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Thread: Questions from a new master smuggler
Weapons max is 35%. Armor max is 45%. But anything over 40% are just tales. Average slice for me is 19% to 26%
Some days you won't see a slice under 25%. And other times you will spend a week doing nothing but 20% speed slices.
- You can only get the best slices by using the best 98%+ quality equipment (knives, clamps)
- You can only slice based on the equipment's quality itself
- Knives and clamps used to be copper only for the metal resource, so if you still use just copper resources you stand a higher chance of a successful slice
- Slicing during rainfall gives you near max results everytime
- Slicing next to a smuggler trainer gives you a 10% bonus to results
- Slicing a terminal then immediately slicing a weapon gives you a good slice
- Slicing similar serial numbers of weapons results in the same slice everytime
- You can pick damage or speed on weapons by the time of day you slice
etc. etc. etc. It is largely all complete stories. I do believe quality of equipment may someday have an effect, but I have gotten a 38% armor slice using a knife and clamp I made on the spot using junk resources I had on me at the time, and have gotten a 15% slice using 98% WUKs made by a master weaponsmith and 98% knives.
*shrug*
I think the best answer was stated above. There are expected ranges for weapons and armor, they appear to be random, and until our revamp, we just sort of live with it and roll with the punches.
Tonteth wrote:
Weapons max is 35%.Armor max is 45%.But anything over 40% are just tales. Average slice for me is 19% to 26%.Some days you won't see a slice under 25%. And other times you will spend a week doing nothing but 20% speed slices.
AT MASTER....
Armor Encumberance slices are 15-45%. Encumberance slices 43% and over are rare.
Armor Effectiveness slices are 11-35%. Low effective slices ( <= 18% ) are more common than those >= 31%.
Those numbers may be 5% less if you are not master.
Expect Effectiveness slices of 19-28% usually.
Expect Encumberance slices of 25-35% usually.