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Thread: What are reasonably good stats on a Flame Thrower
I have two: 1 is 2.8 sec and 890 top end. Yes it is krayt with a spd slice. This is my primary. But if I think I can get in a one shot kill I use my krayt dmg sliced, something like 4.3 spd and 1080 top end or something. I will not discuss the price I paid though...
BobbyJack wrote:
....damage is irrelevant.
Since when?
I sliced one of my flamethowers for 34% damage. The max on it now is like 1057, those few extra hundred points of dmg when coupled with a flamesingle 2 and while the creature is knocked down, I have done over 11k dmg in a single hit. With my normal 800 something max dmg thrower I've never gotten anywhere near that.
Anyway damage counts and it always will.
My old flame thrower was 1118 damage and I pretty much gave it away since I never used it in favor of my 3.2 speed, 819 dmg flame thrower
The delay difference between a 4.whatever with whatever high damage stats you may have doesn't compare to a 3.2 speed when it comes to winning battles. I played a master commando for some time and I think the speed over damage rule holds true foralmost all commando weapons. It's the huge delay that gets a commando killed about 98% ofthe time. Cut down the delay and add in anotherspecial, heal yourself while dot does its job..etcand the win to loss ratio skyrockets for a commando.
I make them 439-836, 4.7 speed - 10-11k a pop depending on resources currently in stock.
THe person who listed 3.something and 500-1000+ has to have had a krayt with a slice. Please give the question asked a 'reasonably' good statline. Not something that's pretty hard to come by.
never buy a flame thrower for more than 50k
they dont cost that much to make and you can get one that good for around like 20k.
mine is a fiku FT from like the begging it is 506-969 dmg. 4.2 speed. 79/18/18 HAM (wish it wasnt that much) and it cost me 20k (but then i bought another one and got it 4 free)
My own sweet Housewarmer is a blissful 456-840, sliced for speed to 3.2.
I didn't need Krayt tissue, but I do the dragon runs now in hopes of finding enough tissues of high quality to get at least 3 or 4 made, then rely on luck and knowing a couple of master smugglers to get a good speed slice.
The 'best' krayt flamethrower I saw was on Rinoa's vendor for 2.5 million... about 920something max damage, sliced to 2.4 speed.It was obnoxious, but as far as I know it's still there... for 2.5 million, I'd want orbital bombardment class weapontry.
Remember, friend... Speed Kills... a speed slice is worth much more than a damage slice... Anything you can kill in one Flamesingle2 will probably come with friends... anything you can't kill with one Flamesingle2 will have more friends.
Lynch, Master Commando of Flurry
Force Unsensitives - Evil Overlord rule #103 - I will make it clear that I do know the meaning of the word "mercy"; I simply choose not show them any.
my first flamer:
448-850 spd @ 4.1
it had a crappy 16% spd slice...
my new flamer (my old one still use..but its about half condition):
452-854 @ 3.7
it had yet ANOTHER crappy spd slice..18%
gotta get another one and try and get a damage slice..but ive been cursed with crappy spd slices!
I almost **edit** myself when i saw the slice.
I can pop for 10k without a creature even being knocked down w/ flame2.
this was made with +111 dmg -.67 spd tissue.
Sinker
on Starsider
Mine is 4.0 speed and 590-1037 (25% dam slice)I can deal with 4.0 speed on account of im getting used to crappy carbines being grinded with to get commando. The only thing i really dont like is my ham costs i think it has like a 64 health ham cost and being a pistoleer i know i can wreak havoc on you if you use 2 specials...
No wonder why I owned a commando with 0-0-1-0 while being only a Novice Pistoleer.
But hopefully my next flamer will have some Krayt Tissue on there and has a 45% slice on speed...I'd really wet myself in public for that.