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Thread: Are you using armor for faction NPC missions?
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Xymor
Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:04 pm
#1
My new composite armor (head/chest/legs) lasted just about 6 days of NPC missions. I cannot afford getting one for 500k every week. Do you guys run faction misions wearing yours?
AelricMistrider
Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:39 pm
#2
Given the CL's of NPC missions, you won't need to use armor at all. Most of them will go down in 1-4 shots, depending on their level.
Xymor
Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:50 pm
#3
I am doing 9k+ Imperial missions where most NPC's are 80-82 CL, so it takes a while to take them down.
Gray03
Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:07 pm
#4
Hmm, try dying less, getting incapped less or something.
I just finally bothered ditching the suit of composite that I had been doing everything in since the CU. Pretty much 3-4 weeks straight of running missions, going from cl43 to cl80/totally maxxed combat template and making thousands of faction points+hundreds of thousands of credits off the missions. That first suit was nothing special, but even after all that fighting I had only repaired the helm/legs - rest still had 8-10k condition left out of its original 30k.
(MIght be your server too - pretty much the best suits of composite I have seen being sold have only gone for 350/400k. The lower end ones sell for 100-200k.)
AelricMistrider
Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:54 am
#5
Xymor wrote:
I am doing 9k+ Imperial missions where most NPC's are 80-82 CL, so it takes a while to take them down.
Oh! My apologies, I misread the tagline. If they are pumping out 80-82's, I would definitely wear armor, and probably a PSG to boot, just to be on the safe side.
Akoogari
Wed Jun 08, 2005 6:02 am
#6
I always wear my "modified" faction suit. One, I am always the first to rush in, controlling my group greatly (and I am the Master SL) so I generally do take all of the damage as I generally have no melee with me (as I have like 3 in my entire guild) and that is mainly because my default attack is leg shot and I generally out damage most. I used to wear full ST armor, and it didnt decay to much. But now I wear full padded, with ST gloves, boots, bracers; a scout trooper belt; and a shock trooper helm. (I love my distinctive look) I have had to repair my legs and chest once. My chest was at 20k of 40k condition and my legs were at 10k of 40k. This is about 2-3 weeks of heavy combat. My faction armor would last just as long. So I see no reason to not wear faction armor. If you watch the condition, and repair when it gets low, your armor will last you a long long time. And besides, if your gonna pay 2.5 million (on sunrunner) for a full set of Imperial armor, wear the blasted armor.
Message Edited by Akoogari on 06-08-2005 08:04 AM
Trebonious
Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:51 am
#7
Maybe it's just me, but I never use armor for regular PvE such as faction missions. Even for missions that spawn a dozen CL 80 enemies, as long as the group plays it smart and you have healers helping out, you shouldn't need it. That's been my experience, anyway.
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