Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Screenshots of the new Entertainer Droid Lighting Effects
Pallida wrote:
/sit
/sigh
I felt a terrible disturbance in the Force.. as if untoldnumbers of beings suddenly cried out.. and were suddenly swallowed.. by graphics engine lag... I've got a "bad feeling" about this one... *thinks of all the holo grinders in the Theed Cantina on Sunrunner*
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I wouldn't worry about it, for a few reasons. First, it's been stated that these effects don't give you any extra xp or healing bonuses (much like the current built-in entertainer effects). So hologrinders would have no reason to use them.
Second, hologrinders are largly AFK anyway 
so they won't be there to set off their droids' effects. Add to that the possibility that the droid won't function once it runs out of batteries, and I don't think it will be a big deal.
I think the market for these droids will be mostly the entertainers that took up the profession because they like it. I see them being used prolifically in concerts, plays, and other events. I don't expect to see an abundance of them in cantinas. I could be wrong.
Pallida wrote:/sit/sighI felt a terrible disturbance in the Force.. as if untoldnumbers of beings suddenly cried out.. and were suddenly swallowed.. by graphics engine lag... I've got a "bad feeling" about this one... *thinks of all the holo grinders in the Theed Cantina on Sunrunner*
Wait for the ID changes, and wind blowing effect for your hair.
They still don't know if their going to make it because of the lag issue
OrionsByte wrote:
Second, hologrinders are largly AFK anyway
Yep. I haven't had a chance to test this, but the droids eat through batteries like candy. Running 2 effects off one droid (60 sec total delay for the loop) the original battery depleted out in less than an hour. I've got a new experimented battery in there now, but the server went down before I could see if it lasts longer.
The effects do not go off if the battery is dead. Instead you get a floaty "Battery Low" message each pulse.
And I guess, as it is for the moment, when a droid is doing something while running out of power, he won't stop, he'll just won't accept new commands (and I don't think anyone want that changed)
curses! since these modules are purely aesthetic, it makes sense to put them in MSE droids!
I didnt mind the idea of selling exploding mse's but making real functional droids out of them?
<shudder>
I wonder how hard it is to target through that foam? Does it last long?
It could make a nice way to hide a company of prone riflemen for PvP.
