Bio Engineer Archive

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Makioll wrote:

How much exp % wise would a droid or a pet take from you?

Whats the highest level droid or pet one can get if they do not have the skills for either of those professions?

Does a droid or pet take same amount of exp from you?

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I don't do it, so I don't know too much about it, but some people recommend grouping with a pet or droid because it provides an XP bonus(around 10%?). Sure, it will take XP for the damage it does, but I think if this bonus works as I am led to believe, it will certainly more than make up forany loss.

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Makioll wrote:

So, would calling a pet/droid be different than grouping with same pet/ droid?

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Makioll wrote:

this might sound silly to some.... but, how can I group a pet... what is the command....

Dang, so much to learn feel like I am floundering around the ocean with a pair of floaties on sometimes.....

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Most of the time it's just 'group' or 'g'. It depends on what command it was taught to recognize though. It can be almost anything. It should have a list of its known commands(it has to be taught to group by a CH before anything else) in you datapad or when you examine it. I'm not too big on pets(that I actually use in combat ), but the command list is somewhere....

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Makioll wrote:

this might sound silly to some.... but, how can I group a pet... what is the command....

Dang, so much to learn feel like I am floundering around the ocean with a pair of floaties on sometimes.....

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Get a droid. They are much easier to deal with. You can program the commands for them. When they are called click on them and look at the radial. You should see one that says 'Program'. When you click on it a drop down menu appears of commands. You click on the command you want to program it and you will see a '?' over the droid. Then type in whatever you want for that command to be. For example if you want the group command to be join you would type join in your text box. Once the droid is programmed for that command you will see a '!' over the droid. That means it has learned that command.

Generally I teach my droids the follow commands : store, group, follow, stay, and attack. If you look at the droid in the datapad it will show what the commands are and the words for them. Just remember that the commands are case sensative.

Make sure you are grouped with the droid/pet when you go into combat. The XP bonus is in the 15-20% range. Also the reason people suggest the LE droid is not only because it has the most HAM, but it also does the least damage. So it doesn't take as much XP from you.

Also if you harvest from creatures. If you have a pet out you will only get the 60% as if you were grouped. Even if the droid/pet isn't grouped. So make sure you group with it so you will at least get the XP bonus.

Don't forget to get a case or two of batteries. Droids go thru them quickly. Especially those the self repair units. You can also get some droid repair kits (basically droid stim packs) if you want.

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Waste93 wrote:

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Makioll wrote:

this might sound silly to some.... but, how can I group a pet... what is the command....

Dang, so much to learn feel like I am floundering around the ocean with a pair of floaties on sometimes.....

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Get a droid. They are much easier to deal with. You can program the commands for them. When they are called click on them and look at the radial. You should see one that says 'Program'. When you click on it a drop down menu appears of commands. You click on the command you want to program it and you will see a '?' over the droid. Then type in whatever you want for that command to be. For example if you want the group command to be join you would type join in your text box. Once the droid is programmed for that command you will see a '!' over the droid. That means it has learned that command.

Generally I teach my droids the follow commands : store, group, follow, stay, and attack. If you look at the droid in the datapad it will show what the commands are and the words for them. Just remember that the commands are case sensative.

Make sure you are grouped with the droid/pet when you go into combat. The XP bonus is in the 15-20% range. Also the reason people suggest the LE droid is not only because it has the most HAM, but it also does the least damage. So it doesn't take as much XP from you.

Also if you harvest from creatures. If you have a pet out you will only get the 60% as if you were grouped. Even if the droid/pet isn't grouped. So make sure you group with it so you will at least get the XP bonus.

Don't forget to get a case or two of batteries. Droids go thru them quickly. Especially those the self repair units. You can also get some droid repair kits (basically droid stim packs) if you want.

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Waste good post here but i quoted you to point out 1 mistake in it.

the devs removed the penalty for having pets in your group dropping the harvest rate to 60 percent. if you are alone and only have pets in your group, you will continue to harvest at 100 percent. only if you are grouped with other players will it then drop to 60 percent. just wanted to point that out.

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BlueMustang99 wrote:

Is there a way to tell what modules a droid has? I purchased a LE Repair droid, but it doesnt seem like he is repairing himself. Is this automatic or is there a command?

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There is a radial command on the droid allowing you to turn on/off auto repair. If you don't see this, check the power level to make sure the droid has power. If the droid has power and you don't see this, more than likely your droid isn't equipped with an auto-repair module.

Also, when viewing your datapad, when you click on the droid, in the stats window on the left, there should be a stat for repair, or something like that.

Hope this helps.