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Thread: R3s Hurting Droid Engineers?

HesDeadJim
Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:37 am
#1
I like the R3. I really do. But when it's the #1 requested non-combat Droid, and people want everything and the kitchen sink in it,I wonder if it isn't doing a disservice to the Droid Engineering profession. After all, in its place, I could be making and selling 2-3 non-R3 Droids. But with its massive module capacity, many people see little advantage to using any chassis but the R3. As a result, I charge more for it than any other Droid. And I never use one myself.


Would you say the R3 is hurting the profession?
RasalTheWise
Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:12 am
#2
It's more limiting creativity than it is hurting (I guess you could define "hurt" as that). I'm really hoping the proposed droid revamp will address this in some way.




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Xrystal
Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:40 am
#3
I tend to go the other way so that if a customer asks for a droid chassis that holds more than what they are originally asking for module/function wise I let them know they can add x number of modules. After all I charge per chassis and module so I give them the option to add more modules to the droid. I guess I just hate to waste those slots.
Sandsifter
Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:21 pm
#4

simple, dont make one with everything in them. I refuse to. Im not going to limit my business and give someone a droid with scout traps, creature harvest, storage, and combat module sheesh


I simply tell them its more effective to have creature harvest modules in one droid. Then all scout traps in another. And finally a combat model with auto-repair.


A few get irked thinking R3's should be like old composite armor and cover everything but most arent. And I sell a lot more droids this way. Players can hold up to 4 droids, I say make em.


Icebolt


HesDeadJim
Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:54 am
#5

What I would like to see in the revamp is a different Droid for every purpose. A single Droid you can slap everything into hurts future business.


Personally, I put as few modules into a Droid as possible. It they want more funcitonality, they come back for more Droids. However, I never refuse to make a Droid to a customer's specifications, unless what they specify is impossible to make.


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