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Thread: my pearl results from 2 premiums and 4 qualities and also pearl usage question
jeanluque wrote:
OMG the new tunes suck! Sorry about your luck bro.
lol, you say 'new tunes' as if this isn't exactly what it was like pre-cu. one of the 4 pearls/crystals in my saber is premium. the other 3 are good, quality and fair. tunes have been random and terrible (given these idiotic 'quality' ratings) since this system was put in place. its nothing new, premiums have been tuning like crap since they've been out...they only give a slight chance of actually giving a good tune.
um....huh?
Are these "premium" pearls pre-cu?
or did I miss a patch whereKrayts are dropping premium pearls again?
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What everyone fails to realize is that it's a numbers game. You think because some have 4 perfect premium pearls that all premiums are gonna tune to perfect? That's not true, those people must've tuned atleast 50 premium pearls to get them. Just because it says premium, doesn't mean it's gonna be perfect. Premiums have a better chance of getting a perfect tune, which means most of them will still tune like a quality or a good pearl.
To the OP, I would try to balance out the damage with the force cost. Try some combo's; if one drains too much force, use a lower fc pearl. If you feel your damage isn't up to par, switch out to a higher damage pearl.Try to get the most balanced DMG/FC ratio as possible.
well 50 premium pearls to get 4 perfect pearls is alot better than 1000+ good crystals/pearls to get 1 perfect
esfnighthawk wrote:
What everyone fails to realize is that it's a numbers game. You think because some have 4 perfect premium pearls that all premiums are gonna tune to perfect? That's not true, those people must've tuned atleast 50 premium pearls to get them. Just because it says premium, doesn't mean it's gonna be perfect. Premiums have a better chance of getting a perfect tune, which means most of them will still tune like a quality or a good pearl.
To the OP, I would try to balance out the damage with the force cost. Try some combo's; if one drains too much force, use a lower fc pearl. If you feel your damage isn't up to par, switch out to a higher damage pearl.Try to get the most balanced DMG/FC ratio as possible.
esfnighthawk wrote:
What everyone fails to realize is that it's a numbers game. You think because some have 4 perfect premium pearls that all premiums are gonna tune to perfect? That's not true, those people must've tuned atleast 50 premium pearls to get them. Just because it says premium, doesn't mean it's gonna be perfect. Premiums have a better chance of getting a perfect tune, which means most of them will still tune like a quality or a good pearl.
To the OP, I would try to balance out the damage with the force cost. Try some combo's; if one drains too much force, use a lower fc pearl. If you feel your damage isn't up to par, switch out to a higher damage pearl.Try to get the most balanced DMG/FC ratio as possible.
This is true, to get my 700+ damage saber I had to tune countless flawless/prem pearls. If I had to guess it would be between 30-50.
BUT if the devs intentions are to make these very rare and/or hard to get quest items, don't you think the poster would be pretty pissed to have it tune that way lol? Only reason why I lived with bad tunes with flawless&prem (and yes, I had more bad tunes than good with flawless) is the fact I could go out again and get more. When the Krayt boom happened I already had my pearls so I just stocked up (incase anyone thinks I didn't earn the saber the hard way, I killed Krayts when they were arare spawn but any spawn is better than none).
Again, Devs idea of rare/highend items doesn't seem to match what the poster tuned. I understand the random tuning process as I've delt with it for a year but you'd think if they are going to make them rare/elite, atlest put some caps so you can at least makeit a useful pearl. AFter all you need 4 to make a saber.
My qualities tuned to the averages I believe. 50-75 dmg and -4 to -6 fc. I spent 40 million credits on 2 premiums and 4 qualities.
Message Edited by Jofa on 09-08-2005 12:42 PM
Zinanator wrote:
Pearls
86/86 -.27 -8fc Premium
105/105 -.28 -6fc premium
65/65 -.27 -9fc pre-cu tune
I have plenty others in the 40-60 dmg 4-6 FC range.
Crystals
72/72 -.02 -3fc
50/50 -.26 -2fc
65/65 -.02 -9fc
plenty others in the normal range of 40-60 and 4-6 FC range.
My qualities tuned to the averages I believe. 50-75 dmg and -4 to -6 fc. I spent 40 million credits on 2 premiums and 4 qualities.
My next question is ....when I craft my 4th gen LS. Would I want to use the big damage crystals that sometimes has less force or go for the -9FC ones? I could also do a mixture of both.
Whats your opinions?
My opinion is you should PM Tiggs with your results and ask if this should be a rare hard to find item rofl.
From your results, I'd say no.