• Registered: 2006-01-18
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Topic: R2 Units Class

a thought struck me while looking at the x-wing screen shots -

Does anyone think it would be a good idea to have an R2 player class?

it could be a cross of engineer and medic ? and control secondary weapons in vehicles?

The Empire would need and equivalent....

(I don't think there would be any need for protocol droids in this game!)

  • From: Kent, UK
  • Registered: 2006-01-02
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Re: R2 Units Class

i did also have this idea, people flying around as R2 with his jet packs, as an engineer but we agreed it wouldnt work.

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  • From: Flanders (Belgium)
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Re: R2 Units Class

why not?

Battlefront even has "destroyers" as a playermodel smile

and once u gonna go to the episodes I till III, we need droids to fight with (Trade Federation)

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  • From: Portsmouth UK
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Re: R2 Units Class

And R2 unit would be cool if it could jack into a computer terminal and muck up a bunch of turrets or something but we agreed there were too many implications and it wasn't needed.

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  • Registered: 2006-01-04
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Re: R2 Units Class

Why not allow the engineer classes to use thier tools to heavly damage or temparaly destroy a turret or door from an access panel.    Even set it up where destroying access panels may be detremental or advantagous for different teams at different times.

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  • From: Vancouver, Canada
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Re: R2 Units Class

I'm sure what it really comes down to is this: BF2 has room for 1 type of player rig(skeleton). thats for both teams, and all characters on the team, therefore, all characters must be quite similar in size/proportion, if not identical,except for kit, to save on polys. Being an R2 unit would be cool. I'd really make the protocol droids wonder about astromech logic. But unfortunately, not possible. It would be cool to have a supply "droid" instead of an ammo crate, though. The access panel idea is a good one though. Good lore on that one, I'm sure (just from my hazy memory, theres alot of panel accessing in starwars)

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  • From: Kent, UK
  • Registered: 2006-01-02
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Re: R2 Units Class

true we wouldnt want 6ft R2's now would we? we are still looking for ways round this though(the 1 skeleton) so who knows. but droids would rewuire alot of work, maybe it will be later on.. who knows...

and yes we know eps 1-3 have droids as in battledroids etc.. but thats in at least 6+months time once this era is finished

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