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Thread: Ok, so what is the big deal with the new BH armor?
Message Edited by Makkaio on 08-19-2005 11:20 AM
Everyone thinks that energy is what they need protected against. What if you are hunting Krayt or GDKs? Assault armor is for critters that do kinetic damage. My set is 8k kin protection. I use it to hunt creatures not Jedi.
Think about RIS. What is so special about RIS? It's somewhat rare. It's stats are no better than any other battle armor. It's the rare/cool factor. Same reason that a Barc sells for more than a swoop. The same reason a Black Sun helmet cost 30 million plus.
Right...people just want to be among the first to wear the armor. The "cool" factor is what makes it popular right now. The real value of the armor will be what AAs you put into it and any other custimizations, like healing bonuses and the like.
Mallize wrote:
No offense to the OP, but you can not know the stats of ALL BH armor. I'm so tired of every new BH asking me, "what are the stats on Bounty Hunter Armor?". IT'S JUST ASSAULT ARMOR. THE STATS CAN BE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ASSAULT ARMOR.
Everyone thinks that energy is what they need protected against. What if you are hunting Krayt or GDKs? Assault armor is for critters that do kinetic damage. My set is 8k kin protection. I use it to hunt creatures not Jedi.
Think about RIS. What is so special about RIS? It's somewhat rare. It's stats are no better than any other battle armor. It's the rare/cool factor. Same reason that a Barc sells for more than a swoop. The same reason a Black Sun helmet cost 30 million plus.
It looks cool, it's not mass produced. That's it. Otherwise it's crap armor. No better than Composite if you focus on Kinetic and can hit like 6K Energy 5K Kinetic if you focus on Energy. I wear it for show and switch to 8K Ubese (2K PSG for the 10K Energy Max) when I get to the mark. It's simply for show for me.
Also, maybe it just me, but I disagree that most marks use kinetic attacks. They virtually never close to melee (unless you close on them) and of the 100+ I've done in the last couple of weeks, most are using Energy based weapons (of course double gold O-Pi Aby kicked my ass when he pulled out a Striker and started shredding my Ubese...still remember his name). If they do pull the kinetics out, I simply burst run away and switch to the composite. I would never where BH armor into battle...it's too costly to replace and does not give you any advantage over the cheaper Composite.
Isn't this the armor that you can craft into mandaloran???
If wrong let me know
Anarchicgorilla wrote:Isn't this the armor that you can craft into mandaloran???
If wrong let me know
No. Only looted pieces can be crafted in Mando. Not the schems.
JaxonLuxor wrote:It looks cool, it's not mass produced. That's it. Otherwise it's crap armor. No better than Composite if you focus on Kinetic and can hit like 6K Energy 5K Kinetic if you focus on Energy. I wear it for show and switch to 8K Ubese (2K PSG for the 10K Energy Max) when I get to the mark. It's simply for show for me.
Also, maybe it just me, but I disagree that most marks use kinetic attacks. They virtually never close to melee (unless you close on them) and of the 100+ I've done in the last couple of weeks, most are using Energy based weapons (of course double gold O-Pi Aby kicked my ass when he pulled out a Striker and started shredding my Ubese...still remember his name). If they do pull the kinetics out, I simply burst run away and switch to the composite. I would never where BH armor into battle...it's too costly to replace and does not give you any advantage over the cheaper Composite.
It's not crap armor. Come on guys... different armor serves different purposes. It's for high kinetic encounters. It is VERY GOOD for hunting GDKs and Krayt. Even Night Sisters, since they like to run up and bang on you.
AGAIN, it is not the best for hunting NPC marks or Jedi. It IS VERY GOOD for creatures and melee encounters.
It looks cool, and it's new...and it's not crap at all, it just depends on how you want to layer it, and what you want to hunt with it.