Smuggler Archive
Thread: A chuckle for the smuggler
Okay, Z.... No prob - Just wanted to make sure you knew about it. The repair shops never cost me more than about 2400 with half health on my bike... sounds cheaper than a new bike to me, but maybe I just don't know how to shop!. And I did read one thread where a person had checked with the CSRs and they told him that the bike exploit was not something SWG worried about and it was OK to do it, that they would maybe get around to fixing it one day, but meanwhile.. go ahead. (Wish I had the link.. the thread was from someone with a good reputation, so I believe it to be true.)
Zandergeef wrote:
You talking about just leaving it out when you travel around and thengenerating thevehicle later and its magically back to full health. I know about that and it doesnt always work plus I feel bad/exploiting when it doeshappen on accident. If there is some other non exploiting way then well... Im all ears. I usually dont pay for repairs on my vehicle because it costs more to repair the vehicle than to just buy a new one.
WayneInAustin, I saw that same post, so you're right about them saying the "free repair" exploit is ok. I do think it said they would work on it after the player city garages went in, though I haven't heard about any efforts to stop it yet.
Marstil, now that's the Smuggler way of doing things! Smuggle those containers to someone else (10m away, even), get paid for the work, smuggle them back (10m more travel!) and get paid for the work!
Pharfignewton, kudos on your restraint and more for the style showed handling the situation.
Saibak, good job. He didn't deserve even the crappy lance he had paid too much for and wouldn't even pay a measley 5k for a great 35% slice, even if he did want speed!
Here'smy own little gem...
I was slicing at the Trade Outpost on Dathomir when I gota tell from someone with a variation of the name of FFVII's "Sephiroth". Either "Sefyroth" or "Sefirath" or something... those Final Fantasy fanboys sure are clever. So anyway, here's the exchange.
StupidFanboy: Can u speed slice a weapon4 me?
Me: Sure. But it's all random, I can't choose between speed or damage range.
SF: I kno. I really need a speed slice tho so try hard. How much?
Me: (PriceMacro) I charge 5k per slice. No banktips. Pay me in the trade window when I give the items back.
SF: Oki cool
He proceeds to give me a Nightsister Lance. Not the good kind, the crappy ones with pitiful speed and low health DoTs.
SF: Pls geta speed slice. I paid 600K for the lance and I need it to be fster.
Me: [In disbelief.... 600K for this piece of garbage? Either he's lying for some reason, or he's extremely stupid] As I said, it's all random.
SF: Oki (What's with all this "oki" anyway? Noticed it a lot on SWG)
So I proceed to slice the lance, resulting in a 35% damage range increase. Not what he wanted, but otherwise a perfect slice.First 35%weapon slice I got in a while, as a matter of fact. To my disappointment I would soon discover it was wasted on a perfectly impertinent imbecile.
Me: 35% Damage Range. Sorry it wasn't what you wanted, but its still a great slice.
SF: [String of /shouted profanities, questioning both my sexual preference and my homosapien ancestry. The remainder of this incident happened entirly in spatial chat]
SF: YOU WERE SUPOSED TO MAKE IT FSTER (sic)
Me: [Sighing internally] Sorry, friend. As I said it's all random, and a 35% weapon slice is never something to sneeze at.
SF: I WANTED A SPD SLICE I NEEDED THAT YOU *** (sic)
Me: Look, mate. You acknowledged that you understood it was random before I sliced it. I'm sorry if you're disappointed, but if you insist on being insulting I will be forced report you.
SF: [After about thirty seconds] Fine give me
He sends me four trade requests, obviously irrate, and I send one in return. The trade window opens and I place the lance up, waiting for the 5k to appear. All I get is the "Accept" check box on his side of the window being checked, followed by a fifteen second pause and a /tell.
SF: ACCEPTT (sic)
Me: [Knowing where this is going] You owe me 5K.
What followed was perhaps the most infantile display I have ever seen on SWG, and that's saying quite a bit. Repeated use of the /punch emote and others, swearing, and extremely bigoted statements of the anti-semetic and homophobic variety. All shouted and on a rather busy evening in the Outpost. If the fool wasn't reported at least twenty times, I would consider it an injustice.
SF [The message he spammed after his tantrum]: IM NOT PAYING GIVE ME WY WEPON BAK (sic)
Me: That's it. You will either PAY me for my services, or I will DESTROY your weapon. Forget selling it myself, I will outright DESTROY it. I would simply give the thing away, but I fear stupidity like yours may be infectious. Got it?
After about a minute of the two of us just standing there, surrounded by cheering and laughing onlookers, I get an e-mail. Yup... you guessedit. The Bank Tip scam. I know this without even examining the e-mailbecause when I'm slicing I keep all my credits as cash, so just in case someone does banktip me accidentally I can easily verify it. I consider this a minor inconvenience to customers since I always slice within 2m of a bank terminal.
SF: I banktip give me lance back (sic)
Me [I waited ten seconds just to see if the wire was slow... sometimes it happens. It didn't]: First of all, I told you I don't accept bank tips. Second, while I may have neglected to mention it, I certainlydon't accept FAKE bank tips.
SF: I BANKTIPPED YOU GIVE IT BACK OR I WILL REPORT YOU FOR CHEATING ME!!!1 (yes.... that "1" actually happened)
Me: My bank balance was ZERO before I got that bogus email, and it is ZERO now. On top of this, YOU accuse ME of ripping you off?!
He continued to scream insults. I quickly typed /report, opened my inventory window back up, and yes... I destroyed the lance.
Me: You have been reported for your repeated insults, and I have placed you on my ignore list. As I suspect several others have as well.
Me: As for your lance, since not only have you refused to pay me but have attempted to defraud me, I have destroyed it. If there is any justice in this game your account will be banned within the hour.
As far as I know, that was the end of the incident. I got a few congratulatory tells from other people, especially on destroying the stupid lance. I hope it rots in Destroyed-Item Hell.
Not exactly funny, but i find this person's attitude.....hmm...no word for it.
I was around yavin labour outpost hunting, and all of sudden i get this tell
Person: u train me DF4
Me: Sure, I'm near labour outpost at wp xxxx xxxx
Person: I'm at mining outpost
Me: I'm no where near mining outpost, if you want training, you come to me.
Then i get no response, this guy probably think everybody is hologrinding and need ap
Another time I'm around Coronet heading to med center and not heading anywhere else...certainly not starport
Person: Can you slice weapons?
Me: Yes, I'll be at med center cure my wound
Person: ok, I'm in front of starport
Dark_Paradox wrote:
Alias fart? How you do that? Like your name or what?
im not gonna go into details but if you just copy that and pastethat whole lineinto your chatbox, you too can have your very own /fart command.
Saibak wrote:
Here'smy own little gem...
(snip)
After about a minute of the two of us just standing there, surrounded by cheering and laughing onlookers, I get an e-mail. Yup... you guessedit. The Bank Tip scam. I know this without even examining the e-mailbecause when I'm slicing I keep all my credits as cash, so just in case someone does banktip me accidentally I can easily verify it. I consider this a minor inconvenience to customers since I always slice within 2m of a bank terminal.
SF: I banktip give me lance back (sic)
Me [I waited ten seconds just to see if the wire was slow... sometimes it happens. It didn't]: First of all, I told you I don't accept bank tips. Second, while I may have neglected to mention it, I certainlydon't accept FAKE bank tips.
SF: I BANKTIPPED YOU GIVE IT BACK OR I WILL REPORT YOU FOR CHEATING ME!!!1 (yes.... that "1" actually happened)
Me: My bank balance was ZERO before I got that bogus email, and it is ZERO now. On top of this, YOU accuse ME of ripping you off?!
He continued to scream insults. I quickly typed /report, opened my inventory window back up, and yes... I destroyed the lance.
Me: You have been reported for your repeated insults, and I have placed you on my ignore list. As I suspect several others have as well.
Me: As for your lance, since not only have you refused to pay me but have attempted to defraud me, I have destroyed it. If there is any justice in this game your account will be banned within the hour.
As far as I know, that was the end of the incident. I got a few congratulatory tells from other people, especially on destroying the stupid lance. I hope it rots in Destroyed-Item Hell.
Beautiful. Just fookin beautiful!
/wildApplause Saibak
There's a destroyed item hell? I thought it was just a destroyed item limbo that holds the item until it is once again randomly generated on a nightsister corpse or something . . .
Oh well. At least it has my foraged fruits and accidentally-sent composite helmet to keep it company.
Heh, got a lecture from some idiot out in the middle of Lok. Had my Slicer title up (one more box, then Master!), and apparently he saw me.
Wanted me to slice a very nice little E-11 he had. I told him I'd be happy to.
Guy said he'd LET me slice it for 1k. I told him I either slice at 100c/%, or 3k flat, his choice.
I get this long-winded lecture on how Master Smugglers were boosting their prices unreasonably, and I should be happy that I could build a network of people by charging less.
I mention that the Master movement is to 10k per slice, and it seemed to me that my offer was eminently fair. Plus, why would I want to lock myself into a set price in the future?
He starts ranting, then swearing. I notice some kind of lair just popped up, and a number of aggro critters are charging both of us. I FD and watch.
He gets eaten while apparently composing his next thunderous (and long) denunciation of smugglers. I stand, make my way out of aggro range, and drive off.
I hate idiots.
Now how in the hell did I post this in two different threads?
Gotta remember to keep one window open at a time....