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Elite Widow VS Elite mesh weavers

hyefatherhyefather Member Posts: 1,286 Arc User
I'm trying to build a good tholian recluse. I noticed that the Elite tholian widow fighters from the Nukara teir V rep are diffrent than the Elite Mesh weavers you get from your Teir 5 starbase.
The Elite Mesh weavers from your starbase are expensive, 100k fleet credits + 45k dil and a Recluse has 2 hanger bays. Are the Mesh Weavers that much better than the widow fighters. Before I spend this much on these pets would someone please tell me if there worth it. I would imagine their better than the widow fighters because of price but, does that price justify the price diffrence between the two. Ty for any information.

P.S. I looked this up on the forums but the only thing ppl did was compare their abilitys. Nobody actually said what they thought was better. Thats kinda what I'm looking for, someone who has had actual hands on exp. Ty again

Don't forget you get 12 widow figters compared to 4 mesh weavers.
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  • spaceeagle20spaceeagle20 Member Posts: 971 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I don't fly a recluse yet but i have put my eyes on it and, as far as i have read and from their stats, definitely mesh weavers with faw 3 vs. Widows' faw 1 and especially with attack pattern beta ( weavers)
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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,921 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Weavers are one of the best frigate pets on game...hell one of the best carrier pets...though I've never used them personally I keep hearing the Widows are one of the worst pets in game...plus they're fighters so they'll easily get eaten up by faw spam many mobs do these days.
  • groomofweirdgroomofweird Member Posts: 1,045 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I've not used them myself but a fleetmember of mine was making the exact same comparison as he owns both pet types on his recluse and wanted to switch to just one. He parsed the dps of both pets on the same ship (one hangar only) over two seperate lootomatic runs (for consistancy). I forget the numbers he mentioned but he threw the widows out the window right away.
    I hope this is at least of some use to you :)
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  • jockey1979jockey1979 Member Posts: 1,005 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    hyefather wrote: »
    I'm trying to build a good tholian recluse. I noticed that the Elite tholian widow fighters from the Nukara teir V rep are diffrent than the Elite Mesh weavers you get from your Teir 5 starbase.
    The Elite Mesh weavers from your starbase are expensive, 100k fleet credits + 45k dil and a Recluse has 2 hanger bays. Are the Mesh Weavers that much better than the widow fighters. Before I spend this much on these pets would someone please tell me if there worth it. I would imagine their better than the widow fighters because of price but, does that price justify the price diffrence between the two. Ty for any information.

    P.S. I looked this up on the forums but the only thing ppl did was compare their abilitys. Nobody actually said what they thought was better. Thats kinda what I'm looking for, someone who has had actual hands on exp. Ty again

    Don't forget you get 12 widow figters compared to 4 mesh weavers.

    As I have both, let me sum this up for you.....

    PvE and PvP, you get lots of BFAW and other AoE skills (grav wells, tykons and so on)

    12 Widows Vs AoE skills = dead, in about 0.5 seconds. : respawn time on 100 Aux = 20 seconds

    4 Mesh Weavers Vs AoE skills = live, for ages* : respawn time on 100 Aux = 20 seconds

    * = Compared to Widows, with the exact same respawn time.


    Also, Weavers try to sync their APB3 and their BFAW3, so you end up doing massive AoE debuffs. If you follow up with your own to make it 5 x APB3, their little torps start to hit for 20k + damage.
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