Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: My med droid is broken...
I made myself an R4 with Level 6 med, and when I try to heal near it, it says I must be in a hopital or campsite to perform that action. What the heck?
Andriko wrote:
I made myself an R4 with Level 6 med, and when I try to heal near it, it says I must be in a hopital or campsite to perform that action. What the heck?
I think the problem my lie in that you are a Artisan/DE/merchant... but not a medic.
Too many people wrongly think a med module in a droid means anyone can heal, or in fact the droid will heal anyone for you. Think of a medical module as a moble doctors tool bag. Only a doctor can utilize this equipment properly, as a non-skilled person wouldn't know how to use the tools.
As for modules having from i believe a med rating of 45 to 110, think of it like using a stethescope as compared to the latest portable EKG heart monitor.
If you learn the novice medical skill as well, you can start utilizing the medical module on your droid.
Remember: the droid themselves DO NOT heal or mend anyone, they are just a metal nurse holding your metaphorical medical tool bag for you...
Baz Pseudopod
Master Medic/Combat Medic/Carboneer
& proud owner of a wonderful AVD R2 med droid
All modules except storage need power to operate. When you get that message, or when droid says *low power* just have a Droid Battery in your inventory, click on pet radial hit recharge, and ta-da, your medic droid will now let you heal and you will no longer get that silly message. Hope this helps 
The problem is, pets that dont talk are more reliable about telling you their power state than the talking models. With the talking models, I have yet to see a *low power* message. I end up waiting for the you must be near hospital or campsite message to know its low on power. The R series and even the probots on the othe hand will give you a *low power* message on any movement or attack command.