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Surely you are not suggesting that we be able to make droidssuch that someone with no combat skillscan solo level 55-65 creatures are you?

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Baldrog wrote:

OK but what happens when me as a CL1 crafter go out to my havesters on say Dantooine and there are some CL55-CL65 Voritors setting up shop at the base of the harvies? Will these CL30 droids even stand a chance at that point?

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There was no sarcasm in my post, I asked an honest question, as it sounded like your expectation of a droid is thata droidshouldbe able to defend you from (if not kill) level 55+ creatures, and such a sentiment surprised and confusedme. Personally I just don't think this is a realistic expectation. I say that because of my own beliefs that it would seriously unbalance the game, and also because of participation in discussions on this topic with developers both at fanfest and during the CE beta. I believe the developer sentiment can be summed up by saying: "you should be scared and in great peril if you visit the "adventure" planets without sufficient combat skills, but you should be able to "do your thing" most everywhere else with the proper equipment and percautions". If it is true that someone with no combat skills can own a droid that fights like a level 30 creature, I'd say they accomplished that pretty well. They also gave us the ranger cammo thingy, although I've yet to hear anyone report how effective or not effective that is.

Also, I question your (implied) claim about your previous droid being able to clear fields of level 55+ creatures. I'd have to see that to believe it. Must have been one hellova droid.

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Baldrog wrote:
ArthurDent

I assume your post is sarcastic towards the devs and not me. No offense taken by me however.

Actually no I dont want droids to be able to take Krayts and such but I do want some way of defending myself when I make harvester runs or go to survey. I enlist members of my PA when I can but really dont like doing so. It takes hours out of their play time just to follow me around from planet to planet to find good spots of resources. All I want is a reasonable means for me to clear out hostile mobs from around my harvesters when I go to place or check them. Back when the droid revamp first went live I could easily take my droids out with me and fight off most anything that was at my harvesters with out having to worry to much about the droid. These days they seem pretty much a waste of time and resources though.

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ArthurDentOnBria wrote:

There was no sarcasm in my post, I asked an honest question, as it sounded like your expectation of a droid is that a droid should be able to defend you from (if not kill) level 55+ creatures, and such a sentiment surprised and confused me. Personally I just don't think this is a realistic expectation. I say that because of my own beliefs that it would seriously unbalance the game, and also because of participation in discussions on this topic with developers both at fanfest and during the CE beta. I believe the developer sentiment can be summed up by saying: "you should be scared and in great peril if you visit the "adventure" planets without sufficient combat skills, but you should be able to "do your thing" most everywhere else with the proper equipment and percautions". If it is true that someone with no combat skills can own a droid that fights like a level 30 creature, I'd say they accomplished that pretty well. They also gave us the ranger cammo thingy, although I've yet to hear anyone report how effective or not effective that is.

Also, I question your (implied) claim about your previous droid being able to clear fields of level 55+ creatures. I'd have to see that to believe it. Must have been one hellova droid.

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Message Edited by Barafu on 06-16-2005 02:20 PM