Droid Engineer Archive

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Tammerlane wrote:

The reason I ask is because I am a Master DE and a Master SW. In this new game I'm being thrust into, I can't be both and will be forced to abandon one of the professions I worked so hard to master.

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sheldie wrote:

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Tammerlane wrote:

The reason I ask is because I am a Master DE and a Master SW. In this new game I'm being thrust into, I can't be both and will be forced to abandon one of the professions I worked so hard to master.

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I assume you have used all of your skill points? If so, you should be able to take Trader:Engineering which covers both Shipwright and Droid Engineer.

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Engineering does not cover SW, its DE and WS. That got changed at some point.

so I won't be able to be a SW and DE anymore?

That may be a bug. the description says DE/SW but the skill tree is DE/WS

So.....

What about droids? Can they fight things tougher than kreetles? Are they useful to entertainers, other crafters or combat profs? Can we use them to clear lairs for harvesters? Mere home decorations?

Can't get on myself to test, but hoping to find out from the rest of our community if we still have a place in the universe.

Nobodies been able to make droids yet since the skill tree is bugged and requires merchant xp (which no longer exists), so right now we honestly don't know. A couple things we can make good guesses about though:
Creature harvestor droids most likely no longer function since creature resources are considered loot (though I believe the modules are still there, and it would be interesting to see what happens when you tell one to harvest).
BH's are still getting droid related skills, so we can assume those will be used
Crafters/entertainers no longer draw aggro, so they will likely not need combat droids
entertainer droids likely haven't changed
crafting droids likely haven't changed

Unfortunately my trader test character was on the testcenter they scrapped so they could update it with Corbantis, I had a character there but bleh .. a level 1 not touched character.

I tested a combat droid on TC-Ahazi (sp?) today. It was level 30, and one-shotting the low-level (level 8) mobs outside of Mos Eisley without a problem. I, unfortunately, was not high enough level to take it against anything higher, as my character on that server was a newbie character I made pre-CU to try Carbines and never played past the first couple of skill boxes, and one shot from these level-8s were already enough to incap me. Only problem was typing the 'a' command while hovering over a target. My best suggestion is to use a macro to say 'a', and bind it to a key you can easily hit while pointing at the target.

Message Edited by Dariane_Kamutsovy on 11-10-2005 01:51 PM

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Dariane_Kamutsovy wrote:

Let's see:

- Droids with data storagemodules (astromechs)

- Droids with item storage modules (pocket mouses)

- Droids with Combat... Can be fun, but not necessarily usefull:

* Grouped with PC PC CL mobs when usefull is Which player... the of get>

* Ungrouped with PC or loot canot But CL31... to up safe, keep can>

* Grouped with PC >CL30: can work alongside, tho damage done to mob is nog much (pre-ng), but it can help to distract a group-mob.

* Ungrouped with PC >CL30: see ungrouped with PC DIV>

- BH droids Arakyd/Seekers: with everyone getting 2nd charslot, likely lot of them might become a DE)

- Crafter droids

- Medical: uncertain, might become obsolete (no more medic skills I think?)

- Harvesting: scout and alike gone. Useless

- Maintenance: bugged, automatic via bank, useless.

- Repair/Restore: not much used

In short... even less usefull droids AFTER NGE then post-cu

PS: Not tested anything, but just THEORIZING from reading about the changes.

Message Edited by Dariane_Kamutsovy on 11-10-200501:51 PM

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I'm hoping this type droid comes back with a vengeance! The schematic is still there post-NGE, so it should function. Now that all scout/ranger bonuses are gone, these may make their comeback. Even if creature resources use a loot command to get, using a harvest droid should boost your loot amount no matter who you are. *crosses fingers*