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Thread: Twin Suns Droid Works Closes Forever
Within the next 3 publishes - there's going to be significant changes (including new driod chassis).
Unless I totally misread the dev interview.
Message Edited by Madri on 03-29-2004 01:08 PM
Madri wrote:
Within the next 3 publishes - there's going to be significant changes (including new driod chassis).
Unless I totally misread the dev interview.
Didn't they say they were giving us full attention for publish 6 and 7? Chef cut the line and went ahead. So we got pushed to publish 7 and 8. Even then, they are working "combat balance," wookiee armor, vehicle paint, crafting and other stuff that doesn't have a lot to do with us. (Combat balance if there were any type of good combat droids, but it is more of a combat profession balance than combat suppliment balance. Also, crafting, well because we are crafters, but not big huge changes that really affect US much.)
And as I pointed out, the Droid-focused changes to Publish 7 compromised only 27% of their Publish Notes. That, in my opinion, is NOT full attention, nor anywhere near it.
History often has a way of repeating itself.
Message Edited by Barfalomue on 03-29-2004 01:17 PM
I'm sorry to have jumped into your forum - for I'm not a DE. I've always had a great interest in you guys and always read what coming up for you. Don't know why - but I read the DE forums more than the CM and Rifleman ones (too hot I guess). I hope from what I've read - I'm right about my interpretation of the interview and look forward to your rekindled businesses.
/target Droid Engineers
/deepbow
You make a lot of good points, Bail. I'm sad that you're giving up on DE, but I'm glad you've found other things to do in the game to keep you entertained.
Bail_Runningrider wrote:
...This is the state that the DE profession has come to:
Players expect droids to be something that the devs simply will NEVER allow them to be....
I think this is a key point. Everyone expects more out of droids, and rightly so. However, everyone, which includes DEs and our customers, keep asking for the same things over and over when the devs have already said, "no." We're running in circles.
It makes me think of a romance film (take your pick) where the lead actor spends the entire plot chasing after some hot blonde, only to find at the end of the movie that she wasn't worth chasing after, and that it's really the girl that's been by his side the whole time that he should actually be with.
It's a stretch, but sometimes it feels the same way around this forum. It feels like we all want that blonde (combat droids & modules that give stat bonuses) so badly that we're blind to any other possibilities. I know that we haven't really been offered many (some would say any) possibilities, but humor me. 
I guess what I'm saying is that if we're not going to get what we (and everyone else) expects, then maybe we can try to change our expectations. I'm not saying lower the bar, but let's forget about the blonde so we can get the best brunette possible (yeah, that statement won't make anyone mad at me...).
OrionsByte wrote:
You make a lot of good points, Bail. I'm sad that you're giving up on DE, but I'm glad you've found other things to do in the game to keep you entertained.
Bail_Runningrider wrote:
...This is the state that the DE profession has come to:
Players expect droids to be something that the devs simply will NEVER allow them to be....
I think this is a key point. Everyone expects more out of droids, and rightly so. However, everyone, which includes DEs and our customers, keep asking for the same things over and over when the devs have already said, "no." We're running in circles.
It makes me think of a romance film (take your pick) where the lead actor spends the entire plot chasing after some hot blonde, only to find at the end of the movie that she wasn't worth chasing after, and that it's really the girl that's been by his side the whole time that he should actually be with.
It's a stretch, but sometimes it feels the same way around this forum. It feels like we all want that blonde (combat droids & modules that give stat bonuses) so badly that we're blind to any other possibilities. I know that we haven't really been offered many (some would say any) possibilities, but humor me.
I guess what I'm saying is that if we're not going to get what we (and everyone else) expects, then maybe we can try to change our expectations. I'm not saying lower the bar, but let's forget about the blonde so we can get the best brunette possible (yeah, that statement won't make anyone mad at me...).
Woot... I always perfered brunettes over blondes anyway.. so I'm with ya
The original poster had a lot of valid points especially the "Players expect droids to be something that the devs simply will NEVER allow them to be...." statement. I've felt that same way for a very long time... since the first CH nerf many moons ago. Although with the way they are going with our profession we will always be a worthless profession, and since its by their design... its gotta be on purpose. Yes we've yelled for months for good droids that give stat bonus and other combat related issues and Yes almost all the other professions have asked for these droids, but as I just said its not in their design plans for us to have this and more than likely never will be in the design... and yes i've heard their excuses too hard, balance balance balance.... to me it reminds me of a bunch of graduate students who didnt pay attention (or were too damn lazy) when they were undergrad students first learning programming.
Well anyway.. enough ranting and raving.... So long Bail_Runningrider, I hope Pistols serve you well
I'm just tired of being frustrated with the profession and even having fellow DEs jumping down my throat whenever I've voiced my opinions in the past (I won't mention names here, as it doesn't really matter now). I'm just tired of being frustrated with the profession and even having fellow DEs jumping down my throat whenever I've voiced my opinions in the past (I won't mention names here, as it doesn't really matter now). 