Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: When to repair?
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LordGrailer
Tue Apr 27, 2004 5:11 am
#28
I repaired at 500 .. it dropped down to 850. 150 loss in condition
I then repaired at 100 .. it dropped down to 760 .. a 90 loss in condition.
Repair at 75-100 .
PaxRomana
Tue Apr 27, 2004 10:34 am
#29
I repaired at 300/1000 and I went to 660/660. All pearl saber too. 
Ryuukon
Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:44 pm
#30
When is the best time to repair a piece of equipment? Should I wait till it's really low on condition or should I repair at, say 50%? I'm sick of trying to repair things and having it either lose 1/3 of its condition or get trashed completely.... And does 'weapon repair' tapes and such actually work? Or are they broken like several other types of SEAs?
GotEgg
Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:53 pm
#31
The longer you wait, the higher the chance of failing the repair.
Additionally, armor (and some say weapons, but i've never notice) start taking a hit to their effectiveness once they pass 50%. The more it decays, the less it works. For that reason i always repair my armor just after the 50% mark, same goes for expensive weapons.
If it's a cheap weapon (Like a Gaderiffi (sp) baton, or VK's etc...), then just buy crates of it, and repair it when you feel like it, if it gets destroyed, pull another out of a crate and have it sliced.
I dont have any info on whether the tapes are working as expected or not.
TheRealMopy
Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:54 pm
#32
::Edit:: Notice total disagreement with the above 
Here's the deal from my personal experience, although many people dissagree with me, and say I repair too late, it hardly ever fails.
100-50% - Blows up a heck of a lot
49 - 11% - Still blows up a heck of a lot
10% - 7% Seems a little better, but still lots of totally broken stuff
6% - 3% Seems to be the best time to repair, although by this time the stats have dropped a lot, especially on armour.
6% - 3% Seems to be the best time to repair, although by this time the stats have dropped a lot, especially on armour.
10-7 seems to the givemore perfect repairs, although 6-3 seems to give more successful repairs with 'minor blemishes and reduced condition'. Normally with my armour, it's around 33% total condition down the drain at this point, but I can be more confident it won't blow up.
All in all, thats from close to 50 individual pieces of armour. Also remember to get yourself some good 98+ repair kits. It seems to make a difference in successful repairs rather than how good the repair is.
Sorry about that lack of hard numbers.
Take Care
Message Edited by TheRealMopy on 08-04-2004 01:54 AM
mikedealer
Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:06 pm
#33
i gotta say i agree with 100%, i had 2 weapons i decided not to repair for risk of breaking them, a acklay stun and a acklay hammer. the hammer got down to 35/1040 condition, i repaired with 100% kit, repaired with minor blemishes to like 1035/1035 condition. same thing with baton, let it fall to 50/900 or something like that, full repair again.
i do 50% weapon repairs all the time, and sometimes fail, sometimes lost 1/3 condition. it sucks.
Armor, although i never tested this, seems to me totally random at the 50% level. i had one peice of armor i had repaired at least 12 times, no exxageration, by the final repair, it was 250/250 condition or something lol. good for pve
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