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Borstel Disruptor
Cert Lvl: 8
Armor: 700.9/700.9
Hitpoints: 700.9/700.9
Drain: 2799.8
Mass: 38221.7
Damage: 2387.6-3691.9
Vs. Shields: 0.625
Vs. Armor: 0.625
Energy/Shot: 14.1
Refire: 0.425
RE Lvl: 8

This is a reward gun. A crafted experimental blaster (level 9) with quickshot upgrade can have a MUCH higher refire rate (0.257 or so), but it will have double the energy/shot. It will also weigh 36500 or so mass.

The crafted gun will have a higher damage-per-second but has a huge energy per shot.

RE the Borstel with 7 other level 8 guns and it will be a lot better. Go for <25k mass and a much lower reactor energy drain. You should be able to get the refire rate down to 0.40 too. It's still much slower than the experimental, but the higher vs. shields/armor give it a higher DPS.

The weapon you talk abotu is the "Borstel Disruptor".
You didn't loot it, its the reward for one of the 4th tier missions.

I don't think you can get a weapon crafted with similar stats. You can reach the damage on a Mark 5 gun (level 9), but it will only have 0.5 against shield/armor and that means its about 20% less damage int he end.
Also you won't be able to really get the energy/shot below 25 or so on crafted guns (perhaps a bit lower, but certainly nowhere even near 14)

Once you get good other level 8 guns, mainly with low mass, low reactor use and high eff shield/armor (can go up to 0.7 i think on Level 8, perhaps even higher), and (IMPORTANT!) with a low refire rate (the Borstel is slow) you should RE it.
But really don't just use the first 7 guns you find, but choose carefully, there are a lot of crap guns around, and the borstel is unrivaled in min/max damage and energy/shot, it would be a shame to waste it on an RE with crap loot.

For grinding, i'd prever 3 level 7 crafted blasters (about 14k mass each - get some with a speed upgrade, should have 0.28 or so at most) and use Capacitor Overload 3 and Weapon Overload 3, thats better than using the borstel and 2 low level guns.
Also the level 6 reward engine is about 14k mass I think, should fit in - hope you didn't sell it to the chassis dealer.

And since you're on Tier 4 already, you should get a Rhixyrk, 190k mass, 3 guns and handles almost like a Kimo - you can fit the borstel and 2 level 7 guns in there easily. Or wait a bit longer and make master and get the Krayt.

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ShrekECPI wrote:

Thats it...hmm I didn't know it was a reward, I thought I looted it on a duty mission for my Tier 4 trainer.

as to Reverse Engineering it...Do i have to use weapons of the exact make and model? or can it be other weapons of equal RE level? I have a Master SW but I never RE'd much (thus far I've used only one component thingy that you RE with)

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You can use any level 8 gun that has a "Reverse Engineering Level" of 8. Thats about every level 8 gun, but there might be some around that have higher/lower RE-levels.
Model etc doesn't matter. Also not if it says blaster, disruptor, ion cannon, or whatever, all works.

But as i said in my other post: don't just use the 7 first level 8 guns you find, choose carefully, compare stats. The Borstel is slow, you should find at least a gun with 4.0 or even 3.8 refire rate (not really seen faster ones, though they might exist).
Also the eff is nice compared to crafted but not really great for a level 8 looted gun. I'm not sure if you can really reach the 0.7 i mentioned, I just checked my levle 8 guns and the best are around 0.65 (I'm sure that 0.7 exist, but they might be quite rare).
Reactor drain and Mass you can definitely cut down, i'd say to at least 30k mass and 2k energy drain perhaps even lower.
Armor, HPs, Damage and energy/shot you can use from the Borstel won't find anything lower than that I think.

Message Edited by ShrekECPI on 07-03-2005 09:48 AM

Have fun And read the RE guides on the Shipwright forum if you need some general info how REing works.

Also, 14.8 is not that great for a level 10 DI, most Level 8 I see have 13.x and Level 10 can be even under 10 (lower is better for DIs ).
Also I think Level 10 DI for a fighter is a waste of mass, better use some Level 6 or 7 or so with a 10th of mass and 16 or 17 speed.

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psikobunny wrote:
If you look again, you will find that the cert lvl is 10 and the RE lvl is probably 1-3. When you RE it, make sure you don't put that one in the tool first.

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Unless, of course, you aren't going to want the final product, but do want the chance at a Kuat fragment. Then you *should* turn it into an L10 DI to get more money from selling it to the chassis dealer.

Shona