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I've been patient for a long time. I've became a Smuggler in July of 2003, and in fact I was a Smuggler/Pistoleer, which wasn't even a "template" back then since... there were no templates! Well, I've always stuck by Smugglers and the Smuggler community, even when I wandered off to try a few other professions just to see what was out there I kept reading here and supporting my local Smugglers. I've always tried to be positive about us getting fixed up, and I've always held (and still do hold) that our Correspondants would get us to a better place. And recently I've placed my faith in GreenMarine as well. I will still continue to defend him and my Smuggler Correspondant against doubters, but today... I just freaked out.

Reading post after post of whining players who couldn't understand why they had to "wait up to three days" for their visit from the Old Man, and why they had to wait for "Groups" and "Phases" in the Village, well let's just say somebody picked the wrong person to complain to. Here is my post: Clicky

I just frothed over with rage at the words "Weve waited patiently up until now. But im afraid this may be the last straw for alot of people." God, as if they know anything about having to wait.

Well, I submit myself to the judgment of the Smuggler Community.

Just read both threads, and all i can say is wow...

now, i feel if the devs want to fark up the swg timeline with hordes of jedi, then let them. but i do agree with the fact that since publish 8, the game has separated into two camps. the " i want the shiny toy in the box of cereal" one, where by opening 30 boxes(Proffesions) that get the toy (jedihood/force sense). the other side are the people who like one brand of cereal, and if they get the toy, great(the rest of us). now i don't knock that getting glowy isn't an acomplishment. but how old is that proffession? less than three/four months? how long have smugglers been in the game? how many patches were dedicated to the new proffesion?
how many have there been since the devs first said "oh yeah, we'll fix the Smuggler Prof"?

i bought the game to play a smuggler. if i wind up Force Sensitive, then great. so until the Smuggler revamp comes out, would someone pass me the milk? i got a heaping bowl of cereal. and i'm starvin...

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KaernLegorah wrote:
I've been patient for a long time. I've became a Smuggler in July of 2003, and in fact I was a Smuggler/Pistoleer, which wasn't even a "template" back then since... there were no templates! Well, I've always stuck by Smugglers and the Smuggler community, even when I wandered off to try a few other professions just to see what was out there I kept reading here and supporting my local Smugglers. I've always tried to be positive about us getting fixed up, and I've always held (and still do hold) that our Correspondants would get us to a better place. And recently I've placed my faith in GreenMarine as well. I will still continue to defend him and my Smuggler Correspondant against doubters, but today... I just freaked out.

Reading post after post of whining players who couldn't understand why they had to "wait up to three days" for their visit from the Old Man, and why they had to wait for "Groups" and "Phases" in the Village, well let's just say somebody picked the wrong person to complain to. Here is my post: Clicky

I just frothed over with rage at the words "Weve waited patiently up until now. But im afraid this may be the last straw for alot of people." God, as if they know anything about having to wait.

Well, I submit myself to the judgment of the Smuggler Community.

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An excellent Rant, I thought I was a good ranter but, hey, you beat me! Well said and well done!

Well, I'm a Smuggler since the beginning, also a Pistoleer, so I can see some of your side.

However, I'm also someone who has played the game from day 1. That's PLAYED the game, not ground out professions. I've just about done whatever can be done in the game (excepting a couple of VERY HIGH level content). I was looking forward to Publish 10, the quests contained within, and the possibility of getting to play a Jedi without totally screwing up my main character (I'll have to burn 24 skill points to get the second slot, which will then do it all over again).

Publish 10 comes out and I find that because I didn't grind out professions, I can't even get to START the quests until the hologrinders get done because I didn't do profession after profession after profession. That's the only problem I have with the whole thing. They knew many people would be wanting to get to the village, they should have come up with a better way of getting everyone there. If they had to prioritize, character age should have been the deciding factor. Give the grinders their free unlocks, but the people who have played the longest should get first crack at "gated" new content.

So, I also have waited patiently for Dev attention for Smugglers, and for Pistoleers, and now am waiting once again to enjoy the new content introduced in the game. The "groups" thing is just wrong and it's necessary that the Devs hear our opinion on the matter. Hopefully, I have stated my opinion in a civil manner and not as a whine or a rant, as I feel the civil statements are the ones that are most paid attention to (if any are).

I think your response was actually quite measured, you could have said much worse. I feel exactly the same way.
I really appreciate you voicing your opinion to other boards, I think I will start to follow suit. If we do not let the whole community know where we stand we will never gain any support.

The thing that bothers me most about SOE is they continue to say that they will follow the timeline and keep continuity in tact. Really? How many Jedi were in the universe between A New Hope and Empire? They should just admit, at least in terms of the Jedi, they have completly given up all hope in following any sense of the "true" SW Universe. I don't begrudge SOE making a profit, just be honest about it.

Treborg
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