Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Droid and Pet calling proposal.
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Straker_Atrella
Fri Nov 26, 2004 5:27 pm
#27
No you don't need to stand still, but you can't start fighting. You pull up to your mission, call your Droid, sure I could run around in circles or whatever, but I can't start fighting.
Yea I guess I could pull up 50 meters shorter and use those 15 seconds to run to the mission, just so I "feel" like I am doing something. Yet it is still wasted time.
Ayno
Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:02 pm
#28
While not in combat, I say call the droid immediately.Agree except I don't see why there should be a 15 sec delay before their first command. Or if there must be for combat balance, at least not a 15 second delay for non-combat commands. My use case is a harversting droid. He's nearly impossible to use because I take a mission, complete the mission, call the droid, harvest, store the droid. And thenthere's that unpleasant "You can't do this for xxx seconds" even on the store (if I had a combatdroid out). Then I go back and get another mission, and repeat, each time standing around useless for 15 - 30 seconds and that's if I don't call a combat droid in between.
As for calling droids/pets whilein combats, I'm ok with it as long as there are some restrictions as suggested in the thread. I don't think it would unduly balance the game.
Straker_Atrella
Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:44 am
#29
I just wanted to bump this back up for people to look at again.
It seems like there is a recent Dev trend to making the game faster and more convieniant for people. We could actually maybe get this.
This would be MAJOR DE love without really much change needed, just some timers.
ZallusNuranxis
Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:19 am
#30
Straker_Atrella wrote:Unfortunately, pets and droids use the same code in SWGso when you propose this "fix" you need to also consider the droids willalso need an entirely new codeing system to act differently from pets. Just keep that in mind that this would not be an easy for quick fix when the discussions continue
Remember though, this wasn't an idea to "fix" CH, it was an idea to make the use of pets more convieniant for EVERYBODY. A side effect of which would bea little bit of CH love. It wouldn't be nearlyas much as you guys may want (or need,) yet it would be something.
Straker_Atrella
Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:57 am
#31
ZallusNuranxis wrote:
Straker_Atrella wrote:Unfortunately, pets and droids use the same code in SWGso when you propose this "fix" you need to also consider the droids willalso need an entirely new codeing system to act differently from pets. Just keep that in mind that this would not be an easy for quick fix when the discussions continue
Remember though, this wasn't an idea to "fix" CH, it was an idea to make the use of pets more convieniant for EVERYBODY. A side effect of which would bea little bit of CH love. It wouldn't be nearlyas much as you guys may want (or need,) yet it would be something.
I'm not sure exactly what different behavior you mean. They would all still have the same commands and such, both have the guard ability. This would just change the call timers.
If you mean so that the call timers don't change on pets as well.... they would change. They would be suppossed to. A creature isa CH's weapon, they paid skill ponits for them, they should be able to use them when they want as well.
jefmes
Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:28 pm
#32
"In the theme of changing how people call pets/droids, we might also wish to once again bring up the reasoning behind not being able to call pets and droids within static city structures. The time of Master Creature Handlers running around everywhere has passed. Maybe it is time for this rule to be removed?"
Here here! or Hear hear! or Heer heer! Take your pick 
And Straker, I'm overall in favor of your proposed changes as well. Less obscure downtime is a good thing.
Straker_Atrella
Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:29 am
#33
Up to look at again, it is similiar to Drashks pet calling proposal.
Nell2ThaIzzay
Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:04 pm
#34
Wow I coulda sworn I had replied in this post... I for some reason have memories of arguing with Straker over this topic ( wow, -THAT- is a new one 
)
)Bah, oh well.
My basic arguement was:
No call timers period. Only store timers. That would disallow cycling through pets, when you can't store pets for set amounts of time. But you should be able to call them at any time with no timer. Period. End of story.
typheon
Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:06 am
#35
Greetings,
I like this idea for changes, definately falls under the recent trend to remove downtime from the SWG experience. Would also have the nice site effect of boosting our products utility, always a plus. I am not sure I understand the need or reasoning behind not allowing commands for 15 seconds. Looking at the list of commands I typically issue to my droid(s) during field use there is attack, guard, harvest, and group. I don't know much about creature handler pets, but at best they might have special attack commands too (correct me if I am wrong). Does not seem to be a major balance issue to be able to issue commands.
Bottom line, I like the idea and I hope we see it added during the CURB testing. Part of me though feels it might not be noticed since it is in a crafting profession forum. Might actually get read and responded to if it was brought up in a combatant forum, based or the Dev team's focus right now.
I like this idea for changes, definately falls under the recent trend to remove downtime from the SWG experience. Would also have the nice site effect of boosting our products utility, always a plus. I am not sure I understand the need or reasoning behind not allowing commands for 15 seconds. Looking at the list of commands I typically issue to my droid(s) during field use there is attack, guard, harvest, and group. I don't know much about creature handler pets, but at best they might have special attack commands too (correct me if I am wrong). Does not seem to be a major balance issue to be able to issue commands.
Bottom line, I like the idea and I hope we see it added during the CURB testing. Part of me though feels it might not be noticed since it is in a crafting profession forum. Might actually get read and responded to if it was brought up in a combatant forum, based or the Dev team's focus right now.
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