A low level Carlo Pinetti?

[Litestrider]

I've spent the past several days mercilessly camping the Lab Director in Foreman's for a CDR, and I was thinking about the Spherical robots he summons throughout the duration of the fight. He summons several, and they spin around with a beam-sword sticking out of each end, shredding you to pieces.

I was thinking it would be very nice to give crats a nano, along the lines of Lien's Crystalizer from the ToTW, which allowed them to summon these. They would take the place of charms like Carlo, and give a lower level crat a bit more flexibility.

I see them going one of two ways, either a single nano that summons a single droid which take sthe place of charms, or two independent nanos which both summon the bots, one long duration, strong bot, and one short duration, weak bot. Each of which act in the manner of the corresponding charm. This would allow the crat to have the short duration one out for a little added cover while he tries to land that first, crucial charm.

They could drop off the Director or the Director's Bots themselves, and it wouldn't require any additional tech or models or anything. Even if they're decidedly weak, I think they would be a fun tool to use, and very nice in situations where you can't land charms reliably or at all.

[Hulk]

I like it, I actually think all pet classes should have more pet options

[alesicis]

Crats below 220 getting more than one pet for pvp has been suggested a number of times, and it is still a good idea. We need this implemented already. Bump for good idea.

[Cdogg421]

bump for this or atleast make the lowbie crat bot a viable pvp option

[thecheeseman]

if the director can drop a nano that makes u cast one of those floating executive defenders it would be awesome

rigght now crats are gimp in pvp in tl2 to tl5, they really need buffage at lowerlevels

it would be awesome if a crat can charm a player :O

[Litestrider]

Just thought I'd give this a little bump.

[raw_fox]

Carlo Minetti ?

[thecheeseman]

bump

crats at low lvl are gimps

[drainbamage]

On that note, wtb Lesser Detonation Matrix

[Dangerbot]

Crats for the first 219 levels are damn tedious.

There should be a charm line of a suited up fellow, for AI Crats all the way from start to finish. Inferior of course, to a real charm. Level locked. Ie, a carlos nano line extension, going backwards all the way to lowbie ville. Not a new line.

[Klod8999]

Agreed on this one, as long as it stops them from charming my green monkey, if they have this one up.

[epolass]

Carlo Minetti ?

this.

[Saetos]

This would actually help crats a lot in pre-TL7 PVP

[thecheeseman]

Bump

[haavarst]

up up up you go! Awesome idea
New instance lewt?

[Litestrider]

I thought up another alternative when I saw an entry in the database: http://auno.org/ao/db.php?id=152935

From what I gather, this is an "item" which spawns a rollerrat when a trapped chest in a mission is opened. Why not release some form of these to bureaucrats? They could spawn a monster (which is then hit by a massive taunt and is normally passive to other players to help ward off griefing), which is then open for them to charm. There wouldn't have to be a large number of levels available thanks to the Gallant Slave nanoline (which also probably deserves a bit of a buff). The items would be level and/or skill locked, of course.

Just a thought, I still like the idea of summoning the Director bots better.

[Ebondevil]

I thought up another alternative when I saw an entry in the database: http://auno.org/ao/db.php?id=152935

From what I gather, this is an "item" which spawns a rollerrat when a trapped chest in a mission is opened. Why not release some form of these to bureaucrats? They could spawn a monster (which is then hit by a massive taunt and is normally passive to other players to help ward off griefing), which is then open for them to charm. There wouldn't have to be a large number of levels available thanks to the Gallant Slave nanoline (which also probably deserves a bit of a buff). The items would be level and/or skill locked, of course.

Just a thought, I still like the idea of summoning the Director bots better.

Let crats Spawn the Directors Balls with an Item like that so they can then charm them perhaps?

[Luiza]

Carlo Minetti ?

bump for carlo minetti!

[Tanana]

It shouldnt be Carlo Minetti, why does our assistant have to be a ugly fat trox. It should be Carla Minetti, a hot solitus or opifex female.

[Keex]

yes, let the crats finally grow some balls!