Rifleman Archive

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Well ok, correction....I only got the minor blemish repair, but the overall condition did not go down more than 100-200 pts.

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samijx wrote:

My guess is that you probably solo often. I think this rapid decay is yet another way to encourage group fighting and discourage solo fighting. I just wish they'd discourage people from completing the Padawan Trials.

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Negative....I rarely solo. But being the heaviest hitter in the group when it comes to DPS, I draw a ton of aggro. Combine that with the fact that I also am CM and throw heals around a lot = lots of laser bolts headed my direction.

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BadWookiee wrote:

I don't wear armor. It's too expensive for something I don't really need. I wear my wookiee garb instead lol. If you watch your dmg output and if the tanks do their jobs , you'll take very little (if any) damage.

Works for me, anyway.

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Yeah, thats what I'm starting to figure out is that although I have the capability to do some serious damage, I need to back off and let the tanks with their crazy defense draw the aggro.

What exactly does decay do? My condition lowers, but it seems to retain the same stats.

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LexxYovel wrote:
What exactly does decay do? My condition lowers, but it seems to retain the same stats.

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You're absolutely right, the stats will never change on the armor - these are built into it when it is crafted. However, the condition deteriorates over time and will determine how effective the armor is. Once the condition reaches 0, the armor is completely wasted.

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LexxYovel wrote:

Oooh, gotcha. But what is meant by effectiveness? If its decayed, does that mean its less prone to blocking damage?

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That's the only thing I'm not entirely sure of. Logically it would block proportionally less damage as the condition decreased (i.e. 50% condition = 50% more damage taken), but I have not actually paid attention. Unless we get a good response to this I'll plan on doing some testing tonight. I'm sure I can find someone to wail away on me for a little while! =P

Sounds good, keep me updated

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DirkusGentlyus wrote:

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LexxYovel wrote:

Oooh, gotcha. But what is meant by effectiveness? If its decayed, does that mean its less prone to blocking damage?

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That's the only thing I'm not entirely sure of. Logically it would block proportionally less damage as the condition decreased (i.e. 50% condition = 50% more damage taken), but I have not actually paid attention. Unless we get a good response to this I'll plan on doing some testing tonight. I'm sure I can find someone to wail away on me for a little while! =P

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Actually when it gets really low (I have no idea on the exact numbers, but lets say down to 25% of its initial condition) the stats start to fade a way slowly, then jumps to 0 protection a 0 condition. At least this is what it did pre-cu.