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Thread: Side Strakes...broken, or pointless ship decoration?
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Jas-Won
Sun May 15, 2005 4:27 am
#1
I was somewhat lead to believe through all the promotion that stuff like Side Strakes where went to boost ship mass or something like that...so after spending ages gathering all the resourses...then loosing them,then having some real smart-ass CSR agent replace them with only a 1/3 of the amount in completely different (And useless) resourses, then going and collecting them again, I finally built one...and it does nothing, all that effort, just to get the Star Warsequivalentof a real spoiler...
Anyone else able to say otherwise?.
Message Edited by Jas-Won on 05-15-2005 10:28 PM
Red-Dwarf
Sun May 15, 2005 5:43 am
#2
They are just ship decoration.
The 'heavy' ships are either the tier0/1 ships (at 95k mass) built by shipwrights or quest rewards ships. The modified ships are all obtained by a quest starting with the kashyyyk space station that splits based on faction to give different ships (Heavy Xwing, Vaksai (Kiharx), Royal TIE Interceptor)
The pre-launch guides are a little vague and don't really explain some of it well, and you aren't the first to be confused (I was before you!)
Jas-Won
Sun May 15, 2005 6:22 am
#3
Ah well, thanks for confirming Red-Dwarf, seems Shipwrights really got nothing substantial at all out of CURB/RotW, just like Weaponsmith (See sig, go figure...), all the good stuff people actually want come from quests...
And you think while they where at it, they could have added decor for A-Wings too...
TheDarkmoons
Sun May 15, 2005 6:34 am
#5
I wouldn't call them pointless...
They look very swank, and they add an extra layer of protection onto your components (After Shields/Armour goes, this now goes next instead of a vital component such as a Droid Interface). They're very easy to gather the resources for too, only 125 of two asteroid resources.
They look very swank, and they add an extra layer of protection onto your components (After Shields/Armour goes, this now goes next instead of a vital component such as a Droid Interface). They're very easy to gather the resources for too, only 125 of two asteroid resources.
Jas-Won
Sun May 15, 2005 8:18 am
#6
The last we really need in this game atm is more virtually functionless eye candy...It might offer protection from maybe 1 shot...because you can't experimenton it, and if I recall correctly it doesn't have any stat over 100.0...and I think that was just the items armor, not ship armor.
SwenLaransa
Sun May 15, 2005 3:25 pm
#7
Jas-Won wrote:The last we really need in this game atm is more virtually functionless eye candy...It might offer protection from maybe 1 shot...because you can't experimenton it, and if I recall correctly it doesn't have any stat over 100.0...and I think that was just the items armor, not ship armor.
So we should get rid of 90% of the schematics from the architect profession then? Because they mostly make things that are functionless eye candy.
Kebb
Sun May 15, 2005 8:35 pm
#8
If something is designed to be eye candy, that's fine. Posters and furniture offer no enhancement to the game except to make a building look better, and that's OK. Ship paint and texture kits are the same way. The description listed for the strakes, though, leads one to believe they will enhance the mass of the ship they are installed on.
Kalano
Sun May 15, 2005 10:15 pm
#9
Kebb wrote:
If something is designed to be eye candy, that's fine. Posters and furniture offer no enhancement to the game except to make a building look better, and that's OK. Ship paint and texture kits are the same way. The description listed for the strakes, though, leads one to believe they will enhance the mass of the ship they are installed on.
I belive it was TH that stated they make your ship look cool, like racing strips. doesn't do anything but make people go WOW, cool wings man. hehehe
Jas-Won
Mon May 16, 2005 5:22 am
#10
SwenLaransa wrote:
So we should get rid of 90% of the schematics from the architect profession then? Because they mostly make things that are functionless eye candy.
Unless we've learned too different forms of English, "More" does not mean "To Remove".
Point is, it would be better if the devs made more effort to get the game as it is working probably, rather then adding more junk to incress the 'WHOA!' factor and attract new players...while at the same time alienating veterans.
And if they really wanted tohelp Architects, they'd make it so furtunture somehow augmented a house, rather then just let players moveitems out of sight...
Dharma812
Mon May 16, 2005 2:07 pm
#11
see, now that's comedy.
Jas-Won wrote:
SwenLaransa wrote:
So we should get rid of 90% of the schematics from the architect profession then? Because they mostly make things that are functionless eye candy.
Unless we've learned too different forms of English, "More" does not mean "To Remove".
Point is, it would be better if the devs made more effort to get the game as it is working probably, rather then adding more junk to incress the 'WHOA!' factor and attract new players...while at the same time alienating veterans.
And if they really wanted tohelp Architects, they'd make it so furtunture somehow augmented a house, rather then just let players moveitems out of sight...
SwenLaransa
Mon May 16, 2005 3:28 pm
#12
I, and many others, love the functionless eye candy. If I didn't I'd still be playing text based MUD's. I personally would like the devs to add in far more of it. More ship mods. More house designs. More furniture. More useless and functionless things for everyone!
It instantly adds value for those of us who enjoy it and is very easy to balance unlike combat. Since it does... nothing it can't be exploited or abused. How often have you heard "OMGBBQ! NERF TEH PAINTINGZ! THER 2 LEET!"? My guess is never.
Useless pretty things take away nothing to those who dislike them and add much to those who do. Getting my ship riced up doesn't take usability from you. Unless you're a deeply jaded human being who has a true loathing for those who have what you do not, this won't effect you in the least.
I joined this game wanting to be an architect and I truly enjoyed making the useless above all else. And I never had a problem moving it either.
It instantly adds value for those of us who enjoy it and is very easy to balance unlike combat. Since it does... nothing it can't be exploited or abused. How often have you heard "OMGBBQ! NERF TEH PAINTINGZ! THER 2 LEET!"? My guess is never.
Useless pretty things take away nothing to those who dislike them and add much to those who do. Getting my ship riced up doesn't take usability from you. Unless you're a deeply jaded human being who has a true loathing for those who have what you do not, this won't effect you in the least.
I joined this game wanting to be an architect and I truly enjoyed making the useless above all else. And I never had a problem moving it either.
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