Droid Engineer Archive

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Slothrop27 wrote:

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*nods*

Kamayyk

Master Droid Engineer

Master Artisan

Sorry about that, geez. First off I am not faulting TH here, I understand and respect his role within the community, but I feel I must take his post to task a bit here. I do not post much, but I read the boards religiously and for the most part feel the DE community (especially Sintrosi who is a god among correspondents) speaks well for me. I have had two DE characters on two different servers and have been a MDE for over two months now. I have been frustrated, as we all have, with the slow progression toward a viable profession, but I have been patient, understanding the magnitude of what needs to be done to make DE better.

I stand idly by reading about the CH fixes (or nerfs) reading about the proposed combat fixes (changes) reading about cities and mounts and vehicles, all the while waiting for my profession to be corrected. I was very excited when I read about the proposed plan, but silence has been the way of the DEV's since then. And now after reading TH's post I feel sick to my stomach.

It is obvious that TH has a lot to learn with regards to our profession, I dare say it is the most complex profession in the game and it takes a lot of in game work to get to the nitty-gritty of what DE is all about. But with this said I feel it is evident from TH's post that nothing has been answered. I mean nothing. Aside from a slight insult ("After the publish probots can be created to the exact same (level) as a level 10 pet. . . if probots were more powerful, then it would devalue the CH pets") Devalue the CH pets?? Is this really an issue? When our whole profession has been devalued to the point of near worthlessness?

I am left feeling like the only thing we'll ever get is combat droids, and really, this has very little to do with droids in the Star Wars universe. Combat is the way of the game, this is what the game's main feature is all about, and I feel DE as a profession will be playing second fiddle to this basic tenent for sometime. But don't get me wrong, I want combat droids, boy do I want combat droids, but i'd give 10 holocrons right now for a 3po that will have a spontaneous conversation with me, or an R2 that can transmit messages, fix harvesters, wander off in the middle of the night......

I'm sorry for this post, basically I'm feeling down as a result of TH's post and wanted to express my sadness in the face of an uncertain future.

Thank you all,

Slothrop

And yes, It's supposed to read "Why I Feel worse" sorry about that too....

"The DE plan is in progress, which is why I haven’t said anything. I’m trying real hard NOT to make promises that won’t come true, so I’ve been quiet and you’ve been patient and I humbly thank you."

This line sums it all up. He's been raked over the coals for saying things would happen, then they ended up not happening for whatever reason. We will likely not get any hard info until the DE changes are more concrete, heck, maybe not until they hit Test Center.

"After the publish probots can be created to the exact same (level) as a level 10 pet. . . if probots were more powerful, then it would devalue the CH pets"

This part bugs me the most as a consumer, if all a de can craft is equal in combat to a cl10 pet then they will be just as worthless because NO adv combat profession would even consider using a pet that goes out in one shot.

You have summed up many of my feelings to a large degree, Slothrop.

There were nice things to read in the post (verification of the nesting modules bug, lower dependance on MAs), but mainly I felt as though I was being pat on the head & told "good boy" for still being a Driod Engineer.

I would start chasing Holocrons to open my FS slot, but I'm afraid I'd have to lose Droid Engineering & that's all that's keeping me in the game these days (I LOVE crafting droids). The feeling of "hang in there, tiger, someday you'll be useful" is really dragging me down. I have Battered Droid Engineer Syndrome I think.