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Thread: Poll: Would you rather DE got removed for 3 months to be fixed or slow fix over 9 months?

phloppy
Mon Apr 05, 2004 6:21 am
#14

You know, IF they moved DE skills all into the artisan proffession, and turn DE into the new Droid commander then I'm all for it ;D


Since I actually became a DE in the 1st place to control droids as my pet instead of this crafting thing they turned us into.
Icarus-6
Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:16 am
#15






phloppy wrote:

You know, IF they moved DE skills all into the artisan proffession, and turn DE into the new Droid commander then I'm all for it ;D


Since I actually became a DE in the 1st place to control droids as my pet instead of this crafting thing they turned us into.






They didn't 'turn us into' a crafting profession. DE has always been a crafting profession. Saying that you took it so you could control droids is like saying you took up Weaponsmith so you could wear armor.




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Shian_Tavkin
Mon Apr 05, 2004 10:44 pm
#16






Icarus-6 wrote:





phloppy wrote:

You know, IF they moved DE skills all into the artisan proffession, and turn DE into the new Droid commander then I'm all for it ;D


Since I actually became a DE in the 1st place to control droids as my pet instead of this crafting thing they turned us into.






They didn't 'turn us into' a crafting profession. DE has always been a crafting profession. Saying that you took it so you could control droids is like saying you took up Weaponsmith so you could wear armor.




Wrong.


I took up DE to have cheap probots originally..when they were worth something. Since then its been nerf after nerf. Sadly along the line I began to love droids, and now look where it has left me.


This profession has always been Hybrid..just not much.


Your analogy is completely false.





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Jenden
Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:54 am
#17






Shian_Tavkin wrote:




Wrong.


I took up DE to have cheap probots originally..when they were worth something. Since then its been nerf after nerf. Sadly along the line I began to love droids, and now look where it has left me.


This profession has always been Hybrid..just not much.


Your analogy is completely false.








If you want to argue that this profession is a hybrid because we can make ourselves cheap combat droids, than isn't any profession that can use what it makes (along with the rest of the population) a hybrid? You would at least have to include chefs, armorsmiths, architects, tailors, smugglers (well, they actually are but look at their "balance" and see if you like it), etc. Just because you can use the same droids as everyone else doesn't mean its a hybrid. There would have to be some bonus to using the droids (other than lower price) to make it a hybrid.



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starcraftWS
Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:09 am
#18

This is one of those "Be careful what ya ask for.." situations. With the track record we've had, if they took it out, they might not feel like putting it back.

That pretty much sums up my opinion as well.



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Kollos
Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:36 pm
#19






Shian_Tavkin wrote:


This profession has always been Hybrid..just not much.


Your analogy is completely false.







If by "hybrid" you mean a profession that has both unique (only usable by the profession) crafting skills and unique combat skills, then you are incorrect. If that's not what you mean when you say "hybrid" then you're going to have to explain your definition.


Droid Engineer has never had combat skills. Being able to use a Probot is not unique to Droid Engineer, and therefore cannot be considered a class skill. Otherwise all professions would have to be considered hybrids because all professions can use the Probot.


All of the skills that are unique to the Droid Engineer profession are crafting skills. Ergo, Droid Engineer is a crafting profession. It's that simple.


Edit: clarification

Message Edited by Kollos on 04-06-2004 05:37 PM



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Gavvot
Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:02 am
#20



duncje wrote:
This is one of those "Be careful what ya ask for.." situations. With the track record we've had, if they took it out, they might not feel like putting it back.





No, they had a pretty good idea on what they wanted to do with it, it just doesn't fit at all in the current game.

BLL is an exemple : As I remember the description I've seen somewhere, it is pretty clear what's the use of it: it is required to build space shuttles.



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Shian_Tavkin
Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:07 am
#21


Hmm Kollos, I did say 'not much' of a hybrid.


What other crafting profession can use it's own products for offensive combat (at circa the FWG5 level currently) without any form of certification or additional skillpoint expenditure? The fact that we can make them (relatively) very cheaply does matter in this respect.


I said 'not much' because I acknowledge it is a weak argument, but it does make us uniquely hybrid, however slightly.


I do, however, take your points.


[edit: clarification of offensive combat]

Message Edited by Shian_Tavkin on 04-07-2004 06:12 AM



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Laaba
Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:51 am
#22


My vote would be to take it out... who cares if they don't put it back in we are a usless trade anyway.


As I have said in other posts I see NO big deal if it were taken out. What would be missing from the game... hummm ya some medics would be upset if they did not already have there droids, and no more mse mouses for storage, oh and crafters would not be able to do mobile crafting... then again if we knew they were going to remove the field for a 3 month fix I am sure there are more than enough of us with deeds that could keep a supply going for several months.



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Pallida
Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:08 am
#23

/gasp



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