Droid Engineer Archive

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Laaba wrote:

IMHO the best thing we can do at this point is either give up the DE profession or just give up the game. If we get enough people to do this the DEV's will start to pay attention. I hate to point this out but u have failed... Please do us all a favor and instead of Kissing ***** just resign your position. If u and all other players that have contact with the dev's would do the same maybe we would get somewhere.

Not trying to be mean or anything, but take a look back over TK's past posts and then tell me that he is "a$$ kissing"? Nice of you also to blame the guy for being in the job for... what,5 days! I didn't see you vote for anyone else either. This is probably one of the most ridiculous statements I have ever read on the boards, and I read them a lot. While I may not always agree with TK or his comments, I know he has and continues to have our interests as his primary goal. One last question, did you even read the boards or all the threads here before posting this? Come on!

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Sarly wrote:
I played Everquest for 5 years, SWG is a totally different game.

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Micco30 wrote:

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Laaba wrote:

IMHO the best thing we can do at this point is either give up the DE profession or just give up the game. If we get enough people to do this the DEV's will start to pay attention. I hate to point this out but u have failed... Please do us all a favor and instead of Kissing ***** just resign your position. If u and all other players that have contact with the dev's would do the same maybe we would get somewhere.

Not trying to be mean or anything, but take a look back over TK's past posts and then tell me that he is "a$$ kissing"? Nice of you also to blame the guy for being in the job for... what,5 days! I didn't see you vote for anyone else either. This is probably one of the most ridiculous statements I have ever read on the boards, and I read them a lot. While I may not always agree with TK or his comments, I know he has and continues to have our interests as his primary goal. One last question, did you even read the boards or all the threads here before posting this? Come on!

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Micco,

Feeding the trolls only makes them hungrier.


To Laaba: Be nice...or...


/bow

Respectfully,

When I made the brawler comment I was unaware of the aspects being discussed in the DroidCL vs. Skills thread, thus my comment was kinda rendered mute and I pull it out. I like to sometimes toss ideas into the middle of conversations without knowing exactly what is being discussed

Heya, DEs...

Today has been a long day for us. I pretty much played hookie from work so that I could try to be all over things as they came up.And, boy howdy, have I been busy.

I've already compiled and posted a list of 7 or 8 items (some small, some larger) that might well be fodder for hotfixing (reported in a few places) and am updating info the Devs on the Corr. boards as I come across it.



On what happened today (and what may be...for the really, really short-term):

It's not hard to see how many unhappy DEs and non-DEs, both, that are running about right now. Lots of confusion, lots of frustration and anger and lots of just general bad tidings. I won't tell you that I don't feel it too. Droid clients areangry (rightfully so), DEs are angry (in many ways, rightfully so) and I bet Jeassa is kind of mad she has to watch the DE boards so closely tonight.

However, I have to (I believe) at least try to keep myself grounded and 'on top of things' so that I can be the best Corr. to you all (and to the non-DEs that buy our droids) that I can. I can't let my 'Wookieeness' overtake me and smash the keyboard. Who would post to the Corr. board then?!?! So....

I can assure all of you that I will be staying on top of our 'hot items'...stuff that might get hotfixed and such. Many of the recurring bugs and gameplay issues have already been reported (several times, in several places) to the Devs. So, I'm shoving our issues in their face at every chance I get and in the best places possible. I will continue to watch, report andreport back to you.

I emplore you all not to forget the many good things (some we've been yelling about for a long time) are now here:

• Calling droids anywhere...anytime


• Droid Batteries that last for 1 hour


• Droid " ** Low Power **" status 'float'...telling you when a droid needs a battery


• Droid 'stim' kits


• Actual use for an Adv. BLL droid (non-combat only, currently..sorry folks)


• Both a CL10 combat-enabled droid and a CL10 creature can be called/used simultaneously


• etc.

While our current situation does have bad areas (and yes, some that are really devastating), we are getting good things too. I remember, when the info on Publish 7 was first posted, most people said that it was a great start (or a good start).

That's still the case. Now we're moving into the "finish what you started" stage...and I'm gonna be there, kickin' and screaming if I have to (but not wanting to) to make it happen for all of us.



Our largest 'combat' issue - theAR / armor nerf:

I've currently set this as the single, number one 'combat' issue that we have. I think it's safe to say that nothing else even comes close. Along those lines, it should be easier for the Devs to focus their attentions on us, in that regard.

On the DE Hybrid proposal...(>CL10 "combat droids" - The stuff that people REALLY want)

So, we're getting 100s of /tells about Droideka, "Roger, Rogers" and the like...

It's disappointing to all of us that we don't have them yet. But, bear in mind, we shot them down. Now we have to live in that bed (for a little while) that we made for ourselves. That being said...

The proposal is FAR from off the table and is most definitely NOT being ignored. I need all of you to understand that.The devs have not ourtight shot this plan down (in fact, I am hearing words such as "strong" used).

Please...lets get together on this and keep refining it.The betterwe do on this, the more likely it will be that we can move forward with it (into actual development). If the Devsstep up and let us know that this kind of plan is workable, technologically and in terms of game balance/mechanisms,I'll "Breakdown" every post they make until I see us get what wedeserve (and what many of our clients want).....combat droids that can actuallykick some ** Self Edit **.

At the same time, we need to focus on what we KNOW is on the development schedule (for Publish 8). Those things are coming our way and now (soon) will be the time we need to start jumping in to make our voice heard on how those changes should play out.


I do not want to discourage anyone from getting on board with the Hybrid plan. In fact...we need every DE's input and voice (and constructive, 'devvy-thinking' additions) to make it the best plan it can be. However, that being said, I simply don't see the schedule being open enough to get in a major change of this kind in a matter of what....a few weeks or so?

It will take longer, especially if we want them to do it right. So, I do not want anyone to simply assume that because the Hybrid proposal exists, and has 'legs', that it means we are going to get Droideka, etc., in Publish 8. Possible? I suppose.

Likely? Probably not.


"But, TK, when will we see these already?!?!" (Note: I've gotten this a few times in-game from people that know I'm the Corr. Maybe I should have stayed /anon.)

The answer: I..............don't...............know.

I will continue tocarry the DE concerns and thecommunity's wishes (along with the dissent's concerns), even as I remind you all that we have to have realistic expectations for what the devs can do, given a specific period of time (i.e. one publish cycle).


Thanks for sticking together, everyone. I have seen DEs do great things when we work together. I will try very hard to lead the charge and get the droids where they need to be...to Hoth. Isn't that where they were headed about this time? Hmmm..I forget. (/emote getting tired.....)



/bow

Respectfully,

Message Edited by TheRealTK421 on 03-17-2004 12:28 AM

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Khalaermol wrote:

"Both a CL10 combat-enabled droid and a CL10 creature can be called/used simultaneously"

I've tried both of my accounts and different combinations of pets/droids, and I can only call one at a time.

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Ditto. I just posted this in the bug thread, rather than hijack this one.

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Khalaermol wrote:

"Both a CL10 combat-enabled droid and a CL10 creature can be called/used simultaneously"

I've tried both of my accounts and different combinations of pets/droids, and I can only call one at a time.

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Mightion wrote:

The repair module in my R2 and R3 units don't work. .

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