PavSalco Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) No they will not. Now all Companions will simply just be better at Crew Skills the higher their Influence is. So what happens to crafting bonuses from the ship droid parts? Deleted or replaced with something that will work in a new system? Legacy perks to crafting bonuses will remain as they are? Edited August 28, 2015 by PavSalco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOHboy Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 So what happens to crafting bonuses from the ship droid parts? Deleted or replaced with something that will work in a new system? Legacy perks to crafting bonuses will remain as they are? legacy perks only gave you +% chance to crit, dont think that would change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exly Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Eric, players should not know anything about this new stat "Influence" for which you speak...unless they were doing some data mining. Can you please elaborate? What is it? How do you raise it? Maybe he just forgot which information he was helping to withhold. At least now we have more of a reason to believe that the information provided to us by outside sources has been properly presented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAVM Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 presence is a worthless stat and hate when it costs me stats from other gear, especially when RE and created item and it pops with presence instead of adding to an actual useful stat that people will actually use. doing anything other than HM flashpoints solo, its pretty much send in companion and sit back and watch. First, Presence is not worthless, especially now that we can't gear up our companions. Having 1000 presence adds about 5000 hit points to your companion, plus more damage and healing. As far as costing you other stats, you clearly did not read my suggestion properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arehonn Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Will some companions just be inherently better at certain roles? For example, Bowdaar right now in pre 4.0 is a tank... will he be a better tank in 4.0 than dps or healer? Also, will we be given the option to switch weapon choices for our companions? I can't see Bowdaar or Vik healing us with their techblades and vibroswords, lol. It would be pretty cool to equip Bowdaar with a wookie crossbow and Vik a rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOHboy Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 First, Presence is not worthless, especially now that we can't gear up our companions. Having 1000 presence adds about 5000 hit points to your companion, plus more damage and healing. As far as costing you other stats, you clearly did not read my suggestion properly. I would never purposefully stack presence, nor want it added to gear. If they want companions to be more powerful they can add it into the curves for leveling. 5000 hp is roughly 10% at max level and at this stage is about a 1 hit from a boss. Its a tertiary stat at best (or below) if it was removed, I doubt anyone would notice if it was replaced as part of the leveling curves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codedrago Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Influence gains with Lana were shown during the stream. Snitch attempt = failed! Waas that that straneg small and barley readable text that wuld appear on the screen when a decision was made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pietrastor Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Waas that that straneg small and barley readable text that wuld appear on the screen when a decision was made? Switch to higher quality and you will see it clearly - "Lana Approves +10 Influence" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Post EricMusco Posted August 28, 2015 Author Dev Post Share Posted August 28, 2015 Eric, players should not know anything about this new stat "Influence" for which you speak...unless they were doing some data mining. Can you please elaborate? What is it? How do you raise it? Hey Kurin, Some keen eyed viewers noticed this as a part of our Livestream last night, that is why I made the switch in reference from affection. Also as a reminder, let's all be careful on the forums when referencing datamined content. Influence in simple terms, is affection under a different name. There were some system reasons why we made the name change but ultimately it functions in largely the same way. We will likely talk more about Influence when we talk about your Character's Alliance. -eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azudelphi Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) With as much detail as is allowed, will this alliance operate out of our class ships or are we going to be allocated a new base or ship of operations? Perhaps a NRM-DY Class Light-Cruiser? Edited August 28, 2015 by azudelphi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anysao Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 With as much detail as is allowed, will this alliance operate out of our class ships or are we going to be allocated a new base or ship of operations? Perhaps a NRM-DY Class Light-Cruiser? It's my "theory" we're getting a new ship named the Lady of Sorrows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSeventhJedi Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 With as much detail as is allowed, will this alliance operate out of our class ships or are we going to be allocated a new base or ship of operations? Perhaps a NRM-DY Class Light-Cruiser? Here come the ship decoration threads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azudelphi Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Here come the ship decoration threads... Not what I intended. Just seemed like our frigates would get crowded, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eanelinea Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 1. How many companions are we going to be allowed to have on us under our companion summoning? Right now we're allowed 8 companions, 5 original, 1 ship droid, Treek and HK. Will we be allowed to have more? Say our original 8 plus let's say 5 more? What is the max we'll be allowed to have? 2. Will our companions be wearing the armor we gave them when we meet them again, or will it be default clothing you guys decided on? 3. Will our character/companion flags actually work properly this time? Because during SoR's intro scenes, the Imperial side was broken while the Republic side worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatHambino Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I know this is a silly question, but will the in-combat dialogue for our companions change depending on the role they're in? Having Kira stand behind me while healing and saying "Eat lightsaber jerk" would be like P-Diddy standing behind Notorious B.I.G while saying "Take that! Take that!". It's just annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pietrastor Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 We will likely talk more about Influence when we talk about your Character's Alliance.More specific please, next week, 2 days before expansion launch? Community ain't handling soons/futures/whens well anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom_VI Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) Not what I intended. Just seemed like our frigates would get crowded, lol Players don't have frigates. The Player ships are corvettes. Edited August 28, 2015 by Zoom_VI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azudelphi Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Players don't have frigates. The Player ships are corvettes. A , but you are correct none-the-less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSitruc Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 More specific please, next week, 2 days before expansion launch? Community ain't handling soons/futures/whens well anymore id almost rather they state no time frame. they dont stick to them often anyway and then everyone gets their panties in a bunch. Just say, we plan to talk about X. *end of sentence* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzluPasta Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 No they will not. Now all Companions will simply just be better at Crew Skills the higher their Influence is. Doesn't this mean we will have to pick dialogue options our companions favor in order to get proper crafting bonuses although we don't want to pick those dialogue options ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatHambino Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Doesn't this mean we will have to pick dialogue options our companions favor in order to get proper crafting bonuses although we don't want to pick those dialogue options ? No. As has always been the case, you can pick the dialogue option you want, then boost Influence with companion gifts (assuming they still exist). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnewton Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) One added note for the second bullet (I have seen this asked as well) Influence will also add to a Companions combat effectiveness. I'm glad you finally gave us a solid example of how "choice will matter", since many people don't consider 'slightly different dialog' as meaningful impact. After all, we've had that since launch. What we need most is to know that you're following through on your promises for KotFE. Remember, we were promised meaningful choice in the beginning. We were promised a lot of things which really didn't happen in the way they should have (or in some cases, at all). The biggest thing you can do right now is, instead of telling us that choice matters in KotFE, showing us how it matters. And, in the quoted text, you've taken a great first step. I don't want to sound greedy or unappreciative so I won't say "we need more", I'll just say.... more of this detailed information would be terrific Edited August 28, 2015 by idnewton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAVM Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) I know this is a silly question, but will the in-combat dialogue for our companions change depending on the role they're in? Having Kira stand behind me while healing and saying "Eat lightsaber jerk" would be like P-Diddy standing behind Notorious B.I.G while saying "Take that! Take that!". It's just annoying. I seriously doubt they thought of that or care if they had. You'll have to pretend she's talking about your lightsaber now. Edited August 28, 2015 by RAVM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icestar Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) Ok, good I got a answer to the question if the influence basicly is the same as affection. I guess our companions we have now and already have max affection with starts with max influence even in the expansion. Makes the choice easier to make if we can choose companions in the expansion Bringing up 16 characters with max influence companions will be a bit much so I guess it can be a good idea. Edited August 28, 2015 by Icestar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOHboy Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I seriously doubt they thought of it or care if they had. You'll have to pretend she's talking about your lightsaber now. if you're a female gunslinger...that would just be awkward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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