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Jefferys

Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:39 am

Gossimer wrote:
No, leave the Probot skin alone!! Why are you all messing with a skin thing when the whole DE profession is busted. Fix the DE profession first. Everyone of you Devs must have ADS, you cannot focus on the problems at hand.

You Devs are so fustrating. Adding stuff to a broken machine does not make the machine work better.

Did anyone ask for a new skin on the Probots?? NO!!! Read the post, no one asked for a new skin. Where did you all get the idea to change this?? I have seen dogs chasing their tails be more productive then you all have in the past 8 months.

Goss

I agree, leave the probot alone, fix the bugs.

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Malitevv

Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:44 am

#28

I agree with those who say it looks horrible. It is a cartoon caricature of the original probot artwork.

Is there any indication of why they wasted their time with this? I mean I've seen lots of complaints and disagreements about this profession, but nowhere has anyone said "the probot are needs to be fixed".

I hate to pull out an old cliche, but "if it aint broke, don't fix it". /rolleyes

Seriously though, is there any indication of what the reasoning is here? Are they planning to use the original artwork for something else later (like an Imperial Faction specific Advanced Probot?)and therefore replacing the artwork for the standard probot?

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Gribnitz

Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:51 am

#29

Well, I guess I have to hold my opinion for the time being until we know WHY they made this change.

Is this beat up contraption going to be an old lvl 10 probot and the current live skin for some new, more advanced type of probot? If this is the case, I guess i am for it. It will allow you to see a difference between the 2 types of droids. If this isn't the case, well they wasted a lot of development time changing something that didn't need to be changed.

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Sketh

Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:53 am

#30

RazorBlade79 wrote:
I thought the original looked fine although only blue seemed to be a viable customzation choice IMO.

Also to me it seemed like a very low poly model, but perhaps thats just me. Whatever, I like the first one way better.

:thumb down:

Acutually, green and black both work on the existing skin. Green gave it a camo type look - black gives it a grim and evil look, IMO.

I didn't have a problem with the old skin - and don't see why they are changing it.

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Droid_Engineer_Rho

Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:52 am

#31

I actually really dig a deep red probot. It just looks like it's been painted that way to hide the bloodstains.

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TheWoody

Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:03 pm

#32

Orange also goes over well on probots. To most it gives an old rusted corroded look of something that has seen a lot of action in some really damp places.

Course, on my screen, it just looks like the refreshing taste of Tang....

(Was there patch notes about this? Or perhaps it's just a bug, tapping in on anearlier character model by accident. If it was, better report it in /bug quickly and often)

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Alacrity

Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:22 pm

#33

It almost looks like the skin textures are somewhat bugged.

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EagleShard

Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:34 pm

#34

The Probot is ugly...Drashk is cute though...

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EricTheGreat

Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:35 pm

#35

lorildeh wrote:

what an ass. Unless this is some insider RP i dont know about.

Just b/c the guy has a differring opinion of the probot art doesnt call for a post like this. Nor does it call for a 1 star.

BTW i dont like the new art. Its too shiney and the skin looks stretched. i vote for the old one back.

Wow, someone completely devoid of a sense of humor and completely ignorant of the DE mental plight.

And I did not 1-star Acki's post, that is for people like Jenden and Daker to do (jk)

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TheWoody

Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:37 pm

#36

In retrospect, while this one doesn't look as realistic as the last ones, it does have a certain menacing touch to it. Looks more dangerous than the last one. And as my chef friends say (the two of them that are actually on the server): The first bite is with the eyes.

Course why they went to the bother of changing it to begin with is a bit beyond me. Old was was fine, I thought. Also gives more Star Wars depth to the game.

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Drashk

Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:23 pm

#37

Here are some screen shots of the new Probot skin currenly on TC. Feedback is appreciated so that I can pass it along to the DEVs.

I don't care for the new artwork and many that have seen it convey the same feeling.

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Virtanis

Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:28 pm

#38

Looks like crap..... what's wrong with the current skin (apart from not-so-great tinting options)?

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Sodan-droiddreamer

Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:32 pm

#39

Virtanis wrote:

Looks like crap..... what's wrong with the current skin (apart from not-so-great tinting options)?

/agree

COuld be Drashkys video settings, though everything but the probots seems fine to me.

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