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Thread: Official Answer regarding the armor not stacking

Sodan-droiddreamer
Fri Feb 20, 2004 4:43 pm
#14






Drashk wrote:

I'm hoping to get the chance to spend some time on TC after I make my rounds and run a full test on all of the droids capable of stacking armor. AfterI finish up the test I will send my findings to QA and the DEV that handles our issues. Hopefully, the problem can be tracked down, if it hasn't been already, so that a hotfix can make it out before Publish 7 hits TC.


I've been kind of lagging on game play over the last week with work and an issue that I am having with my video card not wanting to display correctly.





Drashky-doodle,


Is all this crap on the TC yet?





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Sketh
Fri Feb 20, 2004 6:52 pm
#15

OK, I spent some of my precious erco.


They don't stack. Peroid.


While I have heard that good dual L3's can make for a L6, the bottom line is that right now, they aren't stacking at all.



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Sodan-droiddreamer
Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:56 pm
#16






Drashk wrote:





Sodan-droiddreamer wrote:

Drashky-doodle,


Is all this crap on the TC yet?






Whosa whatsy?


I'm not sure what it is that you are refering to. Publish 7 maybe? From what I have read, Publish 7 won't be on TC until March, or at least after TH gets back into action. Thunderheart really keeps things flowing in the TC fourm as well as the Correspondents forum during patch time.






Heehee. Its hard to keep track of the changing deadlines of our fate. You meantioned needing to test on the TC. Got confused.




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GnomeAd
Sat Feb 21, 2004 1:15 am
#17

I'm almost certain this is a bug. I tried 2 98% level 4s and got the same result, med and 15%. If it was experimentation based, we should at least be seeing variable results. The fact that what you get is ALWAYS equal to one level 4 makes it pretty obvious that it's a bug.
AudioOrgana
Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:22 pm
#18






Sodan-droiddreamer wrote:





Mightion wrote:





Sodan-droiddreamer wrote:

Its a patch/pre-patch issue. Some one else reported that pre-patch lvl4 armor mods still stack to 40%.


/crosses-fingers








They don't. I made an advanced R3 and an advanced R2 with a pre-patch chassis, eachwith two pre-patch level 4 armor modules. No stacking.





W T F?!








I may have been responsible for this misunderstanding.


Droids that were constructed pre-patch (totally finished, I.E. in deed form) retainedtheir M40% ratings, even if tamed after the patch. I did a run of 700-800 droids before the patch, and they come out exactly as they did before when tamed now.


I metioned this in the original thread regarding this issue - that completed droids that are newly tamed have the proper stats, not that pre-patch components used in new droids made any difference.


As to TH's comments, LOL, yeah...I would take what he says with a grain of Tattoine sand when it comes to knowledge of the DE profession. This is the man who told us how neato our "clear domed R2's" were. Experimentation may be working slightly differently, but it still does not DO anything in most cases. We know that armor rating is not tied to the quality rating on an armor module - and it's becoming increasingly frustrating that the person in charge of communicating with us doesn't even understand the basic concepts of the profession.


This is aHUGE issue for most DE's - and the Dev team shouldn't be waiting for our corrispondent to get on TC to test it out - it's important enough that THEY should be looking into it, not waiting for a non-paid player representative to get the time.


Audio


Xix13
Sun Feb 22, 2004 2:36 am
#19

Hmmm...I've been making 2 L3s and find the armour's coming out like a single L6, saving me the comp segments. The comp schematic I have uses some really fine old stuf of which I have very little left, so I wanted to save it. So far, my results with 2 L3s have been successful, equalling an L6. I experiment everything, even if it doesn't matter, though with armour it seems to. I also use skill tapes and an ocassional hit of Bespin Port.



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Malitevv
Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:54 am
#20

great. so now I have to destroy all the droids I made after the patch that had two armor modules in them because the armor specs I am advertising are all false?!


this is painfully depressing and pisses me off greatly. why evencraft anything after a patch if they are going to screw the game up that bad when they do?





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wornol
Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:55 am
#21

I still have crates and crates (droids just are not selling anymore)of pre publish 6 Lvl 4's I can try them out vs the post publish 6 lvl 4's.
JavelinCatcher
Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:07 am
#22






Mightion wrote:





Sodan-droiddreamer wrote:

Its a patch/pre-patch issue. Some one else reported that pre-patch lvl4 armor mods still stack to 40%.


/crosses-fingers







They don't. I made an advanced R3 and an advanced R2 with a pre-patch chassis, eachwith two pre-patch level 4 armor modules. No stacking.








The person reporting that was me....


Yes, pre-crackdown patch crated lvl 4 Armor modules still produce Medium Armor, 40% resists. If you don't belive me, come to Gorath...and I'll show you. Post-patch crated lvl 4 Armor modules produce Medium Armor, 15% resists.




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Dyna_Jones
Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:20 pm
#23

I can confirm prepatch 4's do stack



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Malitevv
Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:37 pm
#24

*bump*


So what is the word on this bug? I've tested in some detail, and am quite certain that TH's claim that the reason armor is not stacking is due to "experimentation" is completely false.


So since the so-called "official word" is a false statement what is the word on the fact that now all droids that have two armor module slots are broken?


Are there any plans to fix or even acknowledge this new bug!??!?



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wornol
Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:21 pm
#25

*bump*



I made some Lvl 4's 82% experimented here are the stats


Armor Module Rating 8


Integrity 810


Mechanism Quality 10



I also have pre-publish Lvl 4's here are the stats (made with the same resources)


Armor Module Rating 0


Integrity 0


Mechanisum Quality 10



Will let you know what happens when I toss em in a droid.

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