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Thread: Why are Belbullab deeds so cheap?

squirk
Sat Jul 16, 2005 5:23 am
#1


There are many opinions on what is the best personal starfighter in this game, due primarily to differences in play style (light and fast, slow and powerful, etc.). It seems like a lot of people are impressed with the Belbullab. I'm just wondering why the deeds are selling so cheap as opposed to, say, a Firespray, which are still selling in the millions.


Is it purely because the materials needed for the Firespray are so rare and it's just easier to group up and beat Necrosis? Or is the Belbullab craftable now, requiring easier-to-obtain materials than the Firespray to make it?


Sorry if this question is clueless. I haven't really gotten into the space portion of the game yet.


Regards,


Squirk

Message Edited by squirk on 07-16-2005 07:26 AM

Xis
Sat Jul 16, 2005 5:27 am
#2

I think they're craftable. On my server there are 2 caegory buttons in the bazaar labeled as bellabub. Under one of them the lowest price I've seen in 3mil. Under the other.....I bought one for about 200k




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squirk
Sat Jul 16, 2005 5:30 am
#3

Maybe a looted one has better mass/hitpoints than a crafted one? I dunno. It just seems weird that this ship should be going so cheap.
Daroneji
Sat Jul 16, 2005 5:47 am
#4


The grevious ship is cheap because it's easy to get since it's a loot drop when u kill him in the mythril caverns. He drops it everytime he dies along with a cyber arm and a weapon of some type.The firespray on the other had is not crafted at all but is made when u successfully gather 10 disks to create the deed for it. The only way to get these disks is to RE looted ship components from space, and it takes hundreds apon hundreds of components to get these 10 disks.
oliphontmon
Sat Jul 16, 2005 5:55 am
#5



Daroneji wrote:
The grevious ship is cheap because it's easy to get since it's a loot drop when u kill him in the mythril caverns. He drops it everytime he dies along with a cyber arm and a weapon of some type. The firespray on the other had is not crafted at all but is made when u successfully gather 10 disks to create the deed for it. The only way to get these disks is to RE looted ship components from space, and it takes hundreds apon hundreds of components to get these 10 disks.






wrong, partially, the firespray is crafted, the disks only give you the schematic, the disks are very rare, ive REd thousands of peices of kuat components and only came up with 1 complete set of 8 disks, and the amount of resources it takes to craft it is horrendous,just like any of the other master level ships. that is why it is so expensive.
squirk
Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:43 am
#6

Well, then maybe the question I should be asking is whether the Firespray is superior enough to other ships to justify the price tag. Or if you're paying more for prestige and "coolness" andcan get a ship that's almost as good (mass/hitpoints)for much less.


Really, it's been a toss-up between Firespray and Belbullab. I'm just not sure now if the Firespray is worth the extra money.
Vrond
Sat Jul 16, 2005 7:53 am
#7

the KSE is only craftable from a limited schmatic that takes many many many many loots to get as the disks only come from rengineering ship parts. it takes 8 disks but its not any old 8 disk each disk has a number 1/8 2/8 3/8 ect and you have to get the right 8 disks to get one schematic and that gives you 3-6 KSEs you can make.


The greivous is a loot drop and it drops every time he is killed.


Like any thing else its supply and demand.





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WookieeRanger
Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:43 am
#8

The Bellbullab becomes cheaper every day because more and more deeds are looted from Necrosis. The reason why the Firespray is still so expensive (although much cheaper than when the first were crafted) is that the requirements of looting and then reverse-engineering hundreds or thousands of components and having a lot of luck while doing this haven't changed in any way.

Referring to your question of what ship to use, well... in PvP it would be a HUGE target from behind with limited maneuverability and as far as PvE is concerned... The Rebel Advanced X-Wing will fly better and have sufficient mass while a neutral Krayt has similar mass and capabilities to the Firespray at a fraction of the cost. The only advantage of the Firespray I could see is the possibility of loading two missiles if you prefer those, while the other mentioned ships can pack three guns.

Maybe consider the Firespray more like a rare trophy if you already have your super-maneuverable Bellbulab with godlike components for PvP and other PvE-Ships depending on your faction. The Firespray was introduced long before all those new (and mostly better) ships became available with the Combat Upgrade / Expansion, it's more like a relic, beautiful in it's own weird way but of questionable usefulness.



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Jason629
Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:09 pm
#9

The other thing to keep in mind is that the mass on the Belbullab is only 90k (I think...), like the JSF. It takes some work to find the right components to load out the ship properly. Realistically, very few pilots have the time, interest, or budget to get enough high-quality, low-mass components to load it.


I think the constantly increasing availability of the deeds andthe difficulty in putting a good finished ship together will create an ever-falling price on it.





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BadgerSmaker
Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:26 am
#10

It's also far too easy to kill Necrosis. People keep throwing groups of Jedi at this thing but a guildmate and I killed it without any jedi skills, just the two of us.




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