Weaponsmith Archive

While I agree with most of the problems people have with the high level weapons and such I think the Number One problem with Weapon Smith lies in the very beggining of the profession. Please Increase Stats on Novice D18 to better than a CDEF. As a novice WS I would hope I could make a weapon better than Artisians. And maybe move some enhanced power-up to WS to allow something small and usefull we could get XP from to sell. Not sure about everyone else but I find grinding away thousands of the same items very boring and "unfun". I reliaze that Novices should be able to compete with the quality of Masters of most thing however I feel that Novices should have at least something useful to try selling prior to getting to master. Weapon Upgrade Kits are currently the only thing I can sell and the market is so diluted I can barely move them. (They sell fast in crates but why would I do that before I make master).

If you find grinding un-fun then I think you are in the wrong profession. I have ground out thousands of Projectile Rifle Barrels on my way to Tech 4. I mean unless you plan on making Master Smith in a year or so, then okay but really, grinding is the only way to make quality weapons in any reasonable amount of time.

Are we going to get drafting schematics for the Rantok and Scythe?

Cert info for Republic blaster

Targeting Computer (its an optional component for tangles)...are we going to get the schem for this? It may help make this gun better...

T21 graphics(the barrel sticking down), Armor piercing Factor (changed from 0 to 3), effective range needs to be fixed

Chemical Disperion Experimentation is all hosed up (discussed earlier)

Meria Fenn

My thought on mulitiple stat usages is its a great idea, but weapon quality is going to go down. Resources are rarely over 900 in 3 or more categories, and if they are you are only finding them in 40% or less veins. If this happens say good bye to weapons withgreat stats in more than one area.

I'm with ya D'Tox. How do these sound for Experimental Options?

Damage = 66/33 Conductivity/OQ
Decay = 100% Decay Resistance
HAM = 50/50 Unit Toughness/OQ
Range = 50/50 Shock Resist/OQ

You, myself, and quite a few other weaponsmiths have been making the suggestion for some time that weapons use more than one stat. With all the stats that are available and not being used, it seems like a waste of detail. I mean, if all items use 3 or 4 stats, why have more?

As far as my opinion on the Correspondent goes... no comment. If/when the position opens up again, I'll volunteer again. Hopefully I'll be MWS by then

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DarkCipher wrote:

My Lord there is so much missing... what a joke of a correspondant...

Here are some of the more IMPORTANT ones:

** The Chemical Dispersion Unit and Advanced Chem Disp Unit still CANNOT be experimented on for DMG , still stays at 0% when you try to raise it, even on great/amazing success. (WAS said to be fixed this patch, it is not) This has been broken since beta.

** The Advanced Projectile Feed Mechanism and the Projectile Feed Mechanism initially shows up with the max available experimentation possibilties for the resources used (in this example lets say 75%). Upon your FIRST experiment run (no matter how many points you run at a time), the MAX experiment effectiveness drops down to where you can never hit that 75% target, even if you got all amazing/great successes... This is unique to these 2 components, and gates all weapons utilizing it. This has been broken since beta.

**The Advanced Projectile Pistol Barrel always starts at a MAX experimental effectiveness of 8% no matter how good the resources are. So you are gated to only getting like 10/10 dmg out of your experiments which gates all weapons using this component. Been broken since beta as well.

**The Projectile Pistol Barrel a lways starts at a MAX experimental effectiveness of 10% no matter how good the resources are. So you are gated to only getting like 10/10 dmg out of your experiments which gates all weapons using this component. Been broken since beta as well.

**[Dev Acknowledged Issue] Advanced Power handlers and Regular Power Handlersare not 'stacking' bonuses when more than one is required.

** Scopes and Stocks (Including Advanced Scopes and Stocks) are basically not adding ANY functionality to weapons. They are simply ADDING DMG, ADDING SPD (speed slows down), and Increasing HAM costs by approximately 66% (Usualy HAMs after Using a Scope/Stock is about 70-110). By these calculations there is no benefit to using them. This applies to EVERY weapon that you can utilze these with, no exceptions.

** Stocks have the same crafting problem as the Projectile Feed Mechanisms. After you add your resources and start the experiment phase, you have a max possibly experiment points (lets say 50%). After the first experiment run, the max effectiveness goes down and you can never reach that 50%, even if amazing successes.

** [Dev Acknowledged Issue] Factories not being able to make full weapons, stopping periodically for no known reason (even if resources are correct, etc).

** Crafted Grenades arent doing the damage they are stating... Some of the most basic like Frag grenade says it does over 400 max dmg.. but when a commando utilizes it, it does like 1-10dmg.

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This has to be like me looking in the mirror of many posts i have stated on the Test Center. They havent really listened to me yet, so i dont have alot of hope that a fix will come soon, but, I can only pray that they respond with yes, these will be fixed soon and all will be right with the world. Its dissapointing to get to Master status just to not be able to make the things your supposed to by missing schematics, or the components absolutely suck because there gated. ( If you have special things you would like tested from me, all you folks have to do is come to the Dark Side ( TC ) forums and write me a note, ill do my best to find you answers.

Alot of people complain about the Test Center, but I advise you folks to utilize what we have to offer more proficiently, post on our forums and ask questions. Hey Popo, are XXX fixed yet, or Does this component get more than XXX experimental value, and what resources did you use, ect. Im here for you guys and gals, feel free to come ask me anything you want.

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Kelgel wrote:

Where have you peeps who are complaining about our correspondant been? Did you just discover this board today?

Over the last week he solicited issues from users of this board, made up a big list of everything that was presented to him and asked peeps to vote on the top 5. I didn't see any of you listing your issues or voting on the top 5. So if you want to find someone to blame about why your favorite issue isn't on the list then go look in a mirror and you will see the person at fault.

The job of the weaponsmith correspondant isn't to list his or her top problems, it is to solict problems from all weaponsmiths and then to present them to the devs. If you can't be bothered to post things of concern to you then don't complain when they aren't included because if no one lists them when the WS correspondant asks for input then they shouldn't be on the list.

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actaully that was two weeks ago, i remember voting. The subject was week 2 issues.

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BBKingNZ wrote:
Just incase no-one else had noticed it, since the big patch everyone now has the cert to use the republic blaster. I guess the Devs didn't know where to put it so they gave it to everyone.

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no i hadnt noticed, kickass!

Don't get all excited yet... They're still buggy as hell. When I equipped the first one I made (a decent 150 max damage) it told me I lacked the skills needed to use this weapon and damage would be reduced. When I practiced on a low blue creature, I was hitting for 2-11 damage, USING special styles. If the devs are gonna bother putting a cert in the game, at least make sure the friggin thing works before getting everyone hyped up.

The cert listing displaying what you are certed for is horked. All players seemed to have recieved several certs they shouldn't (and don't) have although the listing indicates they do. Republic Blasters and Light Frag Grenades are two of these although I suspect their are others.

Everyone is supposed to have C-12 frag nade certification. There are two types of frag nades though, and C-22, the ones non-commandos can't use are much more common.

Kelec,

I don't know if your still grinding, but you can grind two-handed axes for 146 per. its a melee 1 schematic only requires 35 iron, 25 wood, 8 steel, and best of all no sub combines you can run 4 crafting tools at a time.

Its the best combine I've found so far and I've gone to melee 3 ranged 1

-Tamman

Excellent list from Darkcipher.

I would also like to add : separate experimentation on damage and experimentation on speed. Experimenting on both at the same time makes it the only worth-experimenting category and doesn't allow for more variety in the weapons crafted, which is a waste considering howinteresting the craft system of thie game can be.