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Alacrity

Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:26 am

An Observation:

If Combat-capable Droids are now directly comparable to unbuffed CL10 critters, then the only imbalance left between the two is the buffability of critters.

Has anyone considered the possibility of Droid Power-Ups? Expendible items, like Weapon Power-Ups, that will temporarily enhance some aspect of Droid Combat? For example:

Ablative Armor Pack - a one-use armor pack that will absorb a certain amount of damage before it is destroyed. Alternatively, one could mount an Armorsmith-crafted Shield Generator in the droid. (Ablative Armor could absorb any attack, while Shield Generators are only good against Energy attacks.)

Hunter/Killer Module - a limited-use module that greatly increases ranged weapon accuracy, effectiveness, and/or range.

Anyway, you get the idea.Thoughts?

Amoon Darkflier, Elder Artisan, Elder Droid Engineer, Elder Merchant

"I find your lack of pants disturbing."

Pistoller

Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:53 am

#2

I think its very good idea now if we could have devs to respont that would be nice

demosthenes810

Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:56 am

#3

Very good thinking...and another renewable source of income. I like it....it makes sense...if we can powerup weapons with little kits, there should not be a difference between that and droids. It's all metal and machinery....Droid powerups should definitely be much harder to make though, obviously...along the line of what ti takes to make a buff makes sense. Perhaps, due to what they are doing and the complication of modifying a droid...DEs only should be able to do them...like doctors can only do buffs...or at least perhaps artisans could apply them or something, not everyone. Just a thought. Generally, I like it.

David

demosthenes810

Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:57 am

#4

Items like this really need our correspondent to grab up and put all in an idea thread listing.

Pistoller

Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:58 am

#5

if we had a correspondent lol

TheRealTK421

Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:01 am

#6

Pistoller wrote:

if we had a correspondent lol

Fret not.

/bow

Respectfully,

TheRealTK421 a.k.a. "Doughbacca"

SWG DE Correspondent

Co-Founding member of Ahazi DENet & SWG DEA (Droid Engineer Association)

"I think all right-thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary, decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. ...I'm certainly not. And I'm sick and tired of being told that I am."

Shian_Tavkin

Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:12 am

#7

Alacrity this is an interesting idea...indeed it is

One thing to take care on, if I might suggest it: Remember a BE pet buff is over TIME so we should be very careful asking, for example, for Ablative Armour that only takes a specific amount of DAMAGE

Time and damage are two different things entirely, and time is certainly superior, all other things being equal.

Now, if such a powerup were to restore the AR2 armour rating, hehe, that would be a whole different thing.

Good luck with this constructive idea.

Shian -- Master Droid Engineer/ Master Artisan

Javac

Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:14 am

#8

I thought about this too, it would be a great source of income alongside combat droids.

Instead of making shield generators energy only (PSG's arent). Perhaps they would grant the droid a light armor rating for a brief time.

Turboboost to increase droid movement speed

Nanites to increase HAM

Of course, using 'powerups' would take a tick off vitality.

Calis Exud - Droid Engineer Extrodianre - Retired

Alacrity

Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:10 am

#9

Good ideas! Anyone else?

Amoon Darkflier, Elder Artisan, Elder Droid Engineer, Elder Merchant

"I find your lack of pants disturbing."

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