Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: JTL skill level and Astromech types
TheRealTK421 wrote:
CasualMaker wrote:
Oh, now this just sucks. If you already have an R-series droid with a top-of-the-line data module, you can't use it because it's too good for you! Instead you have to buy a new one each time you go up a level.
This example is precisely why I cautioned all to be careful about acting on what the Devs might have said during beta.
When they mentioned Data modules during beta, I'm sure many ran out and cranked on the Level 6's...not realizing it would be some time before they could be useful for sale.
Until something is actually announced as going/being Live or 100% set in stone, this is why no one should act or try to guess. It can just......go badly.
/bow
Respectfully,
Very much agreed TK...I sorta got the gist of how this was going to work in beta but spent too much time flying my ship and not much time droid crafting. Now that I'm back in live sorta back in the thick of my "home" and I'm going thru the motions here, this whole thing kinda sucks frankly. It all comes back to the core problem with droids right now, that they're permanent and inflexible - why can't a customer keep his "droid buddy" and upgrade the data module? I understand the devs might not want to do that because, 1. It'd be complicated to implement (but obviously can be done, i.e. JTL ships), and 2. market saturation of droid parts. So, ok, make it like the Unprogrammed Droid Command modules...don't let people get parts back (maybe they're "damaged" thru use) but let them overwrite the previous component. You keep your droid chassis, give us DEs the swappable parts many of us have wanted.
C'mon Drashk, bring it to the table! Give people a chance to have some sort of attachment to their droid! 
I think what bothers me the most about this is that yeah it's going to give us more business, but it's not going to be FUN business because it's going to be same thing over and over again, with barely a differene as people fill out their piloting tiers. It just feels half-done to me.
I'd dump #3, personally.
Mightion wrote:
My datapad has five droids in it:
1. Scamper, my "Master DE reward" R3 with level 6 item/data/storage, plus food/chem and weapons/data module
2. Ratchet, my combat R2 with 3 combat and two auto repair modules
3. Buster, my first R5 I ever made, with level 1 medical module and Stupid personality chip
4. My 3P0 droid with data module and droid repair module (had to test that bug fix)
5. Grievances, my combat rating 549 Probot.
Which one do I ditch?
New droids have Medical / Data / storage and you're all set.
/bow
Respectfully,
You could do what most people will do and just use flight computers.
Mightion wrote:
Well, this kinda.. bites. My datapad has five droids in it:
1. Scamper, my "Master DE reward" R3 with level 6 item/data/storage, plus food/chem and weapons/data module
2. Ratchet, my combat R2 with 3 combat and two auto repair modules
3. Buster, my first R5 I ever made, with level 1 medical module and Stupid personality chip
4. My 3P0 droid with data module and droid repair module (had to test that bug fix)
5. Grievances, my combat rating 549 Probot.
Which one do I ditch to open a slot for a "disposable" droid that will need to be replaced with a droid with a level 1 data module, then a 2, then a 3....
The curse of being a Rebel sometimes. I WILL fly an X-wing as soon as I can.
Advice? Commiseration? Why isn't anyone screaming about this and the 5-in-datapad limit?
Uh uh. I'm gonna be a Rebel in my X-wing with my faithful droid behind me.
GnomeAd wrote:
You could do what most people will do and just use flight computers.
Probably gonna be my protocol droid that says bye-bye. All he holds are my weapon power-up schematics. My R3 holds all my other schematics, so he's safe. So is Buster, who occasionally says "Hi." when I pulling him out for sentimental reasons.
TheRealTK421 wrote:
CasualMaker wrote:
Oh, now this just sucks. If you already have an R-series droid with a top-of-the-line data module, you can't use it because it's too good for you! Instead you have to buy a new one each time you go up a level.This example is precisely why I cautioned all to be careful about acting on what the Devs might have said during beta.
When they mentioned Data modules during beta, I'm sure many ran out and cranked on the Level 6's...not realizing it would be some time before they could be useful for sale.
Until something is actually announced as going/being Live or 100% set in stone, this is why no one should act or try to guess. It can just......go badly.
/bow
Respectfully,
It is my crafting droid. Obviously I wanted a level-6 datapad for reasons that have nothing to do with JTL. It's just annoying that I can't use it for space flight as well. And I'm not a Droid Engineer, just a droid user; unless I am remembering obsolete information, I can only have 3 droid controls on my 'pad, not 5.
To my knowledge, everyone has always been able to store up to 5 Droids.
CasualMaker wrote:
And I'm not a Droid Engineer, just a droid user; unless I am remembering obsolete information, I can only have 3 droid controls on my 'pad, not 5.
TheRealTK421 wrote:
CasualMaker wrote:
Oh, now this just sucks. If you already have an R-series droid with a top-of-the-line data module, you can't use it because it's too good for you! Instead you have to buy a new one each time you go up a level.
This example is precisely why I cautioned all to be careful about acting on what the Devs might have said during beta.
When they mentioned Data modules during beta, I'm sure many ran out and cranked on the Level 6's...not realizing it would be some time before they could be useful for sale.
Until something is actually announced as going/being Live or 100% set in stone, this is why no one should act or try to guess. It can just......go badly.
/bow
Respectfully,
Well, this kinda.. bites. My datapad has five droids in it:
1. Scamper, my "Master DE reward" R3 with level 6 item/data/storage, plus food/chem and weapons/data module
2. Ratchet, my combat R2 with 3 combat and two auto repair modules
3. Buster, my first R5 I ever made, with level 1 medical module and Stupid personality chip
4. My 3P0 droid with data module and droid repair module (had to test that bug fix)
5. Grievances, my combat rating 549 Probot.
Which one do I ditch to open a slot for a "disposable" droid that will need to be replaced with a droid with a level 1 data module, then a 2, then a 3....
The curse of being a Rebel sometimes. I WILL fly an X-wing as soon as I can. 
Advice? Commiseration? Why isn't anyone screaming about this and the 5-in-datapad limit?
Drashk wrote:To my knowledge, everyone has always been able to store up to 5 Droids.
CasualMaker wrote:
And I'm not a Droid Engineer, just a droid user; unless I am remembering obsolete information, I can only have 3 droid controls on my 'pad, not 5.
Oh, that's good. I was sure I'd read somewhere that non-DE's were limited to 3, and I was thinking I'd have to sacrifice my Item&Data MSE.