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Thread: Why Black Sun Ace Helmets just aren't worth it

Alristico
Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:23 am
#27

I killed way over 10k bs's to get my helmet. I accumulated a credit chip with over 5mil on it by just doing bs duty missions.


and if you think I did that to sell it to make credits you're on crack.





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danno13
Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:24 am
#28






o2machine wrote:


Also wrong...i killed nowhere near 3000 and found one






He means it takes about 3000 kills on average, if you are extremely luckyit may only take one.



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Attacca
Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:01 am
#29

Where does that 3000 number come from?


What about figuring in loot gained from BS ships - some of which may be exceptional and worth millions in it's own right.


How about a comparison of time - T5 faction ships, especially in DS where they're spread out - take longer to kill than duty freelance style ships, especially when going after gunboats.


Not really arguing either way, just saying - it's a silly argument.





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Golrok
Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:15 am
#30


yea you forgot to consider all the loot youre getting (usually level 4-10) while farming for blacksun. everyone wants a blacksun helm.. i farmed for about 8 months now and finally got mine. i wouldnt want it if it was as common as a headwrap.. but its something you have to put on the back burner.. you can't go out expecting to loot one or you'll go insane. its when you've basicly given up all hope i mean ALL hope is when one finally does drop.. and so will your jaw at that system message.. that moment of blisswas worth all the wait for one.. it wouldnt be a moment tho unless its that rare of a drop..


i agree with the 3000 average kill. it seemed about that much for me.

Message Edited by Golrok on 09-25-2005 12:17 PM

Echillia
Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:56 am
#31

I'm sure I should point this out but I looted two of them in the span of two hours this past week.



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Bronski113
Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:12 am
#32

I think what needs to be taken into consideration is that many people are not trying to get one to sell. They want it to have it. My main character has very little money at the moment (due to waiting for pub 24 to sell more pob parts), but he has a lot of wealth due to all the items he has.

I'm a pack rat. That's what i spend the majority of my money on are the rarer stuff in the game. Or stuff that i think looks nifty.



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FalinMor
Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:16 am
#33

3,000 Black Sun kills is about 12 hours of flying.... not that bad at all.


The Rebel pilot trainer on Lok gives a Tier 4 Black Sun duty. That duty spawns a total of 265 Black Sun ships, and can be completed in about an hour.


I've run 5 of these duties in the past couple of days, made lots of credits AND scooped up some good space loot at the same time, all in just a few hours of playtime. I use these duties for loot runs mostly, but one of these days a helmet will drop for me. If it only takes me 3,000 kills, that's a cakewalk. 3,000 isn't that many.


LaserDood
Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:27 am
#34

I did the entiretier 4 duty out of Naboo for RSF and got 2 items of spaceloot, 1 lvl 10, 1 lvl 2, I was not impressed. I loot far more stuff on random spawns andoff of factioned stuff inkessel. Either I am cursed, or BS suck for space loot.





FalinMor wrote:

3,000 Black Sun kills is about 12 hours of flying.... not that bad at all.


The Rebel pilot trainer on Lok gives a Tier 4 Black Sun duty. That duty spawns a total of 265 Black Sun ships, and can be completed in about an hour.


I've run 5 of these duties in the past couple of days, made lots of credits AND scooped up some good space loot at the same time, all in just a few hours of playtime. I use these duties for loot runs mostly, but one of these days a helmet will drop for me. If it only takes me 3,000 kills, that's a cakewalk. 3,000 isn't that many.










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FalinMor
Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:30 am
#35






LaserDood wrote:
I did the entiretier 4 duty out of Naboo for RSF and got 2 items of spaceloot, 1 lvl 10, 1 lvl 2, I was not impressed. I loot far more stuff on random spawns andoff of factioned stuff inkessel. Either I am cursed, or BS suck for space loot.





FalinMor wrote:

3,000 Black Sun kills is about 12 hours of flying.... not that bad at all.


The Rebel pilot trainer on Lok gives a Tier 4 Black Sun duty. That duty spawns a total of 265 Black Sun ships, and can be completed in about an hour.


I've run 5 of these duties in the past couple of days, made lots of credits AND scooped up some good space loot at the same time, all in just a few hours of playtime. I use these duties for loot runs mostly, but one of these days a helmet will drop for me. If it only takes me 3,000 kills, that's a cakewalk. 3,000 isn't that many.












I usually get anywhere from 2-5 items that are better than what I currently have (which is a lot) on each duty mission, which seems just fine for me... epseically considering how easy and fast they are to kill.
quadpers0n
Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:31 am
#36


as far as efficiency goes the OP is correct, although the numbers are off. i ground faction to buy my helmet. and i've made alot more than 30 million. if the market is right and i have the time.i could make 30 million in a week, AND i sell at 50cpu.. not 100.


14-20k faction per hour. x 5 = cap. sell for 5 mil. repeat x 6. you won't see that kind of productivity in any zone but DS. granted, that's pretty much the best possible #s. still, you get the idea. of course, you'd have to be selling faction to every armorsmith on the block or have an extremely hot GCW on your server or the well would dry up.


anyway the BS helm is worthless... too easy to buy, and everyone has one. the game needs more unique clothing drops.







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