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gstryker

Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:34 am

Could a droid be Force Sensitive?

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Goliat Stryker

Corran950

Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:16 pm

Pikachu91 wrote:

havoc28 wrote:
In Star Wars there are a collection of stories where droids have gone rogue, and or developed self-awareness.

Only one of which is R2-D2.
When Obi-wan says to Dex, "If droids could think, none of us would be here." It is SUPPOSED to be foreshadowing of the droids that are known to "think".

R2-D2 - His thought is obvious just downplayed. He has a sense of humor, and clear thought processes.
IG-88 - Ok so perhaps he is a human downloaded into a droid. The fact remains he IS a droid and can think.
C-3PX - A rogue droid identical to C-3PO who after becoming self-aware went rogue and became an assassin.
4-LOM - Quite possibly the most impressive of these. 4-LOM who you may remember as the Bug-like protocol-droid-looking Bounty Hunter in Empire Strikes Back when Vader is offering the bounty for Han and Luke. 4-LOM was offered to be made more human-like by jabba. He accepted, and began to learn. His story is proof that droids can learn and think.
General Grievous - No one really knows his story yet, but General Grievous is supposed to be the ultimate droid. He's a jedi hunter, the face of a "leader" for the droid army, and an all 'round bad ass.

These are just a few examples, but the Star Wars universe is filled with such stories.
I agree playing a droid would be interesting, but unfortunately, like most other things, it would probably just get messed up by the devs.

Message Edited by havoc28 on 12-30-2004 09:56 AM

4-LOM is not the bug like Bounty Hunter, thats Zuckkes(sp). 4-LOM is like IG-88, but slightly different.

I am sorry sir your wrong. True Zuckkes (sp) is a gand Bounty Hunter that looks like a bug. But 4-LOM has a simaliar robotic headthat looks like a gand head, but a bodyofa protocol droid. In no way are 4-LOM and IG-88 anyway simalar other than the fact their droids. 4-LOM was a protocol droid that went rouge and became a bounty hunter, IG-88 was built to be a war droid and went to work as soon as he was activated.

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Kalano

Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:54 pm

#16

I made a post long ago about this. Sadly, it was attacked and slaughtered. Might have been bad timing on my part. who knows, but i would love to play a droid. But droids do not and should not be force sensitive. Just doesn't seem quite right when you would have to have another player building you into the profession you want. i.e. upgrades to body and brain...ur....cpu?

If the devs want to make Hutts player charactures (i have not a freaking clue how they will pull that off, nor do they at this time), then we should have Droids as player charactures. yes, there would be some major limits, but still, i would love to play a droid.

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Zeon_Zaku

Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:17 pm

#17

majorslappy wrote:

Zade_Taerin wrote:

I think it would be an interesting addition but perhaps should be geared as an reward for longer term DE. Perhaps work it into a second character slot sheme something similar to Jedi. For all MDE who have been MDE for12 months it would allow them to open up a Droid Toon of their own creation. The Droid toon would be restricted in what it could do based upon it's first programming... ie. Entertainer (Musician Dancer), Battle (BH, Commando, Elite), Medical (Doctor, Combat Medic), Scout (Ranger, Creature Handler). That character slot would only be available so long as the primary toon maintained the MDE...

Just a thought...

Now THAT's an interesting idea. It would add something to DE that would be a great reward.

So what,a Smuggler or Commando couldn't aquire a droid character? Only a MDE? Talk about excluding everyone else from fun. That would never fly. Everyone should be able to have a droid character (just like everyone is able to have a Jedi character if they work for it). Not just MDEs.
Perhaps MDEs should be able to craft some kind of item that when it's used unlocks a droid slot. It could work the same was as being a reward for MDEs that have been with the profession for awhile, but these could be sold. To use them you'd have to be a Veteran to the game... possibly a year(so prices wouldn't be extremly high for these items).

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TheRealTK421

Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:07 pm

#18

This idea has come up here and there many times in the past. However, it's never really gotten any 'legs' and I have only seen short-lived interest in it. It basically ends up being a "Gee whiz...that'd be cool" idea...and that's about as far as it's ever gotten.

I'd say, in the longer term..........SWG has bigger 'fish' to fry.

Unless there was a LARGE number of people behind this, I think it's safe to say that any/all characters will always be organic species of some kind.

/bow

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GenericTSS

Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:23 pm

#19

I would love to be droid, it would add a whole new level of gameplay onto the game.

DEs could serve to upgrade you, repair you, etc. You get certain bonuses but certain penalties (enhanced vision etc, but vulnerability to lightning/ can't swim without upgrades for protection/etc).

Just my two cents =P

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Guinness750

Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:05 am

#20

I suppose technicaly your right about the force-sensative part, I don't think droid toons are a good idea or will ever happen but yeah in The Empire Strikes Back, when Luke gets his training, Yoda says about how the force connects and binds the universe together, the rock the tree etc, the part where he says about us being "luminous beings, not this crude matter". (You know the part I mean). So if everyhting is bound by the force, that must include droids too.

I'd also forgotton about the some of the 'thinking droids', that guy from the techno uniion who was in leage with darth sidious in Episode 2? Was he a droid or a person dependent on technology (a bit like vader) anyway, just a thought.

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GunZen

Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:33 am

#21

If this ever happens I'm opening up a new account for a droid alt.

As far as I know dark troopers are droids

I think I know what I would play

Brandon_shreve

Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:36 am

#22

majorslappy wrote:
I would love to be able to play a sentient droid toon. Can you imagine someone playing HK-47 (from KOTOR) in SWG as a BH?

if they did add droids, which they wont, they would be very very limited, about the only thing they could do was be marksman and carry a gun

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Sengis

Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:47 am

#23

brandon17394 wrote:

majorslappy wrote:

I would love to be able to play a sentient droid toon. Can you imagine someone playing HK-47 (from KOTOR) in SWG as a BH?

if they did add droids, which they wont, they would be very very limited, about the only thing they could do was be marksman and carry a gun

I see cos you are the mind of the devs?

It coudl be whatever it wanted to be, or whatever soe wanted it to be, I dont see at asever being a reward, but perhaps, an expansion patch, I would be interested but having paid for two weeks of jtlt o master, Im now left wondering just how good the content ni the future will be.

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Cendatinea

Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:53 am

#24

majorslappy wrote:

I would love to be able to play a sentient droid toon. Can you imagine someone playing HK-47 (from KOTOR) in SWG as a BH?

I know one.

Onthe server I play on,Kettemoor, we have a guy who actually FULLY RPs being a droid. His name is EG-VII and he is an Ithorian and wears full armor ALL THE TIME. He talks EXACTLY like the droid from KOTOR and uses a set of macro'd emotes such as "EG-VII clicks and whirs" and stuff like that. He will actually tell you he is the property of another player on our server and that player bought him from another player.

He is VERY believeable and extremely fun to RP with.

Edit: he's not a BH, I don't know his exact skill set, you'd hafta ask him.

Message Edited by Cendatinea on 12-31-2004 03:54 AM

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Nutts

Fri Dec 31, 2004 4:52 am

#25

majorslappy wrote:

I would love to be able to play a sentient droid toon. Can you imagine someone playing HK-47 (from KOTOR) in SWG as a BH?

It would be nice to be able to RolePlay a droid, and I think i came up with an idea that could be used.

My suggetion is this :

Make Droid Engineers able to create a new type of Personality Chip, when installed in a droid the owner could "possess" the droid (similar system that Neverwinter Nights used for pets) and do different "emotes" and maybe make a few sounds (depending on the chassis of the droid). When the owner is "possessing" the droid he wont have control of his character until he "un-possess" the droid, so people could find a safe spot , call their droid and possess it and move around doing droid stuff.

If the droid is a Medic Droid it could be used to heal & diagnose people, If the Droid had a harvesting module you could help your friends or yourself harvest hide & meat etc.

It would work like this:

Player chooses which chassis he wants built (R2,"Mouse-Droid" etc)

Player chooses which modules he wants built (Medic, Entertainer, Scout etc)

Playergets the new Personality Chip built in (makes player able to "possess" droid)

Player purchases Droid , calls droid from the Datapad and can possess the droid at any time.

Additions:

The player could take his Droid to a DE and purchase different modifications.

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havoc28

Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:05 am

#26

Pikachu91 wrote:
4-LOM is not the bug like Bounty Hunter, thats Zuckkes(sp). 4-LOM is like IG-88, but slightly different.

Zuckuss was 4-LOM's partner, a sentient being, NOT a droid. 4-LOM is for a fact, the bug like protocol droid. It's a common misconception but look it up, it's true.

http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/4lom/index.html

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