Smuggler Archive

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Orcajum wrote:

more Smuggler-esque. I haven't posted much lately, but I see quite a few unfamiliar names posting, many with a more negative energy than I've seen in this forum before. That's not to lay all the blame on newer posters. Many vets have also become more disenchanted (if that's possible) and the whole vibe is starting to infect the community.

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If it helps - I do sing "Give Peace a Chance" while I type my messages - do I get points after the fact? :>

I'm relatively new to the forums and the way I look at it - I enjoy playing the Smuggler - I think there could be some things that could be fixed, I think there are things that could be improved, I think there is a lot of potential. I've also thought pretty much the same thing as a Dancer, a Medic, A Doctor, A rifleman, an Architect, a Weaponsmith, and Droid Engineer. Despite the shortcomings though I still have fun with it, as I suspect most of the negative posters here do - I mean - if you weren't having fun at some level why would you play?

Cheers
Dat

I try not to be too negative, USUALLY, when I start a thread it's simply something I'd like to see added to our profession (ie, eye patches, stolen/forged codes, adjustable pistol, coats and pants with storage). When I do say something negative, I tend to think that it's not without good reason.

This whole thing spun out of control, a product of a misinterpreted thread, a growing resentment towards "Red" names, that they never come say hi any more, that we have gotten literally no word on anything in a long time, and are left here to speculate and tell funny stories. It's not a situation that promotes a lot of positivity, and though I welcome Goliath, I'm not terribly excited about it. He's got a job, and if it was a job at a bank, we wouldn't have said anything about it, even though his actual job has as much to do with our problem as a job at a bank would.

I think we all need to take a step back, and realize that "red" names mean absolutely nothing. And I think we should take a break from complaining that red names never come to visit. That's not to say we should not continue to state the importance of our revamp, but we should in the very least stop whining like children about the devs in this forum, we're starting to sound like our magical glowy friends up the profession list a ways. And yes, while they certainly got their revamp (unecesarily), we still don't want to be like that.

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Orcajum wrote:

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Geevo wrote:

We [the Smuggler Community] are supposed to be better than most other communities. We have prided ourselves on it ... it has not shown with the recent history, and I hope some of the newer Smugglers understand how much these reactions to a fellow Smuggler have hurt us as a whole.

We have been more understanding, more passionate, and more dedicated than most other professions ... and it feels like we just went dumpster-diving.

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I believe a lot of the recent attitude in here, the negativity towards eachother, the short fuses and tempers, really is a symptom of having lost many of our "best and brightest" in recent months. We've taken a few more casualties of our community leaders, most recently the absense of Caylin and Wayne. I think even just two weeks ago, the greeting of Goliath would have been much more Smuggler-esque. I haven't posted much lately, but I see quite a few unfamiliar names posting, many with a more negative energy than I've seen in this forum before. That's not to lay all the blame on newer posters. Many vets have also become more disenchanted (if that's possible) and the whole vibe is starting to infect the community.

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So is it as simple as a need to educate the new blood that we are different than the rest of the players? We are a cut above the rest, [think Lando ... suave, yet deadly when he needs to be].

yes. but not just new people here. EVERYONE must know that we are stone-cold pirate pimps.

Look, everyone, be as negative and cynical as you like. We've earned that. It's been nearly a year and a half since launch and we're basically in the same sorry state that we were back then. Devs don't talk to us anymore, and when they did, it was to promise us revamps and fixes and then never follow through. The mistreatment we've faced is staggering.

But the one thing we don't do is ever turn that well-earned cynicism on each other. This community is the biggest part of what we've got, and to see it fragmenting and descending to the level of other forums would be to see the most significant part of what it means to be a smuggler disappear. That would be a greater defeat than anything we've faced so far.

When he's in this forum, Goliath is a smuggler, and he should be treated as one. Don't let our anger and frustration draw you into turning on the same people suffering with us all.

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Nicolas_Frost wrote:

I'd just like to thank whoever gave me a one-star, maybe someday you'll have the guts to say why you did so.

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Ignore the one-star poodoo-head. (And I gave you five to make up for that child's behavior.)

Lylak Moon