Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Planting Harvs is impossible now.
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Ewach
Tue May 03, 2005 11:51 am
#14
Nope. It's all about canceling three accounts and walking away because I do NOT WANT to learn a different way of doing things. No looking back, no second chances for SOE.
Katosan wrote:
It's all part of learning a different way of doing things.
Karriath
Tue May 03, 2005 9:09 pm
#15
Try combat rating of 1 lol
Lycids wrote:
I feel your pain. I got incapped in two hits by a tabage while checking my factories. Having a combat rating 10 bites.
Straker_Atrella
Wed May 04, 2005 12:17 am
#16
The question isn't whether is CAN be done, it's a qustion of if something is fun or not. Not all resources come in big fields, it can often be a matter of 65% or 20% or nothing.
Again maybe it is different on other servers, but on ours, the planet is literally carpted with lairs. To drop a single harvestor, you need to have multiple lairs cleared.
Not fun.
nkudrn
Wed May 04, 2005 12:36 am
#17
I understand and have had the same problem. I like grouping but I don't want to be forced into it. My all crafter died too and I don't like to worry when I go to my factories. I didn't place the factories in town because they look terrible and there were already so many lined up. To me the changes in the CU is making the game not fun anymore. I didn't cancel right away and have given it some time and tried to get used to the changes, but seriously thinking of cancelling all 5 acounts.
Katosan
Wed May 04, 2005 7:58 am
#18
Not sure what everyone else is used to, but I have sometimes spent an hour looking for a good pocket for one resources. Unless it's ore or water, if it's not 80% I don't drop.
So... this traveling around is nothing new to me. I don't like having to be ultra careful, but hey... it's still fun for me.
Straker_Atrella
Wed May 04, 2005 12:34 pm
#19
Squygxicus wrote:
Well if you become the level of the highest level person in the group, can you as a total non combatant group with someone to gain weapon proficiencies and stuff? If so, grouping with someone or maybe your *cough Droid cough* could save the day?
You don't gain any weapon proficiencies by grouping. Also grouping with your droid does nothing to affect your level.
Straker_Atrella
Wed May 04, 2005 2:34 pm
#20
Let me try and explain the problem further.
-You spend hours looking for a good spot. Not a perfect spot, just a good spot. Some stuff like ore may be hard to find over 30% at times. During this time, if you are careful, you can stay alive. If you are not carefull, you can die.
-You finally find a spot, yet it is impossible to plant harvestors there, there are to many lairs. Maybe it varies on servers, but on Scylla on Endor for example, the planet is literally covered with back to back lairs. If you want to drop one harvestor, you may need to kill 3 lairs.
-You call in friends to kill the lairs for you. They show up to kill the lairs, this can take a long time, even level 50 stuff takes a bit of time for level 80s to kill. Now 3 possible things may happen.
- You plant the harvestors just fine.
- Now that the lairs are clear, you find that the terrain is not flat enough to plant. Very annoying for the friends who flew there to clear the lairs for you.
- The lairs respawn while they are clearing the other ones. Say 3 lairs need cleared, while they are working on the 3rd the first comes back, then the second.
I have had number 2 and 3 happen to me already, and it really sucks. Not only did I waste my friends time who came to clear the lairs, but now I had to find another spot.
I don't want to kill things, I don't want to be invulnerable, I just want to be able to plan harvs so I can play my crafting game.
The wild spawns need to be turned down some.
JarJarBakes
Thu May 05, 2005 6:13 am
#22
Straker_Atrella wrote:
Ok seriously, I'm trying to be upbeat. I actually have been having some fun on my combat toons, but my DE is just sucking.
There are way way to many wild spawns. I mean way to many. You just can't find an open spot.
I have friends, I have alt accounts, but even easy lairs can be to much for a single level 80 toon. Harder ones tkae a group of 8.
Now get this, I fonud a good spot for a resource, I called friends, there were 3 lairs that needed cleared. The killed one, then moved to the other, while they were killing that one, another lair spawned. For over an hour they tried to clear the area before we gave up.
It's ridiculous.
Message Edited by Straker_Atrella on 05-01-2005 01:00 AM
See, to me...that is part of the fun of the game! The resource spawn isnt going any where....so enjoy the combat with your group of friends. Laugh at each other when they go down....make up silly comanbt crys....HAVE FUN.
Of course...being in BGH, we put the KILL before the CRAFT.
Straker_Atrella
Thu May 05, 2005 8:37 am
#23
JarJarBakes wrote:
Straker_Atrella wrote:
Ok seriously, I'm trying to be upbeat. I actually have been having some fun on my combat toons, but my DE is just sucking.
There are way way to many wild spawns. I mean way to many. You just can't find an open spot.
I have friends, I have alt accounts, but even easy lairs can be to much for a single level 80 toon. Harder ones tkae a group of 8.
Now get this, I fonud a good spot for a resource, I called friends, there were 3 lairs that needed cleared. The killed one, then moved to the other, while they were killing that one, another lair spawned. For over an hour they tried to clear the area before we gave up.
It's ridiculous.
Message Edited by Straker_Atrella on 05-01-2005 01:00 AM
See, to me...that is part of the fun of the game! The resource spawn isnt going any where....so enjoy the combat with your group of friends. Laugh at each other when they go down....make up silly comanbt crys....HAVE FUN.
Of course...being in BGH, we put the KILL before the CRAFT.
Jar Jar, I understand that, I have combat characters as well. Yet when I want to fight or kill stuff, I play those not my crafter.
The thing is that it may NOT be fun for everybody. When people log in, they have their "plans" for what they want to do. I may want to plant Harvestors, they may want to Quest, they may want to level.
Now under the old system, it was not uncommon for me to ask for help planting Harvs, but this didn't take long. Would maybe take 15 minutes of somebodies time. Now not only do you have to ask for help CONSTANTLY, but when the help is needed, it takes a lot longer.
This leads to less people willing to stop what they are doing and help.
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