Smuggler Archive
Thread: What we love about being a smuggler
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kingfarooq218
Wed Sep 01, 2004 11:40 am
#1
So I've been reading, andfeeling slightly banged upover this recentPublish 10 incident and I thought that it was high time we all discussed what we LIKE about being a smuggler. We certainly seem to spend alot of time talking about the things that are broken, which there are alot of, but today lets take sometime to think about what makes us stick with it.
For me, the biggest reason I stick with it is because of the great potential the profession has. This potential for greatness has actually only been increased by the excellent community here and our above the call of duty correspondent. I also enjoy slicing terminals and feigning death and look forward to when our other skills make more sense.
Ok there is my short list, but then again I'm not a Master Smug yet.Let's try to just stick with the positive on this one. I think we could all use a smuggler self-esteem boost today!
--Salazar Farooq
Shadowfire
xTekx
Wed Sep 01, 2004 11:57 am
#2
well.. i love being able to feign death.. hehe no one can kill me then lol as long as i do it on time. even in pvp i'll feign death just to avoid teh death blow. i'll get griefed to hell. but if i'm in a big battle with lots of people the person greifing me will suddenly have someone else on them. so it works out good. and if they're on me they're not attacking someone else.
I also like being able to slice. For myself or my buddies. I just like the feeling you get when you see 35% to damage pop up on your screen on an uber weapon.
But i also like the idea of just being a "smuggler." I love Han Solo and the stories that were written for him. So it just made sense for me to go smuggler.
Spec-Ops
Wed Sep 01, 2004 1:43 pm
#4
why i like smuggler?
smuggler has the greatest potential for RP (yes i do RP)
Han Solo was a smuggler, and Han Solo was so much cooler then that whiny farm boy 'jedi'
maybe thats why i became smuggler
smuggler has the greatest potential for RP (yes i do RP)
Han Solo was a smuggler, and Han Solo was so much cooler then that whiny farm boy 'jedi'
maybe thats why i became smuggler
true_Kieran
Wed Sep 01, 2004 1:52 pm
#5
Same here, started it for RP reasons. It went quiet well for a while but after some month the fact that you litterally can't smuggle anything can slightly get in your way. However, if you find a nice town where RP is good you can life through some nice stories.
Daermoth
Wed Sep 01, 2004 2:48 pm
#6
I've always wanted to be a smuggler, and this is the closest it gets so far.
But i must say, the best perk of being a smuggler is that this week I made 25 mil in faction base sales. Profit. Period.
But i must say, the best perk of being a smuggler is that this week I made 25 mil in faction base sales. Profit. Period.
dorsai78664
Wed Sep 01, 2004 2:49 pm
#7
Short list.
- Smuggler is great for roleplay.
- The skillpoint requirements allow me to hold 3 masters.
- I didn't have to grind the same type of xp for the whole tree.
- I only lose 1/2 the FP when I die.
- I can buy FP.
- I get FP discounts.
- I can slice my own stuff.
- I can make money in 4 different ways using 4 different branches of smuggler.
- Smuggler crafting is the easiest in the game.
- Resource quality doesn't matter.
- Only ranged KD with a pistol.
- Most powerful single pistol shot in the game.
- Only class with a move that prevents a DB.
- Able to open doors in POIs without a key (some doors anyway).
- Able to use melee and ranged moves equally well. (However, neither is extremely effective without other training).
- I can increase my mission payouts.
And most importantly....I give and get the Secret Smuggler's Handshake.
Zhagadska
Wed Sep 01, 2004 2:56 pm
#8
i never seen the chicks swarming around the bounty hunters or creature handlers...
but they love the smugglers!! 
Setavis
Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:25 pm
#9
I love slicing...
I love the fact that people seek me out because of the service I provide, it makes me feel useful
I love making 70K whilst just "passing through" some place with my title up
I love making someone's day with a good slice
I love getting tipped more than the asking price
I love interacting with other players, even (especially) when they make arses of themselves
I love knowing that nothing affects slicing results, but sometimes having doubts
I love hawtpants
I love spice...
I love the way that, even though everyone uses doc buffs, they've still got a pixie and/or a gold in their inventory as stand by
I love the Profession...
I love having worked to get a profession that offers so little in return by most peoples standards
I love the fact that other players seem to know this and torespect our position
I love thetilte Master Smuggler
I love "Rogue"
I love that it doesn't fit the model for other professions (it's not combat or economic, but it's not 100% social either)
I love the fact that Han was way cooler than anyone else in the films
I love the potential...
I love GreenMarine's ideas, even if they are months away (at best)
I love his surname (is he related to Django?)
I love the fact that if and when this non-profession gets a revamp, it will have been inspired by well thought outplayer ideas
I love that we could be as unique as Jedi or Bounty Hunter, without any of the arrogance and conceit
I love the community
I love the Chuckle For A Smuggler thread
I love the way that, despite being the most neglected profession, we never whine quite so hard as the most pandered to professions
I love our corespondent's candor, honesty and commitment
I love posting after drinking a bottle of wine and a half bottle of single malt...
I love you guys...What are you looking at? Did you just call wor lass a puff!
BigZak
Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:36 pm
#10
I love FD
I love er....ah....FD
I love mmmmm.......FD
I love the thought of what a little smuggler love is gonna be like when we get it.
I love the thought of being a Smuggler in JTL
OH and did I say I love FD....oh yeah, I did.
Violet Vette, Radiant
MS/Pistoleer/TKA
I love er....ah....FD
I love mmmmm.......FD
I love the thought of what a little smuggler love is gonna be like when we get it.
I love the thought of being a Smuggler in JTL
OH and did I say I love FD....oh yeah, I did.
Violet Vette, Radiant
MS/Pistoleer/TKA
Obed
Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:21 pm
#11
- I love the scoundral persona. Nothin' like a slightly shady fellow to catch the wimminfolk's interest!
- I love the spice. I've only gotten buffed once in the last three weeks 'cuz I alwasy got my spice
- I love the fact that all my gear is above the manufacturers standards
- I love the ability to make googobs of cash in CNet.
- I love the fact that with master marksman, master pistoleer, and a couple of speed tapes, I'm useful on the battlefield. Plus, as an Imperial officer who was formerly a smuggler, it's great RP!
I used to "smuggle" stuff all the time in my early days as a scoundral. I'd find a cool loot item (like the fake lightsabers on dath) get a backpack full of it, and sell it to unsuspecting noobs for googobs of cash. The best was the fake holocrons... once the rumor came out that Jedi would use holocrons, I sold 'em like hotcakes for 10-20k a pop. Until the real holos came out and the Force shattered all my fake ones. I was always the king of obscure loot for my guild. It was all crappy stuff, but everyone wanted it, and I got a reputation for being able to get cool stuff for my crew. Like non-overt Imperial Greys. After I had a few crates of that stuff made, all my guildies were freakin' out about how I could put on my uniform without being overt. So, I told 'em I had a "special stash" and would hook 'em up. It was great!
Message Edited by Obed on 09-01-2004 06:34 PM
Steveman84
Wed Sep 01, 2004 5:04 pm
#12
I've been Master Smuggler for nearly a month now and i've been slicing longer than that. Funny thing is, i didn't know items were automatically pulled out of crates for slicing until like a week ago, so i don't really see what the big fuss is about it.
Being a smuggler is awesome though. Spices while they might suck really serve me well. Slicing makes nice money. Underworld is kinda useless but i like that i avoid imperial patrols better than everyone else and also i never bothered to learn other languages yet i know them all. Dirty Fighting, like most everyone, is my favorite tree. Feign death lets me solo the corvette with ease, low blow is my favorite pistol special, and last ditch is awesome.
Most of all, i like the persona. It may be cliche and all, but han solo is my favorite character in star wars hands down. I enjoy being a rogue with a bit of a soft side. Its a fun role to play in my opinion.
JacobKell
Wed Sep 01, 2004 5:32 pm
#13
The roleplay.
Cant beat sitting in a cantina with your smuggler chum talking about that shipment of viagra for jabba we "misplaced"
Boy was jabba in a bad mood that day!
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