CUEmu - Thread Posts

StrmCommando

Mon May 24, 2004 4:22 pm

I'm a Fencer/Pistoleer and am more focused towards PvE than PvP. I'm also role playing oriented so it rules out a few choices in equipment/faction wise.

I'm looking for a set of armor which would help me in my effort towards and with these two professions, I'm looking at Ubese because a set of 76% kinetic/20% base would be very helpful for Fencing, the only problem is, that ranged attacks seem to slice right through it and tear me apart. So then I look at padded, besides looking really nice, it offers decent all around protections, it just isn't as good as the Ubese is with kinetic.

I'm not sure what protections I could get on padded, but probably somewhere around mid thirties and forties, Because I roleplay, I refuse to use composite because that is an armor worn by soldiers/troopers and my character is neither.

What choice do you all think I should make? Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

-Kyle

Randonb

Mon May 24, 2004 4:38 pm

#2

Well sinceyou focus on PvE, is it possible to get Ubese with an Energy layer? I'm not an Armorsmith.

Short of that, it actually sounds like you are leaning toward the Padded. I'd go with that. Better to be pretty well protected from both than virtually invulnerable to one and getting "sliced up" by the other.

I'd watch out for stocking up on multiple suits of armor. I think people who try to hoard "prenerf" armor (it's pretty well assumed that the armor situation is going away in the CB, though developers haven't commented) will find that they can't wear it anymore if/when buffs get reworked.

"...You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."

biwan:
Former Pistoleer Correspondent (02/04/04 - 09/05/04)

Kevie

Mon May 24, 2004 5:04 pm

#3

StrmCommando wrote:

I'm looking for a set of armor which would help me in my effort towards and with these two professions, I'm looking at Ubese because a set of 76% kinetic/20% base would be very helpful for Fencing, the only problem is, that ranged attacks seem to slice right through it and tear me apart. So then I look at padded, besides looking really nice, it offers decent all around protections, it just isn't as good as the Ubese is with kinetic.

I'm not sure what protections I could get on padded, but probably somewhere around mid thirties and forties, Because I roleplay, I refuse to use composite because that is an armor worn by soldiers/troopers and my character is neither.

since you pve, the only damage types you really need to worry about are kinetic and energy
if that's what you want, i would get voritor segment enhanced bone armor /shrug

ubese should do nicely.... if you want some extra energy defense, get an armorsmith to make you some portable shield generators experimented up fully in energy defense

padded has the same vulnerabilities save one (heat or cold, can't remember) as ubese
also the HAM costs are insanely high (comparable with composite)

i would stick with ubese and get some PSG's

Oaceen Tunaisea (Ow-seen Two-nay-see), Kettemoor
There is no command, mood, chat type: smuggle
"#*% damnit, no. Caboose; I'm not cold, I don't want a hotdog, and if you
put mustard in my #&$^ing sheets again I'm gonna kill you." - Tucker
-

dorsai78664

Mon May 24, 2004 5:55 pm

#4

I would say if you are fighting PvE mobs, ubese is probably better suited. If you are fighting PvE NPCs that use ranged weapons, padded may offer better protection with an increased HAM cost.

You might also want to mix the two a bit and see if you can come up with a combo that doesn't look thrown together but still offers good protection. You might want to even go so far as to get a composite helm to help reduce mind hits and use a combo of padded and ubese for the rest.

For PvE, it seemed my ubese jacket lost condition much faster than any other piece. My helms seem to last a while and the gloves, bracers, and boots are hardly touched. You could invest more HAM and credits in the areas that you feel are getting hit the hardest and use lighter weight and lighter protection on areas hit the least.

COLONEL DRAEVYN TYR
Master Gunfighter : Master Smuggler : Teräs Käsi Master
The Spice Must Flow
Corbantis.Naboo.Theed.-5851.3187

Pistoleer Archive

Thread: Padded or Ubese Armor? I need your opinions