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gildrian wrote:

Im sorry maybe I read this wrong, but 250-350? Total suit encumberence????!

It sounds like many players prefer Effectiveness Sliced 30-40% Stun Composite for PVP encounters....& Encumberence slices on composite that may have mulitiple 70-80% range protections (ie- kin, blast, elec, etc.)when used for high lvl PVE encounters.

But what is YOUR max allowable total ALLOWABLE encumberence on YOUR Composite Armor...regardless of whether it is sliced for encumberence or for effectiveness?

Thanks for reading/replying to this post..

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Yup 250-350.

But never wear full suit, because of encumberence.

Helmet, chest, gloves, boots.
All you need when you're human.

Unless I find affordable pre-sliced vendor, I usually buy unsliced and deal with the slice.

My secondaries are around 500-600 and I don't use doc buff so half of my secondaries is the max I'm ready to accept.

Beside, on my server, 35%+ stun armor is luxury I and most can't afford.

Last auction I saw both a full suit of compo 80% base 38% stun, and a 4 piece set, sold for 3M+ each.

So, not for me.

If I could find energy armor with low encumberence on my server, I would probably buy it too, and drop for good compo.

Message Edited by Gavvot on 09-06-2004 11:59 AM

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TashunkaSapa wrote:

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Gavvot wrote:

Helmet, chest, gloves, boots.
All you need when you're human.

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I presume this is because theoretically, the gloves protect against all arm hits and the boots against all leg hits?

You say "when you're human", would this also apply to any race that can wear armor gloves and boots?

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A theory that seem to works for me for the last 4 or 5 months (well at least 95% of the time).

I've read report that it works different way for different race, but all I know is human, so I can't tell you exactly for the other races.

It works like that :

If you wear bracer, you'll be hit to the arm.
If you don't wear bracer and biceps, you'll be hit on gloves and chest instead.

That means you need less part of armor, but you'll replace your armor more often.

I didn't tested in publish 10, but before it worked well.

Check the AS forum if you wanna be sure.

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Gavvot wrote:


If I could find energy armor with low encumberence on my server, I would probably buy it too, and drop for good compo.

Message Edited by Gavvot on 09-06-2004 11:59 AM

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If you find an Armorsmith making Bone Armor Interweave Segments (I think that is what they are called) and have a Master Artisan make you some Bone Armor, then you have High Energy Resist Armor with low Encumbrance.

I love my suit of Krayt Bone Armor, but I am hoping that with the Interweave segments, I can get some up in the 70s for resists.

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gildrian wrote:

Im experimenting with real decent pve and pvp suits atm...and of course I want my comp lightweight and effective...so that lead to maybe the real question for you on the issue of balance:

What are YOUR:

- Maximum allowable total comp suit encumb

- Minimum allowable effectiveness stats

for PVP and/or PVE???

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Weight, all the time. Maximum for any armor is 250.