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sirshaggs wrote:
ok I am a bit confused since I am new to this space stuff...why are you using level 1 and 2 stuff when cert'ed for level 10? wouldn't you want the best of the best?

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its a mass thing.

higher lvl=higher mass

the goal is to first fit you most uber weapon and engine, then cap and shield. (some players might reverse the shiield and engine)

then everything else you need just the min to let it run.

so ill use a mark I crafted reactor with overcharge upgrade to have engouh to power my craft with the "big 5" (i like that - way easlier than using all the shortened versions even ) if you need only X power, and a low mass will do it, no reason to use a high lvl reactor that takes up presious mass from the guns.

same thing with caps. u can even use a lvl 2 RE'd cap that hits 40 recharge with 1000 energy , enough for a decent boost to shields with cts4 - i have RE'd enough of those.

DI: use a bit slower one - i use a 21 speed (dont have any pre-nerf) on my x-wing to be able to fit inone each of lvl6,7 and 8 weapons totaling 9500 and something max damage pre-WO3. i cant do that if i use a faster, higher lvl, but heavier DI.

lets see, um, u can also cut your booster, as the above poster did. i use only re'd lvl 2 on my craft (except on the KSE - there i use the reward booster)

so there ya have it

Message Edited by Zaax on 04-21-2005 05:35 PM

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sirshaggs wrote:
ok I am a bit confused since I am new to this space stuff...why are you using level 1 and 2 stuff when cert'ed for level 10? wouldn't you want the best of the best?

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Still have 2k mass left to fill

Message Edited by hatfield02 on 04-21-2005 10:55 AM

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Goraf wrote:
Nice builds. I don't know your energy needs, but you can probably get away with a ~10k generation ~800 mass reactor, maybe even ~9500 gen 700 mass. (At least until W03 finally gets fixed that is.) That would give you the space to put in a better mark 1 booster or maybe something else. Is your chassis mass close to 51k?

I wish I had your L8 reactor, although I'm not sure why you'd need that much generation if you are not running E04. A 14k gen 7.5k mass Mark 3 reactor give you 26k of energy if you run R04. That would give you the mass to upgrade your shield or second weapon.

- Alirc

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hatfield02 wrote:

McFeely's Doomlizard [PvP Dunelizard]

Reactor: Lvl2 re'ed [RGR- 13726.6] [2442.4 Mass]
Engine: lvl6 Re'ed Reward Engine [8043.1 Mass]
Shield: lvl8 Re'ed Reward Shields [27865.1 Mass] [16.76 Recharge]
Front Armor: MarkII Crafted [583.3hp] [2430.3 Mass]
Rear Armor: MarkII Crafted [597.6hp] [2439.5 Mass]
Capacitor: Lvl2 Re'ed [902.7 energy] [38.3 Recharge] [1354.9 Mass]
Booster: lvl4 Re'ed [51.0 Recharge][26.1 Top Speed] [2039.4 Energy] [3055.7 Mass]
Droid Inter: Lvl1 Re'ed [14.8 Speed] [499.5 Mass] Prenerf Yay!
Weapon: Lvl 5 Crafted Ion Cannon [5923.4 Mass] [1028.8-1656.6 Dam] [.330 Refire]
Weapon: Lvl8 Borstal Disruptor Reward Re'ed [27716.8 Mass] [2507.2-3876.6 Dam] [.390 Refire]
CounterMeasure: Chaff Launcher [989.6 Mass]

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Message Edited by SandLizard on 04-21-2005 06:21 PM

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SandLizard wrote:

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hatfield02 wrote:

McFeely's Doomlizard [PvP Dunelizard]

Reactor: Lvl2 re'ed [RGR- 13726.6] [2442.4 Mass]
Engine: lvl6 Re'ed Reward Engine [8043.1 Mass]
Shield: lvl8 Re'ed Reward Shields [27865.1 Mass] [16.76 Recharge]
Front Armor: MarkII Crafted [583.3hp] [2430.3 Mass]
Rear Armor: MarkII Crafted [597.6hp] [2439.5 Mass]
Capacitor: Lvl2 Re'ed [902.7 energy] [38.3 Recharge] [1354.9 Mass]
Booster: lvl4 Re'ed [51.0 Recharge][26.1 Top Speed] [2039.4 Energy] [3055.7 Mass]
Droid Inter: Lvl1 Re'ed [14.8 Speed] [499.5 Mass] Prenerf Yay!
Weapon: Lvl 5 Crafted Ion Cannon [5923.4 Mass] [1028.8-1656.6 Dam] [.330 Refire]
Weapon: Lvl8 Borstal Disruptor Reward Re'ed [27716.8 Mass] [2507.2-3876.6 Dam] [.390 Refire]
CounterMeasure: Chaff Launcher [989.6 Mass]

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I may not be the most qualified to suggest this, but you should be able craft (if you're the shipwright McFeely on the Galactive Shipwright list heh) some lvl3 armor that gets 600+ on armor (mine is 630ish) to give some little additional protection for the same mass

Also, why not exchange your crafted lvl5 Ion with a quick shot enhanced version of the same? damage difference though not negligible, is not all that much, and your refire can be sub-0.28 instead of 0.33. (I personally use 2 lvl7 quick shot weapons on my duneliz, about 29k mass total for both -- waiting to RE my reward weaps heh) Do you find the benefit from using the borstal better than mass savings of two lvl7 crafted?

Have you tried running this setup with a lvl1 (12k+ gen) on RO4? Might be able to save yourself even more mass--dunno if that'll be enough to run it though. I also use a RE'd lvl2 booster, prolly best bang for the buck (mass) for boosters.

Nice mass on that reward shield, by the way.

Message Edited by SandLizard on 04-21-2005 06:21 PM

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Nts-Evvo wrote:

I've been loath to use ro4 since it disabled everything up to the DI in my Rihk the one and only time I used it.

For the Int, I'm 100 points in the red on energy right now, running at just under 50k mass on a 50,695 mass chassis. Though if I could get ro4 to work I do have an REd lvl3 reactor at 14k gen and 3k mass in the shop somewhere... now only to make room for it... doubt it could be done

-evvo

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When R04 disabled your Rihk, is it possible your reactor didn't have enough hitpoints left and could not handle the overload program? I use R04 all the time, never had a problem.

Captain Alirc Ec-Ecit
Alliance Ace Pilot
XO 77th "Phoenix" Fighter/Bomber Wing
Valcyn

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sirshaggs wrote:
ok I am a bit confused since I am new to this space stuff...why are you using level 1 and 2 stuff when cert'ed for level 10? wouldn't you want the best of the best?

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Higher level doesn't always automatically mean "better" You need to learn to watch the stats as well as the level of the parts, because some of the best items are levels 1-6. For example, there's no need to use a huge Level 8 capacitor when you can often find a couple level2's one with high recharge, the other with high energy, and get them RE'd by a shipwright. The lvl8 would be 20times heavier, but not gain you much in terms of performance.

There are few hard and fast rules to follow, except this: watch stats compared with mass.

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