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Thread: Droid Report: Combat module/droid 'tweaking' (official 'quotable' from TH)
I wanted to set the record a bit more straight on the comments made by TH about combat module changes/tweaks for Publish 8.
He had stated (in another thread): "There are some pretty neat modules and we've increased the potential power on the combat modules pretty significantly."
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=in_concept&message.id=8720#M8720
What this effectively means (the approved quote, at this point):
"Combat modules for DEs will be adjusted so that their effectiveness in combat (i.e. 'power') will be higher...in line with BE creature pets."
So, while this isn't the armor adjustment we were after, the short answer is....our combat products will get better.
I don't have a specific CL level for you at this time but it IS higher. So, we are getting combat market 'love'.
Enjoy!
/bow
Respectfully,
No word on where along the line this change will take place? Combat Rating cap? How CR translates to Damage/speed when the droid is first generated?
And dare I ask, retroactive?
/bow
Obo_alCan wrote:
No word on where along the line this change will take place?
Nothing official at this time. I suspect it will come with the Publish 8 push to Live...but that's not an announcement, only a guess on my part.
Combat Rating cap?
How CR translates to Damage/speed when the droid is first generated?
And dare I ask, retroactive?
Nope. No numbers of any kind....only that there will be tweaking to have them be more attractive (read: sellable) to a medium- to higher-end market.
I don't suppose we'll see real actual numbers until P8 hits TC. Again....just conjecture. More info when I have it, of course....
Respectfully,
TheRealTK421 wrote:
Heya, all...
"Combat modules for DEs will be adjusted so that their effectiveness in combat (i.e. 'power') will be higher...in line with BE creature pets."
Jnath wrote:
One of our issues is with the display of a droid deed when examined. Tying that in here, can we get the actual combat stats to display when the deed is examined, cuz im sure a combat rating of 583 means less to a non-DE consumer than it does to us. In fact most of our customers prolly dont even know that when they see CR at 600 that they are looking at the best.
exactly. putting all the stats in the deed would also address MANY other problems:
- it'd let us know what the results of our crafting efforts were without having to ready and then destroy hundreds of droids. one of my biggest pet-peeves with this profession.
- it'd make it so that old deeds would still have meaningful information in them when/if the "meaning" of CR changes because of some balance adjustment.I assume that the droid's stats are set when the deed is crafted and not when the deed is readied. but this seems a save assumption.
It's the number one issue, as a matter of fact (at least from the thread I put together on 'Top 5 issues').
Jnath wrote:
One of our issues is with the display of a droid deed when examined.
/bow
Respectfully,
Malitevv wrote:
exactly. putting all the stats in the deed would also address MANY other problems:
I assume that the droid's stats are set when the deed is crafted and not when the deed is readied. but this seems a save assumption.
Tarne_Monter wrote:
And all the people said "YAY for information!"
Yay! 
Kisses
Cass