Weaponsmith Archive

Hi all...

Had a question for anyone that could answer it.. particularly someone that was a Rodian or Mon Cal in beta.

In beta, I played a Zabrak Weaponsmith. I made good weapons, aloways experimenting and using the right types of resources according to attributes...but what I want to know is, how much of a difference does the extra 10% Weapon Assembly Bonus have on the end result of a weapon?

The reason I ask is, Mon Cal are some ugly suckers. If, without the extra bonus, I could make a DLT20 with 3 speed and 80-130 damage (hypothetical) as a Zabrak, what effect would the bonus have on the end result and how much better would the weapon be if I played as a Mon Cal. Does the bonus effect the end stats, or is it a modifier against the dreaded "Critical Failures". Ireally don't want to be stuck with an ugly character.. lol.. but I will if it makes enough of a difference.

So has anyone noticed a difference or know exactly what the 10% Weapon Assembly Bonus is good for?

It's not 10% per se, it's +10 which is +1 point. Every 10 skill = 1 point of whatever.

10 experimentation skill = +1 experimentation point.

Assembly appears to improve the chance of a good initial combine. But, it's hard to get a hard number associated with that. At master weaponsmith, that won't matter much.

My advice would be, since you will be playing this character for a long time probably - choose something you like and want to stick with.

- nox

What nox said, pick the race you want. +10 assembly is very minor and if you are not just dabbling in a skill it is hardly noticable. If it was +10 experimentation, that would be different.

The bonuses a race gives to a specific profession are not very important. They do not determine who will be the best at any given profession. You can actually get Skill-Enhancing Attachments that will make you better at your given profession than any Race Specific Bonus could. One peice of clothing can have 3 sockets, and one attachment taking up one socket can give you great bonuses alone. I had a Skill-Enhancing Attachment in Beta that gave +5 Medicine Assembly. I also had some others that improved various defensive stats and skills with certain wepaons.

+25 in tapes +20 in FS = nice

Shug, where did you pull up this 2 yr. old post, lol

It's easy 1) Click on the arrow at the bottom, brings you to the last page
2) post in the bottom top of said last page