Dancer Archive
Thread: Droid Engineers would like our ideas!
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Xyrdre
Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:18 pm
#1
Hellllllooooo, Dancers!
I've been asked to gathersome ideas about what kinds of things we'd like to see in new droids or droid functions that would be fun for Dancers and enhance our gameplay and fun. There are droid engineers out there looking for our business, and are scheming up ideas for new designs for the finest in droidworks the galaxies have to offer... and want to hear from YOU! 
So, let's hear your Dancer droid ideas. No holds barred, brainstorm up a dream and wish list, and let's send off as many interesting and fun ideas as we can!
Wolfmann31
Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:33 pm
#2
uhm..
*blush*
A M4 AFK-3 Dancedroid.
A droid that dances like C3-PO and throws random tip meh comments into the air.
A droid that when reprogramed from the Standard M4 AFK-3 Dancedroid shoftware, can be programed to dance with you, and enhance your performance. But it would require your input all along the road, so it would in reality be a M5 ATK-3 Dancedroid.
Sorry..I just can't think of any droids or modules.
Well, unless there can be created a holomodule, that you can record your performance on, and when played shows a small holo of you dancing, kinda like Leia.
And let the programmed modules be useable by everyone.....
I know I would have several such droids then..with programmed holo modules from all my favorite performers...To play when I'm at home on Lok, or when I'm in a camp, just watching the sand on Tatooine drift past. Then I would love to have one, to keep me companied.
Edit: And no Lilo or wookie would ever find himself/herself on my droid...Only those with well shaped, non furry and non sclaey legs. 
Message Edited by Wolfmann31 on 11-17-2004 11:52 PM
Tralmek
Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:47 pm
#3
I've always loved this idea--a miniature Lilo on demand for anyone to watch at any time, anywhere.
Wolfmann31 wrote:
Well, unless there can be created a holomodule, that you can record your performance on, and when played shows a small holo of you dancing, kinda like Leia.
And let the programmed modules be useable by everyone.....
I know I would have several such droids then..with programmed holo modules from all my favorite performers...To play when I'm at home on Lok, or when I'm in a camp, just watching the sand on Tatooine drift past. Then I would love to have one, to keep me companied.
Hundreds of copies of me across the galaxy....
Schardour
Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:19 pm
#4
My ideas for droids sort of center around a quest-creation and/or relay system that would be separate from any real entertainer content. More "social" content than anything else.
But, should entertainers maintain their current buffing responsibilities, I would like to see a droid that makes portable buffs available. I don't think Buffing should be what draws a player to the cantinas. We need a different pull, in my opinion.
Padtai
Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:59 pm
#5
I would love to see attempts to add to both functionality (in a balanced way) and fun.
1) functionality: The main reason to change things here is to affect the entertainer role in the trade of skills game part of this RPG (that's the usual sense of RPG, that skill choicelimits character functions). Most obvious suggestions are to make entertainer droids more like med droids in some ways.
- droids could enhance our abilities to performas well as increase where we can perform (like mobile med stations)
- droids could replace the need for us to perform in some cases or act as a conduit for us to transfer the results of our performances to others via holo recorcdings (like stim a droids)
- droids could help advertise by displaying "marquee" signs, distinct from barker droids, but just a static sign of limited text that doesn't appear in spatial.
These all need some discussion because there's some danger of affecting the "roles" of other classes, as well as hurting the social focus for entertainer ones. Aside from coding, these types of things could change player incentives to interact with entertainers so such things must be done cautiously.
2) fun: The main reason for changes here are to increase the entertainer's role in the roleplay sense of simulating a performer in the world of Star Wars. That's the other meaning of Roleplay in RPG.
- More light shows--we have jawas dancing, why not ewoks and nighsisters (ok, maybe not them but why restrict ourselves to tatooine animals/wildlife)
- More sound choices--I've noticed (ok this is musician not dancer) that I can't seem to record the same song with different instruments on the same droid.
- More dance moves-- droids can sort of follow wedge or col on some dances, but it would be funny if they ahd a "dance" mode to correspond to some of the other dances
- Different functions for different droid types: I sometimes use a probot--be funny if it could shine a light *down* on me like a spotlght, or if my 3po could appear to be holding an instrument when he's on playback. Just fun stuff that's not functional.
I don't think there is as much need for cautionhere except aesthetic debates about what to include. Personally, dancing ewoks are my favourite, maybe in green. I'd like to see a rainbow of different animations of "dancing" characters , so that entertainers actually have variety in the shows they program. Maybe some ship animations, or rebel/imp faction images and the like.
Ultimately the "social" classes are unique in the trade of skills of having this focus on providing atmosphere and while many players often say that's unimportant, I think they're ignoring just how much time people do spend on decorating houses, their character and their posessions. Entertainer feeds into that side of what draws people to play the game and its undeniably an easy role to expand without stepping on the toes of other classes in some way. So while I don't want the functional side of entertaining to be dismissed as unimportant, I think the developers could quite easily add new "fun" droid module types for those who are socially inclined to enjoy and stimulate some droid sales.
PoetDancer
Wed Nov 17, 2004 5:07 pm
#6
A personal protocol droid valet who can store my costume ensembles for quick changes so I don't have to take up inventory space.
Ikewe
Wed Nov 17, 2004 5:38 pm
#7
I'm with Sirii on that idea. My droid has a storage module but I have to transfer the items to my inventory in order to equip them and it only holds 10... okay so maybe I have too many clothes but I'd like to be able to store more costumes and equip them right from the droid.
Also, maybe I am bugged but I can't seem to change the name of my droid. I had to havea CH do it for me. I'd like the ability to name my own droid and call it from inside the cantina.
As for new things.. I was recently on my yacht with a small party and we all wished there was a musician available. It would be nice if we could have "juke boxes" as droids if you will. They would not be able to heal or buff but would just provide back ground music. Maybe live musicians would have to program that for us - much as they do their own playback droids now.
Also, I never get any sort of system message that my droid needs a new battery. If I'm not looking at it to see the "low power" sign over it's head and not looking to see if the effects are still happening behind me then I am completely oblivious. Can we get an audible ping or a system message?
I'm sure I could come up with more but those are the immediate one's I've been thinking of.
Ikewe, Master Dancer Shadowfire
Maisland
Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:19 pm
#8
What I would like to see is some functionality attached to the aesthetic effects. I want to be freed from the cantina the same way that doctors have been freed from the med center. I want to be able to buff and heal without having to be in a cantina or camp.
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Oh, and Ikewe, you don't need to be a CH to name your droids. Just teach it 4 commands with it's name in them. For example, if I wanted to name my droid "FX" I would teach it the following commands:
FX a (for "store")
FX a (for "follow me")
FX a (for "patrol")
FX a (for "stay")
Then I would just retrain it with the actual commands that I wanted to use when I want it to do those actions. Droid commands are under "Programming" on the droid's radial menu. (Note: you can use any of the possible commands to train it, I just picked 4 at random.)
ChaoKuang
Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:23 pm
#9
Something like the dancing Jawa...minus the dancing Jawa, just the flashy laser lights, and in different colors!
A dancing Protocol! Or some sort of droid. I would find it so cool if I could have a droid, put it next to me, then start dancing, and have it copy my dance and flourishes exactly, executing them at the same time I do. That'd be hella cool to watch I think.
A strobe or flashing light effect.
The ability to choose colors for light effects.
Droids with higher storage capacities >.> *hides clothes and whistles innocently*
Flashier droid chassis' and colors.
Holovids or dancer image projection.
Esharra
Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:09 am
#10
I would die a happy entertainer if I could just use my playback droid on a yacht!
However, I do like the ideas of holodisks, portable buffs, a module that provides the ability to heal BF in camps, Til's thoughts on social quest-type stuff (think abstract here) and a Pocket-Lilo (tm) of my very own.
Ignok
Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:17 am
#11
After reading the CB thread and the ideas for maybe buffing other skills in addition to mind buffs (accuracy, dodge, etc) maybe there could be modules that add temporary buffs to stats of those watching a dancer while grouped with the dancer and the droid, or make it an active command kinda thing like /setperform. Different modules for different skills, different skillsets for dancers and musicians. With the price of SEAs so high, I think it could be a big bucks opportunity for DEs and Entertainers alike. Not to mention changing up the bot market. If there are limits to how many modules are in a droid, someone who wants a certain kind of buff might not be able to go to their chosen bot and might have to reach out to one of us actually manning (or girling?) the keyboard. That last part isprobably just part of my anti-bot pipe dream but I still think the skill buffing could be a good thing.
Also, amodule that keeps track of how many times you've flourished in a period of time would be nice for knowing when a buff is fully applied in the absence of a buff timer. Or just for those of us who are kinda nerdy and would like to know how many times we've flourished in a particular session without scrolling through system messages. Kinda lame now that I think about it but I'm still wishing for a real buff timer rather than relying on my macro.
NeillM
Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:57 am
#12
How about a module that emits a moderately powerful light kind of like the personal light but that everyone can see (It could maybe be made different colours either at creation or if there was a light control module that could be used in conjunction with the light module to change the colour on the fly to a user created program). This would make for interesting performances in the middle of the night.
Valarena
Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:25 am
#13
I would like a droid which could project images and colors on my skin as I dance. Imagine dancing in the cantina and you have the image of a snake gliding you your skin. It could be sort of a droid controled super holoemote.
Technically it could be a pain though... Messing with the textures appears to generate more problems than it's worth.
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