[GI] New shield gen.

has anyone done any comparisons between an upgraded BO2 and the new BO3. I am trying to decide whether or not to add it to ship before or after upgrading it.

 

A base BO3 has a Shield Strength of 11,450 whereas a fully upgraded lvl 16 BO2 is 11,500 however if you upgrade the BO3 just once to level 2 it will produce a Shield Strength of 11,564.5 and therefore an improvement over the fully upgraded BO2.

 

Thanks for helping the OP and the detailed response.

Does the OP have any further questions or may we close?

EHD

 

TY Archangel and TY EHD .nothing further ok to close

 

so then I should replace a full set of l5 puple with l2 yellow one at a time on drones or ship first , 5 yellow by end of month

no loss when mixing shields like weapons
and upgrading new stuff first. drones at 16, 1 yellow l5 already
is it better to have 2 of the same type on a drone in case it counts as full set ship

been following old guides the bible could use an update with the new stuff ores ,parts best uses first.

another way to compare the power change
what level should the yellow be for a cube or icy

 

Since I believe the info I got is accurate,I WOULD start replacing my old gens with new ones starting at lvl 2.This way you don't lose any shield strength and start the process of rearming your ship with new items. What concerns me is the price of rearming after all the past upgrades. I think we should get some kind of credit for older Gens. like they did with the new lasers. (i.e. one LF4-MD would cost you one standard LF4 plus uri and the log disks.) Reduce the cost of assembling a BO3 by adding a/an fully upgraded BO2 to the recipe. Since the BO2 will now become obsolete , this would make sense. Just like when the LF4's were first introduced, now I have a ton of unsold LF3's wasting away in my inventory. I saved them in case DO ever comes up with away to auction or donate these to newer players. I have so many credits selling them is not a priority.
In regards to cubes and Icy's , I can kill a Cube by myself in my "battle con. fig. #1" all shields on ship (BO2 lvl 16) and all drones with LF4-MD's. I only use LF4-PD on PET . You may be farming Cubes but, you have to be armed for a fight against another player.
Don't confuse mixing items on drones with full ship set up.To the best of my knowledge , mixing items on drones is okay. Ships lasers for instance need to be the same.
One more thing , the DO bible is still a good source of info. Any newer items can be found in forum if you look at the most recent posts.
REMEMBER; if you are having a problem , there is a good chance that someone else is having the same problem.

 

Where can I find this information?

 

I woujld like to buy a couple anyway, how much would they cost? And do you have other stuff you are willing to sell?

 

I derived the info from the Shield Power charts in Game Fax and the New Assembly and Upgrading introduction fax for the new BO3's
Then a little mathematics and voila. You are welcome to research it yourself and by doing so develop a better understanding of things like shield and laser performance.
Check these pages listed below for more information specifically of the new BO-3's and Upgraded BO-2 shield strength.

https://board-en.darkorbit.com//threads/shieldpower-charts.889/
http://www.bigpoint.com/darkorbit/board/threads/new-assembly-upgrading-system-faq.124627/

 

At this time it not possible to sell items directly to another player. LF-3'S are easily crafted in assembly , however I can't think of any reason why you would want to. When the new MD,HP and PD lasers were introduced , DO made the original LF-4 part of the assembly process. I was waiting to see if any of their developers would think of a creative way of to rid inventories of obsolete items. Personally I would like to gift them to brand new players . It won't help them in PvP battles but, it may help them get started with their first missions and be a stepping stone towards upgrading their ships. A little charity can go a long way and DO would not be losing much in comparison to the benefit they might gain by adding players to the game.

 

Closing as inactive.

Thanks

EHD