Squad Leader Archive

There seems to be so much focus on pets in SWG, why not for Squad Leaders? A Master Creature Handler can have up to 70 levels in creatures, why can't a Squad Leader have up to 70 levels in NPCs? In my mind, that would definitely boost the popularity of the profession almost overnight.

A creature handler goes and tames a creature that is within his/her ability. A squad leader would, by using diplomacy, do the same for an NPC. Thugs, Plasma Thieves, RSF, brigands, Tuskens, and like could then be commanded by a squad leader.

I don't know if anyone else has suggested this idea or not, but I think it would definitely remove the squad leader from the least used professions list in the game.

The thing about them focusing on CH right now, Is they are trying to fix the **edit** problem. that takes away from the starwarsy feel to the game. Pets are running way to rampet. Tho that is also a good idea. But i've also suggest we get Bigger group sizes. more than 20 man team. which would be good aswell, and maybe we should get increase in how many NPCs we can use at once, like everyone else can use 3..but Squad leaders can use 5. Therearemany possibilies to think of along this range that would be pretty fair and responable.

Ok, I just re-read my post, but the edit word isn't a swear word, it was Poke mon. Weird..

I would also like to se AT-AT as faction peerk for SL only.

I very much like your idea kingmaker. I'm an imperial squad leader that got into the proffession with the idea i could commanda storm trooper squad. Right now a storm trooper squad of three doesn't get me experience.

when the Ch nerf comes out they will make it so you can only use 1 Faction pet, 1 pet + a mount if you are a ch with the additional pet mod.......and 1 droid......so that makes a total of 4 pets and if your a MCH 5 pets....

Yipeee...it was bad enough making the expbased ongroup sizes , but now i cant even solo to get SL exp.....

I too think the SL should get the AT-AT and additional npc troopers for every other lvl at least.....

and to keep those non SL's from whining bring back non-ch pets.......

The only thing that will be screwed with is the pistoleer which will be useless now that the good Fwg5's will be nerfed for speed and Dam.....

I like solo'ing because i cant stand people getting my loots and getting my Db's....

Please... there are already so many pets in this game. The squad leader should lead actual players, not pets.

Please... there are already so many pets in this game. The squad leader should lead actual players, not pets.

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I'm getting tired of hearing this. Why do you care how someone else wants to play? Does it inflict some kind of karmic deathblow to your image of the profession..?

I agree completly.. this is Star Wars.. When I think about the movies I think of giant battles with droids and storm troopers and rebels.

The gungans had mounts, so they were CH's and they fought against the droids.

Don't forget that luke almost hit a picket-lookin' thing with his speeder in the Special Edition ANH which was mounted as well. so pets are part of the universe.

As far us SL's, more NPCs than other people would be ok, but it would not solve the problem. Squad Leaders are made to command people. I don't feel squad leaders should care about DB's and Loot when they have a squad to monitor, advise, command, move, etc..

Vehicles though, the empire always gave the higher ranking officers more resources to deal with so Faction should matter with Squad Leaders be they NPC or vehicular. I think SL's should get bonuses from the recruiters sent down from their higher ups. So non-sl's can purchase Stormtroopers, big deal, SL's can purchase AT-PT's which are piloted by the ST's.

It's an idea.

mounts are part of starwars, not really CH

The only true ch we saw in any of the films was the rancor trainer in jabba's palace.

As for mounts, stormtroopers had them, jawas, had them, samdpeople had them, gungans had them.

We did see plenty of squad leaders in the films, just about any time you saw 6 or more rebs of imps there was some one they were all following.

note: I'm not a SL, I'm just sympathetic to any class thats being ignored or left behind

I'm all for SL being able to "tame" NPCs. We need more abilities in SWG not less.

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They're right about the pet issue making things feel non-starwars-y, but only from the point of trained animals.

Taking away squads of stormtroopers from Imperials or groups of gung-ho rebel followers from rebels is not going to add to the starwars feel of the game, it is going to take it away.

The idea of having 'tame' NPCs would give a squadleader a permanent squad, be it a gang of thugs or a squad of troops, and that can only make things feel more like starwars.

For me, the best fights (from a 'looks cool' perspective)I've been in are the ones against large PvE targets when all my squad have their faction pets out and there's a lot of the enemies. Blaster fire everywhere, stormtroopers running around, rebels running around, more blaster fire. Feels like the big fight scene on Endor in RotJ, only with less Ewoks.

Don't take that away, please!

@Vife CH's ARE part of the starwars univers not that much in the films right but in the books there are plenty of ch's and pets! they just arent includet in the films because of too much material and too long movies!

The idea of stronger and more trooper for squad leaders is good for me but well you are right when saying that SL are to control players but then give us at least some usefull specials i am now not talking about them because so many did bevore so i dont think it would have any use!

Give us more bonuses, better specials, pets, mind heal or anything else but at least ANYTHING!!!!!!

so long

Reiwok