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I'm a big fan of smuggler, as most of us are, and there are things I would like to see fixed (slicing for example) and things that I would only like to see tweaked (feign death). With the war between the Jedi and the Bounty Hunter (SOE's two most loved) I fear our feign death is on the chopping block. To me this IS going to happen, and not a MAYBE thing. So I say we get to work. Lets post our best ideas for a Feign Death fix or a system to replace it all together. A system thats Fair to everyone, Fun to use, and an Effective tool for smugglers. Please try to be objective about this. Thing all an awesome and fun system, explain why you think it would be fair, fun, and effective. Then lookat it from the developers side (sounds crazy I know), and try to spot as many bugs, glitches, expliots, server complications, ect.... I would like for this post to stay on topic with little flaming as possible (not trying to sound bossy lol). This is a great community I know you guys are all nice . I'll start us off...

Replacement system: "Decoy"

This would be a skill smugglers could use to confuse the enemy. Using a small droid or decive the smuggler could create a hologram of his/herself. The hologram would appear exactly (even by "tabbing")as the smuggler would and act with the smugglers abilities in mind. This would give the real smuggler a chance to escape will the enemy is busy chasing the decoy. The decoy should have a time limit, perhaps 3 - 4 minutes. It could not harm the enemy in anyway however make the enemy belive they are being harmed. For example when a decoy hits the enemy it will say in the combat log that they took damage when in fact they did not. PROBLEMS: I imagine this would cuase several glitches, not to mention it would be hard to impliment. Problems could arise if the decoy really did damage somehow. If the droid had the same name over its head then there could be a problem with tells, tips, transfers, ect..

Replacement system: "True Low Blow"

This would be a modification to 2 things really. One would be eliminating feign death, and the other would be changing Low Blow. This would allow a Smuggler to shoot or hit a enemy and Immobilize (but not stop from attacking) them for an extended period of time, by that I mean 30 - 45 seconds or so. This would be the window a Smuggler would use to escape, not attack, his enemy. With 30 - 45 seconds the Smuggler would have to find a way to escape, either by bike, running, or some other method. The attack would do small damage and take high HAM to execute and have a refresh time like KD does now, maybe a little longer. If the Smuggler attacks the enemy then it breaks the hold. PROBLEMS: As always, dabblers. I would suggest putting it in the master box to solve this.

And finally, not so much a fiegn death fix, but a way to help if we ever got put on the BH terms.

"Slicing the BH terms"

Not my idea but a good one that I put thought into. WHEN Bounty Hunters can start hunting Smugglers from their terms, give Smugglers a chance to slice the terms. However give us a choise in the slice (ha, slice choise). Two options, one plays it safe, while the other takes a risk. However slicing the term can only effect the Smuggler, so no helping your Jedi friends on this one.

Option 1: The Smuggler slices the BH term and sees they have a death mark on them. If the Smuggler is successful then he changes the name on the bounty (to some random NPC) and the pay stays the same so the BH doesn't lose his cash.

Option 2: The Smuggler slices the BH term and sees they havea death mark on them. If the Smuggler is successful then he changes the payout of the mission, lowering it for the BH. This might convince the BH to drop the mission altogether. However if the BH doesn't abort then when the BH completes or fails his mission, the Smuggler recieves the difference in the payout. For example, a BH gets a Smuggler PC bounty on Eivo (oh no!) and the payout is 30,000 credits. Eivo slices the BH term and does option 2. The mission payout is lowered to perhaps 3,000 credits. If the BH drops the missions, noone recieves anything. If the BH kills or is killed by Eivo then the BH recieves 3,000 credits while Eivo recieves 27,000 credits. This leaves a chance that the BH will still kill youin forced PvP, however you don't go home empty handed.

PROBLEMS: Lol, it's sounds fun but this is glitchfest 2000 here. Not to mention how many BH we would get mad (no surprise there). Honestly there is alot of room for exploiting here, such as smuggler / bh teams that may find a way to milk the system for free credits. Alot of others also but I'm getting tired.

So please everyone, see what you can come up with and lets get to work to try and find a to make the most of the lemons we've been handed! "May the Spice be with you!"

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Eivo wrote:

I would like for this post to stay on topic with little flaming as possible (not trying to sound bossy lol). This is a great community I know you guys are all nice .

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