Carbineer Archive

I have a laser carbine 20-228 speed 3.3 and I love it, but I cant seem to find any better ones. I just recently got the elite carbine certification but I have no idea what the elite carbine is. Can anyone tell me where to find a weapons listing with specs and maybe some illustrations. I searched the bazaar and cant find a carbine better than mine so far. Any help locating a better one would be appreciated.

Well, there's a stickied post here (means it's at the top all the time) by Volatris comparing several different weapons he had made by the same master weaponsmith. While resource differences and weaponsmith skill will make what's available to you slightly different, that post is a good way to compare overall trends -- this carbine has good dps potential, that carbine's really a speed demon, this one gets big hits, this one has horrible HAMs, etc.

As for pictures, try www.swgcenter.com. They've got pictures for several of the weapons there, along with stats that I'd ignore, hehe.

Finally, in-game, I wouldn't bother looking on the bazaar for upgrades. There's a maximum price you can list an item there that's really low (3000cr), so I wouldn't expect to see anything better than a DH17 or maybe an occasional (and doubtfully well-made) E-11. Instead, ask around with other players to see who makes their weapons, or do searches for gunsmiths or master weaponsmiths (but be patient and polite while talking to them -- masters especially get tons of tells and are pretty busy), and check the planetary map for advertised vendors.

I carry 2 laser carbines, 1 is 23-228 2.8spd and the other is 23-309 4.0spd. Your best bet is to hit a master slicer and see what he can do. It took me 6 carbines to get the 2 i like and use now. (and 150k over the slice trys /cry)

I personally think the laser is the best weapon today. It's the only carbine with an armor rating of 2, so it does gobs of damage. Our server doesn't have Elites yet, but I've read up on it a bit in other places. Seems to have a narrow damage range, but no other appretiative factors.

There will be times when you will want a good DXR6 or EE3 because they do different types of damage (acid and heat respectively). There will be times that speed matters. When you are hunting solo against mobs you know you can take in 3 or 4 hits, then speed really doesn't matter.

i got really lucky and got my Laser carbine sliced to 34% speed (total fluke on the first try) so now its 20-225 damage and 2.7 speed... I use it the most now fopr aplying bleeds because og armor rating 2. For speed i use an E-11 44-114 damage (kinda low) but 2.0 speed - which is awesome and still armor rating 1. In general i suggest looking for carabine that suits your character and gaming style. I'm a Combat medic as well so dont care about ham costs that much, if you dont use stims you'll need a low ham carbine. Still i would choose Laser sliced for speed for best results so far until better resources are available to refine the Elite carbine.

On intrepid we have terrible materials for elites, but I was still able to slice one to 91-150, awesome for consistancy.