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Thread: NO COMBAT ASTROMECHS, GIVE US CL-10 ROGER-ROGER DROIDS!

slaier0702
Sat Mar 27, 2004 1:13 am
#14
/cheers;

/bump;

/applause;


Somebody has actually watched the movies and has an idea or two... Obviously not a developer for SOE.
Electro5
Sat Mar 27, 2004 9:09 am
#15
I would enjoy the whole faction pet thing, except for one thing. Faction pets can only be used for faction fighting. As a rebel, I would get the perk of the droid, but I don't do faction fighting very much at all. I get more enjoyment out of destroying the creatures of Dantooine than taking on a bunch of NPC imps who do insanly powerful attacks. And I want my droid with me whenI am taking on said creatures. As far as PvP, forget it. Faction pets cost way too much to be used in PvP. You get unlucky and get incapped (or you are just very bad at PvP, as I am) and down with you goes your pet, which without you is no match for any other player.



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TheRealTK421
Sat Mar 27, 2004 1:06 pm
#16




Barfalomue wrote:


Ye, a lot of people here have great ideas.


Indeed...this one is pretty good (and actually similar to something I'm thinking about).


Kollos had a whole line of great ideas.


You're right. I put these in front of the Devs (via links).


This particular idea would make things fun. I think very fun, in fact.




I just had something related to this pop into my head.

Making CL35 Trade Fed. Battle droids ("Roger^2") be faction pets, which override the CL10 limit for non-CH players. A few reasons (and there are more):



  • Easier to add than a whole profession or building a Hybrid system(?).



  • The number of these can be better controlled...since a lot of FP could be assigned for gaining these (a very good time sink, getting FP is...).



  • DEs are still needed to craft them and can still charge a premium for doing so.



  • The Devs have already said they'd like to see more inter-profession play in the overall GCW. This seems a perfect way to start implementing this.



  • They could be made to be 'one-off', perma-deathed faction pets (as opposed to more classic 'combat droids').



  • This creates an FP 'market' for Smugglers via the revamp. This would be an extra thing for Smugglers to 'get' from their revamp...but it helps everyone. Besides...this kind of fits continuity. Any Trade Fed droids wouldn't be used by the Empire. So, that makes them more logical Rebel faction pets...just VERY pricey ones.



  • If there is to be a DH/DC profession somewhere down the line, it still fits. They could use these droids and not have them go perma-death.

/bow

Respectfully,






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Barfalomue
Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:05 am
#17
Using these as faction pets? Ye, I would have a problem with using them for faction-only combat as well.I did, however, one time think of a grenade or something that would be rebel-only that could bue used against an AT-ST. It would be like an EMP charge, and disable the droid for x amount of time. I also thought that this could be added to the suicide MSE droids.


As far as battle droids, I dunno,I guess you could have it Factionized, but a lot of IMPS would be really upset if they couldn't have the CL-35 droid. I mean, think about it. They can get an AT-ST, but they have to use faction points to get it. If we build a droid for Rebels-only, that would be a bit discriminatory toward the Imps. Now, if we (DEs) could build AT-STs and sell them to only (or could be used by only) Imps, that would be fine with me, and then add a Rebel Droid that could be sold to (or used by) only rebels.



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neinnunb
Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:19 am
#18


TheRealTK421 wrote:

I just had something related to this pop into my head.

Making CL35 Trade Fed. Battle droids ("Roger^2") be faction pets, which override the CL10 limit for non-CH players. A few reasons (and there are more):



  • Easier to add than a whole profession or building a Hybrid system(?).

  • The number of these can be better controlled...since a lot of FP could be assigned for gaining these (a very good time sink, getting FP is...).

  • DEs are still needed to craft them and can still charge a premium for doing so.

  • The Devs have already said they'd like to see more inter-profession play in the overall GCW. This seems a perfect way to start implementing this.

  • They could be made to be 'one-off', perma-deathed faction pets (as opposed to more classic 'combat droids').

  • This creates an FP 'market' for Smugglers via the revamp. This would be an extra thing for Smugglers to 'get' from their revamp...but it helps everyone. Besides...this kind of fits continuity. Any Trade Fed droids wouldn't be used by the Empire. So, that makes them more logical Rebel faction pets...just VERY pricey ones.

  • If there is to be a DH/DC profession somewhere down the line, it still fits. They could use these droids and not have them go perma-death.

/bow

Respectfully,


TK, Im wondering if you had a chance to read over my idea of this in a post I made recently. Id really like it if people would comment on it: How to implement high level droids and introduce DE's into the GCW

Im glad to know you are thinking along these lines so you can pitch these ideas to the devs when the GCW revamp comes. We can really make some interesting things with DE and the GCW. 




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Daker-Naritus
Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:55 am
#19




TheRealTK421 wrote:

I just had something related to this pop into my head.

Making CL35 Trade Fed. Battle droids ("Roger^2") be faction pets, which override the CL10 limit for non-CH players. A few reasons (and there are more):



  • Easier to add than a whole profession or building a Hybrid system(?).



  • The number of these can be better controlled...since a lot of FP could be assigned for gaining these (a very good time sink, getting FP is...).



  • DEs are still needed to craft them and can still charge a premium for doing so.



  • The Devs have already said they'd like to see more inter-profession play in the overall GCW. This seems a perfect way to start implementing this.



  • They could be made to be 'one-off', perma-deathed faction pets (as opposed to more classic 'combat droids').



  • This creates an FP 'market' for Smugglers via the revamp. This would be an extra thing for Smugglers to 'get' from their revamp...but it helps everyone. Besides...this kind of fits continuity. Any Trade Fed droids wouldn't be used by the Empire. So, that makes them more logical Rebel faction pets...just VERY pricey ones.



  • If there is to be a DH/DC profession somewhere down the line, it still fits. They could use these droids and not have them go perma-death.






TK, I think this is an outstanding idea...
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