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Recent DEV posts have indicated that they agree there should be more droids in the game. I think the best way to accomplish that is to allow players to control up to 3 droids.

The best way to do this IMO is give Novice Artisan a "+1 controlled droids" skill mod, and Master Artisan a "+1 controlled droids" skill mod. The business tree should also be scattered with "+2 stored droids" skill mods.


This gives us:

* low-level players can supplement their combat abilities purely by spending 15 skill points and controlling an extra probot

* artisans can have their own droids repair each other

* more droid sales

* another bennefit to fill out the mostly vacant "buiness" tree

* another incentive to reach the Master Artisan "dead-end"

Can't believe noone likes this in the artisan forum!

I would be the first to agree that droid engineers need a little more incentive to continue existing and the business tree could use a boost, but I don't think this is the way to go about it. I'll just let that sit in while I formulate a more in-depth response, since this thread is feeling un-loved

Plenty of suggestions for the business tree. Some people have even recommended lots increasing as you go up the business tree.

Not sure I agree with you there, Vaedross. From what I understand the DE's want more types of droids to craft. This is not accoplished by allowing players to control more droids at the same time.

I was oncea DE, but dropped the skills as I needed the points elsewhere. I have read several posts on this forum about moving the mouse droid to the engineering boxes, and I agree with that. Adding more types of droids to the DE and maybe moving some of the existing droids down a box would be the key.

But I digress. having players be able to control more bots is not what the DE's are asking for... Atleast not the way I understand their request.

Compared to CH's? I *would* make that argument... and I don't think DEs would be dissapointed to have more customers.


perhaps +1 controlled droids for master artisan and +1 for droid engineers


I also feel that a player controlling pets, droids, and faction pets should be mutually exclusive. I.e. maximum for of all types, and max 3 of any one type. This gives players more choices. They don't have to go CH if they want a combat assistant, but niether will the Master CH Human Imperial General have an army in a box waiting to happen.

actually we are calling for more droids out at a time, but that definatly comes after the more USEFUL droids on the wishlist.

The problem is that droids need more usefulness if DE are going to continue to have any sales.

I was reading about complants about have to run out to your harvester to check on them and how this sucks. Why not make droids able to maintain our harvesters? After all that's what C-3PO and R2-D2 were bought to do in Starwars episode IV. And for that matter If Luke can have two droids Why can't I?