The Combat Support Droid that helps you solo the FPs is AWESOME!

I think the droid looks stupid, and is way too overpowered for my tastes, I would much rather be able to assemble a team of my own companions, in the state of the game (4 hour waits for a fp) I cant see why this isnt a reality.

Think of the revenue potential if we could make our own flashpoint team out of the characters in our crew. Naturally we would want to dress them up and equip them with the finest looking gear. As it stands now, they might as well not exist at all.

It would kind of be like SWTOR. imagine that.

People have been requesting a team of companions in flashpoints for a while (with a lot of people arguing against the idea for all sorts of odd reasons) but currently the dev team is unable to make that feature possible yet so the GSI droid is the compromise since it's just 1 npc that follows you around.

I wonder for simplicity's sake they can make it so you can have 3 boosted helper npcs like the droid who happen to look like your companions using the same skills just to keep the immersion factor.

It would be a team of healer, tank, dps & fanservice.

In my opinion, it’s far more satisfying and gratifying to win a Flashpoint with the outside help of a Combat Support Droid, than it is to lose a Flashpoint with inferior resources, no matter how bravely and nobly we fight. I assure you, the thrill of victory far outweighs the agony of the usual inevitable defeat, and this added boost of the Combat Support Droid is most welcome.

I’m also grateful for the time, effort, and expense that Bioware has gone through to create these numerous Flashpoint scenarios, and now I have the means and the incentive to experience them.

There is a subset of MMO players who hang on desperately to the antiquated notion that MMO means "forced grouping". No amount of arguing with them will change their minds.

Usually they are of two camps.

1) They don't want people to be able get cool things solo, they want it reserved for their uber guild.

2) People aren't likeable enough for people to want group with them unless they are forced to.

Yeah this would be way more interesting and fun. Allowing you to get the most out of your companions. Put together a four man companion team and pick your tank, healer and DPS and good to go.

That is true, these people are also the reason why new ideas, features and additional choice is stunted and never developed from games to business law to racial segregation vs integration for restrooms. It's like there's only 1 "right way" and only 1 "right method" to and then the inevitable rationalization and ego stroking about how right their narrow minded & choiceless way is.

The difference is that with options, you have the ability to chose whether to enjoy it or shun it.

My thoughts EXACTLY. God droid rocks!


* Insert scene with my SW, Jessa, HK, & Treek...

I'll take it!

I prefer to play the game, not let the game play itself for me.

I don't see why it would be a bad thing if it was only for SMs.

It was never a bad thing but some people feel that they won't be so special (with a blue ribbon, gold star, name plate and all that crap) if everyone could enjoy all flashpoints/operation/etc without taking the time to suffer to waste finite time from your finite life to work extra hard for virtual loot.

Just like how some people enjoy the inequalities in life, so too shall there be folks who enjoy inequality in an online life. That's why there will always be people who rationalize that the very best virtual loot and gear should be reserved for the ones willing to waste more hours of their finite life in a virtual world as oppose to people who play more casually but spend more time in real life to get real money and things/etc