Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: So I Picked Up Knights Of The Old Republic
Sketh wrote:
Heh - one thing I should say - and this may be sacrilige on these boards.
I do have fun in the game - there is a lot there. Though DE's have been... ermmm... insert the verb of your choice here - there is fun to be had.
I wouldn't bother being here otherwise.
It is sad, though, that such great potential has been driven so far into the ground for our class.
Ah, well, if there are any dissolusioned peeps on Chilastra, give me a tell in game... I have some Java beer and some ID friends we can go hang out with
I'm with ya. I had fun at the opening of the Wookie Cultural Center. I had fun placing the new Alderaan Flora flowers from Act 3 in my house. I have fun chatting on voice chat with my new official guildies in Foo's Giegen guild.
I did not have fun trying to figure out W.T.F was wrong with my Master Artisan crates when they had the same serial number but different "creator" names on them. I do not have fun explaining that the LE Reapir does not repair, that you can't repair your own droids, that you can't name your droid R3P4, that Protocols can't be named C3P6, that Reapir modules don't work in power droids, on and on and on and on. But worst still: I do not have fun not having cool droids that can slice, flip pancakes or shoot things. I do not like being insulted by concepts such as "any idiot can use a droid in SW, but in SWG DEs cannot." (Or the endless streams of bullcrap rationales why that is supposedly so).
So, yeah, I have fun too. And I appreciate you and others wanting me to stay on. And I would like to stay on. I just don't have many reasons now. All I need is one: Droids.
meagor wrote:
Heh, great thread. I played KOTOR all the way through and had the same feelings Sodan....why can't SWG droids be more fun? They don't have to be just like KOTOR but man, they are fun in that game and can be in this one.
However, I am like you and find it harder and harder to get online anymore. Perhaps it's just time to move on to another game. It's too bad cuz I've played since August and I have had fun....just not anymore. I recently picked up D/E and found it's just another grinding profession....too much like so many other crafting professions.
It just rocks so much. It has that gritty, desparate Star Wars rebel feel to it. Overpowered by the enemy? Hotwire that patrol droid and reactivate its shields and weapons systems. Can't get passed the trap? Sendi in the pool maintence droid to trip it up -- see some suicide droids can be cool.
Your ability to do so is limited by available "parts" . ThereI said it: balance. But the KOTOR devs turned balance into a cool form of scarsity. I LIKE that I run out of parts while I'm in the enemy base. It has a certain survival feel to it. As opposed to that DEs-can't-use-droids wet mildew blanket feeling.
This game needs more droids. Period. The whole "droids can't provide bonsuses" crap is entirely misplaced. SO WHAT if every needs to buy droids? Everyone needs to buy guns and armor too. Why is it that frigging chefs are more essential than DEs now? (And I love "the poor bastards" as a formerly gimped profession. Glad they got love.)
What I dont see is any functionality for droids and I dont see any swg functionality which just amazes me that the designs(gameplay) are not there at this time. If I wanted to kill animals I would play UO or Everquest or Final Fantasy online. There is a simle solution for all this. Have Japan take over this game.