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Thread: All this Talk about Smugglers being hunted by BH's: How do you Smugglers feel?
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WexEldorf
Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:22 am
#14
We shouldn't get an xp loss. Jedi's only get it because there shouldn't be any still alive and they are a direct threat to Darth Vader and the Emperor. Smugglers are ok cos even the Empire turns a blind eye once in a while. And if you're like me, asmuggler for both sides of the GCW neither sides bother you as long as they're none-the-wiser.....
shfire
Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:31 am
#15
I love the idea.
I just hope the first BH I plaster over the stars is a dev...hehehe
Gaitan
Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:34 am
#16
MOD123 wrote:
You know what I'll take XP loss for it Uhm no., sign me up. I take a hit and deserve it I'll get smarter and better. It would be nice if we could maybe check the BH terms by slicing, and have a chance of "bribing" a spynet op into giving the wrong bio-sample. That would be fun. BH's hunt down another player or NPC and only realize it's not use when they get into firing range. Muhahahahah.
Uhura E.
Master Smuggler (original since 4/04)
XP loss is a bad idea on a lot of different levels. There's not a whole lot of penalty for dying now (no more losing Doc/Dancer buffs for instance) so the idea of getting hunted by another player isn't a scary. Toss in XP loss and suddenly you lose a lot of support for the whole thing.
PC BH's hunting me? Sure.
XP Loss for getting killed? No way.
Ciridian
Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:48 am
#17
I don't like it.
1.) Smugglers are not a profession that has been built and balanced for PvP. We're not Jedi, we're not bounty hunters. We give up a significant amount of combat strength for spices, slicing and little perks like the underworld/faction stuff and feign death. We've already seen that a great many Bounty Hunters in the BH vs Jedi war have leaned towards bottom feeding on padawans, and easy marks, necessitating significant changes in the whole terminal mission system in the upcoming patch, with smugglers as potential prey, these same bottom feeders will have an even easier choice in target.
2.) Bounty Hunters already have enough content and attention centered around them. I don't want to serve as more content for them to play with, be entertained by. I'd rather see smuggler content designed to enrich the game of smuggler players, rather than serving as a vehicle to enrich further the content of those who are already rolling in it. This game doesn't center around Bounty Hunters and Jedi, there are dozens of professions, and dozens of styles of play, it's about time that the developers stepped back and realized that and started focusing on each of these professions unto themselves, not as mere toys for more popular professions to play with.
If and when a smuggling system is ever implemented for smugglers, I think it should not be a vehicle for simply adding more PvP bounties. I can accept that PvP bounties could be an option, just as going special forces is an option in the GCW, but as a general rule, I'd rather see the core built around standard PvE content (just as the bounty mission system is for BH's...), PvE missions, NPC hunters and hassles to deal with, and so on.
1.) Smugglers are not a profession that has been built and balanced for PvP. We're not Jedi, we're not bounty hunters. We give up a significant amount of combat strength for spices, slicing and little perks like the underworld/faction stuff and feign death. We've already seen that a great many Bounty Hunters in the BH vs Jedi war have leaned towards bottom feeding on padawans, and easy marks, necessitating significant changes in the whole terminal mission system in the upcoming patch, with smugglers as potential prey, these same bottom feeders will have an even easier choice in target.
2.) Bounty Hunters already have enough content and attention centered around them. I don't want to serve as more content for them to play with, be entertained by. I'd rather see smuggler content designed to enrich the game of smuggler players, rather than serving as a vehicle to enrich further the content of those who are already rolling in it. This game doesn't center around Bounty Hunters and Jedi, there are dozens of professions, and dozens of styles of play, it's about time that the developers stepped back and realized that and started focusing on each of these professions unto themselves, not as mere toys for more popular professions to play with.
If and when a smuggling system is ever implemented for smugglers, I think it should not be a vehicle for simply adding more PvP bounties. I can accept that PvP bounties could be an option, just as going special forces is an option in the GCW, but as a general rule, I'd rather see the core built around standard PvE content (just as the bounty mission system is for BH's...), PvE missions, NPC hunters and hassles to deal with, and so on.
Message Edited by Ciridian on 07-14-2005 01:54 PM
SpinningCloud
Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:50 am
#18
Honestly I think we have more important fish to fry at this point.
Like the utter lack of consideration given us by SOE, not to mention that we don't have any SMUGGLING content for which we might be hunted by BH.
ner0sputnik
Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:00 am
#20
I would LOVE to be hunted! But I want to be hunted for screwing up smuggler missions. So we'd have to HAVE smuggler missions first.
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