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Thread: Is it worth Being a DE?

SpacePilot01
Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:59 pm
#1

Sorry if this question offends or sickens anyone but first I just want to give a little back ground about mayself.


I have been hocked on on SWG for over3 years now a long time before the game went live. I guess it is because I'm just a star wars nerd and love the idea of being able to live in the Star Wars universe. I can still remember the day when I full list of professions came out and I knew I wanted to be a DE. I wasn't able to get SWG right when it came out because my computer was low end but I still paid attention to these forums. I gradually saw that DE was very broken many modules wouldn't work and there were no real need for droids. Then after a while I saw the devs update things and made changes to the DE profession and from what I read they made the profession useful and it had a purpose. I started playing about a year ago but stopped playing for 8 months because of school. My character was still fresh when I left and only used about 40 skill points. Now I come back a month ago and see everything has change with CU. Jedi are all over and the whole game has been turned upside down. I'm currently a Master Marksman, Master BH, and Master Carbineer. I just reached FS this past week and I finished the current phase mission and grind. But now I'm having second thoughts about becoming a Jedi. I see the Jedi are nothing but another combat profession and are a joke compared to the jedi in the movies. It has become an utter gang war bettween the Jedi and BH and it sickens me. I feel that I want to go back to a quitter profession such as DE, my first love. Today I have come to visit these boards to see how the profession is now days but I still see that DE has taken a backseat to thecombat support crafting professions such as weaponsmith and armorsmith.


Back to my orginal question, Do you think it would be worth becoming a DE or is it just and deadend profession that sounds nice but has no true purpose? Please give me your honest opinion I just want to see if the profession has truely changed over the past 2 years.



Atanc Breuc
Master BH, Master Marksman, and Master Carbineer
Tier 3 Alliance Pilot
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RenObiOne
Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:34 pm
#2

If you want to be a DE to makes tons of money, look elsewhere. If you want to be a DE cause you enjoy building droids and making some money then go for it.
SpacePilot01
Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:56 pm
#3

i don't really care about the money I already mad enough in my combat professions besides I can always make a lot of money off space loot if I every need to. I'm just wondering if the profession is fun of if it is frustrating and tiresome.



Atanc Breuc
Master BH, Master Marksman, and Master Carbineer
Tier 3 Alliance Pilot
Ahazi
Yoda-5499
Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:51 am
#4



Drashk wrote:

SpacePilot01 wrote:
I'm just wondering if the profession is fun or if it is frustrating and tiresome.

One answer for the entire question. Yes.

Droid Engineer is fun, frustrating, and tiresome.

Here is what I posted the last time I answered this question for someone.....

As I've told people in the past.

Read all of the stickies before you decide.Take a look at the Droid Issues thread and other threads, that describe the DE profession.

DE has the highest bug per feature ratio. Well over 90% of the items that we craft has an issue in some way, shape, or form. If you can look past that, then welcome aboard.

There is also the computer upgrade comparison. If you enjoy getting frustrated at doing computer upgrades for yourself, or a friend, with limited available funds/parts and you like sitting there looking at the screen, when something doesn't work just quite right, then DE is for you. Otherwise, you might want to try a profession that can be a little less aggrovating, like Armorsmith or Weaponsmith.




That is exactly way I like the DE profession. So many different combonations and alot of times you have to work to get it right. Unlike other professions, DE is one where the ones for play it for the fun of playing. As for Weaponsmiths and armorsmithes and tailors, they are in it for the money because everyone needs them. DE gives people a luxery that only can be found here. We build droids. They aren't made in a factory (with exception of Seekers and other simple droids) they are made from us. You can't find that anywhere else in the game.



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RasalTheWise
Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:39 am
#5


Yoda-5499 wrote:


Drashk wrote:

SpacePilot01 wrote:
I'm just wondering if the profession is fun or if it is frustrating and tiresome.

One answer for the entire question. Yes.

Droid Engineer is fun, frustrating, and tiresome.

Here is what I posted the last time I answered this question for someone.....

As I've told people in the past.

Read all of the stickies before you decide.Take a look at the Droid Issues thread and other threads, that describe the DE profession.

DE has the highest bug per feature ratio. Well over 90% of the items that we craft has an issue in some way, shape, or form. If you can look past that, then welcome aboard.

There is also the computer upgrade comparison. If you enjoy getting frustrated at doing computer upgrades for yourself, or a friend, with limited available funds/parts and you like sitting there looking at the screen, when something doesn't work just quite right, then DE is for you. Otherwise, you might want to try a profession that can be a little less aggrovating, like Armorsmith or Weaponsmith.




They aren't made in a factory (with exception of Seekers and other simple droids)...


Well just to be clear, all droids and accessories can be made from factories. Perhaps a better way to put this statement is there are so many combinations of droids we can make, we tend to get a lot of special orders. It is quite possible to have a well-stocked vendor with a good variety of manufactured droids.




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RenObiOne
Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:02 pm
#6

If your new to it, it can be complicated in the beginning. I been a DE since beta, left the game a year and a half ago, and returned back in March of this year. I was thrilled to see the added modules to our profession that were not there when i left. Other issues still exist though. Like every patch since i have beeen back breaks something in our profession. Just read the posts stickied on top of this page to help yourself along. GL

Message Edited by RenObiOne on 07-06-2005 03:05 AM

Drashk
Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:04 pm
#7




SpacePilot01 wrote:

I'm just wondering if the profession is funor if it is frustrating and tiresome.




One answer for the entire question. Yes.


Droid Engineer is fun, frustrating, and tiresome.


Here is what I posted the last time I answered this question for someone.....


As I've told people in the past.


Read all of the stickies before you decide.Take a look at the Droid Issues thread and other threads, that describe the DE profession.


DE has the highest bug per feature ratio. Well over 90% of the items that we craft has an issue in some way, shape, or form. If you can look past that, then welcome aboard.


There is also the computer upgrade comparison. If you enjoy getting frustrated at doing computer upgrades for yourself, or a friend,with limited available funds/parts and you like sitting there looking at the screen, when something doesn't work just quite right, then DE is for you. Otherwise, you might want to try a profession that can be a little less aggrovating, like Armorsmith or Weaponsmith.







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