases with MRifle, MBH and speed tapes.
The rest of your template makes a big difference... if you are the FOTMMBH/MRifle (4400 combat prowess, 2000 CM), you are going to be needing to spend a lot of your time on tosses and sprays. This further reduces the need for any additional speed.
I would 10% crit slice it, adk it, then keep 14 ptSAC pups on it.
Alristico
Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:50 pm
#8
DPA doesn't necessarily optimize your weapon. If you use a spd pup instead of a sac pup you will do much higher dps for a short period and then run out of action. And while the guy with the spd puped weapon is using ranged attack to regenerate action the guy with thesac puped weapon is catching up on total damage. And the quesiton is, will the guy with the sac puped weapon catch up on dmg before the guy with the spd puped weapon gains back his action.
AgentDib wrote:
What I prefer to maximize in the CU is not DPS, but DPA - your damage per action point. Think of action being a currency you spend in order to inflictdamage on your mark, as you will definitely be at the point of marginal speed increases with MRifle, MBH and speed tapes.
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