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Thread: Smuggler profession: Will it be fixed?

Orcajum
Fri Aug 06, 2004 6:47 pm
#14
the more things change.......



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Smuggler_Caylin
Fri Aug 06, 2004 6:53 pm
#15




KefkaQ wrote:


....holy crap.... there needs to be a :cry: emoticon....This should be stickied

Message Edited by KefkaQ on 08-06-2004 06:50 PM


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KefkaQ
Fri Aug 06, 2004 6:55 pm
#16




Smuggler_Caylin wrote:




KefkaQ wrote:


....holy crap.... there needs to be a :cry: emoticon....This should be stickied

Message Edited by KefkaQ on 08-06-2004 06:50 PM


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Selko
Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:55 pm
#17
HAHA who this relic out of the grave?




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ColonelRechna
Fri Aug 06, 2004 10:11 pm
#18

Heghie wrote:

I gather Devs are overwhelmed with other, more pressing issues at the moment. Perhaps the first day of live game is not the best time to whine about Smuggler profession. But since for most of us beta testers it was made even to become a smuggler only 10 days before beta's end, we didn't have enough time to test it realistically. Still, I'm sure, those who tried smuggler in beta, have some comments to make now. These are mine:

Name: I don't think we can or should be called Smugglers. We cook drugs, we slice locks, we tinker with weapons, we deal and wheel, but we DO NOT smuggle. Call us Criminals? DrugLords?

Underworld line: Completely useless for anyone not planning to join either Rebs or Imps. And I don't hear about any other faction coming any time soon. When and IF they introduce Criminal faction, it may become of some interest. Till then it's a total waste.

Slicing weapon/armor: Slicer cannot chose what attribute of weapon/armor is going to be improved by slicing it. That's not right! Besides, it's a one-time deal. Once sliced, weapon/armor cannot be repaired by smiths when their condition deteriorates.

Spice crafting: Experimentation does nothing for spice crafting. The only thing we can change is... flavor. Big deal!

Prerequisits:Unarmed Specialist is made mandatory for becoming a Novice Smuggler, even though your smuggler will never have to use it again. Remuve unarmed and replace it with Engineering and/or Business.

Overall, Smuggler profession feels very half-baked. Master Smuggler box don't even have any new mods and/or schematics.






dont fool yourself, devs arent busy with other things....just too laz to bring new ideas to the table...too worried about how theyre gunna spend their next paycheck that we paid into. Come to think of it, playing this game is like paying taxes. You give and give and give...and get nothing in return



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TomoRainer
Sat Aug 07, 2004 5:00 am
#19
Yeah, this could pretty much have been the entire smuggler forum and nothing would be different. Though it's nice to have a dozen daily complaint threads to work my rage out in.






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Iawo
Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:53 am
#20

Get rid of the unarmed pre-req? Are you all on drugs? Well ok, I knowwe sell them, but you don't need to overdose yourselves on them.


Do you have any clue just how many people have TKM in addition to smuggler? If you change the prereqs to engineering, you will be screwing those people even more. If you want my opinion, spice should be removed altogether, and an unarmedbranch added in it's place. Then improve upon the underworld tree, with add-in bonuses for JTL.


I do not want to craft. We are smugglers. I don't want to make the drugs, I want to smuggle them for customers.


If you want to craft, take up one of the many more crafting professions. If you want better pistol specials, take up bounty hunter and pistoleer instead.


I know i'm going out on a limb here, and will make a lot of people mad at me, but I think Merchant-Smugglers areone of the thingshurting us and keeping us from getting a REAL SMUGGLING profession. The devs tinker around with ideas to keep them happy, which hurts the people that really want to smuggle. Yes, smuggling should involve fighting from time to time, in my opinion. I don't like the crafting part of it at all. I don't mind the tools. The spices need to go away to some other profession.



Iawo Eatevai
Zabrak Rebel Smuggler
Crimson Phoenix Ace

I thought the NGE couldn't be any worse than the CU, but I was wrong.

PlanetSide names: Reeb - Emerald TR, Reebx - Emerald NC
TomoRainer
Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:00 am
#21
Hey buddy, check out the date on the original post. I can't say for certain but I'm pretty sure there weren't too many TKMs at the time.






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Iawo
Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:18 pm
#22
Arg. Stupid thread necromancers.



Iawo Eatevai
Zabrak Rebel Smuggler
Crimson Phoenix Ace

I thought the NGE couldn't be any worse than the CU, but I was wrong.

PlanetSide names: Reeb - Emerald TR, Reebx - Emerald NC
Kav
Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:27 pm
#23

mmm 2 years and still current.



Anniversary Necro





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Iawo
Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:43 pm
#24
Smuggler may still need fixed, but it still doesn't need the prerequisites changed.



Iawo Eatevai
Zabrak Rebel Smuggler
Crimson Phoenix Ace

I thought the NGE couldn't be any worse than the CU, but I was wrong.

PlanetSide names: Reeb - Emerald TR, Reebx - Emerald NC
DawnTreader777
Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:02 pm
#25
hard to believe that this was posted so long ago. and here it is 2 years later and it is still true.



Understanding is a three edged sword, your side, thier side and the TRUTH
- Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5

So much for a Smuggler revamp, maybe they should just rename us, it would take less time and be easy to do.
"Useless" would be my first choice as a name suggestion.


of course at this point there is no reason to revamp anything. SOE should just shut the game off.

EmonOkari
Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:25 am
#26
What we have now IS what the devs want smuggler to be. The choice to actually 'play' it lies before US. Either we like this profession and play it, or we don't and move on. There is no 'fix' coming.



Emon Okari | Gunslinger
Captain Of Dusty Drifter
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