Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Should astromechs have armor to make them last longer in space?
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Sturngard_Blastshield
Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:09 pm
#1
Should I be putting armor in my astromechs with the level 6 memory module to make the droid last longer in space combat?
JavelinCatcher
Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:19 pm
#2
Seeming how we've answered this question about 3 times today alone....let me ask you this: What makes you think Droids take damage while in space?
(joins TK in bashing his head with his W/D/G crafting tool...)
Edit: Ok I applogize, that was a rash comment. People not in beta do not know yet that droids don't take damage or decay while in space....but it has been said several times allready.
Message Edited by JavelinCatcher on 10-26-2004 11:28 PM
Ackdel
Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:28 pm
#3
JavelinCatcher wrote:
Seeming how we've answered this question about 3 times today alone....let me ask you this: What makes you think Droids take damage while in space?
(joins TK in bashing his head with his W/D/G crafting tool...)
Three words: "I've lost Artoo!"
duncje
Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:29 pm
#4
.......Bang your head.....
......Metal health will drive ya mad....
......Bang your head.....
Sturngard_Blastshield
Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:31 pm
#5
JavelinCatcher wrote:
Seeming how we've answered this question about 3 times today alone....let me ask you this: What makes you think Droids take damage while in space?
(joins TK in bashing his head with his W/D/G crafting tool...)
Edit: Ok I applogize, that was a rash comment. People not in beta do not know yet that droids don't take damage or decay while in space....but it has been said several times allready.
Message Edited by JavelinCatcher on 10-26-2004 11:28 PM
I scanned the forums and didnt find anything. I check the FAQ about that has JTL in the title and it didnt say anything. I just assumed this would be the next logical place to ask. In beta, I focused mainly on SOE primary objective which was regression testing on the ground game were the testers were spread thin,so I didnt focus much of my time in testing the crafting. There seemed to be more than enough people testing that.
Drashk
Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:43 pm
#6
Sturngard_Blastshield wrote:
I check the FAQ about that has JTL in the title and it didnt say anything.
If its not in the DE 101 Thead, then it probably doesn't exist....or I forgot about adding.....but in this case it does not exist.
All of the JtL information that is in the DE 101 and JtL 'All Things Droid' threads are 100% accurate, as of the Mondays Patch.
Straker_Atrella
Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:08 pm
#7
Crap,
I'm not in the DE 101, therefor I must not exist.....
Drashk
Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:12 pm
#8
Ummm...actually you are listed twice, if I recall correctly. I'm just not sure if I have the correct data gathered though.
Straker_Atrella wrote:
Crap,
I'm not in the DE 101, therefor I must not exist.....
Message Edited by Drashk on 10-26-2004 11:12 PM
Jjiaah
Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:29 pm
#9
Straker_Atrella wrote:
Crap,
I'm not in the DE 101, therefor I must not exist.....
You are listed twice, my friend... once in the Thank-you list, and once in the pricing guide...
Which means you exist twice.............
/em wonders which is the evil twin 
Xix13
Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:07 am
#10
The other day I discovered something very interesting. I forgot to put armour modules in one of my droids. I did the effectiveness experimentation as per usual. Know what? NO DIFFERENCE. Droids with armour modules and droids without armour modules come out with the EXACT SAME HAM! Good. Can save my Link-Steel aluminum for weapons.
Notice the change in the schematics too? All that Beryllius and Digoxis you painstakingly went thru months of spawns to collect the good stuf? Now just any old copper and inert gas will do for Level 6 Data Modules. Wouldn't want JtL to suffer from lack of good datapads now would we? Wouldn't want the Armoursmiths competing with anybody for the Beryllius now would we?
Yikes. Poor DEs.
Notice the change in the schematics too? All that Beryllius and Digoxis you painstakingly went thru months of spawns to collect the good stuf? Now just any old copper and inert gas will do for Level 6 Data Modules. Wouldn't want JtL to suffer from lack of good datapads now would we? Wouldn't want the Armoursmiths competing with anybody for the Beryllius now would we?
Yikes. Poor DEs.
Jjiaah
Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:47 am
#11
Xix13 wrote:
The other day I discovered something very interesting. I forgot to put armour modules in one of my droids. I did the effectiveness experimentation as per usual. Know what? NO DIFFERENCE. Droids with armour modules and droids without armour modules come out with the EXACT SAME HAM! Good. Can save my Link-Steel aluminum for weapons.
Notice the change in the schematics too? All that Beryllius and Digoxis you painstakingly went thru months of spawns to collect the good stuf? Now just any old copper and inert gas will do for Level 6 Data Modules. Wouldn't want JtL to suffer from lack of good datapads now would we? Wouldn't want the Armoursmiths competing with anybody for the Beryllius now would we?
Yikes. Poor DEs.
Yeah. The HAM is the same. But, that's just like you in and out of armor. Your HAM doesn't change, but you can take more damage because the armor absorbs some (resistances) making the damage that reaches you less.
Exact same principle.
babyblue_d
Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:58 am
#12
Sturngard_Blastshield wrote:
Should I be putting armor in my astromechs with the level 6 memory module to make the droid last longer in space combat?
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=shipwright&message.id=257#M257
Re: Droid Issues and uncertainties... Options
RThornton
Dev
Re: Droid Issues and uncertainties... Options
RThornton
Dev
Just a quick response while I'm working on something...
"Will droids be a targetable component of a ship (such that they take HAM damage/wounds or vitality 'hits')?"
Currently, astromechs are not targetable, nor are they a ship component that can take damage. Neither are flight computers. The droid interface ship component isn't targetable itself, but it is in the list of the ships 'guts' and it can be blasted, cutting off access to droid commands.
A key concern here was that an astromech seemed like a rather expensive and specially-constructed item to have it zapped in space the same way as, say, a piece of armor, a ship's blaster, or something less consequential of that nature. I could see the desire for a system that would allow these components to be wounded, but with our additional concerns for these items, we'd want to put some limiters on what could happen to them and how fast it could happen, lest a turbo-laser shot from a capitol ship totally vaporize your little tin buddy in a single hit. That'd drive me nutz. the additional limiters would be specialized code and thus would be a much lower-priority task compared to fixing the things that come to light while ya'll hammer on the exsisting JtL systems. Plus, we'd even have to decide if it's just plain a good idea or not.
So, short version... the answer to your question is: 'No.'
"Will droids be a targetable component of a ship (such that they take HAM damage/wounds or vitality 'hits')?"
Currently, astromechs are not targetable, nor are they a ship component that can take damage. Neither are flight computers. The droid interface ship component isn't targetable itself, but it is in the list of the ships 'guts' and it can be blasted, cutting off access to droid commands.
A key concern here was that an astromech seemed like a rather expensive and specially-constructed item to have it zapped in space the same way as, say, a piece of armor, a ship's blaster, or something less consequential of that nature. I could see the desire for a system that would allow these components to be wounded, but with our additional concerns for these items, we'd want to put some limiters on what could happen to them and how fast it could happen, lest a turbo-laser shot from a capitol ship totally vaporize your little tin buddy in a single hit. That'd drive me nutz. the additional limiters would be specialized code and thus would be a much lower-priority task compared to fixing the things that come to light while ya'll hammer on the exsisting JtL systems. Plus, we'd even have to decide if it's just plain a good idea or not.
So, short version... the answer to your question is: 'No.'
Message Edited by babyblue_d on 10-27-2004 05:02 AM
psikobunny
Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:01 am
#13
Jjiaah wrote:
Straker_Atrella wrote:
Crap,
I'm not in the DE 101, therefor I must not exist.....
You are listed twice, my friend... once in the Thank-you list, and once in the pricing guide...
Which means you exist twice.............
You and I, on the other hand, have no independently confirmed existence Jjiaah
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