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Thread: Droid Engineer Least Mastered and Essentially Least Popular Crafting Profession
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Sodan-droiddreamer
Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:01 pm
#1
Congrats man! Hopefully DE will be fixed before it burns out newcomers such as yourself.
Deadtech wrote:
makes me glad I just got master DE on my alt. I'm tottaly loving the prof and wondered why I never gave it a shot in the first place.
Zenoee
Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:18 pm
#2
Wow, it's a real wonder I don't have a Squad Leader toon too! If I was big on grouping I probably would. I have looked seriously looked into getting novice squad leader but ended up not going that way. Other than DE my most played toon is Ranger and loving it.
I always end up being the odd man out. LOL
Guess we all have that in common and that's why we are DEs!
Go DE! Maybe if chefs get some bug fixes we can take their rank.
Sodan-droiddreamer
Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:43 pm
#3
Well it's official:
GarVa wrote:
Got the List of Masteries (actual masters in listed skill trees) least to most again:
Force Sensitive: Crafting Mastery
Force Sensitive: Senses
Force Healer
Force Enhancer
Force Wielder
Squad Leader
Politician
Ranger
Droid Engineer
Force Sensitive: Reflexes
Chef
Force Sensitive: Combat
Bio Engineer
Musician
Force Defender
Fencer
Tailor
Architect
Image Designer
Armorsmith
Pikeman
Weaponsmith
ShipWright
Dancer
Commando
Light Saber
Creature Handler
Merchant
Combat Medic
Smuggler
Swordsman
Doctor
Carbineer
Pistoleer
Teras Kasi
Rifleman
Bounty Hunter
Message Edited by GarVa on 08-19-2005 03:31 PM
DE is the least mastered Crafting profession.
GnomeAd
Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:57 pm
#5
There's something funny about those numbers. In order for both lists to be correct, there would be a lot of folks dabbling in DE. Why would anyone dabble in DE? I suppose you could take just enough DE to make BH droids but with the MA requirements, why would you?
Drashk
Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:01 pm
#6
Master Artisan + Master Merchant + Master Insert (Weaponsmith/Armorsmith/Shipwright) + 0044 Droid Engineer
That is what I'm betting a number of crafting alts are.
Sodan-droiddreamer
Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:01 pm
#7
GnomeAd wrote:
There's something funny about those numbers. In order for both lists to be correct, there would be a lot of folks dabbling in DE. Why would anyone dabble in DE? I suppose you could take just enough DE to make BH droids but with the MA requirements, why would you?
Because that's the only thing that sells? And because BHs have alts and are tired of not being able to find DEs? Speculation? yes.
Serraphin
Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:03 pm
#8
I have a DE alt that makes my droids. I am working to make him a full DE/master artisan but realistically there are plenty of Master Artisan that will sell schematics for DE subcompnents all day long for almost nothing
Sodan-droiddreamer wrote:
GnomeAd wrote:
There's something funny about those numbers. In order for both lists to be correct, there would be a lot of folks dabbling in DE. Why would anyone dabble in DE? I suppose you could take just enough DE to make BH droids but with the MA requirements, why would you?
Because that's the only thing that sells? And because BHs have alts and are tired of not being able to find DEs? Speculation? yes.
Message Edited by Serraphin on 08-19-2005 02:04 PM
RasalTheWise
Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:37 pm
#9
Well, it definitely explains why my sales are still strong. Not too many of us around. 
DarthRoe
Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:13 pm
#10
It's a good thing that this Star Wars game encourages such strongly Star Wars professions like swordsman and pikeman so that professions like ours don't get too visible in game.
Drashk
Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:18 pm
#11
DarthRoe wrote:
It's a good thing that this Star Wars game encourages such strongly Star Wars professions like swordsman and pikeman so that professions like ours don't get too visible in game.
Well, if you ever played the Pen and Paper versions of SWG, melee professions were actually listed in a number of places....
As to their popularity in a MMORPG, you have to blame all of the hack and slash professions in other MMORPGs. They are typically the professions that many of the nooblets will go after, when joining a MMORPG for the first time. They are the easiest to use and take the least amount of understanding of how the profession works.
If you will note, many of the professions that take some amount of use of tatics or planning are listed as least used. This is typical for human nature, when it comes to the gaming world. 
Negho
Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:18 pm
#13
Sodan-droiddreamer wrote:
Only Chef is less popular than DE. But since Chef is actually a profession that has products that people use, the few Chefs that are out there are probably pretty successful despite some bugs in Chef foods.
I'm not so sure about that. I talked recently with a Master Architect who used to be a chef and she said it was horrible, that you have to pretty much give everything away...
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