Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: barker droids
Ani_cul
Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:17 pm
#40
Ilcbar wrote:
Can we train the droid with the wp andwhat to sayand then give it to someone else to use?
No, the ability to turn it on is included with the skill to add WP and feed it the SPAM.
You could give them the droid but without 4000merch they cannot use it.
Ilcbar
Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:45 pm
#41
Man that really bites. I have guildmates who really want these but don't have the skillpoints to put into getting merchant 4xxx. I cansort of understand the reasoning,we don't want everyone spamming using droids but what really is the difference between that and the afk spammers at Theed and Coronet? I apologize if this is an old issue being brought up again but I am new to this forum.
Message Edited by Ilcbar on 03-15-2005 04:46 PM
Ani_cul
Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:54 pm
#42
Ilcbar wrote:
Man that really bites. I have guildmates who really want these but don't have the skillpoints to put into getting merchant 4xxx. I cansort of understand the reasoning,we don't want everyone spamming using droids but what really is the difference between that and the afk spammers at Theed and Coronet? I apologize if this is an old issue being brought up again but I am new to this forum.
Message Edited by Ilcbar on 03-15-2005 04:46 PM
Droids have a limited amount they can say
Droids are on a a timer for when they bark
Droids bark in say only
SPAMmers can do books
SPAMmers can speak every second
SPAMmers can do /auc /say /yell /shout /sing ETC..
The difference,
I respect aDog (Barker Droid)and will DL the WP
because they took the time to get one, set one, and keep it up (can't JTL jump with a dogout)
I will /addignore a SPAMmer because they are pure pollution.
{not the once every 10 mins folks, but the stand scream cause I need your attention now causeI am worthless ones}
Message Edited by Ani_cul on 03-15-2005 06:54 PM
Ani_cul
Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:38 am
#43
Ilcbar wrote:
I agree with your logic but why when would we not want to make barker droids available to everyone?
Because there is a such a creature as the Merchant Profession.
Each profession should have items and skills that are not availble to other ones.
And The Dog is one of the limited few that Merchants can have.
Hire a merchant to walk a dog for you instead of SPAMming,
Create a partnership with a Established Merchant and work with them..
Ilcbar
Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:13 am
#44
Ani_cul wrote:
Because there is a such a creature as the Merchant Profession.
Each profession should have items and skills that are not availble to other ones.
And The Dog is one of the limited few that Merchants can have.
Hire a merchant to walk a dog for you instead of SPAMming,
Create a partnership with a Established Merchant and work with them..
I guess I see it differently, merchants have some really nice perks and a Dog isn't that big of a deal that should require 4xxx. That is a lot of skill points to dump where you could have an alt or a buddy sit in a starport and spam for days on end, just my opinion.
Smart_Darwin
Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:13 pm
#45
You have a point. This isn't a particularly good perk for spending that many skill poins. It might be worth the troubloe if it would stay where you want it when you log out (like harvesters), but ATM they are very limited in use. I have JTL so I havent even used barker in a while.
fliffesvin
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:54 am
#46
That is as may be. But whoever said, there is such a creature as a merchant profession, was right. You may think it is a lot of skill points to dump into just getting a merchant droid. And it may be a relatively little perk. But so is being able touse a Scythe Blade. I'd love to be able to do that, but I don't have the points to do it. So I accept, I am not a swordsman, I am a merchant.
Sure you may be thinking: But whereas using a scythe isn't as useful to you, as a barker would be for your friend, I beg to differ. And granting anyone the right to deploy a barker droid, would cause chaos in places like Cnet. I mean, we have enough AFK spam as it is. Enabling everybody to just place a barker, and do whatever while it spams for them, would be less than cool.
Besides which, if people really do have something to sell, they should try and sell them the usual ways; forum, auction chat, the occassional shout in spatial or whatever. OR, as was suggested, hook up with a merchant., what will either, if you trust him, put it on his vendor, and tip you them oney, or buy it off you, and sell it at a slightly marked up price.
VadasZ
Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:58 am
#47
Hello, sorry if this has already been asked or i am just missing something simple here. but i cannot figure out how to set up an advertising droid. i have bought a merchantdroid with ad barker installed. So now how do i set it up and input what i want it to say (and wp). do i have to be master merchant for this?
cheers
Elyssa
Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:35 am
#48
You need Advertising 4.
If you have it, there will be a radial menu option on the droid to set it up.
itysko
Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:43 pm
#49
and lets not forget that we should be able to ignore them aswell...i mean they are nice for merchents. but i still don't choose to use one because it was just a way around the afk player spamming. 
Elyssa
Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:45 pm
#50
I disagree.
They are limited in what they can say and how often they can say it.
They are also paid for with skill points.
They are limited in what they can say and how often they can say it.
They are also paid for with skill points.
Ani_cul
Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:21 pm
#52
and there is the biggest point most forget, they say stuff, not yell, not shout or sing, but say, you must be near it to hear it
Elyssa wrote:
I disagree.
They are limited in what they can say and how often they can say it.
They are also paid for with skill points.
I like dogs and fully support all who place them, I want skills to place one in each starport bank area infact.