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Personally i think the decay proposal would hurt DE more in the long run, possibly for combat droids. I run 8 toons, yes ones almost a master DE , almost all have several droids, mostly for crafting / entertainment etc. I dont use them often , but when i pull one out i expect it to work.
My swoop doesnt go slower when it needs repairs, and i dont need to get a kit form a master artisan to repair it. If it gets disabled then it gets trashed and you get a new swoop . A somewhat similar system for droids might be a better soloution .
However my two cents worth are thinking that what De really needs is droids with real uses in the new system.
One idea might be droids rated similar to weapons , aimed at entertainers or crafters that go out in the field. Something use ful for when your checking harvestors and some beasty spawns beside you and incapps you before you get a chance to get away.. yeah no armor or buffs anymore  (
So some kind of droid you can pull out , and not kill but can incapacitate in some fashion (root or something) quickly , animals up to various levels.
Say novice artisan incap animals to say level 10, engineering/dom arts etc 4 you could get one that can incap bigger animals,
a master craftsman well something around levl 60 i think should be enough.
Maybe have it so it only works within a certain distance of a structure your admin on,and has no attack command strickly a guard . So people cant use it in places its not meant to be :-)
I dont care how it does it , gas , smoke and mirrors, blaster fire , shock, call it a crafter protection droid.
I bet you could sell a bunch of those .
Real combat probots with weapon and armor similar to players . Ie its rated like a weapon . so you dont have someone low level buying a tank.
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