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Thread: R3 Tankdroid configuration this viable, or a waste?
Sounds like it would work fine to me cause if they are in 30 meters they will healeach other as well as the individual. For 5-6 droids thats alot of heal (say 500-600 per 10 seconds...) I think they would hang in there just fine.
Everette Mackay, MDE
My thinking was that Repair droids do negligable dmg anyway, even with a full load of combat mods, so I put in
the auto-repair mods to perhaps offset some incoming dmg. I'm not sure if it helps much, but the idea seems
to have won over a few customers. Not sure if i'm going to continue along these lines or not.
Heres my feeling on the auto repair modules. Batteries are waaaaaay cheaper and easierto produce than droid repair packs. And since a droid doing damage is just stealing exp anyway, its much better to fight with a droid with minimum combat and maximum autorepair.
Granted waiting for a droid to heal itself takes more time. But with a combination of the sparing use of droid repair packs, and a droid with autorepair always on, I find battles go much better and easier. And with multiple droids, the repairs stacking really make a difference, and the droids rarely if ever go incapped.
Yes, this is what i've been curious to hear about -
The advantages of an R3 are morerepair power but lower HAM. With a repair droid, More HAM but lower repair power (please correct me there if I'm wrong, my DE is a little new). I'm wondering whether people had better experiences with one or the other.
I don't mind the complexity in making these as I'm a DE solely for the benefit of my PA, with a handful of personal orders outside of it.
I only use the LE repair, butheres a comparison withan R3. The LEs only have 2 repair packs, so with 3 LEswe got 90 healing every 10 seconds. Or an extra 540 HAM in a one minute battle. Total potential droidHAM for battle 6455.
The same situation with 3R3s with5repair packswould have been 225 every 10 seconds. If the battle lasts a minute, thats 1350 healing. Average starting R3 health 4400. Add the 1350 they would get in a minute battle and total potential HAM for battle is 5750.
Of course if the battle goes 2 mins, the LEs end up with health potential of 6955. While the R3s would go to 7100.
The longer the battle goes, the better off you are with an R3. But for shorter fights, the LE is better. And of course once you are up to 5 droids in group, 5 R3s would be equal to 5 LEs after a minute of battle.
Hope this puts it in perspective for you.