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Glantor

Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:42 am

Hehe, just trying to add some levity to the topic. Thanks! =)

Hmm, I don't really want them to be consumable products. Pit droids are pretty durable droids, they can get sucked into a pod racer engine and come out cackling. They should last for quite a bit.

I see them more as little droids which repair vehicles and stuff, kinda like Ferrari race car folks who tune those beasts during the race. We can't really "tune" vehicles now, so repairing them is the next best alternative I guess.

The implementation of a pit droid doesn't have to be horribly complex, just draw the 3D figures, make them work like player garages, and add the text "The repair will cost XXX credits in resources, continue?"

The beauty of it is it acts as a money sink, and allows players to repair their vehicles anywhere. Including disabled ones, but that costs more.

I expect pit droids to appear after the vehicle bug is fixed though. In the meantime, enjoy free repairs! =D

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Jnath

Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:42 am

#54

I agree with the necessity of a money sink. If they are gonna be actual droids and not consumable as discussed above, then they are gonna have a HAM bar, they are gonna have to be a fully functional droid that does a different set of repairs than the LE.

On that note they become less likely to be implemented (as a new chassi type that is). This is the reason i think they should be consumable, there is a higer likelyhood of an addition of a craftable item than a new droid.

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Kilarny

Mon Apr 12, 2004 7:51 am

#55

/bump

Kilarny

Mon Apr 12, 2004 8:17 am

#56

/bump

Kilarny

Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:46 am

#57

Ok, so now we really need this idea. Vehicle auto-heal is no longer gonna happen as of Publish 8.

Glantor

Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:23 am

#58

Hmm, they may overlook Pit droids in favour of making LE repair the vehicle repairing droid. Which I hope won't be the case because I'm having a ball watching my Slang LE go "You'd better run, this won't take too long" when I set him on a Mountain Squill, lol. =P

Having Pit droids repair disabled vehicles would be THE best of course! Make LE repair, erm, repair vehicles and Pit droids repair BOTH damage and disabled. Using a pit droid would destroy it of course (pit droid sacrifices his parts for the vehicle?)

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Janobi

Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:53 am

#59

/sign

Silmarian

Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:14 am

#60

/sign

I really like this idea, though I think the 'non-disposable' version that charges you as much (or more) than a garage would be the way to go.

Jnath

Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:27 am

#61

we are getting new modules soon, someday i hope we'll get new chassis but we difinitely need more consumable goods to sustain the delicately balanced DE market. BH droids are good but are limited by a specific market. Batteries are great but but its not enough. Having these repair droids has consumables will make them worth using and buying more of.

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overbyte

Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:32 am

#62

we have survey droids coming

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TreindTyde

Tue Apr 13, 2004 4:03 pm

#63

/sign

What a killer idea. I would love to see these in action.

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Kilarny

Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:50 am

#64

I did ask this in the In-Concept thread for this week. Maybe somebody has some thoughts out there:

Was the original intent of vehicles that is they because Disabled they were destroyed? And if so, why not just delete them from the Datapad or put 'Wrecked Speederbike' in there or something?

Jnath

Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:52 am

#65

overbyte wrote:
we have survey droids coming

true true, i posted before the info came offa TC about those droids and im happy to hear it. I coulda used a couple last night looking for Lidium Xore

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