Droid Engineer Archive

1.5

MINUS -10

I may not be correct but I really dont wish to see ppl wanting to add Blaster Ranges, long short range modules to Protocols or R2..LOL. Just give us a fricken combat droid...simple. Just like the probot, except stronger than an entertain with a CDEF. Droideka would be perfect.

--Gefuri Ada, Master Droid Engineer

3, and only because it is an order of magnitude more than what we have been given in the past... which is nothing. This is barely 3 better than nothing.

3

Compared to the CH plan, ours was a rush job wish list

I had high hopes for this, and *hugs* to our poor Sintrosi, you cant win against indifference..not your fault I know.

Its only 3 because Devs actually said something - as to solid content its a 1 at best.

4.

Better than ignoring us, but they seem to be listening to some of the wrong things.

8 really the plan doesnt seem to bad to me. Remember its just a start they'll proboaly add more later.

As a wishlist or feature-add? 6-7

As a list of items that will be addressed currently which are wrong/dysfunctional that will be fixed in the short term? 0

I think that's the list we all expected to see, personally. Or, in reality, I think I was hoping to see both of the items above...along with some ETAs.


Honestly.

I know the Devs hate to give them...but I wanted them all the same.

And, I don't think it's impossible to ask for on or maybe even expect it. They are professionals. They should be able to provide such information....seriously.


This simply didn't seem like much of a "plan" document to me...more like it was written on a bar napkin (no offense).


/bow

Respectfully,

A great Plan would be: on-time, formatted, detailed, respectful, justified, responsive, content-rich, challenging, visionary, and delivered in style.

The plan has fulfilled some but not all of these, so I will subtract from 10.

Points on this plan deducted for:

* format: basically an open letter with some bullet points. not a Plan.

* listening without hearing: the DE Voice said "We want new combat droids", not "We want the 45th Kamikaze Mouse Brigade".

* the obvious paying-customers snub: CH gets the detailed 2-part plan hand-delivered by SOE representative, with extensive justification, explanation, and specific detailed changes. DE gets a coffee-stained post-it note, left on the door for Sintrosi to pick up. It didn't have to be so blatant.

* lack of justifications: why these particular and few changes? I mean, I understand that some will simply be low-hanging fruit, the minimal effort changes. Was the rest design-by-committee, ensuring blandness of plan? Design by junior designer? Design-by-desperation because of spaghetti code crippling the droid codebase?

* content-poor: There's just not much there, a skeleton without flesh.

All in all, a letdown.

2 for effort and on-time.

p.s. I understand that the CH Plan is really a nerf, hence a certain amount of hand-holding. Our plan is the opposite of a nerf, should it come to pass. But the devs KNOW it means a huge amount to DEs to get a post from them.

3 - It shows some promise but not enough to bother keeping the profession.

10 - for the fact that correspondant system seems to have some functionality and all the hard work on everyone's part. I am just a jaded DE.

MikeBauerTwo, Eclipse

MasterDE, Master Artisan, Noice Rifleman, Novice CH(Had to since my probots got owned all tooooo fast)

/agree Alacrity

When a DE plan is posted, it will be rated.

I rate it a 6.5 for at least showing that DE is getting some thought and some pretty good ideas (droid integration with harvesters, better med droids, MSE bombs)