Medic Archive

I think there should be enhancers to go with our medical components (like what Weaponsmiths, Armorsmiths, and Tailors have).

Some things they could do:

- Increase damage/wound base heal amount *
- Increase charges *
- Decrease "Medicine Use" requirement *
- Allow a stimpack to heal mind damage **
- Present a sort of defensive buff (maybe temprarily increase resistance or defeenses vs. states)
- Increase range/radius of ranged/area stimpacks (for Combat Medics)
- Increase intensity of the Poison/Disease DoT effects (for Combat Medics)
- Increase duration of the Poison/Disease DoT effects (for Combat Medics)
- Possibly enable Medpcks to have an area effect ***

* These 3 aspects of stimpacks/medpacks can be altered furthur by experimentation, so theoretically an enhancer could get Stimpack - C "Medicine Use" requirement as low as 20, or get some Doctor stimpacks/medpacks low enough for high-level Medics to use

** This is only Mind damage; Mind Wounds & Battle Fatigue will still be healed by entertainers

*** By "Medpacks" I mean both Wound healing Medpacks & State healing medpacks; however I am unsure how an area effect medpack could work when they are generally designed to be used on single targets

These "enhancers" would be items found on various high level creatures & NPC's, and perhapsd could be found as "loot" and quest rewwards. (if my ideas in the "Desired Rewards" thread is considered)

So what do you all think of this suggestion?

Personally, I agree (but not about the mind damage one)... generally, the enhancers go into components, so they can be used for a variety of items (like the ones that go into weaponsmith power-handlers).

I also think that we should get them as drops, and from /medical forage.

Not to hijack (I'll start a new thread on this), but I think /medforage should supply items that supply low powered healing (like scout forage get low powered buffs) and crafting enhancers (like other equipment enhancers.)

I think crafting enhanced parts are creeping in across the board, but this is already on my list in-case we weren't getting any.

-T

They've said they're going to something about mind damage, so it would make sense to have an ultra-rare component enhancer to give Stimpacks (ANY stimpacks, which includes, Ranged Area, and Pet) the ability to heal mind.

As for sources of Medical component enhancers:

* /medicalforage like you suggested
* Searching lairs (I am so SICK of those worthless animal samples)
* Certain high level creatures/NPC's (e.g. Bols, Mereks, Dantari primitives, Sharnaffs, various Ewok tribes, etc.)
* Dungeon loot (magseal containers should have SOMETHING)
* Quest rewards

Of course by searching lairs the type of lair would affect how good the enhancer is; so if you want an 'uber' enhancer for your stimpacks you need to search Kimo lairs on Lok or Merek lairs on Endor.