Entertainer Archive
Thread: From your correspondent: What should master entertainer grant?
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Goraf
Sat May 22, 2004 1:13 pm
#14
I have always thought that there needs to be some sort of visible cue to other players that there is an entertainer inside a Cantina, Hotel, Theater, or Tavern without looking at the map. I think that a Master Entertainer should have special promotion abilities. Here are two ideas:
One idea is the ability to add their own text to a sign on a Cantina/Hotel/Theater/Tavern. It would work like /register, so your text would disappear when you left the building or when you logged off.
Another idea is for a Master Entertainer Promotions droid module. It would be similar to the Merchant barker module. It could act like the merchant barker, or perhaps just display a billboard of sorts for all running by to see. Such a droid could be placed outside the Starport to announce upcoming and in progress events.
Alirc
Entertainer and Musician
Valcyn
One idea is the ability to add their own text to a sign on a Cantina/Hotel/Theater/Tavern. It would work like /register, so your text would disappear when you left the building or when you logged off.
Another idea is for a Master Entertainer Promotions droid module. It would be similar to the Merchant barker module. It could act like the merchant barker, or perhaps just display a billboard of sorts for all running by to see. Such a droid could be placed outside the Starport to announce upcoming and in progress events.
Alirc
Entertainer and Musician
Valcyn
froglight101
Mon May 24, 2004 11:43 am
#15
yes, maybe we should be something like squad leaders for entertaining groups, that would be cool
brentgueth
Tue May 25, 2004 12:46 am
#16
I think they should keep the mandiviol and ceremonnial in the ME category, otherwise I have no reason to be an ME.
En-Sabah-Nur
Tue May 25, 2004 5:25 pm
#17
It's obvious that thus far only the Musician has a benefit to Master Entertainer simply because they get the only string instrument in the game and at least a song that no one else can play. The dances aren't used much except for a laugh at least when I had it. The biggest let down is for a Image Designer. I think using benefits closer to what the Musician gets. ID'ers should get unique hair styles and maybe even a time reducer even if slight. A 10% Mind Enhancement would be great but at this point they aren't even able to use it. Giving them added healing is only nice for a person who wants to level Musician or Dancer but if the Dancer doesn't have anything after that worth while they will drop it once they're done leveling. I don't think there has to be a huge advertising ability since all you really have to do is have your title up and make your player searchable. If players already don't know how to use the search ability what's the odds they'd even use the world map.
sweatyclimber
Thu May 27, 2004 7:25 am
#18
i think it should be similar to master artisan... making all higher level props depend on it for some side of their performance if they want the best performance they can get... i have a ton of other suggestions to but since the devs will continue to ignore well into JTL i don't see the point in posting
Tiaga
Fri May 28, 2004 5:38 pm
#19
Some interesting ideas. Summarizing what I see so far...
- Bring dancer and ID rewards in line with musician...
- A new dance people will want
- Reduced time for ID changes
- Something to give more income options, promo tools or band leader functions
- Entertainer exclusive chat channels, anyone could use, only masters could create
- Signs
- Sign-up board masters could drop in public locations to help people looking for groups
- Skill mods... Mind enhancement, healing, defense...
- A small portion of some of the skills that are also granted higher in the elite professions.. For example more hair styles, waltz and lyrical...
- Skills related to directing a group of entertainers and synchronizing dance and music.. The "squad leader" of entertainers.
- Lighting effects. Either new effects, or the effects from dancer and musician (In exchange for the missing dances, music and songs)
- Enhanced planetary registration
- Makeup, hair styles, clothes, etc that only entertainers could wear
- Some visual cue that a cantina is staffed, such as an ability to add to a sign outside the structure
- Droid module similar to the merchant barker droid
I miss anything in there?
Message Edited by Tiaga on 05-28-2004 05:39 PM
Jenky
Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:45 am
#22
I have something, I would love to see.
Im a mostly a fighter type of player, but I like entertainer allot. Unfortunate, my skill points are limited, though I can take Master Entertainer, for an all around entertainer character!
What im sad about, is that Master entertainers does NOT get the abillity to place an Cantina
I feel this is bad, because, while a master musician/Dancer are better at their "thing" the master entertainer has an bigger understanding of different parts of entertainer!
I would love to run an cantina with my master entertainer... I dont have skill points for more, and I want to be taken seriously, even though im not mastering any ent elite prof!!!
Also many people does not care to watch a master entertainer, when they can watch a master dance, which is understandable giving they uses more skill points and longer time, but still I would like to see a minor buff to mind!
Maybe 150+ to all mind stats, that while they are all small, it should come really fast....! Small and fast, for does on the run, and does who need big mind buffs can go to the dancer/Musicians!
Would be cool...
-Jenky
Gorathion
Tue Jun 08, 2004 4:33 am
#23
Quoted from JohnMarble
Well, I like where Panthu is coming from, but if they aren't going to spend time coding new stuff... Points. I want bonuses to healing, and especially, mind enhancement. Give me ten points there, I'll invest the points here.
I'd like to point out that mind enhancement is an Elite ability, so adding points for it at Master entertainer would be pointless, in my oppinion.
I do agree that there should be something at the master box for all the entertainer profs, just like all basic masteries add something unique to the proffessions.
The songs at ME are fine where they are, I thing. There should be a good dance for the dancers though, and something unique for ID. Since I am no ID myself, I won't speculate what though, since I hardly know what a master ID can do now....
mutable72
Tue Jun 08, 2004 7:09 am
#24
Due to the ID facet of what a master entertainer does, it's hard to group. My best suggestion is that a Master Entertainer be able to do any entertainer function for entertainer or any other class for half the cost in HAM while using thier craft. For example, if a dance, music or id ability costs everyone else 24 to use, the Master Entertainer only has to pay twelve.
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