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I deffinately support the specialized tool idea. It gives you a choice, spend extra to get a tool for each type, and save your components in the long run, or get the All-Purpose tool, which saves you money now, but eventually costs you your component. This would give many Shipwrights return customers simply for repair kits.

Given the high use of RE'd parts, some of which are prenerf and can't be replaced anymore, I'm not to fond of decay myself. But I do agree that removing it outright would hurt the already flagging SW business and let's face it, if the SW business goes under then that'll hurt pilots alot too (or force alot of us to get extra accounts for an SW alt). I do like the overhaul idea though, so SW's could repair those decayed parts (which would help out the SW business a bit, always a good thing) or even let us use ADK's on ship parts. I know my DI for one could really use it.

Well, I know shipwrights sell a fair amount of armor to PVPers. Reactors too, but I'd guess much of the decay on those is coming from RO4 and not PVP decay, and chassis sell very occasionally to people whose old ones are worn down. In general I think that's a fair point, though.

Really nice discussion so far, let's keep it up.

Decay on Armor (i mean Armor pieces, not the Armor value of components) and decay on Chassis can stay.

Those two are the, in my opinion at least, things that get replaced due to decay most of the time.

And they're relatively easy to replace (unless you need a chassis thats experimented to 95% mass so all your stuff fits in or so).

Message Edited by Coran_Sienar on 04-27-2005 10:07 AM

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Coran_Sienar wrote:

I don't sell crafted droid interfaces, weapons, capacitors, boosters, engines. You'd be at a significant disadvantage if you used a crafted component for those 5 items. Things that do sell are:

Armor

Shields (MKIV/Level 7 only)

Chasses

Launchers (Missiles/Countermeasures)

Countermeasures

Munitions

Repair Kits

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Actually, I have noticed that crafted droid interfaces are faster than the post-nerf ones, at least most of the ones I have looted. Most level 1 loot DIs have a speed around 30-32, where I can make Mark I DIs with 27 speed. I personally use a pre-nerf 15 speed level 1, but not everyone has one of these. Of course, REd level 10 droid interfaces are faster and lighter than crafted Mark V, but unless you're flying an MP ship or heavy fighter, they're just too heavy.

Also, I prefer crafted boosters. I get higher speed for the same boost time, just a slightly lower recharge rate. A looted one might have 1500 booster energy, but it'll have a 150 consumption rate and 20 speed. My crafted Mark 1s have only 850 energy, but have an 80 consumption rate and 30 speed.

I agree with you on weapons, caps, and engines, although I do sell the odd Mark IV and Mark V engine.

My $0.02 anyway...

- Alirc

Message Edited by Goraf on 04-27-2005 10:14 AM

I actually sell a fair amount of everything but capacitors. (I figure if people want/need to buy crafted engines and the like, that's their business--but crafted capacitors is where my much-ignored conscience draws the line. ) The stuff I sell to PVPers is limited to armor (Mk I-III), shields (Mk IV), reactors (Mk I, overwhelmingly), boosters (Mk I, overwhelmingly), missiles (Mk II Image-Recs), countermeasures (mostly chaff, bit of sensor decoys), and the very occasional specialized gun (Mk IV with fastest possible speed, sometimes a blaster, sometimes an ion cannon).

You know, it occurs to me that the only places where decay is a huge issue is on a) armor and b) items with overload commands, which consist of weapons, engines, capacitors, and reactors. Item armor/HP decay is one of those hidden factors that can really add up--I recommend digging up some of Eaca's old posts on this subject--but in terms of direct functionality, we've got five components that are directly affected by decay.

Unfortunately, three of the four overload components happen to be those that are significantly or exclusively better when they come in the form of RE'd loot that can be difficult to impossible to replace.

I'm not necessarily trying to draw any conclusions here, but the distinction between components that decay and would eventually demand replacing (armor, capacitors, engines, reactors, weapons) and those that can still function unhindered at 10/10 armor/HP (boosters, droid interfaces, shields) struck me as a good one to make.

Message Edited by TomoRainer on 04-27-2005 07:57 AM