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Thread: Nice LvL 8 gun loot-- what should i expect on mass pre-RE?
the reward shield's protection has been beaten, i've seen 2 on gorath so far that exceed it. hmm i might even own one of them... i'll have to check. as for the lvl 8 gun, i've seen that gun drop on gorath too.
heh, a rebel got it there as well.
Rhu wrote:
One thing I'm concerned about with the sampling in this is that most pilots will tend to report their best or otherwise most extreme values, making this a non-random, biased sampling. Pretty cool, though.
Check the values - people have been good about not just doing elite stuff. The most common method appears to be to submit a handful of loot with each run. That excepts Itet, who apparently just enters everything, always.
Also, if people are anything like me they save more than just the elite stuff - they keep lots of filler on hand too. So if they're entering everything they save, more than half of what we're getting isn't exceptional at all.
Finally, even when we get primarily exceptional pieces from everyone, it's only one stat that is getting skewed for any given piece.
Rhu wrote:
Edit: Another cool feature would be to be able to calculate the items by name--Eg... the L10 kuat engine tends towards higher speed, ion cannons tend to do more vs. shields on average, h-k enhanced elite guns tend to have the most extreme vs. values, stuff like that. Getting the average/standard deviation by type/RE level is meaningful,but getting the average/standard deviation by part name could be more telling.
Message Edited by Rhu on 09-25-2005 02:54 PM
When looking at the type/level breakdown, click the link available for any given attributed labeled '(attribute) summary by class'
KaylBreinhar wrote:
I don't think you quite know what you have here. A generally looted part...which bests the reward blaster.
It throws the entire goddamned L8 (and L7) weapon category on its ear - the rewards were supposed to be the de-facto bests of their respective categories, with the ROTW rewards occasionally offering better ratings through the dynamic reward system.
This essentially means the caps are lifted - even if for exceptional drops, or even just for weapons. Or they never existed at all and it's theoretically possible to best even the reward shield in hp in the L8 category.
God only knows, based on how much loot gets goddamned WASTED every day without people so much as taking a LOOK at it.
Message Edited by KaylBreinhar on 09-25-2005 05:26 AM
It IS possible to beat the lvl 8 reward shield, so far Ive only managed to up it by about 65 points pre re, (front and back).
ShaiLyn wrote:
This is a no brainer for most, but you'll still want to use your reward gun in the RE for the energy per shot.
and the minimum damage
Message Edited by JediNg on 09-28-2005 01:34 AM