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I suggest the Smuggler skill mods "Unarmed Accuracy" +45 and "Unarmed Speed" +25 should be changed to "General Melee Accuracy" +45 and "General Melee Speed" +25.

dooit dooit dooitThank you,

I agree, too. That would be nice.

This was suggested as early as the Alpha stage of the CU, given that the profession's ranged mods are general and Smuggler's ranged prerequisite is pistols, you might think it logical (or at least enjoy the symmetry ) that melee mods would also be general..

Nothing indicates that such a change will be made however...

But you'd still be left with a few mods but no melee specials. Of course, the ranged specials are not all that special, so maybe that's a good thing.

Who knows? Perhaps the "In Concept" doc will reveal a use for these mods when viewed in the light of "In Testing"? I know I wouldnt complain if they stuffed all the new smuggling concepts into the Underworldbranch and the proposed removal of the Spice branch ment a new unarmed combat branch with mirrored melee specials.

After all, read the description for Low Blow. Then imagine it donein melee. I walk funny in sympathy just thinking about that. Throw in our own knuckle-duster at xxx4? (none of this bladed junk- a real set of knuckles, flat and jaw-busting blunt) Sure, why not.

Not my favorite idea, mind you, but makes that line of Brawler a bit more sensical. Not to mention resurecting some of the old "barroom-brawler" feel we pre-CU tripple-threats enjoyed. Sometimes to get the job done, you've got to leave your sidearm at the door... but get within swingin' distance and that dont matter much. Nothing more underestimated than an "unarmed" being.

I would just rather see the brawler requirement dropped. I've not run into too many smugger/tka's since the CU.

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flounder05 wrote:
I would just rather see the brawler requirement dropped. I've not run into too many smugger/tka's since the CU.

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Ganan Fireraven
Master of Teräs Käsi
Smuggler in Illegal Goods
Colonel in the Rebel Army
Captain of the Smugglers' Pride
"The Teräs Käsi have formed their body into the ultimate weapon, we are never unarmed."

I didn't say they didn't exist. I've just not seen too many.

Message Edited by flounder05 on 10-24-2005 09:28 PM

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flounder05 wrote:
I didn't say they didn't exist. I've just not seen too many.

Message Edited by flounder05 on 10-24-2005 09:28 PM

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I was not arguing that fact, the exclamation of aggresion was directed at the mention of the removal of the brawler line. To which the rest of us left would highly disagree.

Ganan Fireraven
Master of Teräs Käsi
Smuggler in Illegal Goods
Colonel in the Rebel Army
Captain of the Smugglers' Pride
"The Teräs Käsi have formed their body into the ultimate weapon, we are never unarmed."

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KaiRan wrote:

Not my favorite idea, mind you, but makes that line of Brawler a bit more sensical...

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Sensical or not, it's a waste of SP IMHO.

That precious 15 sp just from the novice box could be used for elite profession boxes and put us up to par with the other players with templetes that have better skill mods in them (defensedefensedefense). Would definatly get us back into groups again.

Edit: Okay, lets pretend you are a TKM. Now the pistol requirement is useless. Either way, that's a whole tier just sitting there doing nothing.

Message Edited by -Firestar- on 10-26-2005 11:57 PM

Gimme those 15 SP and the world gets alot brighter...

Add Novice Commando

Add bh xxx2 or 2 sequential boxes of Commando that offer access to a decent AOE weapon (if any tier 2 boxes do)