Armorsmith Archive
Thread: Another idea for Bio-Mechanical Cartridges
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Imaridril
Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:24 pm
#1
Here's an idea I had for how the devs could impliment bio-mechanical cartridges. The basis for this idea is to have bio-mechanical cartridges serve as a way of adding "gadgets" to armor. We've already seen with the cybernetic limbs and Hero of Tat ring that the devs can attach specials to items. Basically, each bio-mech cartridge would be a device with a special attached to it. A full suit of armor would be able to have seven of these "gadgets" built into it. The down side of using these "gadgets" though, is that each one would add a small movement penalty to the wearer. I would estiamte, that a good penalty amount would be that the total penalty from say three bio-mech controllers would be about the same as the difference in movement penalty between being unarmed and carrying a rifle.
Here's a list of the different bio-mech cartridges I've thought up so far, and ideas on where they should be put into the loot tables...
Plasma Charge Releaser
Special: AOE Dizzy attack with 5 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: Trandoshans on Avatar Station in Kashyyyk Space
Special: AOE Dizzy attack with 5 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: Trandoshans on Avatar Station in Kashyyyk Space
Photonic Flash Unit
Special: AOE Blind attack with 5 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs in Warren on Dantooine
Sonic Stunner
Special: AOE Stun attack with 5 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: Crazed Geonosians in Geonosian Biolab on Yavin
Special: AOE Blind attack with 5 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs in Warren on Dantooine
Sonic Stunner
Special: AOE Stun attack with 5 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: Crazed Geonosians in Geonosian Biolab on Yavin
Gravimetric Pulse Projector
Special: AOE Knockdown attack with 5 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: Trandoshans in Blackscale Compound on Kashyyyk
Special: AOE Knockdown attack with 5 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: Trandoshans in Blackscale Compound on Kashyyyk
Grappling Cord Launcher
Special: 15 second Root attack with 10 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs inside the DWB on Endor
Special: 15 second Root attack with 10 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs inside the DWB on Endor
Goo Entangler
Special: 15 second Snare attack with 10 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: Gungans on Naboo and Rori
Special: 15 second Snare attack with 10 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: Gungans on Naboo and Rori
Light Flame Thrower
Special: Cone Fire DOT attack with 10 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: Somewhere on Mustafar
Special: Cone Fire DOT attack with 10 meter range
Cooldown Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: Somewhere on Mustafar
Flechette Scatterer
Special: Cone Bleed DOT attack with 10 meter range
Cool Down Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: Marauders on Endor
Special: Cone Bleed DOT attack with 10 meter range
Cool Down Timer: 5 minutes
Loot Location: Marauders on Endor
Spatial Scanner
Special: Chance to reveal stealthed people and objects within 10 meters (Not Cloaked Jedi)
Cooldown Timer: 10 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs on Ryatt Trail on Kashyyyk
Special: Chance to reveal stealthed people and objects within 10 meters (Not Cloaked Jedi)
Cooldown Timer: 10 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs on Ryatt Trail on Kashyyyk
Mechanical Movement Enhancer
Special: Reduction in movement penalty for 1 minute
Cooldown Timer: 10 minutes
Loot Location: Nightsister NPCs on Dathomir
Special: Reduction in movement penalty for 1 minute
Cooldown Timer: 10 minutes
Loot Location: Nightsister NPCs on Dathomir
Weight Distribution Compensator
Special: +20% Action Regeneration for 1 minute
Cooldown Timer: 10 minutes
Loot Location: High level faction NPCs
Special: +20% Action Regeneration for 1 minute
Cooldown Timer: 10 minutes
Loot Location: High level faction NPCs
Data Organizer
Special: +20% Mind Regeneration for 1 minute
Cooldown Timer: 10 minutes
Loot Location: Tier V Gunboats in space
Special: +20% Mind Regeneration for 1 minute
Cooldown Timer: 10 minutes
Loot Location: Tier V Gunboats in space
Bacta Injector
Special: 1500 point heal
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: Singing Mountain Clan NPCs on Dathomir
Special: 1500 point heal
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: Singing Mountain Clan NPCs on Dathomir
Rebreather
Special: Does what regular rebreathers do right now
Cooldown Timer: N/A (Always active)
Loot Location: Same place that all rebreathers can currently be looted
Special: Does what regular rebreathers do right now
Cooldown Timer: N/A (Always active)
Loot Location: Same place that all rebreathers can currently be looted
Alum Mine Rebreather
Special: Does what gel-pack enhanced rebreathers do right now
Cooldown Timer: N/A (Always active)
Loot Location: Crafted by hand by combining a regular rebreather and a gel-pack
Special: Does what gel-pack enhanced rebreathers do right now
Cooldown Timer: N/A (Always active)
Loot Location: Crafted by hand by combining a regular rebreather and a gel-pack
Fire Suppression System
Special: Removes Fire DOT
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: Corvettes in Deep Space and Kessel Space
Special: Removes Fire DOT
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: Corvettes in Deep Space and Kessel Space
Auto Restriction Fibers
Special: Removes Bleed DOT
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs in Hutt Hideout on Tatooine
Special: Removes Bleed DOT
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs in Hutt Hideout on Tatooine
Gyro Stabilizer
Special: Dizzy Recovery (Usefull for players who are low on action or don't have Dizzy Recovery in their template.)
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs at Rouge Corsec Base on Corellia
Special: Dizzy Recovery (Usefull for players who are low on action or don't have Dizzy Recovery in their template.)
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs at Rouge Corsec Base on Corellia
Vision Correction Circuitry
Special: Blind Recovery (Usefull for players who are low on action or don't have Blind Recovery in their template.)
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs in Lost Auqulish Cave on Talus
Special: Blind Recovery (Usefull for players who are low on action or don't have Blind Recovery in their template.)
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs in Lost Auqulish Cave on Talus
Breathing Regulator
Special: Stun Recovery (Usefull for players who are low on action or don't have Stun Recovery in their template.)
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: Tuskens on Tatooine
Special: Stun Recovery (Usefull for players who are low on action or don't have Stun Recovery in their template.)
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: Tuskens on Tatooine
Projectile Detector
Special: +100 Ranged Defense for 30 seconds
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs on Corellian Corvette
Special: +100 Ranged Defense for 30 seconds
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs on Corellian Corvette
Impact Compesator
Special: +100 Melee Defense for 30 seconds
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs in Crystal Cave on Dantooine
Special: +100 Melee Defense for 30 seconds
Cooldown Timer: 3 minutes
Loot Location: NPCs in Crystal Cave on Dantooine
Obviosly, a lot more could be thought up if we wanted, however I think the above list would give a pretty wide variety of enhancers, while at the same time ensuring that there's no one single combination that everyone goes for. Also, not all of the above would have to be looted as complete items. Some could be looted as limited use schematics, and allow the AS to tweak the stats a little bit depending on experimentation. So, anyone care to comment on this idea?
Message Edited by Imaridril on 09-20-2005 03:25 PM
LeviticusD
Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:40 pm
#2
Those are a lot of good Ideas. There is another post of some possible enhancers that could be put in. There's alot of potential to remove the "cloning" that is going on underneath the appearance, but we just need the devs to finish what they started and put it into the game!
RPMayhem
Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:25 pm
#3
I like the ideas. One issue...your Spatial Scanner says it won't detect Jedi. For the ranger revamp, it was stated that Jedi Cloak is a mind trick so it can't fool a machine. The new Ranger motion detectors will be able to reveal cloaked Jedi (i believe the motion detector is a trap you set). Therefore, the Spatial Scanner would be able to detect them also.
Imaridril
Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:40 pm
#4
RPMayhem wrote:
I like the ideas. One issue...your Spatial Scanner says it won't detect Jedi. For the ranger revamp, it was stated that Jedi Cloak is a mind trick so it can't fool a machine. The new Ranger motion detectors will be able to reveal cloaked Jedi (i believe the motion detector is a trap you set). Therefore, the Spatial Scanner would be able to detect them also.
Yeah, I thought about that, but with the Ranger stuff, its the trap that sees them, not the ranger themself. For the "Spatial Scanner", I was imagining something like a little radar screen on your wristband, or inside your helmets visor, or something like the motion detectors in the movie Aliens. (Not that any of that stuff would actually be seen in the game.) The point being, that while the device would do the actual detectecting, theplayer's character would still be assumed to be the onelooking at thedevice's readout, and thus he would still be suseptible to Jedi mind tricks. That being said, the arguement could go either way. Mainly, the reason I put the exception for Jedi cloak in the list is because I didn't want to risk this thread devloving into a Jedi vs BH flamefest, especially with Jedi already being on edge because of the upcoming cloak nerf.
pykescylla
Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:51 pm
#5
We don't worry too much about jedi in here. They don't wear armor 
. They're bad 
.
. They're bad .
MonKaiku
Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:25 pm
#6
from my other post
Core Enhancers
Gorax hide: +20-+50 action
Where to get: Gorax, northern areas of endor
usefullness: *****
Mynstinger horn: +5-+20 mind
where to get: rrayyt trails, kashyyyk
usefulness: ***
unsor'i eye: +5-+25 action regneration
where to get: myydral caverns, kashyyyk
usefulness: *****
Gungan Hide: +5-+25 health regneration
where to get: Naboo (hey who doesn't like killing these guys?)
usefullness: ****
Acklay plate: +100 kinetic/energy -100 base resists (allows to break cap)
where to get: acklay, geno caves
usefullness: *****
Ancient Krayt Plate: +250 kinetic -250 energy (allows to break cap)
where to get: ancient krayts
usefullness: ****
Biomechanical Cartriges
Mechanical lung/ air filter: +5-+25 disease resistance
Where to get: Drop from N-K necrosis
usefullness: **
Armor plating: +25-+50 kinetic/energy (allows to break cap)
where to get: droidekas
usefulness: ***
Advanced armor plating: +50-+100 kinetic/energy (allows to break cap)
where to get: super battle droids (DWB or vette)
usefullness: *****
Jawa cartriges: +1-+5 ranged speed or accuracy (corresponding drop to movement speed)
where to get: jawa, tatooine (almost as fun to kill as gungan)
usefullness: ****
feathered apperance enhancements
varactyl feathers: +1-+8 mind regeneration (also adds green feather to helmets and bracers only)
where to get: Kashyyyk
usefullness: **
Pharple feathers: +100 base resists -100 kinetic/energ
where to ge: runty pharples/lok
usefulness: -* (we need to put 1-2 totally useless things in here so it is like a real patch)
Recon Cores
since there arent any, should prob add a few of these too
Torton plates: +5000-+6200 energy resists
where to get: tortons
usefullness: ****
pykescylla
Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:26 pm
#7
It would be cool if the bio-mechanical cartridge gave you a health bonus.
LeviticusD
Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:11 am
#8
pykescylla wrote:
It would be cool if the bio-mechanical cartridge gave you a health bonus.
Lol! Pyke! Becareful, you never know if some dev will come in here and say YAH! Health bonus! Great Idea! And then put it in!
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