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Thread: The Smuggler Guide to disguise (new form of armour for smugglers)
Vampiric_Hoshi wrote:
Han didn't rely on a set of actual stormtrooper armour at all except for using it as a disguise to openly walk around the Death Star. You can garuntee that the thought of using it for protection would not have crossed his mind once. It's not in his nature ... nor is it in the nature of most Smugglers. Why would they want to be walking around in bulk hulks of armour? They spend most of their time drinking beer, playing cards and flying ships.
Hoshi, you got me all wrong here. I meant to say, that Han disguised as a stormtrooper by wearing a suit of stormtrooper armor - as did Luke - and not by using some kind of Sam Fisher special ops suit. Your idea about the special suit is nice, but seems not very star warsy to me.
I would prefer an abilty to change one´s clothing to that of a slain opponent, simulating the Smuggler actually changing clothes. So this would grant the Smuggler the ability to loot whole suits of stormtrooper armor from NPC? No, absolutely not (although I never truly understood why this isn´t possible for everyone in the first place - except for balance reasons) but rather a certain timer after which the apperence would return to normal - probably with a chance to get "detected" not unlike the mask scent skill. And it would have to be done while wearing no armor. Naturally, this would only disguise the smugglers features if the clothing in question included a helmet of some sort.
Oh well, why do we even bother? No one cares about our ideas anyway.
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