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Thread: CU Droid Testing Information Monday 4/11/05 5:00 am (pst)
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Atan
Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:46 am
#66
I have set up an Vendor with DE Parts for low-volume testing and the testers who dont want to bother with factorys 
Planet: Tatooine
Coords: -361 -5514
The Stock includes R3 chassis, adv. brains (some, at least), EGP's, EMM's, MSS's and other stuff
Please don't buy everythingat once,so that as many people as possible can test.
Message Edited by Atan on 04-18-2005 04:48 PM
jefmes
Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:47 am
#67
Just wanted to say you guys have been doing some nice work here, thank you. Now go take all this good info and go bug the dev JFreeman (if he's still the "pet" dev)!!!
I wanted throw in too, I recreated my Master DE in TC-EP3 and had made a probot, and I can confirm all the comments made about them in this thread, for what it's worth 
There's two frustrating things to me as well that I did not see mentioned:
There's two frustrating things to me as well that I did not see mentioned:1. The Probe Droid's laser bolt move sloooooow. The animation needs to be sped up.
2. The HAM or I guess just the health bar on the droid will not show for me in the target's stats display in the upper right, or in my group window when grouped with him.
eaglebacca
Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:30 am
#68
will be picking up some R3 chasis off you later, if i can stop crashing every 5minutes in the CU
Atan
Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:30 am
#69
Something about det. Droids in the CU:
1. They still have the 75% damage reduction
2. They now do damage in the range of 100 - 200 DPP, instead of 150 - 200
(dont know if thats on live too, only read here that they should have 150-200 )
MachXXV
Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:47 am
#70
Some new information to chew on......
Droids are picking up the level of the highest person grouped. This means that Droids will be useful to all ranges of level, as a soild performing tank. Since Droid HAMs tend to be higher then Character HAMs, even with a maxed out level and best buffs, Droids will make pretty good tanks, for those that wish to hunt Solo. Their damage won't increase, but they will help to hold off a MOB of the same CL for a very, very long time.
If this sticks, it could be some of the best news ive heard in a long time. If a combat droid were actually useful to an elite combatant, it would make for a spike in the market. Only thing that could counteract it however is if non-CH pets act the same and can do more damage than the droids, in which case it would be for naught. Ive never quite understood the logic that some stinky creature of flesh and bone would do better in battle than a machine of steel and armor with blasters.
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