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Thread: Armour Thought
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ballermatt1
Sat Aug 28, 2004 8:36 am
#1
As you may have noticed most servers are full of basically clones whereing composite armour with the exceptions of new people and wookies. I think the devs should make it so that each armour has something that is better than other armour eg. composite is good kinetic so make ubese good blast or energy. The only real down side I see to them doing this is that it creates a hastle when doing pvp because you have to switch armour a lot.
What are your guys thoughts on this?
Ainwyn
Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:18 am
#2
Ummm... armor already does have a natural Special.
Composite - electrical
Padded - Blast
RIS, Ubese, Hunting, Black Mountain, Ceremonial, Chitin - kinetic
Tantel, Bone - Energy
Mabari - Heat and another... Blast?
(not sure on Mandolorian, but I don't count it as truly crafted and I have no clue about the non-crafted armors)
The bigger differences are in the number of vulnerabilites and which also govern how many resists are in the slicable efficiency (base). All resists but lightsaber have layers which can be added to cover a vulnerability or to increase a resist (and bring it into special).
examples:
Composite (3 layers) - 2 vulns: stun and lightsaber
Padded (2 layers) - 4 vulns: stun, heat, acid, lightsaber
Ubese (1 layer) - 4 vulns: stun, heat, acid, lightsaber
Chitin (no layers) - 5 vulns: stun, heat, cold, electricity, lightsaber
The only way Composite has a high kinetic or energy resist is via layering. Via layering, I have made Padded with 77%kinetic (maybe higher with some newer resources I have acquired) and hit even hit 80% energy. Padded, though, has a -much- lower base range.
The importance of base is slicing. With base nearing or exceeding 70%, any resist which is not a special can be sliced to as high as 90%.
80% is the crafted resist cap. 90% is the sliced resist cap.
Composite - electrical
Padded - Blast
RIS, Ubese, Hunting, Black Mountain, Ceremonial, Chitin - kinetic
Tantel, Bone - Energy
Mabari - Heat and another... Blast?
(not sure on Mandolorian, but I don't count it as truly crafted and I have no clue about the non-crafted armors)
The bigger differences are in the number of vulnerabilites and which also govern how many resists are in the slicable efficiency (base). All resists but lightsaber have layers which can be added to cover a vulnerability or to increase a resist (and bring it into special).
examples:
Composite (3 layers) - 2 vulns: stun and lightsaber
Padded (2 layers) - 4 vulns: stun, heat, acid, lightsaber
Ubese (1 layer) - 4 vulns: stun, heat, acid, lightsaber
Chitin (no layers) - 5 vulns: stun, heat, cold, electricity, lightsaber
The only way Composite has a high kinetic or energy resist is via layering. Via layering, I have made Padded with 77%kinetic (maybe higher with some newer resources I have acquired) and hit even hit 80% energy. Padded, though, has a -much- lower base range.
The importance of base is slicing. With base nearing or exceeding 70%, any resist which is not a special can be sliced to as high as 90%.
80% is the crafted resist cap. 90% is the sliced resist cap.
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