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Thread: OMG, best idea ever, seriously. Ok a not so modest title, but this is great.
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Straker_Atrella
Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:39 pm
#1
Object: Cargo Attachment
Crafted: Master Artisan Level.
Purpose: Attaches to side of speederbike or landspeeder, allowing Pets or Droids to be carried along with you.
Think about this. A big gripe people have about Droids, or pets in general, is the 15 seconds it takes to pull them out. Keeping them out while you travel is really not feasible either.
Good for players.
Good for DE's.
Good for CH's.
Good for Master Artisans.
Zero downside.
1. Approach vehicle with pet. Select mount Pet in vehicle from Radial menu.
2. Pet disapears while it is mounted. Would be cooler ot see the pet, but straveling with a Kimogilla on you, would be rough. Far easier to implement if you can't see them.
3. Get to mission or wherever. Select "dismount pet" from radial menu, pet is available INSTANTLY.
I can't think of a single downside to this.
Straker_Atrella
Fri Aug 13, 2004 4:15 am
#2
Heh, I wouldn't care who made it, maybe have tailors make a part of it or something. Need a loot part like a Clasp and heavy leather maybe.
Straker_Atrella
Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:50 pm
#3
Actually, I thought about this a little more. Adding some balance to it.
The purpose of the 15 second deley is so that people cannot pull out a pet in the middle of a fight instantly.
That being said.....
Pets can not be pulled from a cargo container if you are in combat.
If you really really really want a downside. If the vehicle is destroyed, the pet in the cargo container is destroyed as well. Not an idea I really like though. Maybe just kill it once.
Kellisanth
Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:55 pm
#4
Side saddle bag, sounds like a nifty idea... Although, being a "bag" or cargo attachment, the Tailors might wanna grab it.
Yeah, I miss the idea of a saddle bag... I want one! If only to have my kitty look out, wind rufflings its fur as it stares at the world zooming alongside me on the speeder.
Straker_Atrella
Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:56 pm
#5
C'mon now where is the love? You guys don't think this is a killer idea?
Pooka
Sat Aug 14, 2004 1:58 am
#6
Actually.... 15 seconds is nothing so I can't see this happening, ever.
Straker_Atrella
Sat Aug 14, 2004 2:25 am
#7
15 Seconds at every single mission or lair is enough to stop many many people from using droids.
My guild members get Droids for free. I give all of our scouts and rangers +109 Harvesting droids. Guess what, of the 10 I remmeber giving, ONE person uses it.
2reasons.
1. They hate dealing with batteries. Weve beat this issue to a pulp.
2. When they are running missions or lair hopping the 15 seconds is to much of a pain.
When people are looking for a scout resource and it takes longer for them to pull the droid (15 seconds) then it does to kill the monsters and lair, obviously they will not like this.
If people won't use FREE droids because of that 15 seconds, how can you think that wont affect droid sales?
The simple addition of this item would make droids more usable, as well as putting into the spotlight that some droids may be worth carrying along.
Bajonett
Sat Aug 14, 2004 5:45 am
#8
Great Idea. The 15+15+15 sec lag of getting 3 pets out at a lair before i can attack it,
was one of the main reasons i gave up Ch, amont others, like tjhe total BERF, the ability of Jedi
to command mys pets, and the inability of pets tokill anything by themself.
I LIKE THE IDEA... Fat chance you will ever see it...
The same nice idea would be trunks on vehicles to store stuff in, when i dont want to pull one
of my cargo droids.
Buzz1096
Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:11 am
#9
That is kind of like something else I'd like to see for JTL.
Cargo Container: Craftable by Master Artisan (requires considerable resources)
Can be carried by: BLL (2 if advanced), any cargo capable starship (say 1-4)
Capacity:100 items (or crates)
Restrictions
1) Cannot be accessed while loaded in a ship or droid, can only beaccessed for loading/unloadingin a player structure (or maybe a new city structure called a loading dock)
2) BLLs loaded with the container cannot be stored in your datapad while container is active - you must get to a ship or another structure to transfer.
3) Cannot be picked up by a player once deeded - can only be moved by a BLL, when empty counts as 1 item in a structure.
Straker_Atrella
Sat Aug 14, 2004 4:57 pm
#10
Hmm I didn't think about multiple pets, I guess that would make CH a little bit better. If you could carry a level 50 pet you should be able to carry 2 level 25's I guess.
I really can't think of a downside to this.
Kylania
Sun Aug 15, 2004 6:01 pm
#11
"I really can't think of a downside to this."
it's a good idea that would help players, that's why you'll never see it. If we were to actually mention this to a dev what we'd get instead is this:
Pub 11: Can no longer call a vehicle while a droid or pet is active. Players were complaining about droids or pets not keeping up with vehicles, so this will fix that.
Straker_Atrella
Sun Aug 15, 2004 9:44 pm
#12
Kylania wrote:
"I really can't think of a downside to this."
it's a good idea that would help players, that's why you'll never see it. If we were to actually mention this to a dev what we'd get instead is this:
Pub 11: Can no longer call a vehicle while a droid or pet is active. Players were complaining about droids or pets not keeping up with vehicles, so this will fix that.
Lol that's funny. I still think this is a good idea.
Steel-Rat
Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:08 am
#13
I don't think I've ever had a pet or droidor vehicle take more than 5 seconds to appear. Personally I love my harvester droid. I take him out when I've spotted a pack of creatures, but before attacking, begin the attack, and issue the harvest command as I drop them in melee. So if I end up in a protracted battle I don't lose resources to disappearing corpses.
I don't think the saddlebags thing is such a terrific idea, if limited to droids and pets. Should be able to store a certain number of items, period. So maybe you're collecting a certain resource and don't want it to get mixed up with your regular inventory, put it in the saddlebag.
SR
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