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Message Edited by Lolindir on 06-18-2005 02:37 PM

General rule of thumb:

Odd-Numbered And Even-Numbered Loot

Certain levels of loot just aren't very good. Specifically, odd-numbered engines, boosters, and capacitors will all but never result in parts worth using or REing for anything but attempts to get Firespray disks. On the other hand, even-numbered engines and capacitors have huge advantages over crafted ones and can RE into some great parts, and even-numbered boosters, while unable to reach the same accelerations and top speeds as crafted ones, will generally have a long enough burn time to make them useful (especially in the case of reward boosters).

No other loot follows this pattern, and you'll be able to find useful stuff at any level, even or odd.

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Clicky

Hey,

For your cap, the recharge, mass and energy drain are good, but energy could be higher (1300 or better)

J'Asper

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Lolindir wrote: im fairly new at this re-eng thing and wanted to know if i have made some good components here: lvl 6 capacitator: Reactor drain 715 Mass 7252 cap energy 1158 recharge 52 lvl 8 gun: Energy drain 2276 Damage 2507-3876 Vs shields 0.670 Vs Armour 0.700 energy/shot 13.4 refire rate 0.400 i just want to know where on the tree the components are. if i can make them much better whit some patience or if this is as good as i can get them. coments please edit: wrong lvl on the capacitator. it wasnt lvl 5 but 6

Message Edited by Lolindir on 06-18-2005 02:37 PM

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Your Cap stats are all great for a level 6 except the energy should be over 1200 if you are lucky in your loot drops. The Level 8 gun is obviously one of the Reward guns that has the excellent Damage, Energy/Shot. You did not list your guns MASS which is a significant factor to know. Good mass for a level 8 is getting harder to find but should RE to under 25k at least.Your Energy Drain is too high and should be under 2000 more in the 1700-1900 range. Refire after RE on a level 8 gun should be under .40 more in the range of .38-.39. Your Vs Armor stat is excellent and the Vs Shields is good but you could get closer to .70.

For just getting into RE these are 2 excellent results. The more you work with a variety of looted parts the more feel you will get for stats that are average or outstanding. Unfortunately certain good stats that used to drop are no longer being found as loot has been nerfed a few times. I am still holding on to a Level 8 shield with a 18.07 recharge rate hoping to find another level 8 with a mass below 25k to RE it with. They used to be around but seem to be uber rare drops if at all now.

Keeping a large inventory of loot helps to determine the usual range of stats for a particular component. I always have around 1.5k- - 2k looted components in storage most of which end up just being "fillers" but its always nice to run across that really outstanding component stat. I recently looted a level 8 gun with a mass of 23k that REd down to 22460k mass. Combined that with a reward gun and another level 8 with even higher dmg than the reward to make my best Level 8 RE. Unfortunately if you always wait for the very BEST stat on each item you are not going to be doing a lot of RE. I would have liked to have a much higher VS stats on both Shields and Armor...but settled for what I had on hand at the time. And the RE Shipwrights Law is always in effect........as soon as you finally RE that uber item you've been itching to do.....a better stat will show up in your loot inventory

Keep up the good work. RE is a ton of fun!

Message Edited by Portabelle on 06-19-2005 11:59 AM

Message Edited by Portabelle on 06-19-2005 12:04 PM

Message Edited by Portabelle on 06-19-2005 12:09 PM

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Portabelle wrote:

For just getting into RE these are 2 excellent results. The more you work with a variety of looted parts the more feel you will get for stats that are average or outstanding. Unfortunately certain good stats that used to drop are no longer being found as loot has been nerfed a few times. I am still holding on to a Level 8 shield with a 18.07 recharge rate hoping to find another level 8 with a mass below 25k to RE it with. They used to be around but seem to be uber rare drops if at all now.

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Thunderbyte wrote:

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Portabelle wrote:

I am still holding on to a Level 8 shield with a 18.07 recharge rate hoping to find another level 8 with a mass below 25k to RE it with. They used to be around but seem to be uber rare drops if at all now.

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I looted a level 8 shield in deepspace just a few days ago with mass under 23k. I wish I had that recharge rate when I RE'd it though, but I was pretty happy with almost 16.0

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Lol... and I wish I had that 23k mass shield.... Oh well...Im trying to be patient and hope I get lucky one day with a nice drop like that also.'

Message Edited by Viq on 06-20-2005 03:09 PM