Droid Engineer Archive

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Protilious wrote:

- I am new to droid engineer and although I come from being a Master Doc, I still have some holes in my understanding of this profession... please bear with me.

Ok

- What kind of factory do I need? There doesn't seem to be a 'droid' factory, although there is a Droid/weapon crafting station, which I've picked up.

You need an equipment factory.

- How many items must I rely on a master artisan for?

You need Master Artisan for Electronic Memory and GP modules, the Control Units and the Micro-sensor suites (i think that's it)

- How many of you are Master Artisans?

Most of us

- This is going to seem silly but one reason I never tried DE before now is because of the screwy SWG economy. What I mean by this is, I've had a medical droid for my doctor skill and it doesn't die, or seem to decay. In fact every droid I"ve ever bought appears to be in mint condition. Kinda hard to get repeat customers when they only need you for a new model. (once every 8 publishes?).

Is what I'm explaining the norm? Do droids always remain in top condition unless they are Death blowed?

You can't DB droids. They're always repairable. However, people still buy droids all the time.

Thanks for helping me out....

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Protilious wrote:

- I am new to droid engineer and although I come from being a Master Doc, I still have some holes in my understanding of this profession... please bear with me.

- What kind of factory do I need? There doesn't seem to be a 'droid' factory, although there is a Droid/weapon crafting station, which I've picked up. A standard Equipment Factory

- How many items must I rely on a master artisan for? Control Unit, EGPM and EMM (all available at Master Artisan)

- How many of you are Master Artisans? (a bunch.. myself included)

- This is going to seem silly but one reason I never tried DE before now is because of the screwy SWG economy. What I mean by this is, I've had a medical droid for my doctor skill and it doesn't die, or seem to decay. In fact every droid I"ve ever bought appears to be in mint condition. Kinda hard to get repeat customers when they only need you for a new model. (once every 8 publishes?). Bingo... a problem that we have all faced since day one.

Is what I'm explaining the norm? Do droids always remain in top condition unless they are Death blowed? Unfortunately, yes

Thanks for helping me out....

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And it get's worse..Don't expect any major updates for the DE profession until after the Space Expansion is rolled out... nine months (or more) of the same problems.

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Message Edited by Pallida on 04-27-2004 02:15 PM

Well thanks for the quick responses. It looks like I will have to take the unplanned route of master artisan. Maybe if I get into the right guild I can rely on a fellow artisan for the mentioned components. Thanks again...

Starphire, while I agree that it is a nice feature that droids never seem to require replacement, I don't think it's realistic or comparable to the likes of Weaponsmiths or Armoursmiths.

Maybe it's just my server (corbantis) but a suite of decent quality Composite armour will run you a few hundred thousand! It will usually last only a month (for me) and if I"m lucky, I'll get a decent repair or two out of it before replacement....

Same goes for weapons. That's why I personally think it's hard to have a cycle of supply and demand in the droid profession that is motivated by anything other than 1- career change, or 2- publishes with new models. I'm just not sure why droids seem to be exempt from wear and tear? Seems strange to me.