Droid Engineer Archive

I finally made it! I started down the DE path in early September, been having a great time RP'ing my way through the grind. I am looking forward to our forthcoming updates. When the holo-DE's and update-chaser-DE's are gone, I'll still be here, a dedicated Master Droid Engineer.

I'd like to thank my Mom and Dad, all my guild-mates who helped me through the rough times, the mayor of our city, and of course the academy. Thank you! /bow

Congrats! Way to go, hope you have as much fun as the rest of us

if high lvl combat droids suck in feb im really gonna drop de, i've been master too long for a broken class ifyou ask me.

I know it can be tedious, but after a while, it's really not that bad. You just learn to stock up by doing factory runs on the essentials: R3 chassis, detonation modules, Level 6 storage modules, Level 6 armor modules, Level 6 medical modules, etc, etc.

I find the most time-consuming thing to do is factory runs of those darn seeker and Arakyd droids. They sell very well, but you're constantly making electronics in factories to feed the demand. That and it won't let you do a full 1000-piece run...it stops like 1/2 way through, and you have to empty the output hopper before starting it up again. But I digress...

You will hear older DEs constantly tell you that their profession is a labor of love. It really is. I get a kick out of serving the community in a profession that is not very popular, and somewhat essential to the masses (kind of like shoe repair shops). I don't make a lot of money, but enough to get by and to be "comfortable".

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Ilcbar wrote:

Well I just finished my DE grind and have made master and I think that I am going to go around and tip every DE that I have ever used in the past. I am also a master weaponsmith and I have to say this profession is 10 timesmore complicatedthan weaponsmith ever thought of being. I am just making my first droid (a R3 Advancedmedical droid) for a guildmate and I think I am on factory run number 3 and I am not even close to beingdone yet. I have a question, is requiring factory crates of sub-components for sub-components silly to anybody but me? Well I am now one of the ranks and I take my hat off to any of you who actually try to make any money off this profession. If any of you have any tips of the trade for me I would gladly be willing to learn.

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i think its silly also im a retired WS and still master DE and its irritating that only DE's really get hit with this. What will really drive you up a wall is the fact that to make all variations of r3s that would be popular will take hours of hand crafting or worse 10 to 20 fac runs. or as other DE's might tell you dont bother just make a few module combos that are popular in bulk. as a WS i never had to do that once i had the resources (the really hard part) i just made the weapons as much as i wanted.

good luck and congrats!

Congrats! It's not easy, but it can be fun!

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Ilcbar wrote:

Well I just finished my DE grind and have made master and I think that I am going to go around and tip every DE that I have ever used in the past. I am also a master weaponsmith and I have to say this profession is 10 times more complicated than weaponsmith ever thought of being. I am just making my first droid (a R3 Advanced medical droid) for a guildmate and I think I am on factory run number 3 and I am not even close to being done yet. I have a question, is requiring factory crates of sub-components for sub-components silly to anybody but me? Well I am now one of the ranks and I take my hat off to any of you who actually try to make any money off this profession. If any of you have any tips of the trade for me I would gladly be willing to learn.

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I have just mastered too - and was equally as amazed to find the level of work compared to other profs, oh well here goes

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Ilcbar wrote:

Good luck, I have thought about pulling my hair out a couple times.

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You have hair left? ....you must be new.





/bow

Respectfully,