Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Publish 8 (Droids Rebuilt) Test Center Reports, comments, opinions and discussion
Glad to hear that we're just waiting on an update to TC! More waiting, but it's some info anyway (guess I'm too eager to find out about the survey module lol). Anyway, so long and thanks for all the fish. I mean, testing.
Iree.
Kollos wrote:
Shian_Tavkin wrote:
Remarkable thing
Tolium Reactive is flowing into my harvesters as I type..and never seen it before on the server
Is this a coincidence?
Blessings too many to mention,, I may well faint.
Lucky dog... the most recent Tolium and Vertex on Ahazi are both 3 weeks old. Vertex has been particularly rare on Ahazi with only 3 spawns ever according to SWGCraft (which appears to have its historical data restored now).
The Tolium was good stuff, though, so with luck I'll be able to find someone with a stash of it who'd be willing to part with some.
Now Kollos, you know I love you, and especially your avowed quickness for forgive and forget.
However, if you call me a Dog I may well be tempted to get on a plane to your benighted country and have it out with you on your doorstep (you provide the beers).
Dog is classified 'most offensive' in UK, I try to educate all 
Message Edited by Shian_Tavkin on 04-14-2004 11:15 PM
DANG! Vertex Crystaline Gemstone? That is Uber RARE on Flurry. Last spawned over 100 days ago
I'm starting to slowly (but surely) put together independent focus threads for each of the new modules.
Until they are all up, go ahead and keep using this thread but it's getting pretty out of control fast. So, I want to have the new threads in place by tonight, so we can all focus.
There will be a new Publish 8 sticky (for "Hot Topics!") where I'll archive links to all the focus threads and this thread that you're reading (or skimming).
/bow
Respectfully,
Jenden wrote:
bit of an update on the scout harvesting modules. As of today it seems that the droid is harvesting the same amount you normally would (off by one from time to time). Tried stacking modules with but it didn't have any effect. This was tried with novice scout and halfway up the hunting tree.
Then I guess this makes this module relatively useless, to be honest.
About the only person I could see using it, if it doesn't give any bonus or allow for dual-harvesting (player & droid), would possibly be a solo-rifleman who is too lazy to stand up.
I actually wish they'd eliminated the scout modules - there isn't enough function in either of them to warrant the vast majority of players from using them. I don't even see a minority of players using them, to be honest. Someone above said they had a pal who was excited about the trapping module - but I have a feeling most DE's are going to get the "so what does it DO?" question even after telling people. With hotkeys, using a trap or harvesting is easy - I mean, why bother to have a droid out and set a macro for the command when you already have direct access to it?
The only people I know that use traps are people who are trying to master scout - do you even get the add'l XP for using a trap?
The structure and survey droids are entirely useful to serious players (and not those that mess around and pay maintainance every day, and those who don't blindly follow SWGCraft), but the scout modules have very negligible value to anyone. Neither add any function/utility that isn't already there - I'd honestly be happy if they left these on TC.
AO
Jenden wrote:
bit of an update on the scout harvesting modules. As of today it seems that the droid is harvesting the same amount you normally would (off by one from time to time). Tried stacking modules with but it didn't have any effect. This was tried with novice scout and halfway up the hunting tree.
Can you and the droid BOTH harvest off the same creature? If so, that's effectively doubling the scout's take, which makes this module far from useless.
If not, I still think it will be useful for harvesting creatures that have fallen dead amongst a bunch of aggresive mobs. Send in the droid instead of sacraficing yourself for a few units of bone...
How many modules have you been stacking in? (or...what's been the Harvest bonus on these droids?)
Jenden wrote:
yea, I haven't tested both people harvesting today, but from what I hear it doesn't work (and doubt it would since you still get the xp for harvesting from the droid).
/bow
Respectfully,
Morturr wrote:
TK-421 says that some people have been able to craft them - i have not due to an error:
Internal server error: no owner for player
Does this give anyone else cold shivers? This is the exact same error that we were getting when we couldn't craft any droids for 4 days or so, way back when.
/hopes this bug gets squashed on test...