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Smuggler: We Diggs the Tiggs

Kaytlin Mainwaring, Starsider - Smuggler/CM/Commando/Rebel Pilot
Kaitlin Mainwaring, Kettemoor - Master Smuggler/Master Shipwright/Rebel Ace
--Former SpaceBeta1 Master Tester

This is becoming mroe and more annoying to players as time goes on. There has been 3 "offical" qoutes about the respec and each one has been different. Ther first one to MMORPG.com saying all skills respec. The next was in Blair's CU Update, which says scout, medical classes, combat, along with entertainer classes would be getting a respec. The last one was in the Chat with Stratics where one said, as posted above, trying to make it novice for novice elite for elite. SWg just need to announce what they going to do so these questions stop. This has become the Holocron affair all over again. Saying one thing offically then changing it then switching once again.

That for instance my professions, on this account I have decided to go Cabineer/BH. If it's the way it is inthe last statement, I will have 3 of the 5 lines I am using now just for BH open to respec, but would only be able to respec them on novice skills. Who says I want more novice skills? I sure haven't. I know the Devs do not want to give a free ride to people but what the heck is a free respec anyway other then a free ride? Sure some people going to get a better deal outof this then others but why should certain classes or simply people who have certain novice skills be forced not to get the full use of their skill points because because the Devs made the novice skills easier to obtain then elites ones are? If the respec goes in that way it becomes pretty much worthless to myself because those points I would have to use novice wise on simply things I don't want. Hopefully the Devs do the smart and fair thing and just do a full respec and get it over with. Some people will get more then others out of it while others will feel it's cheating because they already ahve their template they want to keep.

For me, the respec isn't to anyoing, after all, grinding xp doesn't take up alot of time. The only think I doesn't like is that Pistoleer, my main supporting master profession to Smuggler, now costs 14 points more since it has the prequierment of ranged support IV.

In the new system, melee profession are for the best effect stacked with other melee professions, and the same goes for ranged combat, problem is, that for Smugglers, we really don't have to much of a choise. True wecould go Master Smuggler, Master rifleman, but that would be a waste of 14 points since pistoleer has the pistols IV as prerec as smuggler.

Main problem I see it, is what to do with the points you got after youbecomemasterpistoleer and master smuggler. After all, 53 points arn't much to play around with.

As I see it, you got 3 choises. Either use them in the BH pistol line ie BH 0040, dump them in commando as novice commando got prerec unarmed IV and ranged support IV and those you have from being pistoleer and smuggler allready. Finally you could dump it in carbineer for added suppressive specials.

Commando gives more boxes perbuck sort of speaking, and I do realise you have no healing ablilityof your own, but I have always been a pure combat smuggler, using FD (when it worked as it should have worked #"=¤)#"¤% ) to "heal up"

However, on the paper right now, considering that there might be no hardcap on skills, if your going for ranged combat this is by far the best template: Master BH, Squadleader 0404 + either master rm, master carb or master pist.

Master RM/Master BH, 0404 Squad leader gives an HUGE general ranged bonus to accuracy/speed, aswell astons of melee & ranged def (170/250)

But for the smuggler you will never see such high numbers, but in all it is master smuggler, master pistols+ the rest in commando, bh or carbineer. I will most likly take the carbineer path for the extra crowd control + being able to use my =¤)"=#¤)%"=#¤) RIS armor

// Hawi Carrod - Master Smuggler - Dewback farmer, Northstar Alliance, Naboo.
// Master Smuggler/Master Pistoleer/0440 Carbineer, Master Privateer
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// Remember all: IT'S A TRAP!!

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