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VOTE: Build and sell lightsabers on your phone?

Bioware

Crafting items in "Star Wars: The Old Republic" can be a grind! (Though less than most massively multiplayer games.)

The positive to making your own weapons however, is that you can customize items for yourself and your friends, and sell your creations on the galactic market for profit (In-Game currency).

Of course, in "Star Wars," your own villain or hero doesn't need to bother with such mundane tasks. What Sith Lord would lower himself to hemming his own robe, after all?

There is one innovation that SWTOR could make, though, that would have many gamers turning out weapons anywhere and everywhere.

The process of crafting items is fairly simple; it involves sending out your crew members to gather items, go on missions, and construct new items. This simplicity is perfect for a particular device ... your phone.

SWTOR already has a security key access app for your Android phone and iPhone, and with the recent release of Activision's "Call of Duty: Elite" app, it makes sense to make more simple game features available on your phone for a lot of multiplayer games.

If you are a "Star Wars: The Old Republic" player, and you're waiting in line for a movie, it might be more-than-difficult to resist checking player vs. player stats, brackets, and even crafting a few lightsabers and bounty hunter armor for the cause.  Just a thought …

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