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StuzzyTuscadero

Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:04 pm

Crafters should be able to use them as intelligent shopkeepers of sorts. Some times it is hard to get with someone to deliver a finished product. This is how protocol droids could help.

Someone contacts me and wants to buy *insert item here*. I tell them ok it will take me a day or 2, I will send you an email when it is completed. Craft the item, send email stating you will place the item in your store on your Protocol Droid, under his name. Said person can come by anytime to the store. Radial menu...converse with protocol droid. "hello *insert name*, Master Soandso has one item for you, price 12000 credits, would you like to purchase this item now?" Click yes credits drafted retrieve item from Droid.

So basically the crafter makes an item and "lists" it with his protocol droid, sets the price and "connects" it with a player. Said crafter would still have to have a vendor as the protocol droid would be for special orders only.

BlueMorgoth

Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:58 pm

#2

Protocol droid with vendor capabilities? Hmmm..... better go look at the Master Merchant skill box. I think you'll find exactly what you are looking for.

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isildursbain

Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:51 am

#3

I like it, it would help "save" that custom item for a customer. If you put it on your vendor, someone else may buy it and the original customer wouldn't get it.

GrandPotato

Wed Oct 22, 2003 8:54 am

#4

I'd like to see a protocol droid as a required component for player shuttleports.


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Noggs_Hambo

Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:02 pm

#5

We dont have that on Master Merchant

... But I could be a good idea on our vendors.

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Vampiric_Hoshi

Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:08 am

#6

A Protocol droid should have a function crafters also need.. Protocol droids in Star Wars are often used as speakers, like 3PO for Jabba. Therefore, it would be good for a business man if the Protocol droid acsts as a portable "loud speaker".. enabling the owner to /yell at a greater distance. Or maybe even allow the owner to program in a 25-character sentence that the protocol droid repeats at certain intervals, though is a potentialy dangerous idea (in that it allows a player to get his droid to abuse someone at set repeated times)

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Droid_Engineer_Rho

Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:08 am

#7

How about a related function to both of these, a remote speaker/barker/communicator?

If a 3PO could be rigged so that it /tells you everything it hears, and you can /tell it things and it will say them, then you'd have something pretty darned interesting.

Imagine a protocol droid acting as your agent, and providing you with a basic text-only link to the person it is interacting with. Now imagine adding an R2 droid as a support, and gaining the ability to enjoy telepresence.

Ah, nice dreams...

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AugustusCaine

Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:47 am

#8

This has probably already been discussed way back when, but I personally think it would be great to have a protocol droid act as a portable vendor. Heck bring him into the city, have him loaded up with product, and people can just come around and buy things off of him. Go protocol!

spearbearer

Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:56 am

#9

Even if this idea has been mentioned before (I can't remember, many good ideas in this forum) it's worth mention it again. Maybe this time a Dev will read it.
Great idea.

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Kollos

Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:33 pm

#10

AugustusCaine wrote:

This has probably already been discussed way back when, but I personally think it would be great to have a protocol droid act as a portable vendor. Heck bring him into the city, have him loaded up with product, and people can just come around and buy things off of him. Go protocol!

This is an outstanding idea, and is exactly the type of addition Droid Engineers need. We don't need combat droids, we need better utility droids!

Portable vendors, delivery droids,harvester tenders, portable harvesters, telepresence "shop tenders"... the list is endless.

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JavelinCatcher

Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:56 pm

#11

Droid_Engineer_Rho wrote:

If a 3PO could be rigged so that it /tells you everything it hears, and you can /tell it things and it will say them, then you'd have something pretty darned interesting.

I agree completly. I have Wookie friends and Trandoshan friends....both refusing to speak with each other (Roleplay reasons...most understand why.) I wouldlove to be able to build a protocol droid to act as the intermediatory. That could actually create some really cool situations.

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jcarlson34

Fri Oct 24, 2003 2:04 am

#12

It would be cool too from a role-playing standpoint to have a /petspeak function where you could type something and your droid would say it for you.

Like if someone approached you, youcould /petspeak your droid to say things like: "Greetings! My master wishes to speak with you personally. Please come inside." or "I am sorry but my master has instructed me to recieve alldroid inquiries. Please leave your order with me and I will see that he recieves this message."

This way at least you could steer some of the content.

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SnowDog2003

Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:13 am

#13

BlueMorgoth wrote:
Protocol droid with vendor capabilities? Hmmm..... better go look at the Master Merchant skill box. I think you'll find exactly what you are looking for.

A vendor which will reserve items explicitly for a specific customer? This is the function that makes this idea unique.

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