Image Designer Archive

Well for starters im not an image designer, nor am I ever going to be one, but i do reconize that there are like maybe 2 at most on the entire server I play. I have been trying to get my marknigs changed for a month, and it occured to me that perhaps i could come here and see what the latests developments for them were.

I dont see many latest developments, is there somthing that can be done to interest people to play this class more? somthing that is usefull to some degree out int he wilderness. I dont see any harm in atracting players to want to be an image designer, when there are 10 in all of Star wars galaxies.

being a master imagine designer should have some perks other then saying, " i do hair for a living, and get tiped 500 credits"

master imagine designer utility check list:

1) disguise: changes the players name, features for a limited time.

2) faction disguise: changes the players declared status to covert for 10 minutes, or untell they take it off.

3) indimidating markings: any NPC mob aggro or not yellow-green con runs away from this player when they get within 50m

4) mezmerise: transforming the players looks into somthing so enchanting that all creatures stop in their tracks, to preocupied by the beuity they are seeing to attack anything.

5) conceal form: being able to hide in the shadows, and not showing up on any ones radar.

/shrug i want somone to change my markings and no ones an image designer.

There will always be a shortage of IDers out there. But, a lot of us read the forums. Why not say what galaxy you are in. Chances are there are more out there than you know, and they are just hiding... Leave your chracter name and galaxy. If you are in Tempest, I'll be glad to help. You might get lucky, eh?

As for ten over the entire span of galaxies? Unlikely, unless I got into the hairstyling capitol of the world somehow. There are at least five Master IDers out there on Tempest, and I'm trying to find more. (If you are a Master ID on Tempest, or apiring to be one, give me an email, eh?)

You have some very interesting ideas, some of which such as the temporary covert and name changes have been discussed here before. I have heard rumors that disguises for Image Designers were discussed in beta by devs but never came to fruition. I suspect some of your ideas would be hard to balance/implement, and camo would take from some or other scout ability. I would definitely like to see us help those people who are forever wanting someone to kill them so they can go un-overt and trade with others, and change/add last names.

I play on intrepid, if there are any imagine designers on this server hehe.

Valkari,

Dasi is a master ID'r and can normally be found on naboo.

I'm very close (training in Body 3 & 4, have exp already) and 220 apprentice points from becoming a Master Image Designer. I play on Intrepid, and reside on Tatooine, near Mos Eisley.

I couldn't seem to find any ID'ers out there either, and thus have had to pay for almost every single skill from the trainer which cost a fortune. Out of about 10-15 jobs so far, only 3 people have bothered to tip me at all (and those tipped decently and were very nice to me), and most haven't even bothered with a thank you, even if I spent 30-45 minutes with them. I have only been asking for tips so far since I have no idea what would be a fair pricing system to use. It seems to be a thankless career field thus far.

Karria Abidel

I wanted to comment to Karria's last line of her post. I realize that most of the Image Designers that were all over the place in the beginning have either quit the game or given up their skills for that same reason. Along with the fact that there isn't really anything that spectacular for Master ID's.

As for me, I have been doing ID since the very beginning and I have loved every single second of it. Even the bad stuff. Now, I don't play as often as I used to, but I have made sure to log in and do some business every couple of days.

For my point, there have been plenty of people that haven't paid me (I havea set price list), treated me like dirt, and took advantage of my profession, but then there are those people that search me out across the galaxy because their friend or fellow PA member, or someone in the cantina told them that I was a great ID. Those things make the fewbad things just disappear. Which is why I will never give up ID and why to make myself an even more wanted character have added Master Tailoring to my list of skills.

Basically, the thing that has kept me going is the fact that from the very beginning ID was ALL I wanted to do in this game. I doubt there are many people that can say that because I'm strange.

Anyway, I'll keep hanging on for something new but no matter what will always be Master ID.

I'm not familiar with Intrepid, of course. But the Image Designer population on Starsider has recently grown quite a bit. It's actually one of the easiest skills to "power-grind", which has been drawing a lot of people to it.

Now I don't have any official word on this, but on the "idea table" there seem to be lots of new things being considered for the Image Design profession. When I do have information, I will be happy to pass it along.

One thing is clear,,Image Designing and for that matter the entire entertainer profession, is the profession that sets apart SWG from almost any other game I have played or investigated ,,yet its also the profession that has the least attention and actual value ,,in relation to game impact,,,but the impact of making a player feel better about their appearance and being able to change it after creation is a sound gaming concept.

There are so many possibilities ,,that are just being completely ignored or placed on a low priority list,,

Maybe some time we will get some "love" ,,,

Stop afk entertainer healing,,,first and foremost ,,

New ideas on the table? As silly as it may seem that tiny little message actually makes me happy. Stange isn't it? Then again, maybe not that strange after all. Our profession has been devoid of fresh news or ideas for awhile.