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Thread: Please, say there's a light at the end of the tunnel

CuoreDE
Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:33 am
#1

I've been a MDE for a while now, and I really do enjoy the profession. However, these bugs are really starting to effect business. I can't sell any of the 40+ combat droids I made, becuase they're bugged. The hundreds of JTL droids I have on my vendor just sit there, becuase everyone wants to special order their droid with other options. I am currently planning to run 5 or 6 (runs of 120) heavy bomb droids (power 57). I am doing this in preperation to use my tolken respect to get out of the crafting life all together.


More than likely I would switch to Smuggler/BH. So I can use these droids that I'm stockpiling. I have played smuggler before and I have played BH before, so they might be fun together. However, there is part of me that doesn't want to just leave my life as a crafter behind. I have worked hard to be a good DE on my server, but I recently found out that one of my own guild doesn't respect me, because I'm a crafter. So if there's a light at the end of the tunnel, could someone turn it on for me?


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Drusan
Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:57 am
#2

Why do you care if someone doesn't respect you because you're a crafter? The kind of person that would act that way is undeserving of any respect himself and doesn't sound very bright either.



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CuoreDE
Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:16 am
#3






Drusan wrote:
Why do you care if someone doesn't respect you because you're a crafter? The kind of person that would act that way is undeserving of any respect himself and doesn't sound very bright either.




It has more to do with how he disrespected me. He did it in guildchat when over 40 members were online. I have since banned him from my mall, he can buy his BH droids elsewhere.


Cuore




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Napard
Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:28 am
#4

As much as it killed me, I respec'd out of DE for reasons that I blame on SOE. Once I get my armor orders fulfilled, I'll actually start learning how to use MBH/MR.


I wouldn't worry about what one person said, even if it was with a bunch of guildies online. 1) it's just a game, 2) If the guy doesn't respect crafters, then that's his own issue. He sure doesn't seem to mind buying crafted items, 3) most folks that see that kind of chat ignore it. The guy is making himself look like the idiot.





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Cphopp
Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:23 pm
#5

well if that guy wasn't kicked from the guild for disrespecgting openly then you better seriously consider why you are in that guild...at minumum he should have been given a STRONG warning about that sort of thing...



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RenObiOne
Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:52 pm
#6

I had over 60 droids on my vendor, all reverted to level 18. Yes must be the ones i crafted back when we could not make armor segments 5 and 6. So I used armor 4 for those. Now I have to recraft those, and keepthe combat droids off my vendor till the Devs get off their lazy .... and fix it.


On a side note. Talked with a BE the other day. Seems they are able to make level 70 pets. We can only make level 30. Is there something wrong with this picture? Thought i was playing a Star Wars game.


BigfootKC
Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:25 pm
#7



CuoreDE wrote:


Drusan wrote:
Why do you care if someone doesn't respect you because you're a crafter? The kind of person that would act that way is undeserving of any respect himself and doesn't sound very bright either.

It has more to do with how he disrespected me. He did it in guildchat when over 40 members were online. I have since banned him from my mall, he can buy his BH droids elsewhere.
Cuore





he would be classified as an a$$hat, what is there not to respect... he would be running around in his noob clothes with an cdef rifle and the x31 speeder if it wasnt for us, you tell me who it is and well show him why the crafters should be respected.



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ngp
Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:33 pm
#8



RenObiOne wrote:

I had over 60 droids on my vendor, all reverted to level 18. Yes must be the ones i crafted back when we could not make armor segments 5 and 6. So I used armor 4 for those. Now I have to recraft those, and keepthe combat droids off my vendor till the Devs get off their lazy .... and fix it.

On a side note. Talked with a BE the other day. Seems they are able to make level 70 pets. We can only make level 30. Is there something wrong with this picture? Thought i was playing a Star Wars game.






You don't need to be certed to use a droid. Level 70 pets require CH skills.

Misa
Yoda-5499
Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:30 am
#9



ngp wrote:


RenObiOne wrote:

I had over 60 droids on my vendor, all reverted to level 18. Yes must be the ones i crafted back when we could not make armor segments 5 and 6. So I used armor 4 for those. Now I have to recraft those, and keepthe combat droids off my vendor till the Devs get off their lazy .... and fix it.

On a side note. Talked with a BE the other day. Seems they are able to make level 70 pets. We can only make level 30. Is there something wrong with this picture? Thought i was playing a Star Wars game.






You don't need to be certed to use a droid. Level 70 pets require CH skills.

Misa




DEs are defenseless. We should have be able to use higher level droids than other players for the same reason CH players could use CL 70 pets: because we made them.

And about the dude who talked bad about crafters, tell every crafter in your guild to refuse service to him. He shouldn't be allowed to say things like that when we supply him with his weapons, armor, and the sort.



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Straker_Atrella
Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:28 am
#10

Don't worry about some idiot in your guild.Most sane people realise that in this player economy, you had better respect crafters or you will never have any items at all. It is sad that you would have to put up with such in your own guild though, usually guild leadership would handle that.


As to the light at the end of the tunnel.That's notan easy answer. Even if we jump back 6 months beore the CU when Harvestors worked, Barkers were usefull and maintdroids sold, DE wasstill not the profession for getting rich. Sure you could sell some droids, you still can, but you work 10 times as hard for a quarter of the profits. It really comes down towhat makes you happy. You just need to accept that even if every single bug was fixed tomorrow, youstill wont be making thesame amonut of money as other crafters.





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Hobacca
Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:13 am
#11

i daubt that most MDEs are in it for the money...not after some serious things happend to us (no i will not get into details)...

i also daubt that there is any light ahead in this warren-tunnel...

speaking with some of the DEs on my server i heard that most are too proud to quit a prof they really worked for (no disrespect for the respec dudes but there is a difference imho)...

i guess no one ever asked for all bugs to be removed...we got used to them...but since there is hardly any attention to things except if you are a jedi or a bloody hau-drauf fighter...

i think most DEs would have a better sleep if they knew that there is someone who cares and is aware of the issues and will maybe consider to do something about this or that screw that came loose...



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RenObiOne
Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:25 am
#12

ngp wrote;


You don't need to be certed to use a droid. Level 70 pets require CH skills.

Misa


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I know that. You are missing the point. Where BE has CH to craft for as well as the rest of the community, we have no Droid Handler profession to do the same. If the Devs do not want to add this profession ingame, at least give us droids we can craft at the same levels as BE and have the certed for CHs to use. We and most ingame already know droids are just a dumbed down version of creatures anyway. With us able to make level 70 droids, this would give the Devs a good reason to add Droidekas, Battle Droids, and Super Battle Droids for us to craft.


CuoreDE
Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:15 am
#13






Straker_Atrella wrote:

Don't worry about some idiot in your guild.Most sane people realise that in this player economy, you had better respect crafters or you will never have any items at all. It is sad that you would have to put up with such in your own guild though, usually guild leadership would handle that.


As to the light at the end of the tunnel.That's notan easy answer. Even if we jump back 6 months beore the CU when Harvestors worked, Barkers were usefull and maintdroids sold, DE wasstill not the profession for getting rich. Sure you could sell some droids, you still can, but you work 10 times as hard for a quarter of the profits. It really comes down towhat makes you happy. You just need to accept that even if every single bug was fixed tomorrow, youstill wont be making thesame amonut of money as other crafters.







Problem is that he's part of the guild management, but I was told by the guild leader (a former crafter) that they would discuss the problem with him. I just turned off guildchat and if anyone needs to talk to me, they can send me a tell. It was mentioned in a thread that I probably know more BH's than anyone else on the server, and the thought had crossed my mind to drop out of the guild and put a 500K bounty on him. However, I think it's humiliating enough to be banned from a guildmates mall.


I still wish they could stop development for 1or 2 months andtry to fix 60-80% of the bugs in the game. That would make the game as a whole at least 500% better.


Cuore




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Master Pilot of Blood Money
Former Master Droid Engineer (12pt) - CTI Dwoid Wurks
Former Master Weaponsmith (12pt) - Redneck Weapons
CTI Industries - (5000 6000) Kaadara Naboo

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