Solar-Powered Pistol upgrade for Adventurers

[OlowNon]

I've seen conflicting info as to whether the QL 1 Solar-Powered Adventuring Pistol can be upgraded to the Solar-Powered Tinker Pistol. Can someone please give me a definite answer before I try?

If it can't be done, are there any upgrade options for the QL 1 Solar-Powered Adventuring Pistol after you've left newbie island? I need an upgrade, and am weighing my options...

Thanks.

[Windguaerd]

Check our guide here

[OlowNon]

I saw that, thanks (very nice Guide too). But it doesn't really answer my question unless I'm just looking in the wrong place, or unless those items are also available outside of newbie island.

I understand that I could have upgraded to the QL 1 Electrical Surge Pistol -- but are Antonio's Adaptation Factory and the Power Supply (Cargo Droid) also available from "mainland" shops?

Regardless, the QL 1 Electrical Surge Pistol looks pretty weak, unless that in turn is upgradable to the Tinker Pistol. Is that doable?

Sorry if I'm being dense.

[Trgeorge]

Yes, you can build Tinker Pistol, just not from Adventuring one. You need Engy gun for that.

[Snakebite]

No, the adventuring pistol can't be made into the engi gun, but if you've left the island, all is not lost, you can manufacture the basic Electrical Surge Pistol from scratch (bit of a mess on but...).

Just drop any item of the engi pistol into recipebot & it will show you the whole process (I'll try to get you the exact code (I have one last step to go on mine & have the parts...)).

[OlowNon]

OK, since I've already left newbie island, my solar-powered adventurer's gun is not upgradable, is that what I'm hearing? That seems lame...

Is it worth creating the trader gun from scratch (of course, I'd have to buy/locate everything...)?

Also, is there a master list anywhere of what items are upgradable, or that will combine with other items to make something new? AO's a lot of fun, but all this hunting for information and answers gets a bit much after a while...

For example, there are all the unique items in the subway -- what do those make? I can't seem to combine them into anything.

[Trgeorge]

No, you can't make trader gun.

As for unique stuff from subway, there are (were) for Ergo quest for +1 ring. Problem is that if you're on free expansion, you can't use it and that one out of 4 items needed doesn't drop.

[Eomaia]

The items found and tradeskilled on n00b island are initially nice but are intended to give you a taste of tradeskilling, missions, hunting dynacamp bosses, some team play and not much else. It's my opinion that in most cases, you don't really want to waste a lot of IPs on tradeskills until you hit L150 and beyond. Up until then, it's better to have someone tradeskill things for you if the final result doesn't have the NODROP flag. After you hit L15, you'll be able to find much better items through missions anyway.

[Thraktor]

Geez, guys, watch the terminology. You're confusing this guy.

Here it is straight: the Solar-Powered Adventuring Pistol is ONLY upgradable to the Electrical Surge Pistol. Once you're off the island, there is no way to upgrade it unless you already have Antonio's Adaptation Factory (it's nodrop) and can get another character to get the other ingredients for you from the island.

You CAN create the Solar-Powered Tinker pistol (not the "trader gun", not really sure what that is) WITHOUT being an engineer. My advy made one. The Tinker pistol will level to QL 39, but your "levelability" is based on your Weapon Smithing tradeskill, and as Eomaia said that's something you might not want to improve yet. Until you do, the Tinker pistol isn't really much better than the Electrical Surge Pistol, except that it does Fire damage rather than Projectile. It's also not dual-wieldable like the Electrical Surge Pistol is.

But since you missed out on the ESP, take a shot. The Tinker is a bit better than either the Solar-Powered Adventuring Pistol or the Solar-Powered Pistol. But before you can level this gun substantially, you'll probably find something better elsewhere. I only keep mine as a backup in case I should run out of ammo for my "real" weapons.

[Trgeorge]

(not the "trader gun", not really sure what that is)

Guess he meant Solar Powered-Shotgun + Screwdriver = Improved Solar Trader Shotgun

OlowNon, don't worry about mistakes you might made or already have. Game is quite complicated and all it matters is that you learn from mistakes. Most players discard (stop playing, delete, whatever) their first char. Still, I would suggest you stick with first char till level 50ish, since professional choices and rolls evolve with every nano you upload (also perks if you have expansions). I'm a slow learner, so I got rid of mine first char at lvl 70

On master list: nope, there isn't one, but we're working on it

[Uragon]

Until you do, the Tinker pistol isn't really much better than the Electrical Surge Pistol, except that it does Fire damage rather than Projectile. It's also not dual-wieldable like the Electrical Surge Pistol is.

May I add, that the "Engineer" pistols are indeed dual wieldable with any other pistol that can be equipped in the left hand slot? So no, you can't wear two of the beauties, but you can wear a Tinker Pistol in your right and an Electrical Surge Pistol in your left hand.

[Snakebite]

I will also add that there's a tradeskill machine in Org City HQs that add to all your tradeskills (160 for a Large HQ).
This can be used to help you build & leaver on the Engi Pistol, just be careful not to level it too far...!