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Thread: Caylin..Involving your Crimelord proposal..
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WookieBounty
Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:17 am
#1
Didn't want my Idea to get lost in there and I know you'll see this..i hope..
But I'd like to suggest a way for the Crimelord proffession to be an extension of Master Smuggler...Similar in how jedi can acheive ranks after jedi knight.
It would basically be a reason for someone to KEEP smuggler.....Make it an Elitest(sp) field of smuggling.
And to change up your ideas about Adding more faction.... Why not have the "Elite Smuggler" aka "Crimelord" if you will become progressively higher ranked in existing faction??? i.e. Pirate, Trade Zealots, Thugs, and etc... Any existing criminal faction can be entered/joined and someone looking to progress beyond smuggler can become a crimelord within the existing factions.
Would add smuggler content and you wouldn't have crimelords just running all over the place.
As part of our Smuggler Revamp...Crimelords would be the ones giving out Quests/Missions should a Smuggler so choose to use a PC or NPC quest. Of course PC quests/mission would be more in depth as far as reward/difficulty. Giving a set of variable to the Crimelord to use to develope a quest could/would only be part of the proffession.
Crimelords will have to work with other crimelords in order to achieve particular goals..and smuggler would have to be part of carrying out those goals..
Thats all I have for now..bed time.. but please post a reply here and tell me if this sounds better/worse. I figure THIS is more of what smugglers would be looking for as compared to having this as a seperate proffession.
CrimeLordProposal
Message Edited by WookieBounty on 07-26-2004 03:47 AM
Smuggler_Caylin
Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:01 pm
#4
Personally I still favor the idea of a seperate profession. Skill points are limited, while a ranking system such as seen with jedi is not.
The ranking system with Jedi... while unique... is not how I would enjoy playing the game as a smuggler. It encourages you to continue playing... but continue playing to what end? Spending all your time grinding for rank? Spend all your time stabbing people in the back whenever possible to climb the next rung? In the end... I really don't like what it accomplishes.
'Hey, want to go and run that blockade?'
'Sorry, I have to grind out a ton of missions tonight to keep my SR (Smuggler ranking), and while I'd like to stay, I don't want to lose my rank... so catch you later man.'
'...'
Bleck. Though with the addition of this system in Jedi, I wouldn't be surprised if something like this happened.
We have a very undeveloped underworld presence in SWG, having a single profession handle all criminal aspects does not sit well with me. I guess in my eyes, the crime lord has to be a seperate profession, or we not only get into the prerequisite arguments in smuggler again (Crime lords need business, smugglers don't... etc) but find ourselves trying to 'do it all'.
As for joining various factions, I agree with that. We started to get into that a bit at the end of the other thread, I haven't updated in quite a while to accomodate...
At anyrate, my two creds. It's only a proposal after all and nothing is set in stone and I'm not the only guy who can make those kinds of proposals. 
One of the Four Horsemen of the Smuggler Apocalypse!
WookieBounty
Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:50 pm
#5
Not sure if I mentioned this but this is post Smuggler revamp.
Anyway, I don't like to veiw this a Ranking system per se (don't want to takejedi content). Even if Crimlord isa seperate proffession would having them lead up or be apart of current criminal faction, be more ideal?? Do you really want a bunch of Smuggler Caylin People running around?? Kinda takes away from SWG feel. I think if people know that Smuggler Caylin is top person in the pirate faction that it would be better.
On another note* the reason I said make it an extension of smuggler is b/c likelyhood of that being introduced, as a seperate proff,if very slim. but if you can get it added as part of the smuggler proffession it would be more realistic in their eyes. and at this point what end does a smuggler have to work towards?? My master smuggler is as good as the next even post smuggler revamp there's nothing that can make one smuggler THE smuggler of choice i.e. nothing for the smuggler to work towards. (that speculation is going off the redesign doc)
Message Edited by WookieBounty on 07-26-2004 05:50 PM
Maoko
Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:57 pm
#6
I would love to see this implemented. This one small profession add on would keep me playing forever. Perfect compliment to my beloved Master Smuggler.
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