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Re: Endor Probe Droid

Suriander wrote:

Free killing machine?  All it has is a single slow blaster that has maybe 30 degrees of movement.  Now if you were to add a melee attack, such as swipe or stab (all those arms and they're not even used...) then maybe it could be considered lethal.

Tell that to the Rebel squads I raped with it this past Friday tongue

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Re: Endor Probe Droid

Actually I'd perfer that the Probe Droid were more of something that you don't control directly.  Maybe tell it to move to a location in a similar manner as the titan (point-click to the location you want it), just have it float somewhat higher to avoid obstacles and be immune (or at least resistant) to collision damage.  There would still be a scanner and the blaster, which would be automated and need a medium-length lock-on time along with a larger arc of fire.  Maybe there could be a camera that the commander could hook up to, too, just for a glimpse of the area.  And by not having to control it directly you can fight on the battlefield alongside it, probably doing more good for your team than you would otherwise.

So really, nerf it.

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Re: Endor Probe Droid

Free killing machine?  All it has is a single slow blaster that has maybe 30 degrees of movement.  Now if you were to add a melee attack, such as swipe or stab (all those arms and they're not even used...) then maybe it could be considered lethal.

The probe droid is funny in that it's very weak in the hands of beginners, and then suddenly becomes extremely lethal and overpowered in the hands of someone who's experienced with it. I've faced probots in the hands of experienced players, and it's not fun. Basically, the thing sees you while you don't see it, its blaster cannon is actually quite powerful, and it's got enough armour to sustain far more damage than it logically should.

It's been suggested that its sensor radius be upped while its blaster and armour are nerfed, and I agree with this 100%. This'd mean it'd no longer be overpowered, and that it'd actually be used like a probot and less like a Terminator droid with PMS.

Ty is 100% correct.  As we have experienced in work on previous mods, the droid becomes a literal "free ride" for whomever is in it.  They fly about accruing points yet never actually being killed, which actually tends to annoy players on a sort of primeval level.  As such having a "neural-electrical control feedback overload" killing the operator is a decent solution to the problem.

It simulates that the operator is so ashamed that he lost the Empire a 200 000 credits device that he commits Hara-Kiri by overclocking his stun baton and running it up a certain place. It's just not animated because it would up the age limit from PG-13 to X big_smile .

Remote control projectiles (like tv camera missiles) also don't work because, while we can get them to float about we cannot weld firearms onto them, meaning the blasters would no longer work.

I'm still waiting for that remote-controlled Imperial Hunter-Killer droid cool . The one the HWS carries with him. Scouting maps with the Rebel remote would be cool, too. Maybe a small remote launcher would be something for Mos Espa?

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Re: Endor Probe Droid

I think of the probe droid as the grim reaper of the SW universe.

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Re: Endor Probe Droid

Safe-Keeper wrote:

It's been suggested that its sensor radius be upped while its blaster and armour are nerfed, and I agree with this 100%. This'd mean it'd no longer be overpowered, and that it'd actually be used like a probot and less like a Terminator droid with PMS.

Yes, and up the speed as well.

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Re: Endor Probe Droid

Another win for the TY

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Re: Endor Probe Droid

FSDev| Woodrow wrote:

having a "neural-electrical control feedback overload" killing the operator is a decent solution to the problem.

Can i buy one of those ?
Sounds usefull .

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I would have been dead long ago ...

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