Image Designer Archive
Thread: ID State of the Profession
tehya
Sun Aug 15, 2004 11:28 am
#66
OK my vote is for Being able to do image designs on vendors. I mean I go through 30 to 40 and they are always ugly until I finally get one that is desent enough to put out in my house. This would also solve the money issue. If people want to get thier vendors made over you could just hire an ID to do it for you. I also agree that we need to solve the xp issue as well. Now ther are some stating that the new revamp is a good thing that grinding any proffession shouldn't be easy and I agree to some degree. But right now Image design is just plain boring I mean until you get novice ID or higher You can't really do any real ID work on anyone. Anyways thats just my 2 cents.
Battosai-Wolfe
Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:32 am
#67
Image Designer
1) Skill Changes for Image Designer.
a) Cosmetic Crafting -Change the Markings line to include a new crafting line of products from Image Designers.. Including Colored Contacts, Lipstick, Eyeshadow, (Nail Polish), (Blush), Tanning Lotion.. the items in parenthesis are of course, new applications of ID allowing to make cheeks rosier and possibility of coloring nails. Colored Contacts temporarily changing eye colors to a pre-determined color through craftingwith a 1 time use item. Lipstick changing female (and possibly male.. I have some strange friends heh..) lip color to a specific color temporarily, lipstick will have X amount of uses determined by the crafting procedure.. Eyeshadow similar to lipstick.. Tanning Lotion will temporarily set skin color down by 1 shade.
b) Add a Hi-light customization feature to Hairstyling III that allows ID's to use basic dull natural colors as hi-lights to the normal hair color, Advancing to all Natural colors in hi-lights at Hairstyling IV.
c) Add the option of coloring people's nails and cheeks through the markings and facial lines.
d) Ability to register with a salon on the map at Novice level.
e) Add the ability to change an Overt person into a Covert person when inside of a salon using the Markings and Cosmetic Customization line as the skill.. Cosmetic I will open the ability to Image Designers allowing them to turn an Overt into a Covert for 10 minutes, with a 2 second timer to execute the change. As the Image Designer improves through the skill line it will improve to 20 minute, 30 minute, and 45 minute durations. Which will immediately null itself and make the person Overt if the person attacks someone of the opposite faction.
2) Master Image Designer Benefits.
a) Ability toplace and runa Salon for playercities. (crafted by Architects..)
b) Reduced Migration timer to 5 minutes from 10.
c) Ability to Migrate self stats on a 10 minute timer.
d) Ability to surpass the limits of most physical changes to body and facial settings, allowing un-natural appearances.. (at Master level that should be possible) example being a Human as short as a bothan or as tall as a wookie. Weight, Torso, Muscle, Ears, Nose, Eyes, all physical changes should be able to have a higher/lower setting (within reason)
e)Advancement to the Hi-lights from Hairstyling allowing the Master ID to hi-light with all un-natural colors as well.
f)Advancement to the crafting portion of ID allowing them to craft Holo-Wig's.. That will let the wearer choose any style/color it is programmed with and use it for a temporary amount of time before the wig needs to be recharged by the ID.. perhaps just color changes? (I saw a nice episode of Andromeda where the second in command had holoemitters in her hair and could change it at will.. thought it was a great idea and so do alot of other IDs)
g) Add a few missing colors like pure black, pure white, and pure colors such as green, pink, blue, red, etc.. (some have ones that are close but not quite..)
h) Expansion to the Overt->Covert (disguise?) option... reducing timer to 1 minute to execute and extending duration of the change to 1 hour.
Those are the basic changes that I thought would make the profession much more interesting and worth wile to play. And most definatly an asset to any PA especially to the Jedi's trying to hide from Bounty Hunters..
A few more misc ideas are, of course..
1) New hairstyles for more advanced Image Designers.
2) More tattoo designs for twi'lek and zabarak
3) Add the possibility of adding a Tattoo to other races such as Human or in the case of a Wookie/Bothan fur customization patterns...
4) Revamp the Interface to use push button controls instead of click and drag movement.. Include a Zoom in and Out feature.. Add the possiblity to disable the "snap to camera position" when clicking between face and body..
5) Add the ability to Image Design merchant NPC's if you have permission from the NPC's owner.
6) Revamp the registering system so you need to go up to a terminal in the public building of choice and can register your location through those means. (disable registering through a command or hotkey, that will prevent macro users from coding it into a macro), Make Registering with a location last for a certain amount of time before you need to re-register (10-30 minutes?).
7) Add a new planetary search feature that will show you who is registered on the planet and where they are, and what profession they are registered as at that time. (Much easier way to find a party in a cantina, or an on duty Image Designer, or a Doctor at a hospital that is currently healing.)
8) Most importantly for many Image Designers, a button they can press that will cancel the Image Design action you are currently doing... (Alot of my clients end up going LD in the middle of a session and close my ID window with it, however when I try to ID someone else, it comes up that I am still working on someone with no ability to cancel it.)
Abee_Ndeed
Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:59 pm
#68
/congratulate
Wow! That was perfect. It was what I was trying to say, just couldn't think.
The only addition I could make is to have some feedback for when the session is accepted by both parties. I have now maxed on the xp and the only way I can tell if they pressed accept (I often don't charge for small things) is to look at my health pool.
Battosai-Wolfe
Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:48 pm
#69
*For all that are concerned, didn't pull my ideas off the forum lol.. thought of them by writing down whenever I wished I had something ontoa notepad file, then just posted it.. lost alot of stuff my last HD wipe but alot of that was fixed with the last ID patch.. I'll try to keep up the ideas*
Battosai-Wolfe
Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:04 am
#70
And yes, I do think in some cases reduced timer might be a bad thing for Master Image Designers, however... In other cases, MID's can charge more for the reduced wait. Not to mention it would be something else that helped us out at Master.
Right now since I do countless migrations per day (something Master IDs normally dont put up with for strangers..) I charge on average 35k, but I do give breaks to people of course.. This enhances business for the MID's and helps out the Novices by letting them do it for cheaper for xp.
And please.. give me back my numbering system
Maisland
Fri Aug 27, 2004 1:32 pm
#71
mesome wrote:
It definatly needs to be changed. I started a charachter the other day with the intentions of trying out ID. Sadly I had to give up after it became obvious that at the rate I was going I could take another year and probably never master it.
Message Edited by mesome on 08-26-2004 11:16 PM
All you really need to master ID is 2 accounts and the ability to log in with both at once.
With 2 accounts, you can master it in 2 weeks... especially if you use the auto-accept macro for the victim.
CookieJR
Mon Sep 06, 2004 1:38 pm
#72
I would love to see tatoos on humans because human at the moment look to plain. Also to have red eyes would be nice
Madam
Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:17 am
#73
I'm on Bloodfin too. My character is Madam Chala. I'm always willing to help players level in ID. If you still want to become an MID, send me a tell or an email and I'll help you.
mesome wrote:
Kwee wrote:
I have heard several reports (both in forum and in game) of people giving up their dreams of mastering ID after a few days under the new exp/timer system.
It definatly needs to be changed. I started a charachter the other day with the intentions of trying out ID. Sadly I had to give up after it became obvious that at the rate I was going I could take another year and probably never master it.
Message Edited by mesome on 08-26-2004 11:16 PM
EiYoto
Sat Sep 18, 2004 2:28 am
#74
Kwee wrote:MID's feel that they should not have a timer outside the tents as they no longer need to earn exp,
No longer true since Publish 10.
Now there is a new perk for Master IDs, because it seems we can grind Force XP faster than anybody else
ImajiNashun
Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:18 am
#75
Hello My name is Imaji and I play on Corbantis server. I have been playing for a month, started just before the publish 10 and as such, did not realize which changes you all have been talking about. I truly love the ID profession but have gotten discouraged this week for a single reason. There are so many novice ID's offering free stat migrations apparently to grind points? that I can barely grab a customer here and there. I will not give up though, as I enjoy my 10 minute conversation with my client very much. I was just wondering if anyone else is having this problem or is it just my timing at the salons? Thanks for posting me, glad to be here!
My name is Imaji and I play on Corbantis server. I have been playing for a month, started just before the publish 10 and as such, did not realize which changes you all have been talking about. I truly love the ID profession but have gotten discouraged this week for a single reason. There are so many novice ID's offering free stat migrations apparently to grind points? that I can barely grab a customer here and there. I will not give up though, as I enjoy my 10 minute conversation with my client very much. I was just wondering if anyone else is having this problem or is it just my timing at the salons? Thanks for posting me, glad to be here!
Keryanjaxx
Tue Sep 21, 2004 3:12 pm
#76
I think bothans need beards! I mean in all the guides they do.... I know bothans are sorta a minority.. ALL I ASK IS FOR A BEARD!!! *Sob* hahah
Dragonchef
Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:11 pm
#77
Okay, time for some newbie poster rambling.
I am a MID on Starsider(hope to meet you someday Kwee heard alot about you) and I have some stuff to say on these wishes.
First, about crafting me and on occasion some of my costmers have talked about this. We should have the ability to make 'make up kits', fading(something like droid/vehicle costemization) make ups for non-IDs. Example: A female Commando just wants to sit back and relax after a nice bases stomping. She decides to go to a nice little party, but instead of go all the way from(hypotheticlly) Lok to Theed(I have observed that Bestine does not really get much business in my galaxy) she just goes into her house and grabs a few 1 tip make up kits and applys them. They last for a few days(I think 3 should be enough) and walks off to her party. These 'make up kits' could be made using our color palettes and some natural ingredents like corn or something(just a though). There should be something for eyes,lips,eyshadow,etc.
Second, the design thing we should get a set amount of designs, like 20 different designs at master ID, and be able to apply these to droids, vehicles, ships, etc. When I hear Image Designer I think of someone like a person that designs logos. It would be WAY to much to design them ourselves so this would be okay. Also we would not paint the whole thing but just add a logo or something. Or maybe a few words on the side of it. Example: someone wants to name his YT-1300 The Bear Trap, we take the ship and put the name it red letters on the side of it.
Thrid, stat migration waiting should be strait out 7-7.5 min. That is right in the middle and should be okay. Some people *edit* and moan about long waits but come on, you are changing your stats around you should not be able to do that in 5 min. 7 would be okay. I have heard alot of people cry about the costmer leaving to do something during the 10 min wait. What another player does with their time is up to them, if they do it then just forget about them and go on.
Uhhh... I think that is enough of my ranting for now. I will post more(I can read your minds, they say: Oh God(or what ever diety you worship) please no more) when I remember or see something. That is all for now, see yah 
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