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Thread: Need Advice for Ship Mass and Equipment
I'm Rebel pilot, 4433. I am currently stuck on the mission where I need to capture and bring back a Tie Fighter.That's the joy of regular ships... Especially the Regular Xwing. It's a give and take on what you want. More shields means more defense which means less firepower... That's balanced.. now, as to your question..
I still fly the regular xwing and I have a lvl 10 engine, lvl 7 shield, 2 weps on.. one a lvl 8 and one a lvl 6. Because I RE'd my stuff I have just a hair over 10k energy drain which allows me to use a low lvl reactor.
For your ship, it all depends on your style of flying. I'd recommend using a RE'dlvl 6 Engine to save on mass. You can get your lvl 8 weapon on there with a lvl 7 shield, but you are probably going to have to sacrifice your third weapon. You might be able to sqeeze in 2 lvl 8 weps, but it'll be tight. Armor, CM's, Boosters, Launchers.. those are all extra's. I wouldn't worry about those until you see how much mass you have left to work with. Start with the Engine, Shield and Weapons first. And don't be afraid to only use 2 guns.
Another option would be to use 3 lvl 6 guns. I like lvl 6's because you can get some good ones up to 2700+ damage, and have even seen them over 2900(but that's rare). The vs. against shields and armor are better then crafted also. they don't fire as fast, but your punch per hit is better then with crafted 7's. But again that's something you could play around with. If you get them RE'd down to 1500 drain on each and under 10k mass then you're only looking at using 4500 drain and 30k or less mass on your weapons. That should save you lots of mass to put on your shield with whatever engine you have. After it's set up you might be able to see if you can switch one of hte 6's for an 8. But that depends on you.
On your reactor look for a gen rate of around 12-13 with about 2-3k mass. There are betters out there though. The one I run is 11.8k Energy put out with only 800 mass. So once you figure out your drain you can figure out your reactor to. If you're running programs it helps to have a little space between your energy drain and what the reactor puts out.
Hope it works out for you.
Thanks for all the advice! I appreciate it I'm still tinkering about, but I'm getting better equipment. I'm now 4-4-4-4 But, I'm having a difficult time getting past the mission where I have to take out the Tie Desimater and crew 
Thanks, again