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Thread: Why did YOU choose to become a DE?

Hobgrob
Wed Jan 21, 2004 11:52 pm
#1

I chose to become a DE because I always wanted to make robots (giant mecha) since I was small. And I dropped out of Engineering because it was too hardcore for me. Went into chemistry to study nuclear science instead. (funny, I have level 4 organic chem in medic too haha...).


Hey since I can't make robots in real life, lets do it in a game!! (Not robots though, droids...) Anyways, I was surprised to find there are so few droid engineers in the starwars universe, I find one as often as I find another chemist on campus. But I like the attention I get, I own the bestine bazaar on the droid category, and I'm the only droid engineer in my PA (over 100 people, only 1 DE). I guess I like beingunique Except when people trash droids because their AT-ST/Rancor kix so much more arse.


Never got into everquest or ultima online, not much into fantasy, love sci-fi. I got into star wars galaxies, not because I like star wars, because it was sci-fi...(always thought star wars was a bit weird and largely ripped off of japanese cinema)


What's your story?



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Ziaa
Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:03 am
#2

I am also into robotics as a hobby.. and I can tell all you guys, I can most certainly use the robots I make just as well as anyone else (in fact, you might say I am the only one who can figure out how to make them do what I want!).


So, I joined DE profession to make and use my own droids.. I have made myself crafting droids, I've made a few probots to help me with combat, and my house on naboo is filled with every chassis I can make.. just like my house would be if I were a real self sufficient robot builder =).


I occaisionally sell droids to others, but that's not the focus of why I joined DE.. I just like making and using droids.. nothing more.. and I was a bit dissappointed when I started out and was told that it was a worthless profession.. but I went and mastered it anyway, and now I'm glad I did..


But if I'm not in it for selling to others, then it seems that in a game based around contributing to a group it's a bit of a useless profession really.. which is why I was excited to hear about the possibility of combat droids (worthy of the name.. Iuse my probots tho!).. Droidekas!! is what I thought..


Sadly, now it looks like I will have to take 3 master professions to use and make combat droids.. which I will do, because that's the way I want to play the game... sad that I will only be able to contribute to a group with a droid while others get to do a few different things.. but it seems that too many DE's don't want to do more than craft and sell..


And even if these changes do go ahead.. 6 months+ before I even begin to see the changes??? I think I'll go do something else for a while =(






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Ziaa/Xiaa

Southern Citadel, Naboo
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Ophistes
Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:11 am
#3

Initially I wanted to go for Tailor or Weaponsmith but then the PA I joined had plenty of those already. I was told they need a DE, went to the boards, saw that it wascrap and bugged and joined the club. Guess I am an elitist grumbler and moaner






Ophistes Ceimined= Chef and Musician =
= The singing frog =
"I suppose you're entitled to your own delusions." --Threepio



swat07
Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:12 am
#4

holocron told me it was a way to force-hood
Jenden
Thu Jan 22, 2004 5:57 am
#5

Three reasons,


I enjoy playing around with droids (thats playing around with building them and trying out different combos, not necessarily using them)


I like playing my character as a business type person (any crafting profession would work here, but it does narrow it down)


I love seeing people enjoy the droids I make. Every day I get people sending me tells or emails telling me they love the droid, or its just what they needed, I just don't see that happening all that often with most of the other crafting professions.





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IceMonkey05
Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:04 am
#6

Yeah, I'm doing it because before game launched I wanted to be a DE, and am just getting around to fnishing it. The promised changes jumpstarted me to master it before the changes occured.

That and as of right now our guild has the best WS, AS, Chef, Architech and resource vendor and I just wanted to add another crafting profession not yet taken and hopefully become one of the better ones on the server(or at least the planet anyways).




~Tweedios~


- Dark Jedi Elder -

Master Lightsaber - Master Force Defense - Force Healing

Ophistes
Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:09 am
#7

Eh, off-topic again but how can you be Tailor with 4-0-0-0 artisan? Shouldn't that read 4-4-0-0 artisan then? O_o



Ophistes Ceimined= Chef and Musician =
= The singing frog =
"I suppose you're entitled to your own delusions." --Threepio



TheWoody
Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:35 am
#8

I joined because I wanted to take over the world.



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Aiyee
Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:45 am
#9

Hehe, this post reminded me of my own post a few months back when there was also a great disturbance on these forums:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=droid_engineer&message.id=37048#M37048

I'm an engineering in RL so I like robots and stuff. Being a DE is only natural.



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Ackis
Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:46 am
#10






TheWoody wrote:
I joined because I wanted to take over the world.






Me too. One droid to rule them all.



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Sedona1
Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:25 am
#11

I wanted to do a profession I considered star warsy .



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FragN8Tr
Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:28 am
#12

Because My holocron told me to. LOL



No really, I became a droid because I thought original DE corespondant was a girl.....





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botched
Thu Jan 22, 2004 12:00 pm
#13

to make uber credits....
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