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Thread: Smuggler IC Answers

JohnnyBravoRPD
Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:02 pm
#40






Ragnaat wrote:
can i just say...

CROCK OF SH!T

that is all





QF'n E




So glad I cancelled long ago and pretty well just stopped playing. My end date is the 27th and to tell the truth I'll be glad when it comes because I will forever delete this waste of fricken carp off my computer!





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Tazix Dustrider - Smuggler? - I give up already !!!
SBRD0C
Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:07 pm
#41



Waarangel wrote:

Seems I get banned here everytime I open my mouth to point out what, to me, seem like very simple things, but let's give it a go anyway shall we?

1. They are giving us SOMETHING. In my experience, something is always better than nothing, yet the overall negativity of the smuggler community as a whole is the attitude of "Sorry, just not good enough SOE"

2. IF we know what we are and are not getting, why not offer feedback on what IS instead of focusing on what we would like but aren't getting? That way at least the things going ingame for us will be to our ideals.

3. Wes, and before him, Caylin, work very hard at trying to get more and more smuggler stuff done. We have great correspondents for our profession, and I am thankful for the post.

So you can be all negative if you wish. As for me, I will continue to play the only profession I have played since day one, and enjoy it immensely, as I have each and every time I login.






Well, I'd say all this negative feedback does have its place...

As you see, a few in this thread have already made point by point posts of WHY we don't like the answers, all the extra negative feedback does is re-inforce HOW MUCH we don't like the answers



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JohnnyBravoRPD
Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:10 pm
#42






Waarangel wrote:

Seems I get banned here everytime I open my mouth to point out what, to me, seem like very simple things, but let's give it a go anyway shall we?


1. They are giving us SOMETHING. In my experience, something is always better than nothing, yet the overall negativity of the smuggler community as a whole is the attitude of "Sorry, just not good enough SOE"


2. IF we know what we are and are not getting, why not offer feedback on what IS instead of focusing on what we would like but aren't getting? That way at least the things going ingame for us will be to our ideals.


3. Wes, and before him, Caylin, work very hard at trying to get more and more smuggler stuff done. We have great correspondents for our profession, and I am thankful for the post.


So you can be all negative if you wish. As for me, I will continue to play the only profession I have played since day one, and enjoy it immensely, as I have each and every time I login.







heh just read this post and I can say is BROWN NOSER !!



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Tazix Dustrider - Smuggler? - I give up already !!!
Keck_is_banned
Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:27 pm
#43

Oh, and, it wasn't just that Smuggler wouldn't get missions until JTL.

the original line was, Smuggler wasn't a COMPLETE profession until JTL, and that Smuggler had been designed from the start as a space-related profession.

/hatsoff to the Devs. I'm rendered dumbfounded by your complete and utter disdain for your community. you make some of the worst goverments in history look like boyscouts.



Keck
Knight of the Holy Order of the Banned

Rogue135
Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:47 pm
#44

Although most of the answers are vague at best, I for one am glad to know that "if" they do implement bounties on Smugglers those that do not wish to be involved in said bounties won't be forced to. I hope they do add bounties for those that want them now though.



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lurdanta
Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:47 pm
#45

So basically they're saying, BHs and Rangers are now going to be able to chase us while we do some kind of delivery mission from which we get some loot rewards and money, but we're not going to get any new abilities to help us evade or fight the two professions that can now chase us (if we opt to), right? And now we have another useless skill tree to join Unarmed in our collection of useless skill trees and boxes.

But not in space.

I'm glad we got that cleared up...but there is one very important question left....when?

I know it's hard, maybe impossible, but is there any chance of getting (and I'm a masochist for asking, but I can't stop my fingers from typing this...) a sense of when this will happen?

Keck_is_banned
Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:50 pm
#46



lurdanta wrote:
So basically they're saying, BHs and Rangers are now going to be able to chase us while we do some kind of delivery mission from which we get some loot rewards and money, but we're not going to get any new abilities to help us evade or fight the two professions that can now chase us (if we opt to), right? And now we have another useless skill tree to join Unarmed in our collection of useless skill trees and boxes.

But not in space.

I'm glad we got that cleared up...but there is one very important question left....when?

I know it's hard, maybe impossible, but is there any chance of getting (and I'm a masochist for asking, but I can't stop my fingers from typing this...) a sense of when this will happen?




You forgot one thing-- Not only are we not getting any evasion skills, but our Crowd Control has never been where it's supposed to be. and it's only a matter of time before this upcoming CC nerf affects PVP as well...



Keck
Knight of the Holy Order of the Banned

Stawei_Idow
Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:00 pm
#47


SBRD0C wrote:
I sure wish GreenMarine Hadn't Quit... He had such good Ideas


If he had stayed, he'd probably have commited suicide after working so hard for so long and seeing absolutely nothing done.

I know I would.




Bug fixes. Heh! Smuggling. Heh! A Jedi craves not these things.

My SWG Observations

If they stopped the expansions for one year and gave quality revamps to the professions that need it most, many people would resubscribe.
With all the resubs, and the new players, there would then be plenty of money to hire enough people to do 2-4 quality revamps per year plus 1-2 larger expansions per year and/or 2-4 smaller expansions per year, and not give the BigWigs a pay cut. (Possibly even an increase)

Barfonius
Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:00 pm
#48

i should've known this whole "smuggler in concept" thing was a complete crock of "exploitive deleted" and is just a lazy-"exploitive deleted" attempt at distracting us while they focus their attention on their prescious glowstick wavers. I can't believe i actually trusted SoE when they claimed that Smuggler was finally going to be fixed. think of it this way, they screwed us since the beggining when we were nearly useless, then they screwed us again when they took away our ability to craft slicing components and they now have to be looted from high lvl NPCs/ships, now they're going to screw us again when they take away our ability to craft spice and replace it with a feeble attempt at a "smuggling" system. soon they'll take away our combat specials, and then slicing will go all together. eventually the smuggler skill tree will be completely blank and the badge for master will read "has gotten analy raped by SoE over and over and over".

i'm done ranting now. i think i'll go jump in a vat of beer and pie and drown myself in it.



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LaughingWolf
Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:03 pm
#49

Thanks Wes for sharing.

Not your fault that the answers are not what I would have liked to read.



LaffyWolf'ya - Master Smuggler / Master Pistoleer / Rebel Colonel

Fresh out of witty signatures, sorry.
Niru
Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:09 pm
#50

I know this isn't anything that hasn't been posted before, but hereit is anyway. The main point is that Space must be included in any smuggler missions. There is no point without it. As long as this is all still IC and not set in stone, and the Devs will actually listen to some ideas from the community, then this revamp isn't a complete waste of time. There are some good ideas in there, but if it goes in as written, I for one will not be using the new features.







Tiggs wrote:







WesBelden wrote:
Questions gathered so far:



  • Will there be a space component to missions or are they 100% ground based? (the previous system indicated there would be develiveries/combat/fast talking in space and on the ground).

    • Not initially

There is no point to smuggling missions if they do not include a space component. Even if it is as simple as launching into space, going to a WP with a chance of being attacked, and then hyperspacing to another system. I will not wast my time on going to a mission terminal and then to a NPC. If this is all we are going to get, don't bother.



  • How do we get missions? Will we see NPCs or terminals/sliced terminals or an ingenius (ooh er) combination of both? (NPCs prefered!)

    • Underworld Contact NPCs that you will have to build faction with.

This at least is a good idea.



  • Given that Smugglers will be pursued by both BHs and Rangers, are any Smuggler evasion skills planned that might be used both in our missions and in attempts to avoid being intercepted?

    • Not in the current design

Good. The last thing I want is to be given new content and then have a way of avoiding the new content. Be a Smuggler and take your chances.



  • Outside of a mission setting, is there any penalty for a player carrying contraband? for example, will players carrying large amounts of contraband be unable to use public transport as with some Smuggler missions?

    • Not under the current design

At the very least, we should not be able to use public transport on smuggler missions. If you are a smuggler, you need to have your own ship. Novice Pilot should be a prerequisit for smuggler.




  • What happens to contraband on a vendor at the time the patch hits?

    • This has not been decided yet at this time.

Let it sell out. Don't let it be put back up if it expires and don't let any new be put on.




  • Will Smugglers receive any warning through underworld contacts etc. of them being on the BH terminals?

    • If we implement “BH hunting smugglers” then you will opt into the system. Only PvP missions can possibly put you on the terminals.

This needs to be WHEN, not IF. The opt in is a great idea, but the option needs to be there. Space is the first component that HAS to be in any smuggling mission system, and the option of player bounties is the sencond. There is little point without it.



  • Will the cargo actually be visible in our inventory? (e.g. some form of locked container)

    • Still in development

Lets make this a yes.



Would said cargo itself count as contraband in a scan and would there be more serious repercussions to having it than a 500cr fine?



  • Not under the current design, but possibly.

This also needs to be a yes.



  • Is there scope with this system at a later date to introduce other contraband items that need to be Smuggled? (an example could be rare resources found only on a certain planet... such as what we see on Mustafar! )

    • Sure, the system can support it. But not under the current design.

If the system can support it, then put it in. Give smuggling missions a point and a reason to intereact with other players.



  • Since spice crafting has been removed from the Delinquency tree, what if anything will take its place?
  • No replacement has been considered at this time, but that may change.

How about some unarmed mods? Imporve meele speed and accuracy, maybe give us an unarmed special. We have the unarmed requirment, why not make it usefull? At master Smuggler, we should have maybe half the mods that a Master TKA has. Give us a KD that will let us run.





  • Once a Ranger has stolen a Smuggler's cargo, can the Smuggler still get the cargo back by killing the Ranger?


    • Still in development

This needs to be a yes. Ranger has a risk for coming after us, we have a chance to finish the mission.




  • When in space, will a craft's cargo hold have anything to do with what is transportable? (Smuggling crates of spice in a Z-95 or Tie-Fighter isn't exactly, well, practical, while cargo holds on POB sized ships would be able to hold far more/make more sense).

    • No space interaction with this version of the system at all.


Not every smuggler is an Ace (although they should be, and Smuggler's Alliance at that). This needs to be seriously considered, with an increased risk/reward for taking on bigger cargo in bigger ships. If you fly a YT you should expect tier 5 MOBs.







Niru - Master Smuggler/Master Commando - Intrepid




Niru - Intrepid
Karlena
Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:19 pm
#51

My smuggler is cancelled already. I logged in here to see what was gonna happen. I haven't seen anything to make me reactivate my account. I'll keep playing my entertainer for now. This "revamp" is a f*cking joke.






Karlena
Elder Dancer/Elder Tailor/Elder Artisan
Master Droid Engineer
I support Smugglers getting a REAL revamp!!!

testify4
Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:56 pm
#52

What's the Smuggler's classic struggle?

A day one vet that's kept Smuggler looking at yet another "revamp" while thinking about his token respec.

Don't get me wrong, I want to keep Smuggler, but I want the revamp to make Smuggler worthy of having a capital S.



./ Dimek Tokot
./ Elder Smuggler / Black Epsilon Ace
./ Happiness is loot and a warm blaster.

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