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Thread: Question of the day II..what would you rather have...a special smuggler pistol or ship component?
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rahzaar
Sun Dec 12, 2004 8:05 pm
#1
Hello again fellow rogues...my last thread witha similar question went into TWO pages of replies, a personal best for one of my posts...so tonight's continuing question...if you could have on or the other, what would you chosse....a smuggler only pistol, like a modified dl-44 or a smuggler only ship component, that would make our ships faster, harder to hit, whatever the case may be?
Let's hear it...pistol or component, and what type....dl-44, fwg5, something new and unique....capacitor, reactor, weapon?
Let's hear your ideas, fellow smugglers. What do you think would be a better piece of uniqueness would you like to see for us, something that would became synonomous with a smuggler in the swg world? You never know, maybe we can pass this up to our intrepid correspondent, and he could work some magic.
Yeah, I know, but one can dream, especially in our prof.
Xal Rahzaar,
Master Smuggler,
Kett
" Life's tough...but it's tougher if you're stupid."
AronoBashkar
Sun Dec 12, 2004 8:19 pm
#2
Pistol: Kickas DL-44, HIGHLY textured to look good, slicing it would always be 35%.
Ship Part: Lightweight, highly illegal engine.
Ship Part: Lightweight, highly illegal engine.
Ternque01
Sun Dec 12, 2004 8:49 pm
#3
Inspired by the two above posts I think smugglers definitely needa special weapon.
This must of course not cause an inbalance in the game, and I like the idea of AronoBashkar.
Smugglers should have the special ability to slice their own weapons and always recieve a 35% slice.
The dirty damn catch is that once a weapon is sliced it is useable only by smugglers... ever. The risk is that a player would
have to make a decision on whether they want to sacrifice a valuable weapon that will be imbeded in the smuggler profession
even if they must leave the weapon behind if they were to drop smuggler.
Oh yea. Another thing about this game in general. There needs to be more functionality to "classic" Star Wars weapons. The
DL-44 bites the big one. Several of the more iconic carbines suck too. I'm left with something that looks like a hair dryer and a
glue gun to fight with.... not cool.
Message Edited by Ternque01 on 12-12-2004 09:49 PM
LordAurther
Sun Dec 12, 2004 8:58 pm
#4
Ok IMHO forget the special guns or the awesome components what I want is A REVAMP!!!!!
I want them to fix all the broken abilities,
get rid of the junk we cant use because there is something better(aka spice)
and all the other stuff they have been lieing to us about for the last year and a half.
Sorry if that offends any of you but I have been a master smuggler since Oct 03 and Id actually like to smuggle something before july.
Because if the revamp doesnt happen before then, I'm gone and will be leaving with several freinds who already play WoW,
but keep coming back to SWG because I still play.
rahzaar
Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:23 pm
#5
Have to agree with the above post...the classic weapons DO need to kick more A$$...the DL-44, the one pistol everone recognizes is almost at the bottom of the food chain. The traditional E-11 carbine...crud, the rebellion carbine..crud...
They're sort of like our profession...great sounding, great to look at, but of little use outside of our own delusions of granduer.
That being said, I prefer the pistol, and having a 35% slice chosen for damage or speed, and a special type (smuggler specific DL-44 IMO) of weapon that distinctively says SMUGGLER. That would be a great start....awesome ideas so far.
Man, I love this community.
ApollyonTB
Sun Dec 12, 2004 10:30 pm
#6
This is a great Idea.
the catch is this. The weapon could ONLY be used by Master Smugglers, and if it is sliced, only the slicer can use it.
In my opinion, you aint a smuggler until you can wear the Master tag over you melon, you get horrible slices on your own equipment, you get accused of stealing, at leat once, when you go LD, when you are attempting a slice, when you get bitched at and called a griefer for getting a bad slice on someone's equipment, and the classic, Someone tells you that they have the secret of the slice.....and then proceeds to broadcast it all over the damn place.
(yes I know it was a bit of a run on)
Master Smuggler SHOULD get the best of the proffession, thus the pistol should be for Master Smugglers ALONE.
19% encumberance on my own armour slice....makes me wanna weep openly...and shamelssly
Nicolas_Frost
Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:20 pm
#7
Instead of a weapon or component, how about just letting me smuggle something, damnet.
Ternque01
Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:30 pm
#8
ApollyonTB wrote:
This is a great Idea.
the catch is this. The weapon could ONLY be used by Master Smugglers, and if it is sliced, only the slicer can use it.
In my opinion, you aint a smuggler until you can wear the Master tag over you melon, you get horrible slices on your own equipment, you get accused of stealing, at leat once, when you go LD, when you are attempting a slice, when you get bitched at and called a griefer for getting a bad slice on someone's equipment, and the classic, Someone tells you that they have the secret of the slice.....and then proceeds to broadcast it all over the damn place.
(yes I know it was a bit of a run on)
Master Smuggler SHOULD get the best of the proffession, thus the pistol should be for Master Smugglers ALONE.
19% encumberance on my own armour slice....makes me wanna weep openly...and shamelssly
Part of the great fun of leveling up smuggler is getting what I call a "License to Disappoint". I could hand back 20 empty containers (honestly) to customers and get b*tched at, but I don't give a damn... that's the risk they get for dealing with me, a hand on the general criminal body. Bad slices? No problem. They can suck it up.
Zhagadska
Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:41 am
#9
LordAurther wrote:
Ok IMHO forget the special guns or the awesome components what I want is A REVAMP!!!!!
I want them to fix all the broken abilities,
get rid of the junk we cant use because there is something better(aka spice)
and all the other stuff they have been lieing to us about for the last year and a half.
Sorry if that offends any of you but I have been a master smuggler since Oct 03 and Id actually like to smuggle something before july.
Because if the revamp doesnt happen before then, I'm gone and will be leaving with several freinds who already play WoW,
but keep coming back to SWG because I still play.
there's ten thousand other threads this could be posted too...dont hijack this guy's perfectly good post. try to keep it on topic please.
i dont think we need a pistol...or even a ship component.... i'd rather be able to get an ultra good slice on a piece of equipment that i could only use. like i slice my ship engines or my own gun, whatever it is, and then only i can use it.
Daturaze
Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:54 am
#10
rahzaar wrote:
Hello again fellow rogues...my last thread witha similar question went into TWO pages of replies, a personal best for one of my posts...so tonight's continuing question...if you could have on or the other, what would you chosse....a smuggler only pistol, like a modified dl-44 or a smuggler only ship component, that would make our ships faster, harder to hit, whatever the case may be?
Let's hear it...pistol or component, and what type....dl-44, fwg5, something new and unique....capacitor, reactor, weapon?
Both! 
TRashman65
Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:11 am
#11
I think a reward item for completing each column and non-tradable pistol and a special slice for the ground game upon Master. Balanced for proper game play.
A Starship component for completeing each column (reactor, shield, flight computer program, booster, or other non weapon component), and a Lower mass, higher speed/YPR engine for Master Pilot/Master Smuggler in Smugglers alliance.
yimaz
Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:32 am
#12
Aside from a much over due and needed smuggler revamp the DL-44 is also in need of a damage/speed re-vamp, to me the DL is the special gun we should have. If it was certed for smugglers only and as a smuggler only gun we could have a WS build one with high end loot parts then slice it with a higher % slice and choice of what is sliced things would be good. The Smuggler only gun should also be non-tadable.I always thought it was odd the the DL was such a crap gun to begin with.
Bzzzz
Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:56 am
#13
Are you suggesting this in terms of loot or schematics? Would replacements be craftable once the first one is used up?
-Zz
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