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Greetings weapon crafters:

I am curious how many of each type of looted component can go into a weapon.

For example, I am aware of the following:
Nym Feeder (usually +20-25)
Nym Capacitor (usually +20)
Nym Vibro Motor (usually +20-24)

Krayt Tissue (usually +30, as high as +100, 50 or 70 being awesome)

Jawa advanced motor (+5 ro min, +5 to max, -.5 to speed)


My Question(s) are:
1. are there more items I have not mentioned?

2. For Knucklers can a knculer only use one motor type?

3. What can the following pistols use?
-Tangle (Stun Damage)
-SR Combat (Armor Piercing energy damage)
-Striker (Kinetic Damage)
-DX2 (Acid Damage)
-FWG (Heat Damage)

And also, a the best energy weapon. Most people makes scouts. I can't understand why as I see DH17's a DL44's (much cooler looking guns) with the same if not superior stats on my server, but I never see them made with Krayt parts, only stinky scouts. Are scouts the best of the energy type weapons? At any rate if someone could give me the info onthese as well:
-DH17 (energy)
-DL44 (energy)
-Power5 (energy)
-Scout (energy)

So to restate, Im curious what each gun can use. For example a DX2 needs 4 krayt tissues, and can use a feeder or a capacitor. Or just Krayt tissue? A scout only needs one Krayt, can use a feeder and a capacitor. (so in theory if you had a +100 tissue, +25 feeder and _20 capacitor and be one happy camper)

I have no idea if those above examples are correct but Im looking for confirmation on the pistols above. Especially Tangle, Striker and SRCombat which are craptacular guns with even the best materials. (100 some damage? Ick.)

Thanks in advance!

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Xadius

/bump

There is also a high FREQUENCY vibro motor. All this does is boost wound chance. therefore, it sucks.

krayt tissue is put in power handlers and associated with energy weapons.

VK = vibro motor

scout,dh17,SR,DX2,DL44,Power5 = krayt

Striker, Tangle = feed mechanism

FWG5, Scatter, Launcher = both krayt AND feed mechanism

Oh, and i'm unfamiliar with the jawa motors. Do they loot of jawa? does the description say what they are used in?

I assume it's another vibro motor enhancement. Those are even better than the high-* ones - .5 speed bonus would make crazy fast VKs.

easymcrhinopants: you rock. Thank you. That was exactly what I was looking for.

Advanced Vibro's from Jawas are bleh. +5 to min, +5 to max and -.5 to speed is interesting, but I woul drather have +20 to damage. Once your a master TKA (really, once you have power4) speed is not a issue with VK's at all, you hit the speed cap. You want damage. Different Knucklers for different phases of your char for sure. I was unaware of a wound vibro...that would be nasty for PvP.

I look at my capacators and they say they are used for powerhandlers so they must take the place of krayt...making them inferior since they are +20 and the lowest krayt i have seen is +30.

Also great news that Striker and Tangles can be boosted with feeders. Now I just need to get some feeders...never have looted one, although I havent exactly tried very hard lately.

btw rhino- jawa motors or just like nym motors in that they are used in knucklers (or swords, etc)

What drops the wound motors? Nym's?

This is the first I've heard of the Jawa motors. Any particular Jawas drop these?

The jawa motors could be really useful on polearms. And on VK's for people who like to use them uncertified for when working on brawling.

So.. yeah.. which jawas do I need to murder? They're easy to kill so I wouldn't mind

Oh, and sorry, but getting HVFMs off stuff on lok is crazy annoyingly rare. I took a at-st out there and basically murdered everything with a "Nym" in the name and got nothing for about 4-5 hours.

Then later, I was running out there to do Act 2, and killed stuff for about an hour, and managed to get some off a nym droideka. (but they can be on other stuff too, like an elite guard). I had gotten the crappy wound motor off a nym surveyor.

Any jawas drop the motors just like any Nym's drop their motors. I've gotten nym motors off those weird nym monkey things even.

I agree these dont drop enough. I killed about 200 last friday. Nothing. Well, I take that back I did get one drop. A 4-65 vibrokncukler with 32 durability left.

=-0

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Xadius

Hoi!

Sorry for my newb question ... but where can I find Nyms? On whitch Planet? )

Auri

LOK

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