Image Designer Archive

Firstly let me begin by saying I am not having a go at Image Designers just how Lucas Arts have made the profession! I am a relatively new have been trying for weeks to do ID. No-one will let me touch them as I can't do stats migrate or anything advanced so couldn't even get a foothold. "Do it on yourself" I hear you cry - well I can't as I am a wookie. Eventually a friend has (and still is) giving up her characters time so we can grind it together and I can become an ID. For me this does not equate to fun or value for money. My friend is bored sitting accepting and I am not to excited by the grind myself. There must be a better way to do this. In entertainer if you are a newbi you can join a group to help build your xp. You canmake friends, have fun, be taughtwhile mastering your character. Combat professions allow interaction, missions, shooting - generally gameplay. ID is solitary and there isn't much gameplay involved. Newbi's don't stand a chance of gettingclients as other players just want the professional touch or advanced skills- which is not the Master ID's fault. Newbi's can get involved in every other profession and feel part of the community, apart from this one.You may say don't do it but I thought the ethos of this game was be who you are or what you want to be. I want to be ID but getting there is like watching paint dry - THIS ISN'T GAMEPLAY!

There must be a better or more interactive way to do this. Lucas Arts please change it!

Would be interested to know what others think.

Sorry to hear you are having a tough go at it. Im not sure what your server is like, but the best way to grind through it

is to find others that are in the same position as you. Travel around to the different tents or cantinas . Socialize a little more till you can find others needing to grind. Trade off working on each other. You have a chance of leveling faster and making new friends while your at it. Just give it a little more time.its well worth it in the end. Good luck!

Zizz

I wouldn't really call ID dull... it can, however, be tedious. (Trust me, the first time you geta pain in the rear customer, you'll know it isn't dull ).

You say you're new, so one of my suggestions is to try to get guilded. 9 times out of 10, guildmates will be able and willing to help you get some of the skills you need. If that is not an option you want to use, find someone else in the tent who also cannot migrate stats and pair up with them to get the xp you need. Misery loves company.

Dull may not be the right word. But, I understand where you're coming from. Some people have offered some suggestions. But, really, the question remains...if you are a new character on the server, without friends or guildmates, and you happen to be a wookie with dreams of becoming an image designer, what do you do? It's not as easy as it sounds to simply try to find someone who will let you ID on them. And, to be honest with you, when I was levelling up ID (my ID is human), I didn't even want to share ID time withanother IDbecause it actually ended up taking longer. They could ID me, then I could ID them, but the way the xp is set up, it still means that you get the same amount of experience ID'ing someone else in this "switch back and forth" scenario as you get ID'ing on yourself. But, it ends up seeming slower because it relies on the other person being as quick with the accepts and the ID'ing as you are. Of course, most people weren't as quick as I was and I was a bit impatient.

So, basically, what I'm saying here is that unless you can find a friend who will let you ID them then you're SOL if you're a wookie. And, I think something should be done that can allow a beginning wookie to gain some sort of ID experience without having to rely on groups. Optimally, of course, SWG is an interdependent game and I have the most fun when I'm doing things with others. However, there should always be at least some method to gain experience solo if you absolutely have to. I think mon cals have the same problem as the wookies until they reach the point where they can do eyes.

Paks
Master Ranger/Master Creature Handler
-I support ATK play

Oh man if only you had come before the ID revamp. I found a buddy and did it in 50 minutes. I was a hologrinder, but I must admit, I may have been the saddest giving up that profession morethan any other profession.

Jedi since 7/17/04

ID itself isn't dull. But the grind can be excruciating, yes.

Maybe you shouldn't be an ID if your a wookie... I mean your supposed to be a brawler! it's like thinking I can wear a full suit of composite with my twilek un buffed!

And another things about wookies... you look soo stupid dancing!!!!

you're playing a handicapped race it's been designed that way.

MeiYuki

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Hi All

Thanks for the encouragement. Grinding on and getting there as I do want ID. Again thanks for the support and for responding!

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Special hello's to the wooks out there!

See you in publish 10!