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Niacia wrote:
Reverse Engineering level 1 equipment is more or less pointless.

Here is the deal:

Let us assume we have 2 RE level 2 components.
One has
Stat A = 100
Stat B = 50

The other has

Stat A = 75
Stat B = 98

then reverse engineering these components will give you a component with the stats

Stat A = 100+2%
Stat B = 98 + 2%

Reverse Engineering takes the best of all stats from all the components and adds a bonus of RE level %.

For reverse engineering RE level 1 components this equals a bonus of 1% on all stats.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Niacia

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It can only be RE'd with other level 3 stuff. I think if you put the cert level 10 item in the tool first, the end result will be a cert level 10, so it'd probably be wisest to put one of the cert level 3 ones in first.

I'll write a guide to REing in a sec.

Message Edited by TomoRainer on 02-27-2005 04:29 PM

I actually wrote this in response to this thread.

when you loot a bit of space junk, it has an RE level at the base of it's stats.

A shipwright takes a number of similar (ie, all shields, or all engines) parts equal to the RE level of the parts he wants to RE. (ie, eight RE8 shields, or three RE3 armor sections)

These parts are then placed inside a component analysis tool (CAT for short) and combined into one item.

The resulting item takes the best stats from each of the pieces and then adds a small % bonus depending on the RE level.

example, say you have 3 pieces of armor of RE3:

one has 800 mass and 100 hp and 200 armor hp
another has 6000 mass, 600hp and 100 armor hp
a third has 7k mass, 200 hp and 800 armor hp.

The end result would be an 800 mass, 600hp, 800 armor hp item. With a 2% extra increase (or decrease, if lower is better for that item)

That's a good explanation of the process. I've also got a guide here if you're interested in reading more.

Message Edited by Brete on 06-15-2005 08:05 PM

It is something Shipwrights do. They combine loot items of the same reverse engineering level to make them better. Well-REd components are usually better than crafted components, although not always.

Read the Guide to Reverse Engineering for details.

ahhhh..

OK...next question.

Is this a NOVICE shipwright skill? Something that anyone who just picks up that one box can do?

NM....gonna goto Shipwright forums

Message Edited by The_Widowmaker on 07-03-2005 10:49 AM

Guess one of the 20000 wasnt the Pilot FAQ eh?

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=pilot&message.id=61752#M61752

check out clicky #7 under the Pilot's Academy in the above post.