Pilot Archive
Thread: HIGH DAMAGE WEAPONS FOR JSF
CuchulainnDarklight wrote:
Bleh, 2 crafted QS upgraded adv. blasters are more than enough for me!
targetting reactor in pvp, dual quickshots will one shot 95% of the ppl out there, and they fire quick too!
for pve though id rather have bigger re'd guns.
Alyxian wrote:
I find twin RE'd Boltdrivers work great for me, I tried upping to a borstel/boltdriver, but with the BoltDrivers I get a better shot Sync, and I have more room for other goodies.
K from what I have been told about RE it combines best stats from all components, right? So if I want to RE a boltdriver (lets say with it being the highest dmg one) that means theres no way to increase its damage right? I can only make it's mass less or make it firefaster lets say. And since its damage is at 2950 (I think) why not just stick to a advanced blaster at 2800dmg. I hope I'm missing something big here cause it's making no sense for me.
dzikson wrote:
Alyxian wrote:
I find twin RE'd Boltdrivers work great for me, I tried upping to a borstel/boltdriver, but with the BoltDrivers I get a better shot Sync, and I have more room for other goodies.
K from what I have been told about RE it combines best stats from all components, right? So if I want to RE a boltdriver (lets say with it being the highest dmg one) that means theres no way to increase its damage right? I can only make it's mass less or make it firefaster lets say. And since its damage is at 2950 (I think) why not just stick to a advanced blaster at 2800dmg. I hope I'm missing something big here cause it's making no sense for me.
Mass is a big part, but the biggest part is Eff v Armour and Eff v Shields. My 2950 means a hell of a lot more than your 2800 if my EvA and EvS are at .78 and yours are at .48. Not to mention I fly with flimsy reactors, and I can RE my Boldrivers waaaaaaay down on Reactor Drain from what the crafted weapons can ever be.
dzikson wrote:
Alyxian wrote:
I find twin RE'd Boltdrivers work great for me, I tried upping to a borstel/boltdriver, but with the BoltDrivers I get a better shot Sync, and I have more room for other goodies.
K from what I have been told about RE it combines best stats from all components, right? So if I want to RE a boltdriver (lets say with it being the highest dmg one) that means theres no way to increase its damage right? I can only make it's mass less or make it firefaster lets say. And since its damage is at 2950 (I think) why not just stick to a advanced blaster at 2800dmg. I hope I'm missing something big here cause it's making no sense for me.
the re'd guns hit harder due to the vs shields and armor stats.
a crafted gun is going to be under .5, while a re7 can be over .65
a .5vs gun would have to have a more like 3500 dmg to match a .65vs 3050dmg re'd boltdriver.
a quickshot l7 will have more like 2600 max dmg but will fire a bit faster. a maxdmg l7 will have a slower refire than the re gun,and you also lose almost as much min dmg as max, so the average stays almost the same. most ppl just look at the max damage, and dont use the average.
plus the re gun will have lower mass and reactor drain
dzikson wrote:
Alyxian wrote:
I find twin RE'd Boltdrivers work great for me, I tried upping to a borstel/boltdriver, but with the BoltDrivers I get a better shot Sync, and I have more room for other goodies.
K from what I have been told about RE it combines best stats from all components, right? So if I want to RE a boltdriver (lets say with it being the highest dmg one) that means theres no way to increase its damage right? I can only make it's mass less or make it firefaster lets say. And since its damage is at 2950 (I think) why not just stick to a advanced blaster at 2800dmg. I hope I'm missing something big here cause it's making no sense for me.
Also, you're forgetting that while the max damage on the Boltdriver is nice, the minimum can be improved substantially. That, along with the vs ratings Alyxian mentioned, mean a good RE will blow away any crafted gun on every category except refire rate.
However, I'd just like to say that JSFs blow up just fine no matter what weapon I'm using. 
dzikson wrote:
K I just PM you sorry about that.
Another one, where do you guys a second one if that's a mission reward? Are you paying 90mils for it??? I found one at that price on vendor. I will never be able to afford that.
I've gotten bargain ones for under 100k before. Yeah, sure the person didnt know what they were selling, kinda like you sound like you've missed out on your reward items because you weren't paying attention. I don't feel bad for buying bargains, but I hunt for them, and I hunt hard. I've even managed to snag my fair share of bargains on Starsider, where the most avid scavengers should be.
Bargin Hunting for the win. I've found a ton of nice stuff on the baz or on galaxy vendor.
I was lucky to loot a lvl 6 blaster, and it had 2950+ max damage before RE. I was able to get it below 9k mass after RE, and actually im waiting to RE a level 10 i looted. so currently, i am using a 23k mass lvl 8 reward gun.
other choices, are the obvious, the bolt drivers. however, if you get lucky on your kashyyyk mission, you can end up with a VERY nice ionic pulse weapon. i think one i got was 3100 max before RE. which at level 7, is obviously superior to the bolt driver.
Kryxal wrote:
Bargain hunting is all well and good, but I had a SW offer me 10k for a L8 reward shield. I know you get a lot of them, but that's scarcely more than the chassis vendor offers, and I've seen people offering 16k for ANY L8 part...
Sounds to me like that person thought you were an idiot.