Weaponsmith Archive

As near as we can figure, the 15% experimentation bonus does nothing and is completely worthless. A scout blaster made in the city was 76-149/1.9/11-22-11. A scout blaster made oustide the city had identical stats.

So much for all the hoopla. What a complete waste. SOE expects us to throw away 125k a week for THIS?

True.

There is another possibility that has been floating around the politican boards. There seems to be some evidence that perhaps a city's specialization doesn't kick in until the update after it has been selected. Guess we'll have to see.

I sincerely hope that it does update next session, but righ tnow it looks like it only increases experiment "rolls" by 15%, I seemed to be getting more amazing successes in Brenn than ever before, however no bonus to build points

Lame!

I spent several hours last night playing around with the new research center bonus and thought I would share what I saw. The sampling I did is to small to be considered scientific but it's a start for us smiths.

First thing I noticed was that I was getting very few of the moderate/good experimentation combines that seem to plague everybody lately. I contribute that directly to the city bonus. The 15% bonus must add to the general success of your experimentation.

Second you will not get extra points for for making your weapons in a city with the research center. The skill point bonus is still and probably always be capped at 12 points. To let something as easy to attain as a research center give more points to weapons crafting would be too powerful. I personally have 11 experimentation points and I still had 11 in the city.

Third my tools and crafting station where all of high quality. The tools are 14.58 and the stations 43+. I still am not convinced that this makes a difference but it surely can't hurt. I did approximately 150 combines for adv blaster pistol barrel and walked away with at 15 15 -.73 14accuracy barrel, a slight increase in the to hit bonus from my previous version. I also did 100's of combines on advanced sword cores and reinforced cores and lowered the HAM costs on my reinforced core by 1, and no change on the sword cores.

I didnt get any of the all amazing combines that some people have reported getting that actually make a part better than its resources normally allow. Usually what is happening is they are getting an initial amazing on the combine and then amazings on the experimentations. I got 7 amazings on the intial combine last night and even had one amazing on the inital and 1 amazing on the first 4 points of experimentation on a barrel but had no changes on final stats of the barrel.

Overall I felt that it was worth crafting in a research city. But as always the weapons you make will be a reflection of the time and effort you put into gathering your resources. Crafting in the new centers will let you shave that tiny extra HAM off a weapon, or add the little extra accuracy that your customers will appreciate.

Armani -- Corbantis

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