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I was just browsing the Pistoleer forum when I came upon this thread:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=pistoleer&message.id=58948

Apparently there are some new Pistols and Carbines on TC along with some Wookiee swords. Apparently one of the pistols is for Master Smuggler and one for Master Bounty Hunter.

Caylin, have you heard any word about this? It would be pretty neat if this is really going to happen

Vicci A'Tivo - Elder "in your face" Bounty Hunter
Ekinn A'Tivo - NGE Jedi
XProdigy - Pre-24 Squad Leader
Chac Baal - Elder Jedi (Omen's first Mon Cal Jedi)

My question is how the hell do you become a Master Smuggler, Mastert BH, and a Master Pistoleer?

Phoenix Orion - Master Smuggler, Master Teras-Kasi, Scoundrel, Rogue & Entrepreneur
Owner, Operator - Orion Transport Company (-3579,4347), outside Theed, Naboo - Clamps, Knives, AUK's, WUk's & Spice!
Slicing: 5000cr/Item Faction Point Sales: 15k/100fp (1 day notice by email necessary!)
(Known Rebel Terrorists and people who contact Zarrn Orion for Smuggler Services are automatically Blacklisted.)

Ooh if we do get one certed for us maby I wont drop master smuggler

Expect this to be cool and colorful? Well me too, sorry!

Master Bounty Hunter
Master Carbineer
Master Newbie

Well, If I was a bettin' Zab (and I am), mycreds would be on the SoroSuub "Renegade" as our pistol... if one of those appearing in the .tre files is infact ours.

The Renegade is describedin the d20 RPG's Arms and Equipment Guide: "The Renegade... has proved to be extremely popular with pirates, smugglers, and others who feel a need to have the largest gun in the room" -Wizards of the Coast, Arms and Equipment Guide, p. 12

This weapon is the be all and end all of the "superheavy" blaster pistoils until the New Jedi Order era when BlasTech returns fire, so to speak, with it's T-6 "Thunder".If the Devs keep with the established notes on this pistol (har!), it should be the biggest damage output, pistol-wise, thought likely not best DPS.

While we're on the subject, the Merr-Sonn Model 434 "DeathHammer" will likely end up in the hands of the BHs: "DeathHammers are common among bounty hunters and professional killers" -Wizards of the Coast, Arms and Equipment Guide, p. 9

I wouldnt put it past the devs to put one of the possible carbines in the grubby paws of the BH community, partucularly the messy Merr-Sonn Underslung Rotary Carbine, effectively a blaster varient of a mini-gun or gatling-gun with the punch of a T-21, bit none of the finesse. Think the scene in Preaditor where the mini-gun toting character decides to make cole-slaw out of the surrounding jungle in an effort to kill the unseen foe.

jnoh | master smuggler + master pilot | starsider

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If you don't want me to "play the forums," then I suggest you make time playing the game more rewarding and less repetitive than "playing" here!

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READ THIS before telling me I cannot complain about Smuggler
GOT SMUGGLING? - I AM STILL NOT A SMUGGLER - GOT SPICE?

Vicci A'Tivo - Elder "in your face" Bounty Hunter
Ekinn A'Tivo - NGE Jedi
XProdigy - Pre-24 Squad Leader
Chac Baal - Elder Jedi (Omen's first Mon Cal Jedi)

Well, it would be nice to have a pistol cert, but I'm gonna go the skeptic route and say that there's no way the Dev's would give us something both new AND

Malakii the Smuggler
I was "Mal" before I knew there was a show about a smuggler named Mal.

Ok, did some snooping about and found the following links to a client side mod revealing the pistols... they got only one completely wrong.

Renegade: http://www.image-dump.com/view.php?m=2&x=16334

DeathHammer: http://www.image-dump.com/view.php?m=2&x=16330

Alliance Disruptor?: http://www.image-dump.com/view.php?m=2&x=16329

Intimidator: http://www.image-dump.com/view.php?m=2&x=16332

Note: the Intimidator is completely wrong. The image they are using is a slightly bastardized version of the Kelvarek Consolidated Arms Dissuader KD-30, a slugthrower pistol.

jnoh | master smuggler + master pilot | starsider

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If you don't want me to "play the forums," then I suggest you make time playing the game more rewarding and less repetitive than "playing" here!

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READ THIS before telling me I cannot complain about Smuggler
GOT SMUGGLING? - I AM STILL NOT A SMUGGLER - GOT SPICE?

Huh? useful, Dev and smuggler have never been in the same sentence before! Im shocked, excited and scared all at the same time.

They never mentioned a thing to me.

The Infamous Caylin Borealis - First Master Smuggler on Bria
One of the Four Horsemen of the Smuggler Apocalypse!
:The Ghost with the Most:

my question is , wth is with the dudes arms in the pictures there, it looks like a cyborg replacement arm, or am I crazy?? lol

Guys, Gals -

Going to be a little negative here, so be prepared.

Whether or not we get a new weapon changes nothing.

It's fluff, pure and simple - does it solve ANY of our profession's problems?

Does it fix our broken specials?

Does it make Underworld useful?

Does it make spices more valuable?

Does it make slicing more enjoyable and sensible?

Does it address the fact that a Master pistoleer/smuggler STILL fires slower than a rifleman?

Pistoleers are in the same position - they get more pistols but their specials still don't work....

In effect, time has been spent on new graphics and weapons which could have been spent on, ohhh I don't know, addressing anyone of our numerous and crippling issues. But no. Here's a shiny new toy for you to use all your broken specials with - now keep quiet until your revamp next March.

As an aside, what's the bet, if we do get a new pistol, that it's the same idea as the DE-10 - you have have to get it from a high end dungeon.....

You couldn't make this stuff up.

Shaw Lands
Formerly Pistoleer & Entirely Legitimate Businessman
One Time Avatar of the Old Republic
Cancelled after waiting for the Smuggler Revamp for a year and a half.