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Thread: question about reactors
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IG-88-A
Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:37 pm
#1
hello all I'm not a shipwright but I was wondering about reactors, I've got a x-wing and I'm looking for somthing with alot of power. I have a tier two reactor that generates about 12000.1 energy, I need more energy but I can't find anything really higher than 15 amost 16000. is it just that I can't find anything decent or is that really the best they come? if so what would you recomend to power a xwing with 3 weapons missles. Thanks for any help
TomoRainer
Mon Feb 14, 2005 2:46 am
#2
A good shipwright should be able to hit between 16200-16600 energy on his level 7 reactors, possibly somewhat higher if your server's had some nice spawns of the new steel and radioactive. If you need more than that, you'd have to get a level 9, which should output about 19000 power but weigh 50K, which I'd think wouldn't really be workable for an X-Wing.
Are you using Reactor Overload droid programs? RO3 will give you plenty of energy (+30%?), and if you don't mind buying a new reactor now and then, RO4 will give you even more while producing only slight decay. (And when it comes to crafted components, decay shouldn't really concern you; all it takes to replace them is money, which comes a lot easier than a good piece of loot.)
If you just need as much energy as humanly possible, there are looted reactors which will give you 20-40K energy and which can be RE'd down to 12-25K mass with the right complementary parts. These reactors tend to drop in Deep Space, though they're certainly a rarity, so if you've got plenty of cash you might think about looking to buy one through the trade forums. If not, either spend a lot of time looting or try to get it to work with one of the other options here.
Are you using Reactor Overload droid programs? RO3 will give you plenty of energy (+30%?), and if you don't mind buying a new reactor now and then, RO4 will give you even more while producing only slight decay. (And when it comes to crafted components, decay shouldn't really concern you; all it takes to replace them is money, which comes a lot easier than a good piece of loot.)
If you just need as much energy as humanly possible, there are looted reactors which will give you 20-40K energy and which can be RE'd down to 12-25K mass with the right complementary parts. These reactors tend to drop in Deep Space, though they're certainly a rarity, so if you've got plenty of cash you might think about looking to buy one through the trade forums. If not, either spend a lot of time looting or try to get it to work with one of the other options here.
Dezrick
Mon Feb 14, 2005 3:37 am
#3
Reactor Overload is your friend, particularly when you start to use weapon or engine overload droid commands (yes as a Rebel you can use the Imperial and Privateer commands, if you can find somewhere to get them from - Theed Mall on Chimaera sells them).
A level 2 reactor with reactor overload 4 will meet most needs from almost any spaceship, but yes you will will suffer some decay and will need to replace the reactor when its armour gets down to about 40.
Regards
Dezrick.
alphawolf100
Tue Feb 15, 2005 1:55 am
#4
The first person to respond is correct. a lvl 7 crafted reactor should get to about 16k+ with 18-19k mass. that's what i've been making at least. if you are really having troubles making it under the Engery have you tried to RE your other components to use less energy? I currently have a fully loaded x wing with
2 good lvl 7 guns and a good RE'd lvl 4.
a 1130/1130 47.6 Regen Cap and
3200 front/back shields 15.56 regen and
missles/good booster
all under 14k Energy. i recomend you go to a good Shipwrite and see if he/she has some loot stock piled to RE your other components, if 16k+ energy isn't enough for you.
Goraf
Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:24 am
#5
I'm using a 13k energy reactor on my X-wing with Reactor Overload 3. I have enough power for all 3 blasters, missle launcher, and chaff launcher with weapon, engine, and capacitor overload (3) programs.
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