Droid Engineer Archive

Some people surely ask : Hey why then you does not change the profession ? Go and make CH this profession gets the attention you need ! (see the upcoming feature Player Mounts)

Because I love to craft DROIDS not Creatures !

I think that Droids are one of the starwarsiest things around and NOT Creatures ! (sure when you see the movies you see creatures too but makes this a real star wars feeling comming up to you ? The story plays in a universe with a high technology and not in the middle ages.)

At the beginning of the profession Droid Engineer i was amazed by the possibilities of it but longer i played and read this forum i noticed that there are really very few things which were done for this profession. And i am feeling sad about it. Now i have mastered this profession and i hope that there is comming something great for the droid engineers (something like crafting Vehicles too).

I asked myself the questions:

1. Why do they spend so few attention to this profession ? It is so VERY MUCH possible with this profession so much ideas what you can do with droids (DEVS read the specific posts).

2. Why does it take so long to fix the bugs with some of the droids ?(changing armor values, modules that are not working crafted together, i dont want write down here all the things which are not going well that have done other Droid Engineers right now in posts before this post. Do they think its fun to tell our Customers why there droids are not working ?)

3. Is it more funny for the DEVS to see "Pet Wars" then "Star Wars" in this universe ? ( i must laugh about it when i am in a city and the whole city is full of pets, oh i forgot this is the real star wars feeling)

4. Why is it possible for an CH to call more then one Creature at the same time and the Droid Engineer can only call ONE at the same time ?

5. Why is it not possible that a Droid Engineer an repair his own Droids ? ( i have bypassed this unlogic and have crafted my friend a droid with an repair module now HIS droid can repair my droid) Is this the right way ? i think not !

6. Why did the DEVS asked us inBETA if we think the game is star warsy enough and if we have any ideas what can make it star warsier ? (Really i dont know)

Please Devs dont think about a new profession for player vehicles let them craftable by Droid Engineers !!!

There are many other questions i asked myself but i think its enough now.

Perhaps other Droid Engineers asked themself the same or other questions too, feel free to add your post.

Shasac Kegerru

(Master Droid Engineer)

Galaxy: Gorath

Shasac's Droids, Tatooine, Mos Espa

One of the main reasons, IMHO, is that the mounts are an important part of the game. If the CH is not working neither do the mounts. It is about time to give the CH a break, I think our time will come and whining about it everyday is by no means supportative or constructive.

Perhaps also your roles as Droid Engineers (emphasis on Engineers) will come more into the fore when vehicles, ships and mobile atillery comes into play. One of the big paradigm changes was, for instance, making ATSTs not healable with regular medical stims, and thinking of them less as "pets" (more CH-oriented) and more as "machines".

Are they going to do anything for your profession to bring you guys to repair and heal ATSTs? I hope so, because that seems to be your niche.

When my landspeeder breaks down, who should I go to to get it fixed? Not a CH...I'll head to my handydandy pal De, who can craft some new parts for me, heal/fix my landspeederand get me going again.

My post is no whining post !

I am playing SWG some month now and i have waited a long time to wrote a message about the topic Droid Engineer because i thought like you "OUR TIME WILL COME" !!! But sometime is conclusion !!!

I think its better when all Droid Engineers post their feelings and hopes about this profession.Or do you think the DEVS will react when only a few Droid Engineers deplore themselfes ?

Sure there are some ideas what all can be done in the future with droids and the profession but do you know if its getting all realised like we want ??? What i am missing are some statements from the Devs what is planned, and why do we get so few attention ??? Which is so importand on the Creature Professions ???

(excuse my english, its not my mother language)

These posts make me think of one thing...why didnt i got CH? well for the same reason that was mentioned here. I dont want to control creatures. i want to control droids. and not crafting droids (have you ever seen one in the movies. or a storage droid) i have read about med droids and they make sense and so do repair droids. but i need to fight. most ppl say in the end after you use all the skillpoints you can, the game is all about PvP and the GCW. well being a droid engineer really screws me over in PvP when i am up against a CH/comando. Ppl say,"well you can craft and make money and he cant". I say BAH! to that statement. i have run missions with my friend who is aCH/commando and he can make 2x as much as i cna in 1 day even if i had infinite amounts of resources and the best resources, i will never be able to sell enough to make as much as ppl soloing missions on dathomir.

By no means am I trying to indicate that you are whining, I have been reading these forums since beta days and it gets very repetitive. I just didn't want others to start on their soap box replying to this thread. Sorry if I made any implications.