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MajorReb
Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:36 pm
#157
Despite the fact that I like Z-95's much better than X Wings, I'll prolly end up getting an X Wing
SolrFlare
Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:37 pm
#158
MajorReb wrote:
What exactly do the droids do?
Rebels: shield adjustments/enhancement
Imperials: Weapon/Engine adjustments/enhancements
Privateers: Reactor adjustments/enhancements
An example would be having a droid shift shield energy to the front for a rebel or boosting shield performance at the cost of using more reactor energy. Or, an Imperial boosting engine performance at a higher reactor energy cost. Or a Privateer setting their reactor to overload so they get more out of it and thus can get away with a smaller reactor so they save space for other components.
MajorReb
Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:38 pm
#159
SolrFlare wrote:
MajorReb wrote:
What exactly do the droids do?
Rebels: shield adjustments/enhancement
Imperials: Weapon/Engine adjustments/enhancements
Privateers: Reactor adjustments/enhancements
An example would be having a droid shift shield energy to the front for a rebel or boosting shield performance at the cost of using more reactor energy. Or, an Imperial boosting engine performance at a higher reactor energy cost. Or a Privateer setting their reactor to overload so they get more out of it and thus can get away with a smaller reactor so they save space for other components.
Ohhhh
Do we needs new droids for JTL?
SolrFlare
Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:41 pm
#160
depends. Most ships actually use a new flight computer component that DEs can make. The ships that do use actual droids, use the droids data module. In either case you program chips that DEs make with commands you learn as you advance, then stick them in the flight computer/droid's data storage.
As you advance it also lets you use droids/flight computers with bigger data modules so you can store more commands.
Vicotnik
Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:42 pm
#161
Trashawn wrote:
Dispite what people are saying about the Z95, I have had great luck taking on higher level ships with my z95 on the beta. I have a 10k chasis with tier 5 weapons and shields on it. I skimped on armor but invested on good shields and weapons did about 1k to 2k of Damage.didn't have adroid tho. my engines were alright max speed of 757. I even got /tell from a guy in an X-wing asking how I could take on these guys with a Z95. There Fast and manuvarable that makes them good in a fight, just don't want to get in the front of the enemy tho.
Message Edited by Trashawn on 10-21-2004 08:21 PM
Were you by any chance using old, looted components?
New Tier 5 components probably have a mass value that's higher than 10k.
Trashawn
Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:03 pm
#163
Nope, I started the beta late I didn'tget any of the lower mass items. The tier 5 disrupters I looted yesterday only have a mass of 2.5k. my shields are also tier 4 with mass of 1.5k the rest of my ship is made from Tier 3 to 4 items.I have a tier 2 reactor that generates 11kof energy but only has 75 hitpointsthat was a wicked loot from a black sun guy out of endor. my defenses suck but when it comes to attack it's all there.
Vicotnik wrote:
Trashawn wrote:
Dispite what people are saying about the Z95, I have had great luck taking on higher level ships with my z95 on the beta. I have a 10k chasis with tier 5 weapons and shields on it. I skimped on armor but invested on good shields and weapons did about 1k to 2k of Damage.didn't have adroid tho. my engines were alright max speed of 757. I even got /tell from a guy in an X-wing asking how I could take on these guys with a Z95. There Fast and manuvarable that makes them good in a fight, just don't want to get in the front of the enemy tho.
Message Edited by Trashawn on 10-21-2004 08:21 PM
Were you by any chance using old, looted components?
New Tier 5 components probably have a mass value that's higher than 10k.
Tharr
Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:13 pm
#164
So do you get faction in space, and/or does your faction rank effect anything in space?
Vicotnik
Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:40 pm
#165
Trashawn wrote:
Nope, I started the beta late I didn'tget any of the lower mass items. The tier 5 disrupters I looted yesterday only have a mass of 2.5k. my shields are also tier 4 with mass of 1.5k the rest of my ship is made from Tier 3 to 4 items.I have a tier 2 reactor that generates 11kof energy but only has 75 hitpointsthat was a wicked loot from a black sun guy out of endor. my defenses suck but when it comes to attack it's all there.
Vicotnik wrote:
Trashawn wrote:
Dispite what people are saying about the Z95, I have had great luck taking on higher level ships with my z95 on the beta. I have a 10k chasis with tier 5 weapons and shields on it. I skimped on armor but invested on good shields and weapons did about 1k to 2k of Damage.didn't have adroid tho. my engines were alright max speed of 757. I even got /tell from a guy in an X-wing asking how I could take on these guys with a Z95. There Fast and manuvarable that makes them good in a fight, just don't want to get in the front of the enemy tho.
Message Edited by Trashawn on 10-21-2004 08:21 PM
Were you by any chance using old, looted components?
New Tier 5 components probably have a mass value that's higher than 10k.
Wait? Tier 5 or cert level 5?
Tier 5 stuff has a cert level of 9 or 10.
Vicotnik
Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:42 pm
#166
Tharr wrote:
So do you get faction in space, and/or does your faction rank effect anything in space?
Faction rank effects nothing, and you don't get faction from NPCs in space. In fact, you can shoot down thosands of CorSec ships, and they won't bother you on the ground.
Sairnath
Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:42 pm
#167
Tharr wrote:
So do you get faction in space, and/or does your faction rank effect anything in space?
You only get Faction points in space by being Overt. covert just garners you the XP only
Vicotnik
Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:44 pm
#168
Sairnath wrote:
Tharr wrote:
So do you get faction in space, and/or does your faction rank effect anything in space?
You only get Faction points in space by being Overt. covert just garners you the XP only
Did they change this recently?
Don't remember ever getting any FP when I flew around Overt...
Mandril
Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:56 pm
#169
MajorReb wrote:
Can someone please describe the A Wing?
Looks just like it does in the movies. In JtL, it's a Tier 4 ship of 5 Tiers total.
1) How easy is it to blow up?
- Depends on your pilot skills!
- Depends on your equipment loadout.
- I'm flying an A-Wing at the moment. I can take on a furball of me versus about 8 Tier 5 NPC Imperial fighters and win. Toss in a couple of Imperial Gunboats and I'm soooooo dead.
2)Does it's speed really offset it's weak shields and armor?
Yes.
3) Does it's weapons hit very hard?
All weaponsare either Shipwright-custom or looted. The weaponse I've built and looted do just fine.
4) Anything else about the A Wing would be cool to know also
,Thanks