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I was having a chat with my brother today, we are both star wars fans, although i am more into the EU than my bro is. anyways i was discussing an idea i read on the boards, about a side game similar to passak in KOTOR, implimented into swg.

And then we came up with a cool idea, how does this sound......?

Smugglers can set up a "club" in a player cantina. They can have gambling tables, but not the ones that are ingame now, a real game that acutally works, like pasaak. it has to be fun so that people wil actually play. And you can make bets, either with credits, or for the real highrollers, deeds, weapons, and armour can be put on the table...!! And smugglers can also become loan sharks..

So say there is a nice piece of armour that you want, but its pricetag is to rich for yourblood, you can take a loan from a smuggler...it would have to be organized and a system in place to avoid exploits. And if you do not pay back the loan on time, the smuggler can set a bounty on your head. and just like in the jedi system, if you are killed, then you suffer a massive xp loss!

Message Edited by JarusSarn on 05-16-2005 10:56 PM

t'would be a good addition for the underworld side of things , the old loan shark , some peeps might moan about losin xp or skills if your default on the loan an get a bh on yer a** , but if thats the case , dont take the loan , or if you do dont default , might be too hard to implement anyway , dunno , interestin idea tho ,

I also think we should get tefd by all authorities , reb/imp/local police , if we are seen selling spice/fp/slices out in the open , we deal in shady stuff , we should be doin it in the dark corners of the cities , not in front of a star port , surely.............................

I support beer also , lol

Sorry, Firefox was being buggy last night when I tried to post... anyway, if any card game was added, it'd be Sabaac, not Passak, Passak hasn't been played for probably a few thousand years at this point, get your timeline strait

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DARTHBAYLOR wrote:
I support beer also , lol

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I second that!

adding card games like Sabacc into the game isn't a new idea exactly. and it shouldn't only be accessable to Smugglers.
but it's a good idea nonetheless.

and i've wanted the ability to be a real loan shark for a loooong time.
that would be an AWESOME feature to have in the game.
except i dunno if it should be exclusive to Smugglers either. because really anyone can be a loan shark and place a bounty on someone who doesn't pay up. it has nothing specifically to do with Smuggling.

I don't think he meant it should only be accessible to smugglers, but rather only a smuggler could start a game. Want to gamble? Find a smuggler. On the topic of player clubs, I think the idea of a player casino has already been mentioned before. Don't recall whether it was by a dev though. I am for any form of smuggler content at this point so the idea sits well with me.

I am for any type of content that means I can part with my creds in a cool way. Nothing like dropping 500k on a single hand ...

Wowsa! Chick magnet!

lol i wish - damn wife.

anyone?

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GanymedePharuu wrote:
adding card games like Sabacc into the game isn't a new idea exactly. and it shouldn't only be accessable to Smugglers.
but it's a good idea nonetheless.

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DARTHBAYLOR wrote:
t'would be a good addition for the underworld side of things , the old loan shark , some peeps might moan about losin xp or skills if your default on the loan an get a bh on yer a** , but if thats the case , dont take the loan , or if you do dont default , might be too hard to implement anyway , dunno , interestin idea tho ,

what we should also be able to do is set up impromptu gambling and gaming in cantinas , on the fly like , imagine bein able to set up a card game in a cantina in a corner , knowing its highly illegal , as your playing , some stormies come in doin the old checks , an cos your involved in an illegal pastime you get pulled up by em for it , usual dilemma , pay the fine or shoot an scoot , now with a tef in that city for a certain amount of time , could be fun.

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exactly, when you take the loan you are accepting the risk that if you dont pay back, you will loose xp if you die to the ensuing BH.

And, i didnt mean that this should be a feature only for smugglers, anyone can make a loan, but it can only take place at a "club" which is set up by a smuggler, seeing as "loansharking" is outlawed by the empire, the smugglers "club" is a safe place to make the loans away from the prying eyes of the Empire...that is unless a crackdown squad stumbles across this illegal activity.

On a sidenote, something else that might be interesting to look into.....when the house wins a game of sabaac (hehe thanks for the history lesson ) then the earnings is split up between the smuggler and the cantina owner.

Message Edited by shilo2 on 05-17-2005 07:54 PM