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Lonkley

Thu Nov 13, 2003 3:54 pm

Beinga DE sucks.Costs lotsof money, probably the most expensive of the crafters in material and xp required, and you end up with a very tiny market to sell to. All your time is spent running harvestors, grinding xp, or begging for sales in lag entrenched cities.

Unless you really love the concept of making droids, and you really have faith that SOME DAY it will be fixed, drop it and become something else.

Lonkley Onclur (Ahazi DE 1-4-0-4)

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Shian_Tavkin

Thu Nov 13, 2003 8:51 pm

#15

A shorter answer - as things now stand NO it's not worth it.

Barely make a living, contribute bu**er all to your PA, and your broke compared to others who went Armour/Weap or Architect at the same time you started.

Plus...it's not FUN to be pitied by everyone else.

So UNLESS you love em, leave em alone.

Shian -- Master Droid Engineer/ Master Artisan

Gribnitz

Thu Nov 13, 2003 8:58 pm

#16

RazorFire wrote:

I got my DE title a few days ago and now i have 0/0/0/2 and i have spent around 150k on my havesters so far. SoI was wondering if DE is realy worth it?

Err, I guess you haven't read the Droid Eng board yet. No, it isn't worth it unless you like being a pissed off individual. Save yourself pain and pissedoffedness for a while and try a real class first then come back and try out DE if you like pain or maybe they will actually have us fixed by then!!! (LOL).

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shawns122

Thu Nov 13, 2003 10:57 pm

#17

One word: Er, two words: HELL NO!!!! I am a master DE myself. SOE has done nothing for us since release. This profession has been promised so many "good" things, but they've all reverted those good things to other professions, like CH's. If you like being promised stuff you'll NEVER get, join the DE team. Really, by now, I bet we're just a small band of people anyways that won't ever have any effect on the development team. Most people have quit the profession and left to go on to bigger and better things that keep improving. Sales of creatures more than quadruple the sales of droids. Save yourself the grief and surrender those DE skills today!

Eutock

Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:19 pm

#18

RazorFire - I think being a DE is worth it, but I may have a unique perspective from most here. First and foremost, you really have to enjoy the concept of building droids.

Personally, I really like building droids and running a business. Sort of a microcosm of doing it in a virtual economy. I also don't get tired of teaching people how to use their new droids, or even of explaining about all the droid bugs. But that's probably just me.

Some insights, from one DE's perspective.

Eutock of Radiant
July 5th, 2003 - August 4th, 2005

"I am not a droid engineer, but I used to play one in Star Wars Galaxies."

Rodian-Bob

Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:37 pm

#19

Lonkley wrote:

Beinga DE sucks.Costs lotsof money, probably the most expensive of the crafters in material and xp required, and you end up with a very tiny market to sell to. All your time is spent running harvestors, grinding xp, or begging for sales in lag entrenched cities.

Unless you really love the concept of making droids, and you really have faith that SOME DAY it will be fixed, drop it and become something else.

Lonkley Onclur (Ahazi DE 1-4-0-4)

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"There is a special place in hell for necro posters"

DE 0002 is the new home for FS crafters. Best time/xp ratio for massive xp grinding.

Is it worth it? Well...

-Bob is Robii D'Luminatii
~NOT a Jedi: Drifting away into The Great Dark~
Assassin & former Mayor of Perdition/Grendin Waste, Lok: Ahazi

Drashk

Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:39 pm

#20

Did ya really have to Necro this post?

Just wanted to point out the date of the original post.

Please refrain from making any further posts in this thread.

Message Edited by Drashk on 10-23-2004 11:00 PM

Making SWG more Star Warsy. One droid at a time.

rushy68

Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:32 pm

#21

is DE worth it?...

try it.. play with it climb up half way... then drop some of it.... if you keep on thinking 'Damn, y did i give tha pro up?' then it's for u... if u never think asbout it again... then u've solved ur problem...

i think DE is awesome.. and with JTL arond the corner i couldn't be more psyched about it...

i really can't say i like the creatures in this game much

not some of the prettiest things eh? but a small MSE droid sittin there beepin and clickin... i never get tired of it

alot of u r saying that it's not worth it... y r u in the DE forums then?... heh

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message
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http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=droid_engineer&message.id=101477

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=droid_engineer&message.id=102104

Nell2ThaIzzay

Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:29 pm

#22

The only good thing about DE's sucking so badly is that when you see someone who is a Master DE, or a Droid Engineer of any kind really... you know that they are a player who is serious about the game, and not all "im teh r0xx0r" and crap.

In my opinion, it is a very fun profession, and you can build a lot of interesting droids... but if you're getting into the professionfor money and fame... don't do it. The money here isn't that good at all.

Marr'Taan LeBeau
Imperial Mercenary - Professional Contract Killer

"Death is my business, and business is good"

Bounty Hunter, Creature Trainer, Droid Engineer, Rifleman
Former Musician and band member of the Tyrenian 3 (Marr'Taan LeBeau, Cale Amossoo, Bari)

psikobunny

Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:53 pm

#23

Begone foul Zombie Thread, back unto the pit of darnation from whence you arose!!!

Gilack Mehoipou [Bloodfin]

Quintuple Master- Marksman/Squad Leader/Rifleman/Vortex Pilot/Politician

Made it before all hell broke loose.

rushy68

Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:40 am

#24

but if you're getting into the professionfor money and fame... don't do it. The money here isn't that good at all.

i have to disagree... i there are some famous DE's on shadowfire that u willknow their names as soon as u shout *looking for a droid* and i've made 14k selling two MSE droids at novice lvl

here is the thing about droids... they have absolutly no decay rate... once you have bought one you don't have to again.... THATS WHAT THE DEVS NEED O FIX we are standing still in an economy and thats never good. on the other hand on my server.. practicaly EVERY1has a droid-filled data pad... they are VERY popular. it's unreal they are more popular then pets, and sell for far higher.. finding an awesome droid for 35k-45k on my server is usual.

again it's great here.. but plaz FIX THE DECAY RATE

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