Smuggler Archive

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Vydiryss wrote:

OK, I would like to add my pathetic issue. Been at Slicing IV for about a week now, and I fail about 50-70% of all my slice attempts! I make sure to buy really good upgrade kits and make my laser knives, analyzers and clamps out of the best stuff I can find, but I still screw it up. I haven't been slicing for other folks b/c I don't wanna ruin their gear, so I've been stockpiling cheap weapons to practice. I know I must be doing something wrong, but I can not figure out what. Any ideas? Thanks all-

Vydiryss

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Are you using clamps, and if you are, are you reading the text in the top of the slicing window?

Quality on goods and item sliced has no bearing on the slice itself.

12% is normal on armor at master...

The FAQ is your friend

well ive been getting stupidly freqeunt 40% encumbrance slices. i was slices a few sets of comp armour and most my slices were encumbrance most with 38% or above. then i slice my own stuff and get stupid bases like 12 , 14 16 % bases on my entire set. i got angry at that, but base % seem to have dropped for me ,encumbrance is way high

Well, after reading these posts, I'd have to believe what they are saying about the cap on armor for effectiveness. By limiting it somewhat, you avoid the 90% base stuff that was floating around at one time. I'll have to explain that to people the next time I slice some armor. But what it doesn't explain is why damage and speed slices are so low. Maybe there is a hard speed cap on certain weapons and you can only slice close to or just above that cap? And what about damage? Is there a possible hard cap for damage on certain weapons?

Makes me curious.

yea I used to be master smuggler back like 6 months ago. I just recently got it back. It seems to me that the percents are lower overall this time for some reason. I dont know if its the tools im using..the fact I didnt make them this time or what. I sure hope we get an explaination atleast on how slicing works in the revamp.

I've hit 5 sub 20% slices in the last week and only 2 30%+ slices. Makes me not want to slice someones gear. Also makes me glad to know that slicing 4 can yield better %'s. Made it totally worth it to go master. *cough this sucks *cough

Hey, I get those at slicing II!

ok i have not been a smuggler since day one. but, i know that this hasbeen a problem since day 1. has there been anywhere at any time a comment from the developers as to why. im sure that the lack of predictability and pure (yeah right) randomnesss of slices is in there for some reason. and i really doubt there has not been many topics that has matched discussions and complaints as muchas this has. after all, slicing effects prbly 90 percent of the paying players on all servers. to the developers: whats up?

I've been a master smuggler since a few months after the game launched, and I've noticed over the last month and a half that my slices have been rediculously low too. I know low slices are part of the gamble, but recently the lower numbers have been hitting me alot too. Maybe they tweaked with something in the mechanics, dunno.

what is the effect of decay and death on slicing tools? seems ones that have been through the cloner with me once or twice suck while ones that i've kept fresh in my droid storage work better ... i know they are insured so there must be some kind of damage done.