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Do you guys think that healers in the SW universe might have some sort of badge to mark them in a crowd? They've gotten their license for being something--Medic, Doctor, Combat Medic--and similar to the badges we actually wear over our heads, I actually see healers having like, a viable IC badge.

Obviously they wouldn't have to wear it, off-duty times or just living a quiet life as a doctor...but I wonder if you guys think that sounds viable or not. Not as a "let's do this for ALL RPING HEALERS" kind of thing, this isn't a suggestion for some sort of organization or anything, just more like....what are your thoughts on the matter. I would imagine there'd be lots of badges and colors and certain clothing types that would mark different characters as members of different organizations across the Galaxy, even in systems far from their own in certain cases...

...just wondering if you think that there would be a wide-spread "doctor identifying badge" sort of system.

I use my profession tag to indicate when I am willing to service the needs of the public, buffing, healing battle fatigue, etc. For other times I have no profession tag up.

I can see that being part of the SW universe. Especially when you consider:

- the SW galaxy is in a state of civil war. Violent conflicts may not be pervasive but frequent enough that beings would want to recognize a medical pro in their midst. The same for the compassionate healer that would want to be recognized as such.

- there are thousands of different races in the SW galaxy. You could imagine an identifier badge for something like a "General Practitioner" that would have a different meaning from what we know it as in real life.

Isn't there a Healer's Robe in the SWG Tailor draft schematic? Maybe that could be the general identifier. The badge would still work, but that robe with the little tassle on the hood would be more identifiable in a crowded area.

Keer wrote:Isn't there a Healer's Robe in the SWG Tailor draft schematic? Maybe that could be the general identifier. The badge would still work, but that robe with the little tassle on the hood would be more identifiable in a crowded area.

When you think of the roles a lot of medics would play in the GCW...those Healer's Robes are so impractical. Like totally. /grin The hoods qould get in your eyes and skirts would be so trip-a-licious on the battlefield.

Dwilah wrote:

Keer wrote:Isn't there a Healer's Robe in the SWG Tailor draft schematic? Maybe that could be the general identifier. The badge would still work, but that robe with the little tassle on the hood would be more identifiable in a crowded area.

When you think of the roles a lot of medics would play in the GCW...those Healer's Robes are so impractical. Like totally. /grin The hoods qould get in your eyes and skirts would be so trip-a-licious on the battlefield.

True certainly, but I was thinking fantasy. I guess a bright colored jumpsuit with a big Red Cross style logo would be both recognizable and crisis friendly.

I saw on ocassion when I first started PvP, white composite armor with a red right bicept and helmet

That quickly became the "Shoot Me" badge and it quickly disappeared.

Different enviroment PvP vs RP and here it could work.

Well, like so many unused tools, it's all about the players using them that we don't see more of this.

Our profession tags, as Ekade describes, is really what their meant for imo. The only thing that threw that off was when they started giving us profession mastery badges. Then, if you read the profile and saw a list of mastered professions but 'Explorer' tag up... you had no clue.

So, you'd have to pull up the search for player tool and start trying to find a medic. Who, as it turns out, is busy at the moment crafting so they can make it through 'this' phase of the new Village Quest.

It's like the Guild War option for halls. It's there... no one uses them to a 'great' extent. And only a few actually do use them as intended. A better 'player' walk through is really needed for this game imo. Perhaps two tutorials... one just to walk you through the basics. One to walk you through the many tools available for this game.

Now, combining ig tools and items with RP; That's where it comes together. But, as Isleh said, the white and red identifier pretty much nails the coffin shut for the poor medic in a pvp zone as the 'shoot me' sign. This is why the Star Wars medics usually were dressed just like the other combatants or were safely behind the battle lines in the med bays.

Game vs. RP vs. Game Mechanics vs. Movie Story. We see this conflict a lot I think.

Funny thing is, all I saw were droids as doctors in the movies.

Funny thing is, all I saw were droids as doctors in the movies.

I'm thinking there's a very specific reason for this. I know in my medic days (pre-CU), I'd always keep up a medic tag if I was available to heal. However, I'd also get people telling me that they didn't want a healing because I wasn't a Doctor.

Medics just don't get the credit they deserve, which is why I always try to give them a good tip and a thank you.

I wasn't actually looking for discussion on an actual in-game identifier, more like a discussion on whether or not an invisible, IC, universal badge would be practical and expected in a universe like SW. And I've thought about Isleh-s comment before...medics are doctors in the movies, and I think they'd be great tools and assistants because they have the databases to remember EVERYTHING medically about different species, while sentients would have to refresh themselves often and keep medical databases handy and updated...but even with droid personalities and knowledge, they're not going to have some of the intuition and abilities to reason out different symptoms and possibilities for diagnosis that sentient doctors would...matching up symptoms is one thing, applying them to situations and people is another.

Dwilah wrote: ....more like a discussion on whether or not an invisible, IC, universal badge would be practical and expected in a universe like SW.

Yeah, I don't see where a badge like that would be out of place in the galaxy.

Dwilah Thin'nel, General Sentient Practitioner certified, presents her credentials to CorSec agent Jaback Auer for clearance to treat victims of the latest Nyax Cult bombing...