Pilot Archive

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Azzoi wrote:

Hello All,

Looking for some help...I finnally trained high enough to use my X-Wing...but I having promblems with Mass. I see there are 3 weapon slots to add I guess 3 different weapons but not sure.

My ? is how did you configure your X-Wing to make it workable?

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First thing you need to do, is realize that just because it has 3 weapon slots, doesnt mean your going to add 3 weapons.

THeres serveral modes of thought on how to approach this.

Generally speaking you have a couple options.

Add two L7+ weapons

or

Remove various compoents to make room for the 3rd gun. And even then you probably wont' have room for a therd L7, which means you mgiht downgrade the 3rd gun to a lighter L6.


It's all about give and take.
You have to give up something, in order to take on something extra. If you want to be super fast, your going to have to maek room, and chances are you'll give up some firepower or supporting systems. LIkewise if you want to have alot of punch, your most likely going to have to give up some supporting systems and speed/manuverablity for a smaller engine. Or in either case, lighter armor and shields.

It's a fine line, but i suggest fnding a balance between the two, espeically with an X wing.

Message Edited by Ducimus on 12-07-2004 09:33 AM

Yeah, there are alternatives to look into. First off, if you have not done so, get your parts REed. That can free up considerable mass right there. The second thing to consider is that you don't always need the highest level guns if you have three slots. For example, you could put in a combination of Ions and Disruptors at lower levels, and just swap the gun configuration out depending on whether you are hitting shields or armor. Many of the X-Wing jockeys I know put a pair of lower level Ions and Disruptors on the wingtips, and one higher set of normal guns in the center position. Then they have two configurations, one that's Ions & Normal and another that's Disruptors & Normal.

Would be intresting to see the stats on those parts.

Personally i, could squeeze in 3rd gun if i really wanted to, but id have to unload this 89 speed, 70-75 YPR engine thats eating 23K mass. Its heavy, but the speed and YPR is well worth it. My Xwing with that engine is about as manuverable as my A wing equiped with the prenerfed reward engine.

I had a third gun for a while, but decided to strip it off. My main problem was the capacitor. Trying to run 3 decent guns off of my capacitor didn't work too well. It works much nicer now that I only have 2, and it gave me some free mass to play with.

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droid327 wrote:

what tier is that engine? crafted or looted? if its looted you can definitely get that mass down with RE

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Lvl 8, RE'd. Bought it primarly because of the YPR and the classic X wing look it gives (not the funky look "starfighter" engines give.)

My loadout isn't the greatest, but here it is for ya to compare.

Reactor - Loot, not RE'd
-Mass: 4386.6
-Generation Rate: 13905.1

Engine - Mission reward, not RE'd
-Energy Drain: 2099.8
-Mass: 13765.4
-P/Y/R: 63.2
-Top speed: 92.2

Shield - unknown loot or crafted, Lvl 7
-Energy Drain: 3130.3
-Mass: 17040.0
-Front HP: 1706.1
-Rear HP: 1834.6
-Recharge Rate: 11.41

Front Armor - Loot, not RE'd
-Armor: 602.8
-Mass: 3888.2

Rear Armor - Loot, RE'd
-Armor: 1212.1
-Mass: 3504.6

Capacitor - loot, RE'd
-Energy drain: 924.9
-Mass: 4276.0
-Energy: 991.6
-Recharge Rate: 40.2

Booster - unknown loot or crafted
-Energy Drain: 450.0
-Mass: 3055.5
-Energy: 2039.4
-Recharge Rate: 51.0
-Consumption Rate: 142.5
-Acceleration: 37.4
-Top speed: 26.7

Weapons - crafted, all 3 virtually identical, 2 Disruptors on wing tips, 1 Ion in center HP, all Lvl 7s
-Energy Drain: 2386.5
-Mass: 13795.1
-Dmg: 1524.8-2576.6
-Energy/shot: 18(Ion)/18.4(Disruptors)
-Refire: 0.400

Total Mass: 91346/101325
Total Energy: 13761/13905

So I got a little under 10k mass left to play around with. I'm only cert to Lvl 7 equipment, though.

Message Edited by FuryoftheStars on 12-13-2004 03:49 AM