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I logged tonight after about an hour of play. I didnt get my pre-ordered overnight shipment of JTL and it was pissing me off to see ppl flying already. So I came to the smuggler board looking for some glimmer of hope for the future of smuggler - hoping it would give me a reason to return to smuggler after dropping it because of the last failed revamp.10 months M Smuggler wastoo much.Instead, I come here and find children and noobswho evidently haven't seen the movies - much the same way I feel about the SOE developers. No worries about the Devs, it seems they don't read the posts anyways unless it gets 200+ replies. Regardless, the reasonwhyI'm whining:

1) Smugglers still suck. JTL is here and no revamp.GreenMarine said that changes to Smuggler would be coming with (or shortly thereafter)JTL, but yet, theres still nothing in sight. Alot of talk, but nothing firm.

2) After millions of xp, I finally get my YT-1300. But I need someone to fly with me to fire weapons.

3) Some moron posted on the smuggler boards that YT-1300 were rare. Are you insane? YT-1300 were common. They are old light freighters pilots loved because they are easily modified. Finding a stock YT was difficult since the YT-2400 and other models came out. Am I the only person who reads the books? Is there not multitudes of information available out there for ships in the SW universe?

4) There was a beautifulthread with 150+ posts on the JTL beta boards concerning multi-passenger ships in the Master Pilot block - and the fact that ppl shouldnt have to grind through fighters to get to a light freighter. I dont think the Devs even looked at it.

5) M Pistoleers with M Marksman are +79 speed. BH pistol 4 is +80 with just 1 column. M Marksman + Brawler UA 4 + M Smuggler = +30 Pistol speed.

6) BH armor. Madolorian Armor. Jetpacks. Obviously someone liked Boba - but hes the second favorite fan character of all time. Guess whos #1? Han Solo. So why is it that this game has been outover a year and nothing has changed with smuggler? Other than the nerf of panic shot. Oh wait, and we can't possibly let smugglers pull stuff from crates without taking them into there inventory first - that was a priority fix. Just ask yourself this - would Han really use a DL44? Did he have to kill kryats first or pay millions of credits for it?

I'm pissed off and ranting. At every turn we see nothing but Dev's focusing on PvP combat & Jedi. At some point can we please look to the moviesor possibly even the WEG or WotC books for material? There has been a SW RPG on the shelvesin several variations for over 20 years - why can't this game get it right? I admit, I'm an addict & a fanboy - I have had some of my best times in this game meeting decent ppl just hanging out in a cantina,& I don't intend on really quitting anytime soon. But every day I tell myself there is more to SWG than the perpetual grind. I see friends leave everyday to go to other MMORPGs just to get away from the SOE madness. Dev's if u happen to read this - look at what ppl are asking for, then look to the movies and source material out there to support it or to counter. There are hundreds of posts from self-serving ppl who apparently haven't seen or read anything about SW older thanEP 2 and are confused (like the posts about 'wheres the Death Star' &theYuuzhan Vong showing up).

Lastly, favoritism. Why do Imperials have 2 suits with helmets and the rebs have a craftable flight suit without a helmet? I can understand and forgive the AT-ST, after all the Empire ruled in ground combat. TIEs with shields? PvP balance... ah, thats right. AT-ST's on the ground for players, no worries about balance, but in space we couldn't possibly let TIEs be at a disadvantage. Who would want to fly a TIE then?The point was to get ppl to want to play Imperials to balance the community - but by sacrificing SW lore to do this you in turn ruin part of the beauty of playing SW. Its not SW anymore - its a shooter with SW skins. This is supposed to be a RPGset in the SW universe. But, I digress - my point was why don't rebel pilots get a helmet with there flight suits when TIE pilots get one.

Iknow this thread is going to get flamed. There are hundreds of Imperial PvPers who are going to jump on this and start whining/complaining - lets just hope they say something with some meaning and well thought out responses. But hey, my goal is to make the Devs take notice and possibly listen for a change. Smugglers are a essential part of the SW universe, just as mush as Jedi and moreso than BHs (who are they hunting?). Its way past time u fixed this, and many other professions. How about the next expansion be the great profession fix to make this MMORPG a RPG instead of MMOPvP. Flame away.

Zaenis Ravan

Captain

Twilight Wolf Pirates

Zaenis Ravan
Pirate Captain
Twilight Wolf Pirate Guild
~Corbantis~

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Zaenis Ravan
Pirate Captain
Twilight Wolf Pirate Guild
~Corbantis~

i love this post...ive been a Master Smuggler for a year now...im TRYING to find one d@mn reason not to dump it for anything else. good god i had a guy ask me to DB him the other day, he fell asleep waiting for me to chip away at his HAM bars...we suck and im just wondering why i dont flush this profession and start having a bit of fun.

I think what the Smuggler community needs is.....ice cream.

Then,..after ice cream we need.....the people responsible for the direction of this game to come into the forum here and just spill the beans about whats going i.e. combat revamp docs...when will Smugglers get some lovin...etc.

Odds of this happening: 1:1 meeeeellion

I fully agree to the AT-ST and TIE thing. Also all that whining about the Firespray and the YT-1300. Like a company only builds one, pff..