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Thread: How much can this tank?

Deemer
Tue May 18, 2004 5:22 am
#1

Hello,


I am still debating whether or not I should spend 100k on a r3 unit with 1 combat module and 5 repair modules. Wondering how much they can really tank? Like when I was getting experience for fencer I would hunt giant baz nitches on dathomir, hitting the lair once to fight 10 at a same time. Now I need xp for carbineer, could I do the same with this droid or would it just get destroyed within 2 secs? or, how fair would it tank?
or how good can it tank vs 10 quenkers? anyone?


-Lex
ZeckAzuenden
Tue May 18, 2004 5:28 am
#2

Never fought those, but, from my experience, he would die incredibly fast. Don't think there is any pet that could take 10 beating on them at the same time for any length of time. Maybe a doc buffed high end CH pet, but gotta be a CH for that.





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Deemer
Tue May 18, 2004 5:36 am
#3

for how long could it be alive? are we talking 1min, 5 secs, 3min or how long roughly do you think?


-Lex


Asteroids
Tue May 18, 2004 6:10 am
#4






Deemer wrote:

for how long could it be alive? are we talking 1min, 5 secs, 3min or how long roughly do you think?


-Lex








I'd go with 5 seconds against 10 quenkers.
Envoy3113
Tue May 18, 2004 7:10 am
#5

I dunno...



With stims you might be able to pull it off, I don't know if you would want to rely on your R-3 pulling all spawns the lair has to offer tho.


I did testing of my own and grouped with a master fencer, the R-3 and myself we hit a mid level rebel mission on Corellia. The R-3 was able to take direct fire from 4 of the 5 imps present for enough of a span of time to rotate through them with the fencer and my probot. At the end of the fight, by the time the encampment blew both droids were back to full health with me only using one stim B on the probot.





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Ull
Tue May 18, 2004 7:15 am
#6


Sunfire1 posted a nice tank for combat grinding a couple days ago. Its an ADV Probot with 5 auto-repair mods and 2 lvl 4 armor mods. This will only do 1 pt of dmg, so it won't rob you of your xp like an R3 with even a poor combat mod will.


I made this droid and currently use it to hold up to 3 pickets while I level carbineer. It will just barely stay alive as I drop the third picket. I've found its a little easier to grab an aggro for 1 or 2 pickets rather than try to pull only 1 or 2 quenkers.





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ikolian
Tue May 18, 2004 7:52 am
#7

I got 28K or so of some really nice copper last week I'm going to use on the repair modules to see what I can hit with them- I've never used one of these tanks myself, but it will take quite a bit of damage before it falls if it's well built. Not sure if it's worth 100K, depends on the quality of the modules used.



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Bearalag
Tue May 18, 2004 10:24 am
#8

Its worth 100K. It is a great Tank, and is very useful for anyone grinding a Rifles/Carbs etc. With the Probot and 5 Auto-Repairs, you get a lot more XP, and a lot of time is saved.


For someone Holo-Grinding, I think this is avaluable tool to help them go thru the grind a lot faster.





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Envoy3113
Tue May 18, 2004 10:24 am
#9

yea...I was thinking the same, my R3's with the same config I've priced lower. I wasn't going to rain on some other DE's parade, but now that it's out there...100K is a lil steep.



There comes a time in every mans life when 86 years is just too damn long...
Noobiwankanoobi
Tue May 18, 2004 10:30 am
#10

I sell my 5 auto repair module adv probe tanks at around 60k,I won't charge 100k for mine just because not everyone canafford that. After all the droid does last forever so 100k is not too bad compared to other things.



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Waren_Xim
Tue May 18, 2004 7:51 pm
#11

Get a LE droid with 1 combat and 2 Auto-repair modules. I use one against Quenkers all the time. In my estimation a 6000HAM LE droid, withtwo good auto-repair modules running,would last about 3-4min against 5 Quenkers.

Waren Xim

Master Droid Engineer

Radiant Galaxy
Deemer
Wed May 19, 2004 4:29 am
#12

awesome thanks,


anyways, why would I need droid repair tools if the droid is autorepairing?


-Lex
jassi007
Wed May 19, 2004 8:37 am
#13

because auto-repair is slow. Unless you want to sit for 15 minutes between fights, and also auto-repair causes droids to go through batteries like mad.



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