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Thread: Will Smugglers ever be able to Slice Ship Components.
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ArkonPhoenix
Thu May 12, 2005 6:15 pm
#1
Smugglers can Slice Weapons and Armor, so why cant they Slice Ship components like Han did in the moives?
This would add a new level to the Shipwright profession and build ties to the Smuggler profession. I see this as a win-win scenerio.
Whats your thoughts on this?
Votiva
Thu May 12, 2005 6:16 pm
#2
I seem to remember reading in one of the revamp doc's something about that, at least for the new POB ship parts...I could be wrong though >_>
Jagged-F3l
Thu May 12, 2005 6:17 pm
#3
ArkonPhoenix wrote:
Smugglers can Slice Weapons and Armor, so why cant they Slice Ship components like Han did in the moives?
This would add a new level to the Shipwright profession and build ties to the Smuggler profession. I see this as a win-win scenerio.
Whats your thoughts on this?
Thunderheart indicated in the smuggler's forum (or the thread discussing the smuggler revamp) that smugglers would be able to slice ship components.
Road-Kill21
Thu May 12, 2005 6:33 pm
#4
Can't say Ive heard anything concrete but it would breath more life in Space and shipwrights. It would be a very interesting change. So far, I've looted better ship equip than I could find on any shipwright vendor, and I even know a master Shipwright would couldnt beat my stuff with his best resources.
maxtheusher
Thu May 12, 2005 6:40 pm
#5
their original answer was NO WAY NO HOW...
but now it's looking like Smugglers will get their "special modifications" for their YT's after all. When? who the hell knows...
but now it's looking like Smugglers will get their "special modifications" for their YT's after all. When? who the hell knows...
Road-Kill21
Thu May 12, 2005 6:41 pm
#6
maxtheusher wrote:
their original answer was NO WAY NO HOW...
but now it's looking like Smugglers will get their "special modifications" for their YT's after all. When? who the hell knows...
I'll tell you when...
*dramatic pause*
After the Smuggler revamp... which is slated forthe summer of2014 
TomoRainer
Thu May 12, 2005 7:50 pm
#8
I remember there being some talk of not granting smugglers the ability to slice ship components because ship stuff is/was considered already balanced. On the other hand, you've got the smuggler In Concept docs that mention being able to slice POB ships in some fashion.
The two aren't mutually exclusive--POBs are underpowered in just about every way, so there's plenty of room to allow performance enhancements from slicing.
Starfighters would be much trickier. They aren't all essentially equal in the way POBs are; if every ship component could be sliced for a 5% stat bonus, say, this doesn't play out equally between heavy fighters such as B-Wings, Oppressors, and Krayts as it does with light fighters, the A-Wings, Advanceds, and Dunelizards. Heavy ships can fit more components and of much higher level and effectiveness than light ships, and the advantages they'll gain from slicing would probably come out to be many more than what light fighters would see from our smuggler services.
That said, if you've got any ideas for how to make it work, I'm always open to suggestions. As the changes to ground game slicing shows, there's just a lot of difficulties in adding another layer of complexity to an already complex combat system.
The two aren't mutually exclusive--POBs are underpowered in just about every way, so there's plenty of room to allow performance enhancements from slicing.
Starfighters would be much trickier. They aren't all essentially equal in the way POBs are; if every ship component could be sliced for a 5% stat bonus, say, this doesn't play out equally between heavy fighters such as B-Wings, Oppressors, and Krayts as it does with light fighters, the A-Wings, Advanceds, and Dunelizards. Heavy ships can fit more components and of much higher level and effectiveness than light ships, and the advantages they'll gain from slicing would probably come out to be many more than what light fighters would see from our smuggler services.
That said, if you've got any ideas for how to make it work, I'm always open to suggestions. As the changes to ground game slicing shows, there's just a lot of difficulties in adding another layer of complexity to an already complex combat system.
Road-Kill21
Thu May 12, 2005 8:25 pm
#9
Just a quick thought, but seeing as the slicing revamp is supposed to allow us to choose what we mod, maybe for ship components we can either increase say the power of a laser turret(which will also increase the power used per shot) and we can lighten it (reducing the condition so it doesnt last as long after large amounts of damage).
Golrok
Thu May 12, 2005 8:52 pm
#10
I always felt they should have allowed YPR's on crafted only engines to be sliced instead of boosting SW's experiment results. Just be able to slice some of them up to par or almost with RE.
zirzo MS/MSW
zirzo MS/MSW
Message Edited by Golrok on 05-12-2005 08:53 PM
Anjou
Thu May 12, 2005 9:14 pm
#11
I think if it were to happen, the only thing slicing would do will be to max out the particular part's stat(s). Like how slicing is working right now with weapons & armor.
Golrok
Thu May 12, 2005 10:08 pm
#12
Jagged-F3l wrote:
ArkonPhoenix wrote:
Smugglers can Slice Weapons and Armor, so why cant they Slice Ship components like Han did in the moives?This would add a new level to the Shipwright profession and build ties to the Smuggler profession. I see this as a win-win scenerio.Whats your thoughts on this?
Thunderheart indicated in the smuggler's forum (or the thread discussing the smuggler revamp) that smugglers would be able to slice ship components.
I really hope your right about this and they dont go back on that like they did during beta in the summer when they said they were going to do it before JTL released.
zirzo- mastr smug/master SW
Doofius
Thu May 12, 2005 10:39 pm
#13
"No, no, no!!!!
THIS one goes here....THAT one goes there, right?"--Han Solo
"Wrraaaarrrrwwwrrrrr"---Chewbacca
(Translation: "Get bent you hairless dweeb! I know how to slice ship-parts!")
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