Smuggler Archive
Thread: Admit it!!!
Message Edited by Boycarino on 10-21-2004 06:24 PM
So that doesn't bother me.
What bothers me is they have missions in Tier 3 and Tier 4 that have them actually smuggling cargo.
That, is what ticks me off.
One of the Four Horsemen of the Smuggler Apocalypse! 
Another thread in the c-forum:
Smuggler_Caylin wrote:He could run spice non-stop without getting shot out of the sky! No-risk,
big pay-off...When the time comes for smuggler missions, I can only pray that I don't
see every smuggler taking out their sorosuubs to run their cargo without a
worry.
Smuggler_Caylin wrote:Well I am trying to see why smuggler and developer perceptions of
smuggling are so different. I'm getting some mixed impressions from some JTL
missions that to me scream smuggler... yet the replies we get are along the
lines of there being 'smuggling' and 'Smuggling'. Wish that could be nailed
down because as it stands it feels as if our domain is being violated in a
very horrible way
Smuggler_Caylin wrote:Heya, I think you missed what I was trying to get at.It's not a question of revamp material, it's smuggler mission material
being given to everyone who takes up that piloting profession.Destroy/patrol/escort missions, thats great! Yet when you have them
smuggling without picking up a box in smuggler, something isn't
right!
Smuggler_Caylin wrote:I say this because there actually is smuggler content in JTL in mission
form. A couple privateer missions center around the smuggling of cargo, one of
them Tier 4, mission 2 of the smuggler's alliance.I'm not asking for smuggler content, I'm just wondering why our mission
content is being just tossed out to anyone instead of keeping smuggling inside
the smuggler profession.
Smuggler_Caylin wrote:It's a mission that pertains to smugglers in that the player who is doing
it is smuggling. Yet the player taking the mission does not have to be a
smuggler.This argues against the very existence of a smuggler profession
Why
should we be a smuggler then, if our mission content doesn't require us to be
a smuggler? I can be much more effective then with a different skill set. You
have said we are more of a space based profession and that's great. We can
wait. Just it seems our mission content is being given out to a piloting
profession.It's as if you were giving bounty hunter investigation missions to someone
without bounty hunter. That type of mission should only be for bounty hunters,
a mission involving smuggling should be only be for smugglers.I'm sorry, it just feels very wrong and I know a ton of smugglers are upset
because of it. It's not a crusade to turn the smuggler's alliance into a
smuggler's only club (Which is an idea I hate with a passion) but to keep our
mission content where it belongs.
Plus a bunch of other stuff that is covered in the beta forums. While the NDA
may not be in effect, I think quite a bit of that beta forum is still considered
confidential.
You want to know the main reply though? It was basically that JTL at
launch has nothing to do with smugglers and that we need to wait for our revamp.
Essentially they appear to have missed the entire point about it giving away our
mission content. I've been in IM conversations with them and sent numerous
e-mails but that is still the attitude they are maintaining.
Smuggler_Caylin wrote:
Geevo, the descriptions of that mission that I have received are much more than a simple package delivery. It's a run and gun smuggler mission where you have to dock with multiple ships to transfer cargo while other ships are trying to blow you out of the sky.
I know C ... I am trying to be optimistic and to try and justify it.
At Beta release, I jumpted into the Smuggler alliance happy as a (fill in blank since my mind just blanked 
) but upon learning more of how anyone can do it, I went to Rebel and spent the remainder of my time learning Rebel stuff because I had given up on the Neutral idea.
I am actually thinking of possibly going Imperial just for something different, but then I think of the big picture and I should probably wait until the next massive change from Imperial to Rebel (make the profits there) and then change.
If I remember correctly, I can be a Covert Rebel & Imperial Pilot? Is this correct? Do I need to have positive Imperial faction?