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Naw, you're not that unusual. I swallowed my pride this last week and finally put a crafted component in one of my ships (a crafted reactor). Generally I run almost completely pure REed loot, with the obvious exceptions of launchers and countermeasures.

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HewerofWood wrote:
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Heh, thanks

And to the previous poster, yeah, I use looted reactors sometimes as well, low level ones are usually fine when you run RO3 (as long as it's not a particularly heavy fighter, like my Krayt with 2 lvl 8's anda lvl 7 gun in it )

Ha! I had to say that.

But, I would imagine you know the answer to this. No. You're not unusual, and, Yes, there are some items, in some circumstances that you'll want crafted over looted. I Mainly use all RE items, but, there are times when I will substitute a crafted reactor, or booster, or, DI. Hard to say exactly when (other than the reactor) as, it's mostly when I'm climbing a tree again.

I use only looted components excepting of course my launchers and ordinance.

Fair enough Just in posts and stuff, I see people talking about crafted stuff a bit, particulaly weapons it seems... Personally, I don't see the point in using crafted weapons, cos REd loot is so much better... Mightn't fire as fast, but doesn't matter if you hit well enough And the effs can be much better and balanced, which is better especially if your ship can only hold one gun...

Crafted pieces have their place for certain. It's a specialized use and a matter of opinion, but they do belong on certain ships. I'll give a couple of examples.

L7 shields- If you dont have a few good Protecto Nets to RE and make into something sweet, these are the way most people shield light interceptors when they want more room for firepower or an engine.

Fast guns- almost purely a PvP concession. Done because the amount of damage you hit with is less important than pumping a lot of bolts out there and making the other guy dodge a lot more. Admittedly I don't use these on a 1gun ship, but I love having 3 of them on an Adv Xwing. It creates a really scary field of fire to get through. I'm pretty sure a lot of the ardent Imp guys will agree on that.

I did ok on protectonets, so no dramas there But I can see what you mean on the PvP front Currently, my main is freelancer, so we don't have any multigun PvP ships really (I guess you could try PvPing in a Rhyx or Krayt tho ) but I'm considering swapping over to rebel, and what you suggested would be quite formidable