Development Cycle Archive

Another thought to add to my last post.......

When aquiring the armor, whether craftable or not, the owner should be able to choose the coloring specifics of the suit and then as I saw just posted, maybe having the option of including one specific upgrade to the suit. But still keeping it inline with being tailored to each individual ECP, so as to truly make each suit unique.

I think Master Musicians should get the cert to wear it.

And the dollar signs in the Armorsmiths' eyes pop up again.

Craftable? Please. In canon, there are no more NEW suits of Mandalorian armor. In this game it's going to be "Oh, drat, that suit's getting old...time to call my favorite armorsmith and give him 1 mil (or more) for a new set."

As for limiting who can wear it, I don't think it should be limited, and I AM a bounty hunter. Personally, I think armor should have certifications just like weapons.

I think its a great thing...... the more armor the better. I am getting bored of all that composite....really.
(But dont make it as rare as ris)

I'm not even going to bother reading most of posts in this thread, I know the general gist of it is a screaming match between BH/Commandos vs. other combat professions, fighters vs. crafters, and various Star Wars fanboys with differing knowledge of the EU. I just have this to add.

Most of Mandolorian doesn't look that distinct. The plates on top of a softer, protective padding basically looks like ST armor minus a lot of plates and colored differently. But the HELMET is distinctive and pretty much iconic for BHs. Heck, ourBHmissiondata in our datapad uses a Mandolorian helmet as its icon. There's an extremely strong link between that helmet and the BH profession in the game.

Now, we also know from the EU that not all Mandolorian armor looks the same. From KOTOR, we saw a variety of different styles of it from the time period before the Mandolorian civilization really declined. From the comics featuring the Death Watch, we know that even the scout/light armor suits that some Star Wars fans think is the only type of Mandolorian armor around can vary. Specifically, the Death Watch had quite a different helmet design.

So I think it would be ideal if these two could be put together like so: Everything but the helmet of Mandolorian armor should be universally usable by whatever professions are going to get to use it. However, there should be different helmets. Only BHs and possibly commandos would be certified to use the more traditional helmet. A Death Watch style helmet should be usable by everyone. Considering what we'll probably be fighting in the dungeon, there's plenty of reason to come across one. The stats between the two should be exactly the same, it would just be an aesthetic distinction that would help preserve what little Star Wars atmosphere the game has left.

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plonger wrote:

make it available to BH that kill 100 jedi. simple enough

I see one problem with this scenario. Let's say that I (Rebel) have an Imperial counterpart with a new Jedi. I say hey man, let me kill your Jedi 100 times soI can get the suit.

However on the plus side, this is a pretty cool idea.

i think honestly the worst part about this game is stuff like having uber loot in places like the geo caves. As stated before, the good loot caves and such are SOOO camped its rediculous. While we are on the matter of loot, i HATE the crafting skill tapes and think they are the worst idea ever. you benefit those who basically either spend there whole pathetic day camping a loot depris pile in a cave to get a fricken +3 crafters experment tape. You basically are saying "this is fine GO DO IT" because what those people do is sell it to people who are already rich and if there already a +20 master crafter there maxes out with the 2 bonus exper points. I have known many in that catogory that are billionaires and that buy these fricken tapes just to destroy them so not many others are near there crafting level....i dunno i hate loot like that and think if your goin to do somethin bringin this armor in it BETTER not be like skill tapes and the other assorted uber loot crap...

/rant off....sorry bout that : P

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llaunay wrote:

OOOK now for my viewpoint...

Mandalorian Armor, made form some of the strongest aloys in the Galaxie. Ill now give u some FACTS:

FACT 1) Mandalorian Armor - Is wearable by all Humanoid (Head,Torso, 2 Arms, 2 Legs, Human DNA) persons.

There for this armor should be wearable by all Speicies, exeps Wookie due to their size and the Fact Wookies are seen as slaves not as fighters but as slaves.

FACT 2) Mandalorian Armor - Is worn by Bounty Hunters, Scavengers, Smugglers and All Members of the Mandalorian Clan.

There for should me able to be worn by all Profesions not just that of Bounty Hunter.

FACT 3)Jango Fett and Boba Fett were just 2 of many Mandalorian Hunters.

There for there should not be a limit to say 100suits of armor per server, allthow they should be a rare item I would suggest a drop and/or rare scematic.

FACT 4) Mandalorian Armor comes in many Colours.

There for there should be some customisation prosses, with a Main and Trim Colour.

And just for General Knowlage :

Jedi shouldnot be able to wear ANY armor, they need the maximum range of movement and unblocked sences. I was greatly suprised that they were able to wear everything from Bone to Composit but i would find it even more suprising if they could wear Mandalorian...

And for arguments sake YES some jedi have forn the HELMET and the HELMET only... althow that is hardly enough to allow them to wear a full suit in-game...

Besides Jedi in Jedi Wear soo soo dam cool!

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Master_Jaydawg wrote:

The fact that EVERYBODY can wear the best composite with no real negative factors considering the fact that buffs are now more readily available via the steady doc buffs and chef foods is ridiculous. The only time we saw any of the HEROES wear armor was for the purpose of disguise. A person who would opt against armor is at a STAGGERING disadvantage. A person not wearing armor should be able to have a relatively even fight with a person in maxed stats full composite.

Bottom line Armor should be an alternate option not a requirement.

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i agree Comp armor is way too commonplace, but are you insane? how would "A person not wearing armor" ever realistically have an even fight with a fully armored and maxed person in any realistic scenario? none of the heroes wore armor in the films because you don't want to hide you stars' faces/expressions under armor. it's a movie and it's nice when we try to work things in the EU so they link up with the films, the movies simply do not have a lot of logic behind them in certain areas that Lucas did not concentrate on. if we regarded armor in SWG is it is in the movies, it would be totally useless, except to hide your identity and keep you alive after a horrible accident (Vader).

also, please consider that comparing anything a normal player can or cannot do to any of the main characters in the films is like comparing a kid in a high school play to Tom Cruise.