Droid Engineer Archive

I bought this game thinking that I'd become a Droid Engineer. But there are currently so many problems and so much confusion with the profession right now that I'm beginning to think its not worth my time. I (and I think all DEs) NEED answers to the following:

1) What is the Dev's justification for permadeath of droids? Why was it implemented when Creature Handlers *living* pets basically can't die. The current system does NOT make sense. Please explain. Is this temporary, or is this the way its going to be from now on?

2) There are Droids in the game that DO NOT WORK, or at least, the players have no idea how they are suppose to work. Examples are: Power Droid, Binary Load Lifter, Medical Droid. Are these suppose to be nonfunctional? Please explain what they are suppose to do! Then, maybe, we can tell you if they are working or not.

3) There are Modules in the game that DO NOT WORK, or at least, the players have no idea how they are suppose to work. Examples are: Data Modules, Droid Repair Kits. Please explain what they are suppose to do! Then, maybe, we can tell you if they are working or not.

4) For combat, a CH Pet is FAR more powerful and useful than a droid. Do the Devs understand this? Is this the way the game is suppose to be balanced? If so, tell us! and we'll stop complaining! Otherwise, give us decent combat droids. There are tons in the movies and books. You don't need to come to us for material.

5) You've stated that there will be a certification process for Droid. Why? Why do we need a certification process for Droids when anyone can have a CH pet?

Finally:I have been to the CH boards and I've seenthe interaction between the CH developerand the players. You, the Devs, need to get your act together and have AT LEAST the same level of interaction with each of your professions. The CH profession is not only getting their problems addressed, but they're also getting things fixed THE WAY THAT PLAYERS WANT THEM FIXED. We (and other professions) have to sit here wondering "hmmm... we're not sure if that's broken, because nobody has ever told us how it works." And WE SIMPLY DON'T KNOW where our profession is going in the near term or long term.

This game is suppose to be fun. Please Devs, make it fun for us.

one more thing...

6) Devs, can you explain why players can have multiple CH pets, but only 1 droid out at a time? This, again, does not make sense at all. Is this a balance issue? Please explain this!

Must admit i do wonder as to the size and professional-status of the Development team for SW:G at SOE, they seem to spend a lot of time fixing the petty crap and never adressing the basic problems that were pointed out to them in no uncertain terms during beta and at launch.

Surely they needed to get the basic professions working before release and then tackle the other problems.....im wondering why i haveto pay a monthly sub to continually beta test a game that has been retail released?

Judging by the CH dev response, and the DE dev response, its pretty obvious that the devs only play as CHs and none of them play as DE. So CH will always be better. The only time us DEs get a fix is when there is an exploit they wan't to remove, or there is some common CH/DE issue (like AI path-finding) that we piggy-back a fix off.