Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: Top bio engineer issues Jan 05: nominations wanted
goatt_13 wrote:
The "details" section of a vendor offering disappears upon relisting an item, from the stockroom, after the 30 day sale limit.
There is no way, at least from what I have tried, to cut and paste these descriptions.
Thanks for your feedback Gelert. What I decided to do was to lump this in with two other items that we hadon the list(experimenting stats downward, and displaying CL on the experimentation screen) as all being part of one larger issue, and that is how to hit a target CL. Does anyone have a problem with me doing that?
Gelert wrote:
I am sure this has probobly been mentioned before, but I belive it would be very usefull if it were possible to make lvl 10 creatures volintarily. I am having a huge problem at the moment on not being able to get that lvl 10 - nearly all my creatures are lvl15 -20 and this is with-out experimentation.
Catch ya later. Take care.
J
Hmm... i quite like the fact that the target CL is a mystery because it makes our profession more complex and more interesting. If they were to reveal sure-fire ways to reach a target CL, then I think a little bit of the mystique of our profession would die.
Zadokk wrote:
Hmm... i quite like the fact that the target CL is a mystery because it makes our profession more complex and more interesting. If they were to reveal sure-fire ways to reach a target CL, then I think a little bit of the mystique of our profession would die.
Message Edited by ArthurDentOnBria on 12-31-2004 11:06 AM
I am quite happy that there are no BE skill tapes. that way the quality of the creatures we can produce is determined by the skill of the BE, not our bank balance
Notwithstanding I rarely use all my skill points anyway
Apart from that comment, my main issues would be DNA storage and skill point reqmts (including needing mask scent)
some way to get different damage types for ranged attacks (currently all are kinetic, regardless of the ranged donor)
pet sizes... whether through the crafting process, or from a creature handler actively stopping growth, creature size should be something that people can control....... however difficult it may be to add, i'm sure a LOT of people would love this
(in addition to halted sizes, enormous bunnies/mounts/etc. should also be available)
Message Edited by Kevie on 01-02-2005 12:51 PM
ArthurDentOnBria wrote:
Game Balance
lack of skill tapes
*****lack of secret research data
vendors for BE's
too many skill points used for BE
******dna storage (laboratory, blood, freezer, droid,etc.)
harvesting of dna samplingkills
experimentation & assembly failure rate(also losing the dna template)
tissue ingredients vs desirability balance
dna sampling failure rates
*BE's excluded from FS crafters quest (both unlocking and transferring xp)
larger crate size for tissues
tissue complexity too high
*larger stack size for harvestables
*BE's often find themselves becoming "schematic monkeys" rather than selling products
Exploits
The CL 10 problem
The covert BE dna sampling, TEF scenario
Bugs
dna sampling with full backpack
*****33/33/33 tissues
CL level not reflected in size of creature
Misc pet crafting oddities (as documented by NancyJ)
*pet pharma showing up in wrong category of vendor/bazar
*unusable specials shouldn't show on dna samples
*creature warping (including upwards) during sampling & milking
*color specified during creature assembly isn't reflected in tamed creature
Enhancements
more variety in craftable creatures (new skins, colors, sizes)
*****more USEFULtailor and chef tissues
more high level sampleable creatures added to game (also the apparent CL sampling cap)
*****BE creator's name listed on tamed creature when /examine
creature donor's name listed on dna sample in inventory
more explanatory info listed in creature schematics: minimum CL, aggro/non-aggro status, mountable
more explanatory info listed on pet deed: suitability for non-ch, aggro/non-aggro, mountable
better error messages during sampling (CL too high, full backpack)
*BE specific quests
******some method for hitting target CLs more easily (CL displayed during experimentation, CL limits, experimenting status down, etc.)
* added or modified as per discussion
Message Edited by ArthurDentOnBria on 12-31-2004 10:40 AM
These would be my top 5...ok i know there's 6 there. explanation for each:
Lack of Secret research data- I think it's silly that we should have an option to add something that doesn't exist. it's slightly taunting and highly annoying to know it can't be gotten.
DNA storage- hate having to go to endor w/ nothing except (literally) the shirt on my back when dna sampling. many times have i found the dna i'd been searching for and...pack full, have to delete something else i would have liked. not to mention i can't really hold on to it for long, so whenever i want to make a pet to specifications i have to take a week to get the dna, then make sure it works. would be MUCH easier to just have a storage item/building that can hold a literal stockpile of dna that i can access when i need it.
33/33/33- Just plain annoying. if this IS the actual specification in the game coding, tell us that we're wrong and our testing is flawed. if we're right, is it THAT hard to change the writing and calculations on a few schematics?
More USEFUL Chef/Tailor tissues- i add useful because alot of the chef stuff we can make right now isnt' wanted and doesnt' provide the benefit to get the stuff to make it, eg nutritional suppliment always wanted b/c they're cheep & easy to make whereas stuff like heavy filling reducers take specific resources, cost close to 3x as much to make and dont' give any larger (in fact less) benefit.
BE name- i want recognition for that UBER_PET!
some method for hitting target CLs more easily - when i have to hit a CL it's annoying to be blind and have to guess.
My thoughts
Grozzer
Kauri
PS.
NO SKILL TAPES! WE'RE FINE W/O THEM AND IT FORCES PLAYERS TO SPEAND MILLIONS TO BE "THE BEST"-it handicapps professions, and we have somethingdifficult enough that we really dont' want this.
- Makeeggs automaticallystack when they get into inventory.
- Increase amount of eggs found per lair search.
OR
- Introduce a "blender" terminal that can be dropped in a house that takes alldifferent variationsof eggs (might have rules on them being from the same planet) and combines them into 1 generic egg. Stats would be slightly decreased (after being averaged) but overall effect would be a bigger stack of eggs.
I'd like to see some kind of "blender" or more appropriate "grinder"idea for meat but that may be a little to unrealistic. But I mean come on.. We are bio-engineers after-all. If we can create life from a few slabs of meat and some DNA samples, why can't we mix and combine meats?
Message Edited by Physkoris on 01-01-2005 12:46 AM
ArthurDentOnBria wrote:
Me too Z. I like the challenge, and sometimes not knowing how the heck the thing is gonna turn out, lol. But I realize it can be frustrating. But ah well, to each his own.
Zadokk wrote:
Hmm... i quite like the fact that the target CL is a mystery because it makes our profession more complex and more interesting. If they were to reveal sure-fire ways to reach a target CL, then I think a little bit of the mystique of our profession would die.
Message Edited by ArthurDentOnBria on 12-31-2004 11:06 AM
Personally, I oppose knowing what the CL is untillafter I've crafted the pet or, at least,the DNA sample. All I really care about is that if I experiment thehardiness (or for that matter any of the stats) over what I think is the appropriate level needed to achive a pet of a certain CL level then I can tune the stats down to a point where I feel it will target the proper CL level. I don't think that this will takle any of the mystery out of the Pet creation process because you aren't handed a guarantee of CL level.