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KayneValentine

Tue Mar 23, 2004 7:46 am

Hi,

This may have been mentioned but I did not see it on the wishlist, apologies if I'm covering old ground.

The idea of generically slicing droids is complex, but here's a simple way to permit a little smuggler-DE cross-profession interaction, possibly as part of the smuggler revamp or as a way to get smugglers involved with the droid changes in publish 8:

* Allow smugglers to slice droids with combat modules, possibly using some of the existing weapon slicing code: smuggler has a chance to increase either the combat speed or the damage (no choice, it is random as with current weapon slicing) of the droid. Basically treat combat modules as weapons that can be sliced.

* Possibly allow smugglers to choose to slice the droid's armor instead of its combat capability, treating the droid as an armor slice instead of a weapon slice. I don't know if this is viable, but if it is possible, then the armor slicing would work similarly to existing armor slicing -- this could provide a way to slice a droid's HAM, as a decrease in HAM as a result of a slice could equate to a corresponding boost in the droid's HAM. Again the HAM vs. resist would be random, as with current armor slicing.

* The smuggler would be able to treat the droid either as armor or as a weapon for the purpose of slicing, a choice made at the outset. It'd be great to be able to slice both weapon and armor on a single droid, but in terms of game balance I'd be fine with just choosing one or the other.

It's not generic droid slicing, but a way to piggyback on the existing slicing features of the smuggler profession, good for both smugglers and DE's, and another way to embed droids deeper into SWG roleplay as well as gameplay content.

Thanks,

Kayne, Master Artisan/Master DE, Sunrunner

babyblue_d

Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:30 am

#2

dont get me wrong im not flameing you. I like your idea But i dont think Runesber said he wont realy add to professions or "rehash something you can already do (makes no since with the entertainment droids i know but he said it) im including his Quote (not that i aggree with it) green is me high lighting the perdinent parts.also thay still say CL10 droids are overpowered so i cant see sliceing them as being ok with the devs.

Runesabre Said:
It is my intention to add more utility to droids but it is not my intention to do this at the cost of another profession's utility. There are a lot of ways to give utility to droids so we would prefer to invent new meaningful utility to the game rather than rehash or steal away functionality from another profession. The sum of the changes should be an overall advancement/enhancement to the game and not simply a rearrangement of functionality.

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Runesabre
Lead Designer
Star Wars Galaxies

that being said i see this as a good idea .. and hope you get this infront of a dev

you should run it by the smugglers forum and if thay like it see if the corisondent will post it onthe devforum

Deloo Droid Works
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Jenden

Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:33 am

#3

babyblue_d wrote:

dont get me wrong im not flameing you. I like your idea But i dont think Runesber said he wont realy add to professions or "rehash something you can already do (makes no since with the entertainment droids i know but he said it) im including his Quote (not that i aggree with it) green is me high lighting the perdinent parts.also thay still say CL10 droids are overpowered so i cant see sliceing them as being ok with the devs.

Runesabre Said:
It is my intention to add more utility to droids but it is not my intention to do this at the cost of another profession's utility. There are a lot of ways to give utility to droids so we would prefer to invent new meaningful utility to the game rather than rehash or steal away functionality from another profession. The sum of the changes should be an overall advancement/enhancement to the game and not simply a rearrangement of functionality.

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Runesabre
Lead Designer
Star Wars Galaxies
that being said i see this as a good idea .. and hope you get this infront of a dev you should run it by the smugglers forum and if thay like it see if the corisondent will post it onthe devforum

I think the difference here that makes it not rehashing something is he's talking about smugglers slicing droids, not letting droids help slice. This would just be expanding the current slicing abilities of smugglers.

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KayneValentine

Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:04 pm

#4

Yes, exactly Jenden. It expands smuggler abilities, which is something that is happening anyway as part of the smuggler revamp.

It also helps account for the fact that pets can be buffed while droids cannot.

-Kayne

babyblue_d

Tue Mar 23, 2004 10:23 pm

#5

babyblue_d wrote:
that being said i see this as a good idea .. and hope you get this infront of a dev you should run it by the smugglers forum and if thay like it see if the corisondent will post it onthe devforum

i never said i didnt like the idea

Deloo Droid Works
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\\ 12 Point Master Artisan || 11 Point Droid Engineer || Force Crafter || Master Shipwright //
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Tarne_Monter

Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:49 am

#6

As a DE and a Smuggler I like the idea. And I think as stated eariler by other people it does fit in with what Runesabre is saying.

Tarne Monter from Elderhome, Naboo, Ahazi
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