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Thread: We're all Staying Smuggler...Right???
I'm torn...
Likely no, if what is currently on TS is all we'll get live.
The lack of any content save snares and delevery missions (think its smuggling? we'll see) means I'll likey just log in for the JtL content. Spy looks more interesting... but the lack of real diversity from character to character means my interest in even that wont last long. There was an amazing potential in the concept docs. Apparently that level of diversity and complexity is lost on the majority of people who participated in their surveys/focus groups.
The combat I could live with. The rest, not so much.
I intend to try all the professions before making a final decision, but most likely, Smuggler is where I'll be staying.Likemany smugglers, I have no intention of being a Jedi, though I would haveliked to have a second character slot for other purposes... I really think the Devs should consider allowing 3-5 characters per server, but keep the lots at 10, just any of those characters can use them.
I'll miss slicing, I really enjoyed it and made very good money at it. I had a fair sized customer base too... maybe we'll get some variation of slicing in the future, perhaps more akin to what we read about in the EU, with computer slicing, though with Spy's in the game, if that happens, they'll most likely get it before we do. I'm going to miss Low Blow, Last Ditch and Feign Death aswell, my favorite skills in the game - those areprobably the only thing that's kept me a Smuggler this long.
So far, the only thing I can say with certainty about the new system is that I'm disappointed that Jedi will be something anyone can do from day one. I miss the good 'ol days when seeing a Jedi was a rare moment, when you stood in awe for a moment... these days of seeing them fighting in Theed aren't funny any more. Least they're being brought in line with the rest of us I guess...
Oh yeah, I'm staying smuggler for sure. I'm sure we'll start to see more and more smugglers as time goes on and people start to realize that jedi isn't that great anymore. Kind of worried about the crafters though... this system is really hard on them. Guess their time making hundreds of millions of credits might be over with soon.
I made 4 suits of rebel faction armor on my live charyesterday, and I spent maybe 1 million in all for some of the resources I couldn't find anything decent spawns on. The rest of it I mined myself. If I would have purchased those 4 suits, I would have spent more like 4 million forfour plain non-layered suits. I kinetic layered all mine (4 suits of rebel recon marine with ubese helmets instead of thesilly rebel helmet) and I have a boatload of resources left over that I'll probably just sell.
Oh... also, I went into the cantina to get an inspiration buff on TC. You have to ask the entertainer to apply a certain buff now, even the generic buff. AFK entertainers won't be happening much longer... lol.
Message Edited by Iawo on 11-07-2005 07:34 AM
Yodaer wrote:
not I cause I'm a MWS/Msmuggler not just going to WS
I'm in the same boat. I'm a MSmuggler/MArt/MPol/Mer4404. I lose too much with no slicing, or spice, and I'll only transfer over as a CL55 Smuggler.
So I'd lose several mil in resources, loot, items, all to finally Smuggle. At the momment it's just not worth it. Had I more then 12 days to deal with I'd stay Smuggler (since I have a Jedi alt) but it's just too much to grind them to double master of some artisan class (or whatever) just to keep my vendor and sales. Besides I'd have to grind my Smuggler to CL80 at the exact same time to make the transfer worthwhile.
Nope... 2 year Smuggler here is giving up Smuggling with his Smuggler toon. I might make a character on another server just to do it later.
/pass out the beer and pie
Has anyone actually confirmed at this point that there is in fact smuggling in the NGE? I mean, the one special I've seen is Fence, which looks to me to be more of a black market sales ability, though it does not actually differentiate between "black market" contraban sales, and"normal" goods.
Using the same argumentmany did for Slicing, Spice Crafting, and Faction Brokerage, couldn't one also say,Smugglers are not the purveyors of contraban,Smugglers are the transporters of contraban, and therefore, "Fence" is not in fact a smuggler-esq ability?
If that is the case, as I predict it will be, where then is the actual Smuggling content?
Furthermore, I noted elsewhere on the forums that slicing and such has been removed while new abilites are planned... Forgive me, but what of that is different than the last 2 years of "planned" Smuggler enhancements/changes/fixes?
Finally, with "forced PvP" nolonger in the SWG plan (ie, BH vrs. Jedi missions), then there is no question we will remain out of a BH vrs. Smuggler PvP system, as so many proposed. If this is the case, has some other system been introduced to increase the feel of what we do as being "illicit?" Han Solo needed to dump his cargo to avoid "Imperial Entanglements." What is in place to offer us that same risk?
I suppose there will be little chance of the playerbase discovering these answers before NGE goes live, as much of that content would likely occur well above the testable levels.
This is all going to depend on the skill set in the NGE for me, if they take away key skills (feign death, low blow etc) then I will probably more likely do something like commando or spy.