Smuggler Archive
Thread: New smugglers and old When the revamp hits
I don't think there's really any sense in re-grinding it if you already have it. It's not like there is going to be content for Novice Smugglers that Masters can't touch.
That being said, I am going to spend a lot of time learning the ins and outs of the new system when it finally arrives. It's one thing to have the title of Master Smuggler, it's an entirely different thing to actually master the profession.
Phizuol wrote:
I got my skills up via pistol, slicing, and spicing xp. I begged and camped NPCs for locked containers for my first box of Slicing. I paid apprentice XP for my Master box. I earned it and no revamp is gonna change that. =)
Sorry wasnt meaning to offend!
I was noly curious given that if someone is already Master Smuggler, they probably wouldn't get xp for doing any of the new content, so would you feel like you've missed out?
No. Because then we can be crotchety old Smugglers who tell the youngsters how easy they have it. Because back in our day, we had to slice uphill, both ways, in the snow!
coldreboot wrote:
Phizuol wrote:
I got my skills up via pistol, slicing, and spicing xp. I begged and camped NPCs for locked containers for my first box of Slicing. I paid apprentice XP for my Master box. I earned it and no revamp is gonna change that. =)
Sorry wasnt meaning to offend!
I was noly curious given that if someone is already Master Smuggler, they probably wouldn't get xp for doing any of the new content, so would you feel like you've missed out?
AngusMacGregor wrote:
No. Because then we can be crotchety old Smugglers who tell the youngsters how easy they have it. Because back in our day, we had to slice uphill, both ways, in the snow!
coldreboot wrote:
Phizuol wrote:
I got my skills up via pistol, slicing, and spicing xp. I begged and camped NPCs for locked containers for my first box of Slicing. I paid apprentice XP for my Master box. I earned it and no revamp is gonna change that. =)
Sorry wasnt meaning to offend!
I was noly curious given that if someone is already Master Smuggler, they probably wouldn't get xp for doing any of the new content, so would you feel like you've missed out?
AngusMacGregor wrote:
No. Because then we can be crotchety old Smugglers who tell the youngsters how easy they have it. Because back in our day, we had to slice uphill, both ways, in the snow!
coldreboot wrote:
Phizuol wrote:
I got my skills up via pistol, slicing, and spicing xp. I begged and camped NPCs for locked containers for my first box of Slicing. I paid apprentice XP for my Master box. I earned it and no revamp is gonna change that. =)
Sorry wasnt meaning to offend!
I was noly curious given that if someone is already Master Smuggler, they probably wouldn't get xp for doing any of the new content, so would you feel like you've missed out?
Waht is this snow you speak of...wipes sand off knees...me I ground it out in 150 degree heat in sand up the dunes both ways!
pfffft...snows for Valarian smugglers!
/dons flame suit
/eats pie
/guzzles beer
/belch
(all from a twi'lek chick!)
I remember buying all the cdef weapons off the bazaar teminals and slicing those to advance my slicing tree, camping and calling for containers was never my thing. Sure it took more tools to get to master that way, and more time, but in those days there was alot of cdef weapons on the bazaar for under 100 credits. I would then destroy the weapon after the slice, so i wouldnt mistake it for a unsliced weapon when i scoured the terminals for more. Ahh the good old days.
Slee Stax
Master Smuggler (since Launch)
Intrepid
ParsecRunner wrote:I remember buying all the cdef weapons off the bazaar teminals and slicing those to advance my slicing tree, camping and calling for containers was never my thing. Sure it took more tools to get to master that way, and more time, but in those days there was alot of cdef weapons on the bazaar for under 100 credits. I would then destroy the weapon after the slice, so i wouldnt mistake it for a unsliced weapon when i scoured the terminals for more. Ahh the good old days.
Slee Stax
Master Smuggler (since Launch)
Intrepid
Yeah, but you still needed those first 10 (or was it 20?) containers (more for me because I didn't have clamps) because at Novice Smuggler you couldn't slice ANYTHING else!
For me, I just got enough artisan (easy to do when you make your PLK's and FAN's) to make my own survival knives and just crafted them, sliced them, destroyed them. After the 20 container grind of course.
I will never drop my Master tag, ever. What I will do if there is a sweeping change to Smuggler is to make a new character and start from scratch. Or more likely I will do the grind on TC where I can be most useful and do the hard leveling.
You also have to understand that the revamp is NOT being done in one Publish but several.
The slicing changes are POSSIBLY going in with Publish 19 in about 3 weeks.
The actual SMUGGLING content is going in some unknown time after that. In other words; don't hold your breath.
If you are going to wait for smuggling content then you very well could be waiting a LONG time. Some of us have been waiting for two YEARS. Their track-record isn't very good with us.
SpinningCloud wrote:
You also have to understand that the revamp is NOT being done in one Publish but several.
The slicing changes are POSSIBLY going in with Publish 19 in about 3 weeks.
The actual SMUGGLING content is going in some unknown time after that. In other words; don't hold your breath.
If you are going to wait for smuggling content then you very well could be waiting a LONG time. Some of us have been waiting for two YEARS. Their track-record isn't very good with us.
Exactly Cloud. People who have been playing Smuggler for a long time now have made themselves feel like a Smuggler through how they act in-game, and the actions they take. Anything that the devs add will be good to have, but if you need all that stuff to feel like a Smuggler, then you're just going to have to continue waiting.