Artisan Archive

Anyone know anything about the tree to vehicle creation. I would think it would have to be a new elite profession?? Anyone thinking about doing this if it is? Any info at all on this?

virtually zero info

it is theorized that because city planner is a new elite-elite, that "mechanic" might be... but noone knows the devs haven't said anything

Wonder where the skill points are coming from for these elite elite professions?

Landspeeder and Swoop Bike will likely go into the Engineering tree of artisan. Any other vechicles will go into a new profession. Holocrons Post: http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Development&message.id=362240#M362240

"In the current system a birdcage will take more skill."

pretty humorous...


We have two items here:

* The Swoop Bike
The little go-kart / moped that Luke rode around Tatoine.
http://www.starwars.com/databank/vehicle/owenbike/index.html

I ABSOLUTELY agree for this being an Engineering 4 item that requires 2-3 fiberplast panels (the seat) with a mandatory control unit and optional energy distributer, electronics GP module, and droid storage module.

* The Speeder Bike
The Imperial owned vehicles that flew around Endor. I wonder if flying these on Endor is a project requirement.
http://www.starwars.com/databank/vehicle/speederbike/index.html

I would like to see some faction-only schematics. This may or may not be one, but I hope it is. You may recal these had onboard weapons, so those optional parts must require a weaponsmith. These should IMO be "kit-items" that artisans with Engineering 4 can assemble from a faction-purchased chassis and components. Other components could include droid storage module, electronics GP... not sure what should be required or optional here.



Later....

* The Landspeeder
The vehicle you see sitting around the back of Bestine and all over Tatoine. The vehicle Luke drove back to the homestead.
http://www.starwars.com/databank/vehicle/xp34landspeeder/index.html

This MUST be a separate profession item. Players are probably hoping for this as soon as vehicles come out, but the devs seem to be hinting that we'll only have one-seater mounts & vehicles at start.

If not, it must be Master Artisan assembly. It should require many DE parts, a major componant from a Tailor with field wear 1 or 2, and possibly some componants (mandatory or optional) from weaponsmith. This is probably the only way the price will stay sufficiently high without it belonging to an additional class.

I would think they would make vehicles, to start at least, craftible in Eng. like Holo said, but need master atisian parts. I do not think they can make it an elite off DE or anything like that, because vehicles are nod droids in any way whatsoever. Thats like saying a dryer and a computer are the same. The speeder uas use a TINY bit of what a DE can make, but it should not be in the DE line. Make it a new prof. off the eng. tree. Hell, they already have 4, whats one more going to hurt?

I remember this issue originally being presented by one of the devs (Holo? Q?) back when vehicles and creature mounts were announced to be coming out in august (so it had to be early July at least). When this was announced, it was also mentioned that at first the vehicles would be available from vendors in cities, until player characters were able to craft them. There was no real mention of what class would be able to craft. I have tried to find the original post, but have been unable to do so =(.

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Panatlee Thillik'arzk

Master Droid Engineer/Sniper/Master Artisan

Lowca, Naboo -- South of Theed at -4283, 3379

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haha... I doubt very much they will need to do that (vehicles from vendors).

Players will grind whatever skills are neccessary, have them assembled, and start auctioning off the first models within hours of the patch going live.

Having NPC vendors breaks the player based economy. The exception may be faction point purchased items.