Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Ok, let's start simple, what do people want? Poll enclosed.
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Straker_Atrella
Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:01 am
#1
Ok obviously bug fixes are first, those matter the most, let's jsut assume those get fixed.
It can't geteasuer then this. If we could get one thing in the next year added, what would you want?
A.)The Droid crafting system changed to have experimentation matter more.
B.) New Droid types and modules. To include Combat Droids, possibly to be used by the Droid Commander Profession.
C.) Droid Decay.
D.) To have subcomponants play a larger role in Droid functions and stats.
E.) Have changes made to increase the usage of other Droids, such as the BLL, LE, or Power Droid.
Ok short and simple.
Message Edited by Straker_Atrella on 12-07-2004 07:34 AM
Message Edited by Straker_Atrella on 12-07-2004 02:02 PM
Nell2ThaIzzay
Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:12 am
#3
A.)The Droid crafting system changed to have experimentation matter more.
B.) New Droid types and modules.
C.) Droid Decay.
D.) To have subcomponants play a larger role in Droid functions and stats.
E.) Have changes made to increase the usage of other Droids, such as the BLL, LE, or Power Droid.
If I must choose only one:
B (to make it clear, new types and modules does not automatically mean combat)
If I may prioritize all of them tho:
B
E
C
D
A
I feel that all 5 of them are important matters that need to be addressed. So even tho I listed D and A at the bottom, I don't want their importance to be overlooked (for lack of a better term right now), and B, E, and C are all very close together in terms of how important I think they are.
Message Edited by Nell2ThaIzzay on 12-06-2004 11:13 PM
RasalTheWise
Tue Dec 07, 2004 11:03 am
#5
Straker_Atrella wrote:A.) The Droid crafting system changed to have experimentation matter more.B.) New Droid types and modules.C.) Droid Decay.D.) To have subcomponants play a larger role in Droid functions and stats.E.) Have changes made to increase the usage of other Droids, such as the BLL, LE, or Power Droid.
In order of importance to me, from most to least:
C
E
B
A
D
Atan
Tue Dec 07, 2004 11:47 am
#7
Hmm... i am tied betweenC and E, but since i can only vote once i would say:
C
MfG
Atan
snoman321
Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:08 pm
#8
If I have to pick only one it is E with C as a very close second.
In order:
E (specifically I think adding inherent functionality to more of the droid chassis)
C
B
A
I left off D, because I honestly don't think it's a needat all. Having to craft crazy amounts of subcomponents is already time consuming. Adding experimentation & the need for high end resources for subs isn't where I think we should take the profession.
Omab
Dv8Mutt
Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:33 pm
#9
I think E, D, and B all fit together
but C would be a second ( or 4th depending on how you look at it )
Sodan-droiddreamer
Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:45 pm
#10
Straker_Atrella wrote:
Ok obviously bug fixes are first, those matter the most, let's jsut assume those get fixed.
It can't geteasuer then this. If we could get one thing in the next year added, what would you want?
A.)The Droid crafting system changed to have experimentation matter more.
B.) New Droid types and modules.
C.) Droid Decay.
D.) To have subcomponants play a larger role in Droid functions and stats.
E.) Have changes made to increase the usage of other Droids, such as the BLL, LE, or Power Droid.
Ok short and simple.
Message Edited by Straker_Atrella on 12-07-2004 07:34 AM
I don't understand this poll. Why have combat droids not been included? This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about. Leave amazing exciting new combat droids out of the discussion and your left with the belief that no one wants them.
Additionally, although Drashk has made it clear that the order in which he is writing up the topics is not the order in which they automatically should be implemented, the fact remains that without a well-though-out discussion on combat droids all the other topics are on the front-burner and the droideka is off the fire.
This poll it totally and completely skewed. Its DOA.
TheRealTK421
Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:51 pm
#11
Sodan,
I don't think it's as bad as you make it out to be.
All Straker appears to be doing is finding out the order in which we should try to 'attack' these initiatives. I don't see anything wrong with that.
If we find out that the modularity change is relatively low on the list, then there's no point in anyone trying to flesh it out in a serious way. It saves us time and headaches tofocus on what not just what can be done but what should be done and in what order.
Along those lines...
Decay IS the issue for us. Yes, new combat droids would be stellar but if we got them we'd face the same sort of revenue spike (and drop-off) as occurred with JTL and every other DE revamp. It would be a band-aid....nothing more.
Getting Decay out there in the mix would give us a recurring market, which we so sorely need. That one change, by itself, totally changes our outlook as a crafting profession. Nothing else even comes close.
And....believe me, I'm not trying to shoot you down on combat droids. I just see that if we are to garner any sort of serious Dev time, we need to have it focus on going straight to the heart of this profession's issues. Right now, a healthy reoccurring market IS that issue (IMO).
/bow
Respectfully,
I don't think it's as bad as you make it out to be.
All Straker appears to be doing is finding out the order in which we should try to 'attack' these initiatives. I don't see anything wrong with that.
If we find out that the modularity change is relatively low on the list, then there's no point in anyone trying to flesh it out in a serious way. It saves us time and headaches tofocus on what not just what can be done but what should be done and in what order.
Along those lines...
Decay IS the issue for us. Yes, new combat droids would be stellar but if we got them we'd face the same sort of revenue spike (and drop-off) as occurred with JTL and every other DE revamp. It would be a band-aid....nothing more.
Getting Decay out there in the mix would give us a recurring market, which we so sorely need. That one change, by itself, totally changes our outlook as a crafting profession. Nothing else even comes close.
And....believe me, I'm not trying to shoot you down on combat droids. I just see that if we are to garner any sort of serious Dev time, we need to have it focus on going straight to the heart of this profession's issues. Right now, a healthy reoccurring market IS that issue (IMO).
/bow
Respectfully,
Zorkk
Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:15 pm
#12
Sodan-droiddreamer wrote:
I disagree and I do so forcefully, but respectfully. You can't have combat droids as part of the poll when they are an unanamed, unarticulated part of the poll. That's like listing droid decay under "droid improvements" and not even mentioning that that's what it is. "New droid types" could be anything and not necessarily include combat droids above lvl 10.
Count me out of this self-fulfilling poll.
As for droid decay, that is largely a DE subsidy with no benefit for the user. Houses, crafting stations, furniture and MANY other items do not decay. Under the proposed changes, customers who were previously considering a product with limited "necessity" now have to consider whether they want to puchase a product they don't really need that will were out over time with casual use. Hell, people complained about having to repaint their droids all the time, now we're asking the devs to make them poof over time. I hope they'll at least last the 2000 calls for a paint job.
Let's get a piece of the combat pie where the expectation of decay exists rather than a nerf for R2D2.
I'm with Sodan on this one.
Z
Sodan-droiddreamer
Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:19 pm
#13
Sodan-droiddreamer wrote:
I disagree and I do so forcefully, but respectfully. You can't have combat droids as part of the poll when they are an unanamed, unarticulated part of the poll. That's like listing droid decay under "droid improvements" and not even mentioning that that's what it is. "New droid types" could be anything and not necessarily include combat droids above lvl 10.
Count me out of this self-fulfilling poll.
As for droid decay, that is largely a DE subsidy with no benefit for the user. Houses, crafting stations, furniture and MANY other items do not decay. Under the proposed changes, customers who were previously considering a product with limited "necessity" now have to consider whether they want to puchase a product they don't really need that will were out over time with casual use. Hell, people complained about having to repaint their droids all the time, now we're asking the devs to make them poof over time. I hope they'll at least last the 2000 calls for a paint job.
Let's get a piece of the combat pie where the expectation of decay exists rather than a nerf for R2D2.
FYI: I'm nto trying to aggrevate people here. I believe what I believe and I state my reasons for it. A difference of opinion is totally fine with me. I respect others for what they believe and hope that respect is extended to me.
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