Build our own droid companions

[LouDaBaconMaster]

I've had this idea for a long time now as wanted to share it here. I think the devs should add in a system that allows us to build our own droids companions using a large variety of parts which would effect the appearance of the droid and what area of combat it specialises in. If you were building the droid, you would first acquire the parts you want depending on what role it will have. For example you could gather parts for a heavy assault droid. You can choose what weapon it wields and what various abilities it has. Similar to a sub-class. For example, the previously mentioned heavy assault droid might wield an assault cannon and as it's type of sub-class it could focus on explosives.

 

Another example, you could have an astromech droid that has a built in blaster rifle. It's sub-class could be focused around stealth. i.e it could use it's stealth generator to sneak behind an enemy and blast them. It could also have a built in vibroknife for more close quarter combat.

 

A final example, you could have a 4 legged demolisher droid with two hand cannons. You might want it to focus on tanking so it has heavy and bulky armor (and maybe even some sort of durasteel shield). Its sub-class might focus on charging the enemy and using the shield to block enemy attacks while also doing some damage with it's hand cannons (similar to a player tank).

 

Overall, I just think companions in general could be more useful, being properly specialised to one area of combat with the sort of sub-classes the player has to further specialise them. I think this could be implemented into a droid building system as it remains lore-friendly and possible in the game. Droids would also be a good platform for this as you can customise their appearances to match their role in combat. Just an idea I've had for a while and would like to see implemented.