Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Fresh Droid Ideas
1) Droid Speed, I think some droids should be able to keep up with their owners while the owners are on speeders. Maybe some sort of droid jet pack like r2d2 had in the movies.
2) SBD, do you know how many people have asked about having those in game? I have gotten a ton of requests for them to be craftable. I think it would be awesome for the upcoming CU if the non-combat crafters (seeing as they can't wear armor) could have some personal protection like battle droids, dekas, super battle droids, and maybe a couple others. I also think these droids should decay like armor and have about the same resource usage. I believe this particular change will put DE on the map as a more useful profession and as important as AS or WS. (should be super uber and can only be used by non-combat players)
3) Anti-detection droid chip. Useful for players that are getting scanned to fool the imperial or rebel parties scanning them. Or maybe a jamming droid that can make still players disappear off the radar.
4) Decay.. Ok here's my take on the big decay issue lol. I think some droids should decay depending on the amount of money they make their owners. We can't sell a medical droid for 500k and expect anyone to buy it, but we also know when we sell it that the buyer will never be back to buy another one and it will make them a profit for years to come. I think if not the droid its self but the chips inside it should decay. A DE having to replace the parts would get to be just to time consuming so I think the user should be able to replace a broke med chip in a droid, or a harvesting chip etc.. It would be comparable to armor being repaired with an armor repair kit. (or the chip can totaly break and have to be replaced)
5) Finally on the fun side I think there should be a droid holo chip. Kind of like the dancer droids but with a bit better holograms and more interactive. Maybe have games and stuff to click on, or satellite hook up and you can see in a holo-screen what's happening at a specific waypoint on a different planet or watch to see what someone on your friends list is doing. This would would be the total entertainment toy in game!
Well I hope my ideas are well received in the DE community and if I'm lucky a Dev will pop in here and take a look. I think these will help the whole game be a more fun place to be (and satisfy the full crafters like myself who will no longer be able to wear armor who stay on a bike while checking factories and only have armor to keep them alive.)
Maybe you would need to have a master, and when he gives you an order he programmed you with, you cannot refuse !
master_loy wrote:
I'll be the first to admit I'm kind of a droid noob, I've only been a DE for about a month, but in that month I have opened the biggest droid shop on my server with over 1000 droids and assorted parts chassis etc.. Some things I would suggest are as follows:
1) Droid Speed, I think some droids should be able to keep up with their owners while the owners are on speeders. Maybe some sort of droid jet pack like r2d2 had in the movies.
2) SBD, do you know how many people have asked about having those in game? I have gotten a ton of requests for them to be craftable. I think it would be awesome for the upcoming CU if the non-combat crafters (seeing as they can't wear armor) could have some personal protection like battle droids, dekas, super battle droids, and maybe a couple others. I also think these droids should decay like armor and have about the same resource usage. I believe this particular change will put DE on the map as a more useful profession and as important as AS or WS. (should be super uber and can only be used by non-combat players)
3) Anti-detection droid chip. Useful for players that are getting scanned to fool the imperial or rebel parties scanning them. Or maybe a jamming droid that can make still players disappear off the radar.
4) Decay.. Ok here's my take on the big decay issue lol. I think some droids should decay depending on the amount of money they make their owners. We can't sell a medical droid for 500k and expect anyone to buy it, but we also know when we sell it that the buyer will never be back to buy another one and it will make them a profit for years to come. I think if not the droid its self but the chips inside it should decay. A DE having to replace the parts would get to be just to time consuming so I think the user should be able to replace a broke med chip in a droid, or a harvesting chip etc.. It would be comparable to armor being repaired with an armor repair kit. (or the chip can totaly break and have to be replaced)
5) Finally on the fun side I think there should be a droid holo chip. Kind of like the dancer droids but with a bit better holograms and more interactive. Maybe have games and stuff to click on, or satellite hook up and you can see in a holo-screen what's happening at a specific waypoint on a different planet or watch to see what someone on your friends list is doing. This would would be the total entertainment toy in game!
Well I hope my ideas are well received in the DE community and if I'm lucky a Dev will pop in here and take a look. I think these will help the whole game be a more fun place to be (and satisfy the full crafters like myself who will no longer be able to wear armor who stay on a bike while checking factories and only have armor to keep them alive.)
Five stars!!
Allow for us to actually mount the droids on a land speeder. Multipassenger Speeder for droids or those that need a ride.
Also add in the radial menu, NAME PROTOCAL DROID command. I have a cool LE repair droid and would love to name him. As for the decay thing, yeah there should be some kind of slow, over time decay where droids need to be brought to the local droid shop for a nice oil bath or something. But in order to make this process proper the droids need to become very very useful.
One thing would be nice is to make R2s and R3s with the ability to repair ships as it takes damage. Just let your pet loose, fill him up with repair kits and allow for him to do his job like R2 has done in the falcon and in episode 1. Another issue is fires. Droids are perfect for resisting fires though they do get scorched which would make those useless droid repair kits pretty handy after a big space battle.
Another item.... allow for our droids esspecially protocal droids to weild weapons or guns. This would bring about more people using them in combat instead of just making them tanks. They can dish out damage like the Faction Perks. Id love to see my LE special modded repair droid to weild a carbine!
Roleplay purposes, allow for us to program droids for responses. (maybe far fetched). If we say something specific the droid responds to our recorded words with a response. Maybe a good help in roleplay and would allow for us to sell more droids.
Co pilots? Maybe even help in battle in multiplayer ships? Now this would be nice. That one gun turret that isnt being used? Program your droid to actually jump on a turret or control the turret from the cockpit.
This would be nice. Droids are companions and they should be allowed to act as such.... In turn Droid Engineer profession can prosper in a Technically advanced world like they should be.....