Image Designer Archive

I am all for full functioning droids. As a tailor, I don't know what I would do without my crafting droid and look forward to one day having the same capabilities for the ID profession. I really don't think that it is going to be quite the problem that some believe it will be. No ID-ing (including migrations) are a necessity, there is absolutely nothing we are capable of that cannot wait until after I get this badge/finish this mission/buffs run out. However I would still like the choice of waiting or not myself. I would LOVE to be able to do migrations for my fellow guildmates in our city without both of us having to trek to Lagonet. I think would be great fun for when we have fairs/event/etc. to be able to set up a Id'ing "booth" without having to deal with the timer and having to say over and over "can't do migrations".

Not to mention all those times I am setting up factory runs or restocking my vendors and get the faithful tell asking for a migration. I would weep with joy if I could have clients meet me and then get right back to work, rather than having to decided whether to stop in the middle of it, shuttle there and back or just ask if they can wait.

As for the adding to the starport mess, I really don't think it will be all that bad. You dont' really see tailors, droid engineers, etc standing around barking custom wares. I know for myself, if I were still grinding, it still wouldn't be worth the lag and spacial chat hell.

But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. :-)

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SakeO wrote:

cons - We will be expected to on the spot mods and those who do not want to do migrations will have little excuse to avoid them. The starports will be cluttered with one more industry and we will often be working in some pretty spamtastic locales.

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Message Edited by Aori on 09-29-2004 02:23 PM

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Aori wrote:

I don't really agree with the concept of ID Droids. I mean, sure, I can understand that some people are tired to be bound to a tent, but if you think about it, tents are still relatively empty. Image Designers are a pretty small population to begin with. Having tents gives them some sort of common meeting place. If every ID had a droid that did everything a tent would, there would be no need to ever even go to a tent, rendering them pointless. Because who really wants to be tied to a tent if they don't have to be? So with droids available, what would really be the point of having tents at all? I may be able to see having droids but having to have Master ID in order to use them (or somewhere up on the ID tree), so that tents were still a common for IDs. But even then, it'd make a Master ID even more elusive than they are now. Or maybe have the droids cut/take away the timer for cosmetic changes but have stat migrations still bound to tents. But as a Master ID, I really dont find the out-of-tent timer for comestic changes, right now, that bad at all. By the time my customer figures out what they want, and we have casual conversation during the session, the timer is either already done, or almost done, anyways. ID is considered to be under the Entertainer realm, profession-wise, and for that, I think it's important for maintaining the social aspects of the profession. Tents are very social places, just as cantinas are for Dancers/Musicians.

I think, if anything, I'd much rather have small player city ID tents, over droids. I'd like to use more incentive for using ID tents rather than less incentive, so that they are actually used more and have more purpose. *shrug*

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I can see your point to a certain extent, but I would argue that perhaps if we did have droids, MIDs and IDs wouldn't be quiet to "elusive" as they are now. I know that when I am starting on non-ID related tasks the first thing I do is take the tag off. However, if I knew that I could continue what I was doing or have very little interruption, I would probably never take it off.

As for the social aspect, I think that is the very reason that the tents would continue to be a valuable tool. For non-Masters, no one wants to grind alone when they could sit and chat with fellow sufferers. And the fact is that one is always most likely (and I really don't see this changing) to find an ID in a salon, so customers will continue to stop by and therefore non-MID will continue to stick around waiting for the opportunity to work on someone else. :-) For the Master, I doubt very seriously I would be any less likely to visit the tent than I am now. As it is with everythign else that I am working on right now (leveling up alt, getting vendors situated, etc) while I may pop in for an appointment a few times a week, last night was the first time I have been in the tent for more than about 15 minutes in ages. I have too many other things going on to sit in the tent on the off chance that a customer may drop in. However, if I were to have a droid, I would be capable (and much more if not always willing) to service a client anytime.

As for all of those that hate the idea of not being able to "get away" from ID-ing the solution is pretty simple really...don't buy one. Or you could always use the excuse of having no batteries on you. :-)

I think the fact that the profession as a whole seems to be pretty much split on this, makes it all the more likely to "work" if we do get them. You will have the IDs that use the droids (for better or worse) but you would also still have the more traditional IDs that worked primarily if not exclusively from the salons.