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Dear Fellow Brawlers and SWG enthusiasts,

I did not play the Beta. Although, I was doing large ammounts of research whenever possible on the Smuggler class and the Hutt Empire. First off, I was greatly sadened when the Hutts where removed. Well, I said it can not be that bad, I could be a Rebel or Empire smuggler. I bought the game and it blew my mind away.

`````````````````````This is not a GAME. It is a part of my daily life in a way. Tetris is a game. When a game gets as far as having to rest to heal - then it's no longer a game, it is a Replication of an imaginary lifestyle. WOOT we have advanced to Semi Real Life Visual/audio replication! Congrats SWG Dev's!

Lets not kid ourselves guys...

Well, after I got that out of the way and realized how serious the "Game" conditions are, I told myself im going to play a "LOW PROFILE CLASS". What I mean by "Low Profile" is that they can sneak around not being noticed too much by other. An ambient class in a way. Of course the Smuggler has got to be the most "LOW PROFILE CLASS" in the game from what I had read or heard. So, I started a brawler. All was very well at first, after I got to Expert it all went down the drain. I could no longer Brawl - I was dying from white Mobs. So I took up Marksmenship. There is No FOOOKING way the brawler can just brawl. Unless you want to solo Butterflies your whole career scavenging for scraps of XP.

Real Life scenario....

I was grouped with a scout. Every fight I have to start out with a Gun. There is no way im going 2 charge at a monster when I can do the Same ammount of Dammage with a RIFLE! SO, what is the brawler good for? Well, as I mentioned before there is no way the Brawler can comfortably solo either at semi high levels. Almost anything white will trash you good. I dont wear armour either so **edit** IS UP with that. Scouts and Marksmen wear armor but a Brawler does not? Some serious issues here guys. It might all be set up right but, the problem is it is not set up to the brawlers advantage (melee) thus it goes far beyond being a "GAME". It is far too realistic in some ways. I can tell you this...

THERE IS NO WAY I am going 2 STOP PLAYING MY BRAWLER!!! Brawl or Fall im going forward as Helplessly as possible. Maybe at higher levels the Brawler will shine.

In the end ... Brawler bow to anything higher then white con in combat and gets thrashed being forced to use a rifle thus making him no longer a brawler but a Marksmen/scout. H2H is out of the Door and wayyyyyyy Doooowwwn the Strreeeeeet! I guess ill keep killing green and blues mobs solo and maybe one day the Tuskin raiders will drop me some sort of a Fooking fist like they do rifles for the Ranged guys ey?

Thank you DrunkenJedi,

You hit the nail on the head. The issue here is that there are those who say well mix it up with ranged skills then you have no problems. Well then mister smarties, then i am not an "Unarmed" specialist am i. I am some sort of cheap imitation scout/ Marksman hybrid.

I WANT to be an Unarmed specialist, i dont WANT to be a hybrid and i shouldnt have to be forced to BE one.

The greatest thing in a MMORPG is the ability to choose, i feel i have my right to choose taken away from me in order to be viable in my chosen path. Unarmed....and i mean UNARMED ONLY. Need help. We are at the bottom of the food chain in ALL things. No other profession dies as much, does so little damage at higher tiers, nor struggles to kill more on lower lvl creatures then an Unarmed person. It shouldnt have to be like hitting my head against a brick wall to get to the next lvl. I want my time here to be enjoyable without having to sacrifice MY choice for my career path. Unarmed unite and flood this board, any of you beta people here continue in your fight. I am not going to drop this matter until its resolved, even if that means i spend more time in the forums that actually in the game.

Ceta

I myself have devoted way too much to Unarmed and I will continue to chug along in hopes that the devs fix the issues. Nice post.

Do you guys have Vibro knuckles yet. I hate to pound this into the dirt but they really do make a serious difference at expert and above.

And before someone says there hard to find rare objects, Let me just say that if you talk to the weaon smiths on your server you'll quickly find that there not that hard to find.