Smuggler Archive

I haven't been here since launch, but I've been around long enough to be as disgusted by SOE as everyone else. I for one think the Combat Upgrade was a good thing, although not perfect, it is better than the Composite Clones and insane Doctor buffs. I've been a Smuggler and Pistoleer for well over a year now, I've had lots of friends come and go, most leaving for World of Warcraft and City of Heroes. I like to think that I've experienced just about everything the game has to offer, minus crafting simply because I got a bad taste in my mouth after doing the spice line for Smuggler.

I have no idea where I'm going with this, I had no plan when I started the thread, guess I just need to vent some.

Now, I've played another SOE game, Planetside. I was in the beta test and I played for more than a year after it launched. I had a good group that I played with, they were fun to talk to and always up to something. Sadly, the Dev team for Planetside let the game slip, promising to deliver something worthwhile... so we waited... and waited... and listened tomore promises and suffered through some really bad ideas... and waited... and waited some more... I ended up quiting before the Devs actually delivered, and you know what, they still haven't delivered. I'm afraid to say that I'm at that same point with Galaxies - not quite to the cancellation point, but the point where I am sick of waiting.

I honestly think that the Combat Upgrade wasn't nearly as bad as many people do, in fact, my only real complaints are that the effects are too flashy, Dodges/Blocks/Counter-Attacks are gone (I've been told they're still in, but I've yet to see one) the DE-10 doesn't fire blue and the DX-2 doesn't fire green. I made my small fortune before the Combat Upgrade almost exclusively with slicing, I actually enjoyed it at the time, I never advertised to slice (Well, I did for containers at the very begining) and I had a pretty good return customer base. Now though... I don't get it, I simply cannot comprehend the Devs logic in adding RARE loot from high level boss creatures and NPC's for an 8% damage slice! I used to give a slice away for free if it was below 20%, I almost feel guilty charging for these slices at all (almost being the keyword).

We still can't smuggle and apparently, as I predicted, the Devs have given us our Slicing revamp, which is nothing at all like we were led to believe we would be getting and forgotten about us. In fact, the whole component drop was NEVER discussed, it was dumped on us in Test Center without so much as a "Hey, what do you think of this idea?". It was just thrown into the blender without the top on, and you know what SOE, when you do that you get a mess - wehave a mess now and nobody seems interested in cleaning it up. I'm looking at Illegal Core Boosters selling for two million credits on the Ahazi server... for an 8% damage increase! I won't even go into the trouble of slicing armor, where to get a full set slices, not only are you going to need more parts than I care to count right now, but it will cost millions.

Now, here we are... Slicing is completely screwed up, our combat capabilities are all right, but some need tweaking (Reckless Shot's worthlessness for instance, and personally I'd like Last Ditch to be a ranged knockdown again) and we still can't smuggle. I understand the need for bug fixes and postponing a feature... and I know everything I've said has been said before... but this has gone on long enough.

Devs. I want one thing from you - give me a good reason to keep playing this game. No, I don't expect one to reply to this thread directly, but I am litterally sick to my stomach over this whole ordeal... course I haven't had breakfast yet...

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I've got a bad feeling about this."