Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: FanFest Update: Droid Commander profession
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Zelos1
Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:56 am
#1
J. Allen Brock states that this is something the devs "really, really want to do" and Kirk Black states that "We do have Droid Commander on the table". Development resources would probably be assigned "after space launch"
Darvin-Strife
Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:22 pm
#2
I thought the general opinion of Droid Engineers is that they do not what a "Droid commander" profession.
Could opinions change?
Jenden
Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:11 pm
#3
Darvin-Strife wrote:
I thought the general opinion of Droid Engineers is that they do not what a "Droid commander" profession.
Could opinions change?
they've been given an impossible task... the droid engineers generally don't want the droid commander profession (I still don't see whats wrong with it myself... assuming it goes in after all the other professions have gotten some attention) and yet the same group, as well as quite a bit of the rest of the players do want high level combat droids, which can't be done without the profession to control them (unless they were limited to essentially faction pets, not sure how hard they're looking at that). They're going with the droid commander idea because more players want high level combat droids than don't want a profession made to control them.
NeonCoyote
Wed Jun 09, 2004 11:25 pm
#4
Personally I always thought DE should be the Droid Commander. I think they should be able to handle and control droids like none other... Max level pets for DE should be up as well as number kinda like a CH. Perhaps making Master DE able to control a Combat Droid
I also think BH should be the only other class able to handle more than 1 droid but not to the same degree as DE.
Though I suggested this before the Droid rebuild... so it might not work so well now.
BTW I am NOT a DE myself. 
Gavvot
Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:44 am
#5
I don't like Droid commander because :
- Utility droid still need alot of work.
- Adding profession without adding skill point sux.
- In this time line, combat droid weren't supposed to exist, or in very limited quantities.
- Our current combat droid are very underestimated.
If they really want to add heavy combat droid, they should be rare, like for exemple, must be crafted in the Bunker, with looted schematics, and either usable by anyone or only by a few prof, like smuggler, squad leader and DE for exemple.
Not as hard to make as a full RIS armor, but somethinglike that.
- Utility droid still need alot of work.
- Adding profession without adding skill point sux.
- In this time line, combat droid weren't supposed to exist, or in very limited quantities.
- Our current combat droid are very underestimated.
If they really want to add heavy combat droid, they should be rare, like for exemple, must be crafted in the Bunker, with looted schematics, and either usable by anyone or only by a few prof, like smuggler, squad leader and DE for exemple.
Not as hard to make as a full RIS armor, but somethinglike that.
Message Edited by Gavvot on 06-10-2004 12:46 PM
JodoKai
Thu Jun 10, 2004 8:59 pm
#6
IF they were to implement high level Combat Droids, DC would be the only way. We have to compare ourselves to the other profession that makes pets: Bio-Engineers. BE's can't control the pets they make without taking CH, why should DE's be any different? Heck Weaponsmiths can't use any of their weapons without taking a fighting profession.
WarHero1016
Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:44 am
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Uhoh here we go again, dont get me started, this topic has gotten me black sheep'd in the past 
Mainly because I see some positive points to having a DC profession, but I dont necessarily think it should be implemented. umm... yeah I dont feel like getting into it again right now.. I have to think about it some more.
Mainly because I see some positive points to having a DC profession, but I dont necessarily think it should be implemented. umm... yeah I dont feel like getting into it again right now.. I have to think about it some more.
Gavvot
Fri Jun 11, 2004 2:05 am
#8
BE's can't control the pets they make without taking CH, why should DE's be any different?
Because, not like how the dev see them, droids are NOT pets.
They are not creatures.
They don't need to be tamed, they don't have to learn tricks.
It's not because the dev did a very lame copy past from pets to do droids that we have to do the same.
Because, not like how the dev see them, droids are NOT pets.
They are not creatures.
They don't need to be tamed, they don't have to learn tricks.
It's not because the dev did a very lame copy past from pets to do droids that we have to do the same.
NattyDreadlock
Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:57 am
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I certianly feel that DEs should be abel to handle some if not all of the higher level droids. We make them, we program them there should be no additional skill required for us to handle atleast one higher level combat droid. If they had DCs the only advanatge they shoul dhave is perhaps in the number of combat droids they can call out at once. I can accept thatDCs may have additional skills that allow them to handle more than one comabt droid at a time. DEs should be able to call out multiple service droids in addition to being able to call out 1 combat and atleast 1 service droid at the same time...yes i think combat and service droids should be split up and handle seperatly.
JeCy
Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:24 am
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a few things
First i would love to see a droid commander.. Im a DE and would love to make combat droids. There are soo many new droids now if you dont want to make um then dont. I have spent a month stocking my vendor, and now withh 100 different droids in stock i can say i would love to make even more differnt types.
second as far as time line. this game is soo far from what the time line really is,,, well i dont want to get started.. Combat droids being outlawed?? i thought there where only 4 jedi? "darth vader, helped hunt down and kill all the jedi" hmm i guess he forgot about a few 1000. Just think of this world as Bizzaro starwars and the game gets a lot better.
3rd, i would love to see any elite lvl artisan class to beable to control an extra non combat lvl droid per master. Soo if someone was a master weaponsmith, master merchant would beable to control 3 droids at once as long as they aer non combat. One way would be to make the droids shut down if combat was entered. I use droids way more than most and to be able to call an extra droid or 2 would be awsome. Having an advertiser welcoming people to my shop,. an R2, helping me craft while a power droid goes and rechages stuff and maintaince.Possibly in the future power up harvesters and empty them with a binary load lifter. Or maybe a nice launguage nerf to bring back that starwars feeel when you didnt have any laungauges and would need to be a smuggler or own a proticol droid to translate,. How about survey droids i could ride along with in my speeder to help me track driods, or a reusable survey probe that could set out and find samples for you. Sure there is tons of potential to other droids but a combat prof would really be cool. I know im not the only De that would love to make aswsome combat droids
Je'Cy Dax, radiant
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