- Proposal
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-My proposal is to add a vehicle upgrade kit that is crafted by Droid Engineers. This kit can upgrade a vehicle to the max speed equivalent to an AT-RT, swoop or a Desert Skiff.
- Justification
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-To add more ways to customize your character's aesthetics, without feeling bad for going slow, while integrating it into crafting and the economy.
- Motivation
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-Currently, speeders all have varying speed levels. It feels bad to use a slower speeder, and it is a sacrifice some players have to make to use the look they want but move noticeably slower.
In most mmos, pretty much every single modern mmo for sure, your mount is a big part of your cosmetic character customization. they all function the same you just pick the one you like the look of that matches your character.
In SWG, you have a bunch of speeders and animal mounts. Going to limit this to speeders because I think the animal mounts are a bit of a different ballgame.
So you have all these speeders, many of which have different speed levels. I understand maybe multi person vehicles needing to be slower for balance reasons but that isn't even consistent with what's in-game(desert skiff, av-21).
My proposal is to add a vehicle upgrade kit that is crafted by Droid Engineers. This kit can upgrade a vehicle to the max speed equivalent to, for example, an AT-RT, Swoop or a Desert Skiff.
On another server with this feature, stats mattered to the upgrade kit as well. I don't know exactly how speed is calculated but going off of https://swg.fandom.com/wiki/Vehicle it seems to be a 1-4 scale. Perhaps you could make it so the upgrade kit bumps the speed up by 1-2 of those tiers, depending on quality. Or just max it, whichever is easier.
This will incentivize people to repair their vehicles more often, as well as buy more vehicle customization kits and maybe even vehicle restoration kits. Plus it will give Droid Engineer a thematic new craft to engage with the economy.
In SWG, you have a bunch of speeders and animal mounts. Going to limit this to speeders because I think the animal mounts are a bit of a different ballgame.
So you have all these speeders, many of which have different speed levels. I understand maybe multi person vehicles needing to be slower for balance reasons but that isn't even consistent with what's in-game(desert skiff, av-21).
My proposal is to add a vehicle upgrade kit that is crafted by Droid Engineers. This kit can upgrade a vehicle to the max speed equivalent to, for example, an AT-RT, Swoop or a Desert Skiff.
On another server with this feature, stats mattered to the upgrade kit as well. I don't know exactly how speed is calculated but going off of https://swg.fandom.com/wiki/Vehicle it seems to be a 1-4 scale. Perhaps you could make it so the upgrade kit bumps the speed up by 1-2 of those tiers, depending on quality. Or just max it, whichever is easier.
This will incentivize people to repair their vehicles more often, as well as buy more vehicle customization kits and maybe even vehicle restoration kits. Plus it will give Droid Engineer a thematic new craft to engage with the economy.
