Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: Scythe Blade Crafting
I am what is called an interested non expert. I'm the Swordsman working with my guild's Wpnsmith to make me a better scythe.
The stuff you have is good, and depending on the quality of resources on your server, should allow you to make a good-very goodblade. I'm not an afficionado of Power cubes yet, so I dont know just how good they get, and were your rate on the scale, but here's my recommendation:
Your weaponsmith should make his own Geonosian sword cores, they will almost always be superiort looted cores. For the Scythe you will need minimum 3 identical power cubes to make 2 identical cores. Add 3 identical Solidifying Agents if desired.
The Scythe has a good base damage, and you can always pray for a damage slice, so I recommend using your Red HAM reduction cubes. Scythe are very fast, and can kill you when unbuffed if you dont do something to lower the HAM. So, 3 red cubes+ 3 pastes= 2 identical sword cores, which equals one sword.
I do not know what the maximum number of identical cube or paste that can drop is, but you need a minimum of 7 to contemplate makin a run of multiple Scythe Blades, thus saving charges on your 2 charge scythe blade schematic.
There are probably other places you can find this. I think there is a note stickied about new loot drops. Check that.
Crafted cores are almost always better than looted ones. I think mine come out to 43/43, but that's just a guess. At any rate, unless you find some 40+ cores, let the WS craft them.
It's Carbonite steel, not Rhodium (thank God). Your weaponsmith should have both this and Neutronium steel on hand. It's a lot more likely they'll have 8-900+ on the relevant stats than anything you'll be able to harvest or buy.
If you want the best sword, find a 12 point master. We'll all be able to max damage, but they will be able to add integrity, range or lower HAM some. If you want the best, that's the way to go
You'll need Yellow cubes and solidifying agent. Each adds a base of +10. Anything over that will be indicated and will be a bonus. You'll need at least 3 identical of each - one for the schematic, 2 for the sword. If you bring drops of 5 or 7, the weaponsmith will be very happy. Green cubes are best used in rifles, red in armor.
Core schematic is probably not needed, but helpful. Scythe schematic will be needed. Just because it's a 2 use schematic, even if you brought cubes, agent and core schematic, I'd still charge you 100k to make the sword...at least. We can make so few of these, you'll pay just for the use of the schematic.
What you have now will make a pretty good, but not the best sword. Not sure what the upside is on these things, But what you have is a little above base.
The Master WS you choose to make you your scythe should have the best available raw resources to make the best possible scythe if they have been a MWS for a while and have done their job and collected the best resources your server has had to offer... chances on you collecting any resources better is slim....ok now comes your part... you need to get the Scythe schematic, collect minimum 3 yellow power cubes( adds damage) and 3 solid agents (also adds damge), and a geonosian sword core schematic...
The Geo power cubes/solids/sword core schematic are looted drops as i'm sure you already know... but the solids and yellow cubes can differ in damage for each ones looted... i have seen +10 and I have seen +18's all depends how lucky you are ....so at the weakest you will get a +10 dmg from the solid and a +10 dmg from the cube..... sooo if the MWS has good resources for the sword cores then you will have somewhere around 60max dmg on the cores ...now if you happen to get lucky and loot any already made geo sword cores with 60+ max damage and at least 2 with same serial number (looted off of same kill) then it will be just as good as the crafted ones using the above listed enhancements... now of course if you loot better solids and better yellow cubes your cores and therefore your scythe will end up being better also ...so it all depends how luck you are at looting and how long you want to wait to get that loot if you ever will ....( i always have the worst loot luck for something i want, lol) GL to you and I hope this helps
also FYI krayt tissue can only be used in weapons as enhancements for ranged weapons using a power handler...
.When you open the schematic and try to make a sword, it asks for 2 identical sword cores _from_a_factory_crate_
Well, maybe it used to be different, but that's what happened to me yesterday evening when I tried to make a scythe.
if it is really 32min 64max they are nice, = to a core made with +10 solids and +10 yellow cubes ( or even a bit better) depending on WS resources also