Smuggler Archive

Smugglers in the past have asked for specific content and "dungeons" that required a smuggler to access. To be honest, as a smuggler myself I thought that the whole idea of sneaking people past controband scanners was kind of weak unless there were scanners everywhere and they were scanning all the time. How would a smuggler be able to get someone "through" an imperial blockade? A smuggler would be trying to "avoid" the blockade or get them through some back end passageway.

Also rebels don’t currently scan for contraband so that would eliminate whole areas which would not really benefit smugglers. I thought that it was a natural fit to merge this "special dungeon" idea which had been asked for by smugglers in the past, with the concept of getting past enemy faction or scanners. It seams that a smuggler's job would be to smuggle people somewhere through hidden routes which nobody asked for. Yes "underwold' does not have to physically mean a world beneath a city. It would also not have to be a underground, it could be through a series of aboveground alleys and what not that only smugglers could get into. For example, in bestine… there are many walls and areas through which you have to go through "gates" to access. Potentially, a could go into a building… pick a lock to a hidden door which lets them into the alley way where there are lots of thugs and other criminals but no imperial prescense.

I do not see Han going up and talking to Imperial stormtroopers and bribing them to get a rebel past them. I see Han taking the back roads and using shady cantinas, bars, and running into asteroid fields to avoid Imperial.

However if you look at the whole name of "underworld" it is suggestive of a world which exists which is not accessible to the general populace. It could be a place where gangsters and criminals hang out that would not be safe for a rich merchant to travel alone into. (Perhaps BH Master Level informants should be located here?) Having access to special alleys or underground tunnels or special back-end passageways or doors would be a really cool thing for a smuggler and I think would make me feel more like a smuggler.

Yes I am primarily playing my ranger toon now since I have multiple accounts and am on multiple servers and like to have access to just about any profession that I feel like playing at any given moment. But I was on the boards the day that Green Marine made his infamous posts and my primary toon was a TKM/Smuggler/Pitoleer. When the smuggler revamp comes I will be playing that toon and I do care very much for smugglers and want them to get an awesome revamp. I also think that ranger should be the "stealth" profession. Smugglers are not about cammoflage and bribing, they are about using their knowledge of the "underworld" or criminal connections to facilitate illegal trade and activities. It might even be a good idea if smugglers had to do their slicing in these underworld locations, although I havent thought that out too fully.