Carapace
Dragonfly
Join Date: 2002-02-07 Member: 176Members
Join Date: 2002-02-07 Member: 176Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Is it really worth it?</div>first of all, heres the facts
carapace lvl // LMG bullets required to kill
-skulk
0 8
1 10
2 10
3 10
-gorge
0 15
1 17
2 18
3 18
-lerk
0 8
1 10
2 12
3 14
-fade
0 29
1 33
2 33
3 33
-onos
0 65
1 70
2 70
3 70
now, basically, this shows lvl 1 carapace is usefull for most species, however, level 3 only aids the lerk, and is Completely Useless for all 4 other species
sound proposterous. maybe im wrong.
the only exceptions i can see is if armour can be regenerated, in which case higher level the better would certainly be the strait forward answer, with the bonus that if you cant regenerate it in the field at the time for whatever reason, these facts still hold. but if you cant get more armour, well, you can get more health but that would mean your armour would disappear before you die anyway, killing you in the same amount of shots in the long run.
so - unless armour can be regenerated, level 3 carapace is not very efficiant.
dont get me wrong - IM NOT COMPLAINING
(dont flame me thanks)
i find this quite interesting and very cool to know, and thought some other people might too.
however if im wrong and armour can be regenerated.. well im sure ill find out soon enough <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
once again, just so u know. not complaining. dont flame. just thought u might like to know all that.
interesting to show u how many shots itll take u to die anyway, before u get carapace or if you get something else.
thanks for listening.
carapace lvl // LMG bullets required to kill
-skulk
0 8
1 10
2 10
3 10
-gorge
0 15
1 17
2 18
3 18
-lerk
0 8
1 10
2 12
3 14
-fade
0 29
1 33
2 33
3 33
-onos
0 65
1 70
2 70
3 70
now, basically, this shows lvl 1 carapace is usefull for most species, however, level 3 only aids the lerk, and is Completely Useless for all 4 other species
sound proposterous. maybe im wrong.
the only exceptions i can see is if armour can be regenerated, in which case higher level the better would certainly be the strait forward answer, with the bonus that if you cant regenerate it in the field at the time for whatever reason, these facts still hold. but if you cant get more armour, well, you can get more health but that would mean your armour would disappear before you die anyway, killing you in the same amount of shots in the long run.
so - unless armour can be regenerated, level 3 carapace is not very efficiant.
dont get me wrong - IM NOT COMPLAINING
(dont flame me thanks)
i find this quite interesting and very cool to know, and thought some other people might too.
however if im wrong and armour can be regenerated.. well im sure ill find out soon enough <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
once again, just so u know. not complaining. dont flame. just thought u might like to know all that.
interesting to show u how many shots itll take u to die anyway, before u get carapace or if you get something else.
thanks for listening.
Comments
Also, I still think its cool that it doesn't take a whole lot of hits to kill an alien. They will be pretty fast and with their abilities like that blink thingie going...well it's gonna be hectic enough. Skulks are cool too since they can sneak so well and plus invisibility and all...armor is just another bonus I guess.
any alien can get silence and cloaking
anywho,
i guess since u can recharge armour, the BEST option would be to have high lvl carapace, and run from battles once uv lost all your armour, at which time u would have about half ur health left depending what alien you were
however, when you do recharge your gonna be full of both again, and so what i said will stand, since ull never have more armour:health ratio than u did to begin with.
so basically high level carapace is usefull for everyone, just not that usefull, and better for lerks.
still in my opinion i think level 1 or 2 would be enough, after which id look at upgrading a different category upgrade
cause when u think about it - alot of battles you go into you wont come out of, and wont get a chance to regenerate your armour at all
and i think its defense chambers not 'death' chambers :P