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Thread: Smuggler Terminal / NPC ?
stesergio wrote:
We have Artisan, BH, Entertainer and Explorer terminals. How about a smuggler NPC who basically acts like a terminal giving out random spice or slice missions? Some contact in the back of a cantina or Jabba's Palace. Something like, go meet Mr. X and slice his weapon for him. When you return the weapon the mission is complete. Or maybe, craft this spice and deliver it to Mr. X. You could even involve imperial troops who might try to search you for contraband to add some risk. Would be a lot more fun then standing around yelling for anyone who has containers that need to be opened. Also might give a purpose to all the other spices that are rarely used.
I'm very close to getting Novice Smuggler, any tips for a newbie on how to earn money and XP as a smuggler?
Welcome (in advance) to the Smuggler brotherhood. We are hoping for a scenario like you describe when the smuggler revamp (codename: "HellFreezesOver") occurs. And furthermore, if you fail the mission, you may become visible on the BH terminals. If you are really interested in smugglers and smuggler content, there have been some excellent suggestions. Some of them may be found amidst the stickies... others you would have to search for in this forum. But keep the ideas coming.
As far as making money off your slicing skills, about the only way of doing that is by slicing. Spices are worthless now. So head up the second (slicing) tree and make it to Slicing 4 as soon as possible. The first two slicing boxes are all about the Locked Containers. So find as many as you can for as cheap as you can (you will need max 60 to complete the first two boxes, or less if you also slice terminals - see below). Keep in mind that a MASTER smuggler can get slices up to 35%, but at slicing 4 you can hit only 30% max. Most people know this and will seek a master smuggler, but there are also those who will accept a Slicing 4 smuggler if no one else is around. I would charge at LEAST 4K per slice, even at slicing 4, while others will recommend a much higher number.
For XP, once you get past the first two boxes, go to a Weaponsmith and ask him to make you crates of CDEFs or knives, and also lots of Weapon Upgrade Kits (WUKs). Then once you also get Molecular Clamps and Slicing knives, you can go sit in a corner somewhere and finish off the last two slicing boxes in short order.
Each slice of a container or weapon or armor gives you 250 xp. Each time you slice a terminal is only 100. Once you complete the first slicing box, you can now slice containers AND terminals, so I would recommend you stand outside a popular starport (such as Coronet, or maybe Dantooine Mining Outpost) beside a mission terminal. Spam that you will open locked containers for free and meanwhile every 2 minutes you can slice the mission terminal for 100 xp. So five slices of the mission terminal (500 xp total) will eliminate the need for 2 containers.
Since you seem truly interested in smuggler, IF you are on Eclipse send me a mail or a tell and I will hook you up with a few extra containers (5 or 6).