Shipwright Archive
Thread: FireSpray Disk Not Random?
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Datto
Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:42 am
#1
Howdy All,
I was noticing this morning that ship components come in 11 varieties:
Armor, booster, capacitor, countermeasure pack, droid interface, engine, missle pack, reactor, shield, ship chassis and weapon.
Has anyone else noticed that only 8 of those you can reverse engineer? And that there is one of each type of item required to build a ship fully loaded? On top of that, how many FireSpray disks are there? 8 :-)
Armor, booster, capacitor, droid interface, engine, reactor, shield and weapon. I know people have been RE'ing thousands of parts...I'm thinking there's one disk from RE'ing each part type...
/discuss
Datto
I was noticing this morning that ship components come in 11 varieties:
Armor, booster, capacitor, countermeasure pack, droid interface, engine, missle pack, reactor, shield, ship chassis and weapon.
Has anyone else noticed that only 8 of those you can reverse engineer? And that there is one of each type of item required to build a ship fully loaded? On top of that, how many FireSpray disks are there? 8 :-)
Armor, booster, capacitor, droid interface, engine, reactor, shield and weapon. I know people have been RE'ing thousands of parts...I'm thinking there's one disk from RE'ing each part type...
/discuss
Datto
EoZilbriss
Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:15 pm
#2
If you're a Shipwright, i would suggest testing this out, Datto. If not, you should assist your friendly neighborhood Shipwright with the test. Make an Excel chart too.
Slochini
Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:16 pm
#3
I smell coincidence but certainly worth investigating. Ive gotten 2 disks...both were 3/8. No idea what spit them out though. I do know they bother were level 1 though.
Ricven
Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:17 pm
#4
That is a good find, now we should definitely put it to the test. However me on Kauri I never get to go up much always filling customer orders lol, so my parts are scarce as far as loot goes except what i get from friends and customers!
Slochini
Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:36 pm
#5
buy @ 1k per level...you'll get all you need since most pilots delete stuff constantly. At 1k each you can turn around and sell it for 10k each....works great for me.
Trebs
Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:26 pm
#6
I buy at 3K per item and re-sell at 4K/level.Don't make much (just 1K per item of course) but I figure I also get a chance to get a schematic part.
JabboFett
Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:28 pm
#7
I've been RE'ing close to 1000 parts now...its not 1 part from each...ive gotten 7 discs so far...3 from armor, 2 from droid interface,1 from a shield and 1 from an engine...so its not 1 per piece =)
ffoure
Sat Nov 06, 2004 2:58 am
#8
Consider yourself lucky. I have done over 2000 parts now and still have only gotten 4 discs.
JabboFett wrote:
I've been RE'ing close to 1000 parts now...its not 1 part from each...ive gotten 7 discs so far...3 from armor, 2 from droid interface,1 from a shield and 1 from an engine...so its not 1 per piece =)
--Uggh
Nauner
Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:11 am
#9
recieved kuat disk 4/8 today from 2 lvl 2 droid interfaces, dont know if this helps much, but it seems that there might be a pattern to it. One of the two interfaces was a Kuat part, but dont know much about the fragments that are popping out.. im still a while before my other character makes it to that point
recieved disk 1/8 from REing armor as well once server came back up.
Message Edited by Nauner on 11-06-2004 06:15 AM
Message Edited by Nauner on 11-06-2004 07:21 AM
ProfessorXavior
Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:52 am
#10
ughhh
I've RE'd over 600 parts, and not received a single disk 
After I RE some of them, I have to delete them, then start over, mostly level 1 and 2 pieces.. I should just give up :/
After I RE some of them, I have to delete them, then start over, mostly level 1 and 2 pieces.. I should just give up :/Synergis
Malitevv
Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:20 pm
#11
ProfessorXavior wrote:
ughhh
I've RE'd over 600 parts, and not received a single disk
Synergis
Don't give up, but don't hold your breath either. AndIwouldn'tjust go deleting everything you RE. Stand by a vendor while you are REing and offer the items up for sale as you RE them. That is what I do.
About this rumor that the Kuat items increase the probability of getting the schematic pieces: there are a couple of things people might want to keep in mind. 1) there are a LOT of items with Kuat in the name, so it's likely that a few of your schematics will come from one. 2) since a lot of people are expecting the Kuat items to yield one, a lot of people are keeping count of how many times the Kuat item yields one for them, but few are actually counting how many times a Kuat item doesn't yield one for them. This leads to erroneous conclusions.
Me, I'm a skeptic by nature, and believe the simplest explanation is the best until somebody offers proof to the contrary (simplest being psuedo-random). I count how many time that Kuat items don't give me squat, and it's pretty much every time. 
(I have two pieces btw, but neither came from a Kuat engineering item). So far, it looks completely random to me.
(I have two pieces btw, but neither came from a Kuat engineering item). So far, it looks completely random to me.
Odaen
Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:00 am
#12
I have three disks. Two are 1/8, the other is 3/8. Since I have two 1/8 I started thinking why. Just as you said, I recieved the second 1/8 from RE armor. I put two kuat armors in that RE. I have never recieved a disk except by including a kuat peice in the RE. I'm thinking that the part number that you get depends on what thing you are RE:
1/8 = RE armor.
4/8 = RE droid
...
Has anyone else gotten a 1/8 from anything other than armor?
I would actually be preferable to have the piece depend on what was RE since its easier to collect what you need than just having it random. I mean think about it, if you had 1-7 and only needed 8/8. It would take a long time before you could get the eight part if it was random component number. Course its always possible to trade but I prefer just knowing what parts to RE myself. Another thread mentioned a nerf in the loot drops and I will confirm that. I have noticed that the loot drops were decreased to about half what they used to be. Also, lower level ships are not dropping any higher level loots anymore.
Inedashave
Sun Dec 12, 2004 6:50 pm
#13
Man I have some bad luck. I have RE'd over 1500 parts the last 9 days for no disks.
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