Droid Engineer Archive

Thread: A few stupid questions.

Gavvot
Wed Apr 28, 2004 7:24 am
#14

For combat module, Well experimented good quality brain does help, but a little.

For the armor, I personally currently use 2 level 3 because I don't have the ressources for level 4 and result is 20% armor, dunno if it's the max.

On copper, copper is very often good, because main stats are always conductivity and overall quality, so most of the copper that spawn are at least usualy good (1 stat above 900 and the other above 700). Well, that's my experience.

hope that help.



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Straker_Atrella
Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:14 am
#15

Any comments?



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TheRealTK421
Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:23 am
#16






Straker_Atrella wrote:


Ok back with a couple more.


1. Verifying that the "power" droid is totally useless.


No...these should be working. With one of these out and charged with a battery, it will power any other 'local' droids. Repair modules should work in them now as well.


2. The new Auto Repair Module has made the old repair droids and modules obsolete correct?


No, I don't think so.


3. How do you repair the "black bars" on Droids?


Repair modules (not Auto-Repair modules). You can also make/use Reconstruction kits on your own droids or on someone else's...but only DEs can use them.


Yes, like I said these are stupid....




/bow

Respectfully,






TheRealTK421 a.k.a. "Doughbacca"
SWG DE Correspondent
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Straker_Atrella
Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:25 am
#17

Thank you TK, that explains it now. I feel like an idiot.



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Droid Vendor at Resurection near Theed on Naboo -5757 6222. Both carry a wide variety of maxed Droids, I also carry every type of Droid and Droid supply.

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Ackdel
Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:42 am
#18

Don't feel like an idiot....the Droid Engineer profession is very difficult to jump into, and there really is not enough information on it out there. It took me about a month after I got MDE before I really got a handle on things.




Crowne Morril
12pt Droid Engineer - 14pt Artisan (Retired)
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Straker_Atrella
Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:11 pm
#19

Ok here come a cuple more...


1. If something calls for a Diagnotic ckt or a Capacitor, you can use advanced ones right? It's not like Droid brains where it can't be advanced. I would test and try, but I'm lacking a couple of resources for the D versions which I hope to get today.


2. At what point is the HAM determined? When making the Chasis or the Deed? I have some awesome Fibro, should I use that during Chasis, Deed, or both?


Thx again.



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Droid Vendor at Resurection near Theed on Naboo -5757 6222. Both carry a wide variety of maxed Droids, I also carry every type of Droid and Droid supply.

*Straker Atrella: Dark Jedi * Atrella's Wench: Master Droid Engineer / Artisan / Scout / Merchant * Dark Vortex: Ranger / Rifleman * Havana:Musician / Dancer / Image Design * Enigmatica : Doctor / Swordsman* CrazyEyes: Role playing BH.
Mightion
Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:25 pm
#20






Straker_Atrella wrote:

Ok here come a cuple more...


1. If something calls for a Diagnotic ckt or a Capacitor, you can use advanced ones right? It's not like Droid brains where it can't be advanced. I would test and try, but I'm lacking a couple of resources for the D versions which I hope to get today.


2. At what point is the HAM determined? When making the Chasis or the Deed? I have some awesome Fibro, should I use that during Chasis, Deed, or both?


Thx again.







Yes, you can use advanced repair kit components when makingrepair kits; youhave to make new schematics of course if you plan to factory-make them.


HAM is detemined by OQin the final assembly stage, and experimenting on Effectiveness.





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Kollos
Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:27 pm
#21






Pallida wrote:


Experiment on everything that you intend to sell
Use premium resources on everything that you intend to sell.





This is horrible advice, Pallida. There is no proof at all that using premium resources helps in any way. There is substantial evidence that it has no effect whatsoever.


Whether or not you want to believe the evidence that many people have presented, you are doing all Droid Engineers a disservice by recommending that they use expensive, premium resources to make droids when in most cases the worst crap you can find will make equally high-quality droids.


I'm fully aware of your purely semantical argument that there is no proof that premium resources have no effect. This is because you have formed your argument by requiring the rest of us to prove a negative, and doing that is virtually impossible. There is considerable evidence that we are correct, and while that is not 100% proof positive, it is far more reasonable to accept it as fact.



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BoAbdor
Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:38 pm
#22

Straker,

Something important to you that no one else mentioned is the artisan components that you make for yourself such as EGPs and EMMs. When making these don't bother doing any experimenting and use the crappiest resources you have because the quality of the finished component has no bearing whatsoever on the finished droid. I have personally tested this with my artisan friend and found it to be true.



Oteb MDE - Oteb's Droidworks near Theed


Straker_Atrella
Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:31 pm
#23

Ok thx, yea I'm Master Artisan as well, so I make my own parts from that.


Ok, since Ham is found from the final stage (Deed,) I can just use crap resources on the Chasis?


Ok, so from what I understand, resource quality and experimentation only matters on... Brains (for combat modules,) the new Modules (some of them,) Combat modules, and the final product (deed.)


Man this will make my life a lot easier for getting resources I was trying to get good everything.


Thx again.



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Droid Vendor at Resurection near Theed on Naboo -5757 6222. Both carry a wide variety of maxed Droids, I also carry every type of Droid and Droid supply.

*Straker Atrella: Dark Jedi * Atrella's Wench: Master Droid Engineer / Artisan / Scout / Merchant * Dark Vortex: Ranger / Rifleman * Havana:Musician / Dancer / Image Design * Enigmatica : Doctor / Swordsman* CrazyEyes: Role playing BH.
Fromme
Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:41 pm
#24

I have a little theory or whatever regarding the experimentation and was wondering if any one has ever tried this out.


Durability exp. = no effect. Correct? or does it. May not show any effect but durability means how durable something is right. Well, if the durability was experimented on to max, will your droid last longer without having to be recharged?

and what about the quality experimentation. If experimentation on the quality will give a better quality droid as in, combat speed or the qualtiy of the entertainment show it put on, anything like that I guess.


Just thinking again, my brain hurts a bit but hey.... if anyone has tried this and tested this after the patch.......

and if these do not have any effect on the droid. THEN WHY ARE THESE EVEN OPTIONS!!! THEY SHOULD BE TAKEN RIGHT OUT OF THE EQUATION IF THEY ARE INVALID!!!
Kollos
Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:42 pm
#25






Straker_Atrella wrote:

Ok, since Ham is found from the final stage (Deed,) I can just use crap resources on the Chasis?


As near as we can tell, this is correct.


Ok, so from what I understand, resource quality and experimentation only matters on... Brains (for combat modules,)


My experience is that the quality of Droid Brains doesn't matter in anything. It has had no noticeable effect on any of the combat modules I have made, for example, and I have made 100% Combat Modules with 87% Droid Brains. Off the top of my head I cannot think of any use for Droid Brains where the quality of the brain makes any difference.


the new Modules (some of them,)


Quality seems to be relevant in some way in just about all of them. In fact, off the top of my head I can't think of any new modules where quality doesn't matter.


Combat modules, and the final product (deed.)


Correct. Note that quality of subcomponents appears to be irrelevant in the final combine for purposes of the combine. In other words, using a 0-rated Combat Module in a droid will not affect the final combine itself, but of course it will make for combat droid that doesn't do much damage.









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Droids by Kollos -840, 3980 Seacht, Naboo (NW of Keren)
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Straker_Atrella
Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:17 pm
#26

I don't think the new Muscian and Dancer modules care about experimentation correct?


Now, I kind of asked this earlier, but I got conflicting info. I know the Droid toolkit will help you. I also know that you can get tapes and such to help you as well. But is there any other aprons or crafter clothes that I can get? Like Bio Engineered? Player crafted or loot? Plus, which tapes are the best to use?



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Droid Vendor at Resurection near Theed on Naboo -5757 6222. Both carry a wide variety of maxed Droids, I also carry every type of Droid and Droid supply.

*Straker Atrella: Dark Jedi * Atrella's Wench: Master Droid Engineer / Artisan / Scout / Merchant * Dark Vortex: Ranger / Rifleman * Havana:Musician / Dancer / Image Design * Enigmatica : Doctor / Swordsman* CrazyEyes: Role playing BH.
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