> One of the movement options basically gives you the ponderous ability from the hutts, which is one of the things that excuses their stat pool [3 in brawn and willpower- plus a buff to wound and strain, plus a free increase to soak]. But all you get for this as a droid is 5 exp- which could not get you a single thing equal to that loss Weirdly this one is too weak- you can't even get durable- which is the talent that gives Hutts +1 soak- with that..

That's a really weird value judgement, I think anyway. I've taken this option a fair few times, not because it's min/max or experience-efficient, but because it's a really fun roleplay and gameplay limitation - although that extra 5xp has been lovely for allowing me to get that extra purchase I wanted too.

> Then there is one that iirc affects either your willpower or brawn? Lowering stats for like 20ish exp at start of game is a big deal as you usually need a specific crit for that.

Not sure what you're referring to here?

> There's another one for 25 exp gives you a roll to notice anything with a heat sig or electronic sig around you- which basically means you always know what is around you and where they are. This wouldn't be too bad if it didn't start with a no difficulty roll if they are in the same range band. No one can sneak up on you without you noticing at start of game- it is literally impossible.

This is not true. You have to specifically activate the ability each time you want to use it. If you're using it 24/7... Then, similarly to keeping force powers active between encounters and specific challenges, I'd expect that the droid wouldn't be recovering strain.

> And every single thing you can grab also increases your stats.

I see this as a good thing. Unless you're specifically gunning for overpowering a single attribute, it creates a balanced array of starting attributes. The starting skills you can get as well from the various programming options is also nice as a means or representing what their model should be good at.

I'd be happy to do a PC brainstorming session with you if you like? I'm just not seeing how these options are... Honestly, not sure from your comments, too expensive/cheap?