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Post by bountyhunter9 on May 7, 2009 18:10:49 GMT -5
Buzz Droid
Cost: 3 HP: 10 Defense: 13 Attack: +1 Damage: 10
Special Abilities: Droid Melee Attack Demolish Swarm +1
***Design Notes***
I always kinda liked the Buzz Droids in Ep. III, so I decided to make one for the Seps. It is designed to attack tough enemis with DR and swarm in for the kill (thus the low cost). It may be a little useless at this point, but I thought this would be a good starting point. Two things I can think of to make it more usefull would be to increase the defense a bit or give it Mech Destroyer (+10 damage against enemies with Mounted Weapon).
What do you think?
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Post by Roque Saber on May 7, 2009 23:22:18 GMT -5
Cheap. I like it. Actually, with all the Droid bonuses, they guys can become really deadly. 15 defense and an easy base 9 attack is nothing to overlook on a 3 pt piece. Wheel Form might be a bit too much though. Speed 8 might work instead, so they are still fast, but not super fast. I love Demolish.
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Post by generalgrevious on May 8, 2009 8:35:46 GMT -5
Show the swarm aspect of it! Give it Swarm +1! xD
Looks good. I agree with Rogue though take off Wheel form and add Speed 8 would be a good idea.
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Post by bountyhunter9 on May 8, 2009 14:49:30 GMT -5
Yeah, I think you are right, with all the great CEs the Seps have for droids, these guys could be quite deadly.
I will take off Wheel Form, know I think that it would be better.
I like the idea of Swarm +1. What do others think about it? Would it be too much for a 3-pointer? Would Mech Destroyer or a Defense of 13 be better, or does it look good as it is?
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Post by Roque Saber on May 8, 2009 16:31:29 GMT -5
Is Mech Destroyer an existing ability? If not, I would 1)change name and 2)make it like the others, +4/+10.
Swarm would be fine, it's pretty hard to pull off, and it would be even harder getting a ton of these guys to survive long enough to surround someone.
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Post by bountyhunter9 on May 8, 2009 16:38:06 GMT -5
I found Mech Destroyer on an AAT in the database, and I believe it was just +10 damage, similar to the Mynock's Absorb Minerals. Would it work on this piece?
Okay, I will put Swarm on it for now. Any other suggestions?
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Post by Roque Saber on May 8, 2009 18:38:42 GMT -5
Hmm. What do the rest of you think, should it get the +10 damage against MW characters? (remember that's a potential 40 with Grievous' Twin, for 3 points (2 with Gha...))
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Post by bountyhunter9 on May 8, 2009 19:01:54 GMT -5
That may be too much, especially on a three or two point character. However, that is only against enemies with Mounted Weapon and these guys aren't going to last all that long, and they have to get near the enemy to attack it. I just thought I would throw the possibility of Mech Destroyer out there, and I could go either way with it. What do you think?
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Post by Roque Saber on May 11, 2009 14:24:36 GMT -5
I'm kind of leaning toward not adding Mech Destroyer. Even though they don't last long, that's not going to be too much of an issue if you're running 15 of them
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Post by bountyhunter9 on May 11, 2009 15:15:55 GMT -5
Yeah that's what I thought too. So no Mech Destroyer, at least for now. Should the Defense be upgraded a bit to 13, or does it look good?
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Post by generalgrevious on May 12, 2009 8:40:47 GMT -5
Well with GGDAC they can get a 15 defence right now. With it increased it would be a 17. Not a hole big of a change when looking at soming like a mouse droid (Which can get 24 with GGDAC). I think it would be good with a 13 defence.
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Post by bountyhunter9 on May 12, 2009 14:35:55 GMT -5
Okay, I gave him 13 Defense for now. Any other suggestions?
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Post by Roque Saber on May 12, 2009 14:38:26 GMT -5
But also remember that the Mouse Droid has no offensive capabilities whatsoever. This guy does, and his cheapness allows him to actually be a threat to units.
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Post by bountyhunter9 on May 12, 2009 14:41:59 GMT -5
I could go either way on this one I just thought it would be better for these little guys to have at least an average defense because they moved around so fast (similar to why the Mouse Droid has 20 defense, I think).
So we have one vote for 13 Defense and one vote against. I think another opinion might help.
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starsoulklr
Jedi Youngling
Ex-Chiss Mod, kinda glad too...
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Post by starsoulklr on Jun 9, 2009 22:48:08 GMT -5
Wow, this reminds me of when I tryed to get my own copy of the buzz droid through:
Buzz Droid CIS HP-10 Defense-14 Attack+4 Damage-10
Melee Attack Droid Scramble Swarm +1 (Buzz Droid)
"Buzz droids are launched at enemy fighters to disable it."
Think I went for four points... and this was at least before Alliance and Empire...
Well, anyways. You could consider Scramble for the little buggers as they did wreck havoc on the machines... You could replace Demolish with it and they may not kill the damage reduction enemies they will activate it and stop it for your big guns to nuke.
I had 14 defense for the him so... AYE for 13!
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