Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: Droids & You
Naufragus wrote:
the problem with the droids is the devs ---- they see things as a "skill" while the players dont really put any value on some of these things....
take SURVEY DROIDS which everyone wants....the SOE guys see surveying a skill ...like 1-4....now as players we don really see it as a something that valuable...i mean you can get along with survey 1 but survey 4 will make your life way easier....the only difference in the boxes is the distance....you really dont survey any BETTER, just farther....
the devs will think that if they put in survey droids that it will conflict with this skill and that some uppity artisans will complain....but to me its just like the scouts and camps issue..everyone had to have those silly camps..now they dont an we are all happy.
The survey tree is just left over from when there where more professions in beta....but in release it leads no where..the skills are not worth 4 boxes...no one should have to dig in the dirt on their hands and knees in the advnced society that we live in.
But the devs could incorporate the droids into the surveying skill tree. You need surveying one to even be able to use the droid. And for every box you go up you either get another droid or speed of the droid ups of few notches so that it can travel faster. If the droids are really slow from start perhaps people will start to put points higher in the survey tree...
The problem I see with the droid is that it will report in too many places where you can not place harvesters likemountain slopes, forests, close to lair/buildings and so fourth. For the droid to be popular it needs to either be able to see the grid and see if it is allowed to place harvesters there or we need to be able to send out multiple bots at the time and have that "little" drawback that you are not sure if it is possible to place harvesters there. But, if you find a 80+ spot and can't place harvesters there you should be able to find a 70+ place close by, so its not that bad.
I love the Idea!
//Nintech
Rossy88 wrote:
I would like to see portable vendors in the form of a droid. Maybe only having enough room for 15 sales and require a merchant skill.
I like this idea a lot. As well as the Binary Load lifters bringing you resources.