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Cornith

Thu Mar 18, 2004 12:25 pm

An open question to all droid engineers:

I was reading a pose by duncje and he posed an interesting and revelant question that I think should be openly discussed by the Droid Engineer comunity, as well as the developers, and was the question that no one else has been asking.

What is the purpose of DE's in this game?

Now before I get flamed, hear me out. Obviously doctors and entertainers have a purpose, to heal people. Wepon smiths and armor smiths are in high demand.Combat professions are equally as obvious.Architects took some time to find their ground, however they now have a real purpose in the game. So, where should we fit into the overall scope of the game? More importantly, where should droids fit into the overall scope of the game?

If you want to look at the movies for refrence, I would like to point to the Episode 2. With the clone wars, it was easy to show that people were more powerfull than droids, and I am not saying that a Master TK should not be able to win aginst a droid. However those were some mean mothers... and were a lot more powerful than the combat droids we have in the game today. On the crafting side, R2 was a genius at repairing things. Not only that, but at times he proved his intelligence was superior to the people around him. This would translate into helping crafters craft BETTER.

I understand the devlopers problems. Code does not write itself. Good code takes even longer. In addition,I understand that this is a game and does need to be balanced. I also can accept, and understand that NERFS HAPPEN. (I only wish that the developers would take time to justify to the comunity why the must happen insted of making the enemies stronger.)

Therefore, with the time and manpower constraints that developers face, where do you think droid engineers fit into the game? I am not only talking about short term fixes for the game, but also long term solutions that we could see in 3, 4 or even 6 months from now.

I do ask that this thread be civil, and that you refrain from flaming the developers, our corespondant, or each other. Our developers and our corespondantwork very hard at what they do, and unfortuantly are not gods, and therefore make mistakes and have lives outside of work. (AND NOT JUST PLAYING STAR WARS GALAXIES)

So tell me what you think... be honest...

Happy Gaming

Cornith of Bria

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Kilarny

Thu Mar 18, 2004 12:32 pm

#2

I think 10 different people have asked this question, politely, of the SOE development team.

We don't seem to have an answer yet. The in-game answer is the description you get when holding your cursor above the Master DE skill box: "A Master Droid Engineer is able to craft a wide variety of useful (and deadly) droids." Or something close to that.

Stratics Chat, tonight 3/18/04

Hopefully someone will ask and they will answer.

Avengelina

Thu Mar 18, 2004 12:53 pm

#3

As a new DE (Still working on getting MDE) I was very excited over the changes that were coming down the pipe from the Dev's concerning DE development and revamping with Publish 7.

Boy...was that a let down...

I am currently a Master Artisan / Master Architect / 1004 Merchant / 1414 Droid Engineer

My thoughts were what a great crafting combination I have going here - not only can I construct and make various structures and vehicles but now I will be able to add combat droids and such to my vendors as well...

So far I cannot find a good reason why I should continue to keep DE once I master the profession - The "Combat Droids" that we were mislead to believe were never intended to be released to us anyway. An R2 unit with a cattle prod...WOohooo! A Probot with no armor...Yay~!

Where are the Battle Droids, Super Battle Droids and Droidekas? Why is it ALWAYS a headache with this game in some form or another? If I ran a business the way SOE has done with the dynamics of this game, I would be bankrupt and out of a job within the first quarter!

I digress...

It would be nice, if for once...the DEV's/SOE would watch the Star Wars Movies or read some of the EU books...

I ask myself daily why I continue to play a game that is so obviously STILL in beta...unfortunately the answer is always the same...I am burned out on DAoC, EQ was never any good to me, and nothing else even remotely looks as interesting.

But the real reason I continue to play is: Cause I love the SW Universe and have so since I was a boy - This is what every SW fan has been waiting for - All were asking is....to get something right! Make us believe in you, instead of "yeah yeah same old song and dance from the Dev's".

Droids...

I used to ask what was the purpose of having Droids in the game...Now I agree with the Poster - Why be a DE in SWG?

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