Shipwright Archive

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Moriendor wrote:

Hi,

was wondering which stats you guys can slap on level 5 shields (tier 2)? Hitpoints and recharge rate would be of interest. Thanks for any hints . Still trying to figure out which components to get from a SW and when loot is better in general. Thus the question.

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I don't have numbers handy just now. However, I can tell you that in my experience both Live and Beta, with over 1000 looted items in storage I'm sorting through, these are my general guidelines that I find to be reliable:

Engine and Capacitors are often better looted, for a variety of reasons.

Boosters can be hit or miss, depending on what you look for in a booster. You can go either way. Loot tends to have a bigger capacity, Crafted tends to be faster.

My Sheilds, Armor, Weapons, and Reactors are almost always *significantly* better than even my carefully-REd common loot.

So from this, you can get a feel for my recommendations on the matter.

Im currently looking around for some new shields on my server, but I dont really know whats good and whats not. My current shields are, I think, MkIII, with about 1200 front and 1300 rear. What sort of stats and mass should I be looking for in a good quality level 7 shield? Right now Im finding it difficult to kill Tier 4 Light Fighters quick enough(Im using an Advanced Blaster with about 1800-2400 damage), and my shields just cant stand up to the punishment of having 3 Tier 4 A-Wings or Z-95s right on my tail.