Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Droid Engineer Least Mastered and Essentially Least Popular Crafting Profession
Straker_Atrella wrote:
Chefs can make a ton of money, it is a lot of work though, but they make good money.
Another reason that the numbers may be off is that some DE's may actually be working up DE without grinding it. We know DE's are errrr I guess powergamers (a big generalization,) so it's more likely that some DE's may be working their way up.
Yep quite possibly. I worked my way up the profession. Took me awhile as my main character at the time was busy with her architect stuff
) And I was working on both at the same time.
GarVa wrote:
Got the List of Masteries (actual masters in listed skill trees) least to most again:
Force Sensitive: Crafting Mastery
Force Sensitive: Senses
Force Healer
Force Enhancer
Force Wielder
Squad Leader
Politician
Ranger
Droid Engineer
Force Sensitive: Reflexes
Chef
Force Sensitive: Combat
Bio Engineer
Musician
Force Defender
Fencer
Tailor
Architect
Image Designer
Armorsmith
Pikeman
Weaponsmith
ShipWright
Dancer
Commando
Light Saber
Creature Handler
Merchant
Combat Medic
Smuggler
Swordsman
Doctor
Carbineer
Pistoleer
Teras Kasi
Rifleman
Bounty Hunter
Message Edited by GarVa on 08-19-2005 03:31 PM
Message Edited by Sodan-droiddreamer on 08-19-2005 01:44 PM
Message Edited by Sodan-droiddreamer on 08-21-2005 11:48 AM
GnomeAd wrote:
There's something funny about those numbers. In order for both lists to be correct, there would be a lot of folks dabbling in DE. Why would anyone dabble in DE? I suppose you could take just enough DE to make BH droids but with the MA requirements, why would you?
Well, I imagine some are archs like me who want novice DE to make droid storage compartments to be self sufficient? And I'm trolling here to see if I want to M/DE along with M/Arch & M/Artisan, seems like a good combo. Trying to decide between M/DE and M/SW. I've been an arch since around launch, and I feel some of your crafter pain.
Cheers
1. No Episode 1-3 droids Available. It would be great if the schematic were a quest item for Droidekas "Destroyer" Droids, Roger-Roger Droirds and the Super Battle Droid. Tret each as a high level pet.
2. Droid Commander! The DE Community is primarily responsible for the demise this role/profession. It would have been a nice way to balance Creature Handler in the early stages of the game.
3. No new droids since launch! No new skins or colors to use.
4. The Medical Droid NERF! Doctors no longer require Medical Droids so one of the main features for staying in the droid business is gone for good.
5. With the introduction of HK-47 in the next Expansion: Trials of Obi-Wan wouldn't it be great if you could craft an assasin droid?
That's all. let me know what you all think.
Yes, we need new Droids. The Droid from EP 1-3 would be wonderful!
Droidikas would be the perfect reward for making it to Master Droid Engineer! Have it a MDE-only thing. A level 80 combatant (even Jedi run from Droidikas in the movies!) There wouldn't be any balance issues that way, because how many people are ever going to master DE anyway? 
Droid Commander is the PERFECT compliment to DE! Make it just like a Creature Handler, but for Droids. People who prefer Droids would take on DC, those who prefer Creatures would take on CH. No balance issue here either, because one would not have any advantage over the other. It would just go by preferance.
No new colors really irks me. I wanted to make a silver-white Probot with black sensor pods last night, but had to settle for dingey silver and default sensor pods. 
In Star Wars, you never see Doctors go without Medical Droids. The Doctors in this game should be given incentive to use them regularly, too. Although I have to say my Medical Droids do sell on a regular basis and I get a nice amount of money from it. Making them indispnesible would be very welcome, though.
And yeah, HK Droids would be another dream chassis to have. If only! Well, a DE can dream...
Pharrel wrote:
I was a MDE within a month of launch back in 2003. I really looked forward to building droids and role playing with them. However since launch I have dropped DE because frankly it was boring and the resource requirement were outrageous even back then. Here's a list of issues I have with the Droid Engineer Profession.
1. No Episode 1-3 droids Available. It would be great if the schematic were a quest item for Droidekas "Destroyer" Droids, Roger-Roger Droirds and the Super Battle Droid. Tret each as a high level pet.
2. Droid Commander! The DE Community is primarily responsible for the demise this role/profession. It would have been a nice way to balance Creature Handler in the early stages of the game.
3. No new droids since launch! No new skins or colors to use.
4. The Medical Droid NERF! Doctors no longer require Medical Droids so one of the main features for staying in the droid business is gone for good.
5. With the introduction of HK-47 in the next Expansion: Trials of Obi-Wan wouldn't it be great if you could craft an assasin droid?
That's all. let me know what you all think.
Let me start by saying it is an honor to be a Master of the least Mastered Crafting profession.
1. New droids, yes. Now, no. Wait for the Devs to fix our DE profession before they through new things in it. There are many many droids in which we could build but a main problem is who could use them and keep the game balanced.
2. Droid Commander. I love the idea but like I said, shouldn't be put in just yet. Fix the DE, then make a Droid Commander type profession. I made a VERY rough outline of the a proposed profession along the lines of CH. It includes droids, abilities and stuff like that.
3. I'd like new skins and colors but what could we have? The bug head for a protocol droid? More colors for the Mando Armor? What else?
4. Medical Droids SHOULD NOT be nerfed. They help medics and the sort. They aren't as needed as before but they aren't useless.
5. HK-47 style droids are a no-go. Those things are 4,000 YEARS OLD. That would really mess up the timeline. Prequel stuff would be alright but nothing to far back like HK-47.
Just my two creds.