Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Another DE Revamp
I hope you guys do get a much needed revamp because droids should be a GIANT part of the SW universe and i really want to have reasons to use them.
The smuggler in me says " I believe it will happen when it happens" SOE are very good at promising and not delivering just to keep people paying for a little bit longer.
Hi
I dont think that the profession itself needs a revamp, just the droids themselves. I like the way the profession itself is with the modular system for building droids, enables me to make droids to a customers specification and not just do factory runs like AS and WS do for example.
What we need though is for a rationalisation of the modules we have, get rid of useless ones like the harvester maintenance ones, and introduce *working* useful ones like the suggestion made for language translation.
Make astromechs able to repair your ship, make experimentation actually worthwhile ... you get the picture. Oh, and add some form of decay in for repeat business.
What I dont want is the DE Profession pigeon-holed into making BH and combat droids only and lose the fun of custom sales etc
All IMHO of course
I agree with Yiddo -
The usefulness of the day to day droid use could be improved upon, not nessecarily the way we put them together and customize them for the individual customer. More versatility would be nice as well, look at all that R2-D2 was able to do, especially in the latest movie! (thought it was great that droids could "leap" from the ships!).
4TI2D wrote:
I agree with Yiddo -
The usefulness of the day to day droid use could be improved upon, not nessecarily the way we put them together and customize them for the individual customer. More versatility would be nice as well, look at all that R2-D2 was able to do, especially in the latest movie! (thought it was great that droids could "leap" from the ships!).
AND Killed two SBD!
Atan wrote:
I hope whatever they do, they come here first and talk to us about their plans...
That's my biggest concern. I really hope Jenden can talk to them about it. I worry that somebody in a dark corner may be working on it now, and by the time we see or hear anything about it, it will be to late for any big changes. I also agree the whole profession doesn't need a total revamp, just modules and functionality.
I really hope they come and talk to us before anything is coded at all.
Hey guys! I'm excited for ya!
Droid Engineer
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- Droid engineers will be revamped. SOE envisions the droid as something every player would have as a companion in the game. In the movies the droids play an essential role, and they should do too in the game.
Smugglers and good droids, that's what this game is missing.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but a RED name told us Smugglers that no profession will ever get a "revamp" Too much time spent on one profession... But they managed to add the Jedi Defender, Sabers, Powers, Healing, ect..... Um....yeah. 
I'll go dig up the quote.
Can't find it, I think JFreeman said it....
Message Edited by WillburWright on 08-22-2005 02:43 PM
/sigh....
Well, I guess I won't be making any factory runs of droids again until after this revamp. I'd hate to see any more huge batched of droids and a ton of my time wasted when they get changed again. (Like my probot medbots who now run like hellat the slightest sniff of blaster fire)
Obo_alCan wrote:
Straker_Atrella wrote:
I really hope they come and talk to us before anything is coded at all.
Probably being pushed to TC right now.