Pilot Archive

Ok, so I just got my first Tier 2 skill and started tinkering with my Y-Wing - I like it, it's a tough ship and although it moves like a pig, I think the trick is just knowing how to get the pig to move

Anyway, I noticed you could get different colored blasters for each ship and I was wondering if the colors meant anything? Being new to online gaming, I just assumed it was cosmetic, you know green for imperials red for rebels but I read something on another thread that made it sound like the different colors have certain properties?

depends on the gun, you have blasers which are average vs armour and shield, and they are red color. you also have ion cannon which shoot blue and are more effective against shields

Thanks Tumos_Ghosts, I'm really enjoying the experience....so much hat my wife is starting to complain a little

Seriously though, so the color is just to indicate what sort of weapon it is? I thought I had seen red and green blasters but I may not have noticed the correlation between types and colors.

In player crafted weaponry, the effect is directly related to the appearance (this may change with the expansion)

In looted weaponry its largeyl cosmetic, and you can be selective about effects you like, by making sure that the preferred weapon gets put into the RE tool first, if you take matching guns to a shipwright for reverse engineering.

Technical note: certain effects cause mroe graphics lag than others, or have very bright muzzle flashes, making them nearly intolerable if you like to fly with the cockpit frame on. All things to keep in mind

Gilack Mehoipou [Bloodfin]

Quintuple Master- Marksman/Squad Leader/Rifleman/Vortex Pilot/Politician

Made it before all hell broke loose.