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Thread: What has happened to the skill tape drops?
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EVILxWARLOCK
Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:07 am
#1
I know they nerfed the cave over the camping issue. It seems though that all drops for skill tapes have been nerfed. You used to be able to run faction missions and get them but i have not seem a tape in a month or so.
The bounty hunters seem to now have thier cake and can eat it also. Thier npc marks seem to be the only ones dropping tapes worth a dang. So now they can make money off jedi 2 ways by killing one or just selling them tapes.
I would like to see a way jedi could get tapes for themselvs once agian. We have lost the pearl drops now this. What will be next?
xakia
Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:23 am
#2
You have a free character slot for a crafter or ...yes even a BH as many do. I don't think I know a single Jedi that is not rich. Zero armor cost is a HUGE bonus as well. I don't see why you can't afford your own tapes. I must spend atleast 2m on armor for every week and a half I play. Add armor slice on top of that....you're looking at around 1.2m recon suit+ atleast 1m AB slice = 2.2m for armor that isn't going to last you 2 weeks if you play everyday.
Far as BH loots...
Not every BH is as lucky as another. I might get something that sells for 500-750k every so often but thats it. I've gotten 1 extremely good CA that sold for 25m and I doubt I'll ever see another. I am, however, making enough to make ends meet. Still not enough cash income to ever afford even half a suit of capped out CA/AAs. Then again...I'm known to have the worse luck of any BH on my server as far as loots go.
Now I'm not disagreeing with you on the thought of having other ways to get those CA/AAs, but I think you, as a Jedi, have a far greater chance in becoming rich than any lone BH relying on pathetic mission outcomes. You always have the ability to go solo Necrosis or DWB while I can only dream of doing the same. Such is the benefit of the grind.
battosai20
Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:26 am
#3
I can tell you aren't a BH, I think I have
300 Mandalorian Intraframes
200 Reactive Micro Platings
500 Illegal core boosters
and I have maybe looted 20 skill tapes most of them fairly useless.
300 Mandalorian Intraframes
200 Reactive Micro Platings
500 Illegal core boosters
and I have maybe looted 20 skill tapes most of them fairly useless.
EVILxWARLOCK
Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:27 am
#4
battosai20 wrote:
I can tell you aren't a BH, I think I have
300 Mandalorian Intraframes
200 Reactive Micro Platings
500 Illegal core boosters
and I have maybe looted 20 skill tapes most of them fairly useless.
Then it seems they have been nerfed across the board. Even for BH. My question is why?
ocili
Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:32 am
#6
EVILxWARLOCK wrote:
battosai20 wrote:
I can tell you aren't a BH, I think I have
300 Mandalorian Intraframes
200 Reactive Micro Platings
500 Illegal core boosters
and I have maybe looted 20 skill tapes most of them fairly useless.
Then it seems they have been nerfed across the board. Even for BH. My question is why?
We haven't had OUR loot nerfed, just balanced. It was way outta proportion when the revamp went live. Now its where it should be.
Jacella
Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:32 am
#7
battosai20 wrote:
I can tell you aren't a BH, I think I have
300 Mandalorian Intraframes
200 Reactive Micro Platings
500 Illegal core boosters
and I have maybe looted 20 skill tapes most of them fairly useless.
I find 1 AA and 1 CA every night I play...usually the CA drops on the first mission, the AA on the 5th, not that I have been keeping track
KalarSkytorcher
Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:35 am
#8
I totally disagree with this. I m a MLS MDEF 3000 heal, 0002 enh jedi and I have never been able to solo necrosis. But I can do it with a group of 3 or 4 while I am tanking. The only people able to solo necrosis have close to perfect sabers, which is nearly impossible to acquire now with the current pearl/crystal drops. I am a pre-cu jedi but even I have not been able to acquire such a saber, which means that a majority of the jedi population probably hasn't as well. Sure, most jedi seem to be richer than most, but I also know a majority of them didn't make their money from being a jedi. They made it pre-unlock or with their alts. Loot needs to be a little more evenly distributed.
xakia wrote:
You have a free character slot for a crafter or ...yes even a BH as many do. I don't think I know a single Jedi that is not rich. Zero armor cost is a HUGE bonus as well. I don't see why you can't afford your own tapes. I must spend atleast 2m on armor for every week and a half I play. Add armor slice on top of that....you're looking at around 1.2m recon suit+ atleast 1m AB slice = 2.2m for armor that isn't going to last you 2 weeks if you play everyday.
Far as BH loots...
Not every BH is as lucky as another. I might get something that sells for 500-750k every so often but thats it. I've gotten 1 extremely good CA that sold for 25m and I doubt I'll ever see another. I am, however, making enough to make ends meet. Still not enough cash income to ever afford even half a suit of capped out CA/AAs. Then again...I'm known to have the worse luck of any BH on my server as far as loots go.
Now I'm not disagreeing with you on the thought of having other ways to get those CA/AAs, but I think you, as a Jedi, have a far greater chance in becoming rich than any lone BH relying on pathetic mission outcomes. You always have the ability to go solo Necrosis or DWB while I can only dream of doing the same. Such is the benefit of the grind.
xakia
Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:38 am
#9
You= Jedi as a whole, have that ability within your grasp.
Let me remind you that I'm not disagreeing with the idea of having other means for loot than just BH missions. I have been doing them since release. It would be extremely pleasant to spend my time doing something else more constructive(destructive)
Message Edited by xakia on 10-13-2005 08:39 AM
ArranSound
Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:40 am
#10
Jacella wrote:
battosai20 wrote:
I can tell you aren't a BH, I think I have
300 Mandalorian Intraframes
200 Reactive Micro Platings
500 Illegal core boosters
and I have maybe looted 20 skill tapes most of them fairly useless.
I find 1 AA and 1 CA every night I play...usually the CA drops on the first mission, the AA on the 5th, not that I have been keeping track![]()
Yep, I usually loot several CAs or AAs a week. Some good, some bad. Looted a 1h LS Speed 14, 2H LS accuracy 8, just last night.
Jacella
Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:47 am
#12
xakia wrote:
I think I did something to horribly anger the Gods of SWG.
QFE
Start sacrificing MSE droids near a force shrine...your luck will improve!
Va-Mei
Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:51 am
#13
EVILxWARLOCK wrote:
The bounty hunters seem to now have thier cake and can eat it also. Thier npc marks seem to be the only ones dropping tapes worth a dang. So now they can make money off jedi 2 ways by killing one or just selling them tapes.
I've been waiting for the day a BH roots or paralyzes me, just for the sake of creating a break for them to launch into their sales pitch...
"You know... If you had a full set of attachments, you'd really do better against us Bh's. I just happen to have a..." 
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