Smuggler Archive
Thread: I got robbed by a smuggler, Part Deux
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mrbleepbleep
Sat Jul 10, 2004 2:38 am
#14
I winced at the part where you said "I gave him admin to my house". I've heard of house admin scams in the past, so I only allow houseadmin to a couple of real-life friends who are in SWG, and one in-game friend that I trust.
Fluxxen
Sat Jul 10, 2004 6:50 am
#15
I dont associate with others smugglers, they are all scoundrels I hear...
Seriously, there will always be a few bad apples making life bad for the masses. Now hunt down this guy and make him regret ever doing that...
Message Edited by Fluxxen on 07-10-2004 03:50 PM
LorenzoMh
Sat Jul 10, 2004 12:04 pm
#16
MSE's get a +10 bonus to any det modules added into them (from what I read on the DE boards). This makes them the most cost-efficient bomber droids.
Of course, if you really need to weaken/incap a pesky jedi, nothing beats a 57 detonation module rated R3. Of course, these are pretty costly.
OslasAne
Sat Jul 10, 2004 12:58 pm
#17
Wow, man no way is anyone gonna ever be put on my admin that hasn't proven themselves first. Any of my friends are welcome to come in but admin they gotta be someone who has shown trust in the past. That aside that was really cool of you to do. To badit waswasted on a dud like this guy. Free clamps and containers. DUDE I would have tipped you and you'd always be on my "help when asked list". Meaning basicly I owe you one or 20 favors. Anyways not saying start a smear campain on this guy but if this is how he is gonna be I wouldn't want to be handing over my weapons for a slice, might not get it back. Maybe other smugglers should be aware of this guy and not offer to help him when he needs it. JMOT.
Intelerebel wrote:
Since becoming a master smuggler, I've enjoyed taking people under my wing and helping young smuggler apprentices become master. Last month, for example, a 0-2-0-0 smuggler came to me for some molecular clamps. The person was slightly noobish, but nevertheless was exstatic when I gave her 3 free crates of clamps , PLUS five crates of CDEF's to help finish out the slicing tree. We added each other to our friends lists and now we hunt together from time to time. The beginning of my smuggler coalition.
BUT,
Two weeks ago, I had another smuggler ask me for help. This time it was for help in the search for locked containers. Well, it just so happened that I had 16 unlocked containers sitting in my house that a friend of mine wanted me to slice for him. So I tell the smuggler to come tomy house and Ill give him the clamps and he can slice them there. Christmas for any novice smuggler right?
Anyway, I send him the Waypoint to my house, the guy comes to my house and I give him the containers, explaining to him that they dont belong to me and that he should slice them and give them back immediately to me once he's finished. What happens? He walks out of my house. So I follow him outside, and explain to him again that he can't leave with the containers because they dont belong to me. After a couple minutes of polite, remindful dialogue, the guy re-assures me numerous times that he doesn't have the time now, but promises to return them later that same night.
So, very much against my better judgement, I let him go and then give him admin access on my house. (All my truly valuable items are in my safe deposit box).
I haven't seen him since.
When I started the mountainous climb to smuggler back in september last year, I was helped tremendously by a smuggler on my server who did not know me, named HunterRose. Because of him, I always did random acts of kindness to other smugglers climbing the tree,
Never Again. I know that the sleazeball who stole my containers is more of the exception than the rule, but never again will I be taken advantage of by some little kid who either can't remember his promises or just doesn't care about them.
The Novice smugglers on LOWCA just lost a charitable mentor.
Irxosskisx
Sat Jul 10, 2004 3:53 pm
#18
Situations like this are why we need player bounties.........
Havok3060
Sat Jul 10, 2004 9:09 pm
#19
Is this happening more often now? Just seems like a couple days ago some posted some smuggler stole their weapon.
Bad apples are becoming more abundent.
Dont trust someone you dont know!
OdiousEncounter
Sat Jul 10, 2004 10:22 pm
#20
I pretty much agree with everyone else here. I would make sure to report him, though. It's probably too late for the CSRs to do anything about it, but if they still have logs of your conversation with him, they just may get your stuff back and they just may ban him from the game, which would be a service to anyone on the server. Give it a shot, you might get lucky, and sorry to hear about that.
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