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Thread: Brainstorm idea...
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DeathsHead-Butters
Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:44 pm
#1
Was watching a few westerns today and thought it'd be cool if smugglers got like a shotgun type weapon or something rifly sorta...
discuss.
Ternque01
Fri Dec 31, 2004 4:53 pm
#2
I think the devs are gonna change smuggler so that you won't need the pistol prerequisite.
They were toying around with the idea of picking up any ranged line in marksman and a brawler line (prob. unarmed) as well.
You can have your shotgun (carbine) or rifle if you so choose if everything goes to plan.
NickHeel
Fri Dec 31, 2004 4:56 pm
#3
Were the Devs really contemplating that or was that yet another creation of the Smuggler community? I want to say that I actually remember something about Caylin saying that GreenMarine said something about it at the Summit this past summer.
Sound about right? No?
Smuggler_Caylin
Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:16 pm
#4
GreenMarine wrote:
PhoenixOrion wrote:
GreenMarine:
Will Dirty Fighting be revamped at the end of the year with the rest of
the Smuggler Revamp...
Or will it be revamped when every other combat profession gets fixed in
the Combat Revamp, as it is a Combat Tree?
Dirty Fighting is on the list. We'll get to a specific thread
sometime in the future. In general, I want to disassociate "smuggler" from
pistols & pistoleer. Smugglers should have combat skills (being a smuggler
is dangerous), but should be able to pick what kind of combat skills to use.
The profession should not favor pistols, just because Han Solo was a pistol
man.
The specifics on how they would accomplish this we don't have though.
I did mention dynamic prerequisites to GreenMarine while I was at the
summit and he said that was certainly possible within the system. This was not a
promise of what would happen, just an admission saying the coding to bring it
about was possible.
summit and he said that was certainly possible within the system. This was not a
promise of what would happen, just an admission saying the coding to bring it
about was possible.
One of the Four Horsemen of the Smuggler Apocalypse!
Flagoo
Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:23 pm
#5
Always wanted to do carbine instead of pistol, purely for roleplay reasons. Fully automatic weapons under trenchcoats is what I think of when I think of smuggling "Moenia Vice" style.
NickHeel
Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:27 pm
#6
Smuggler_Caylin wrote:
GreenMarine wrote:
PhoenixOrion wrote:
GreenMarine:
Will Dirty Fighting be revamped at the end of the year with the rest of the Smuggler Revamp...
Or will it be revamped when every other combat profession gets fixed in the Combat Revamp, as it is a Combat Tree?
Dirty Fighting is on the list. We'll get to a specific thread sometime in the future. In general, I want to disassociate "smuggler" from pistols & pistoleer. Smugglers should have combat skills (being a smuggler is dangerous), but should be able to pick what kind of combat skills to use. The profession should not favor pistols, just because Han Solo was a pistol man.
The specifics on how they would accomplish this we don't have though.
I did mention dynamic prerequisites to GreenMarine while I was at the summit and he said that was certainly possible within the system. This was not a promise of what would happen, just an admission saying the coding to bring it about was possible.
I was close 
I need to do a search on GM for Smuggler forum posts and read up. It's been so long since I've looked into it that I'm starting to forget 
Thanks, Caylin
Nicolas_Frost
Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:14 pm
#7
What about a "Sawed-Off Shotgun" type blaster, which can do pistol and carbine specials. The thing wouldn't be able to do as much damage as some of the higher level pistols or carbines, but its stregth would be in its versitility. Its optimum range would have to be somewhere in between pistols and carbines, as well as its special cost. It'd make for an interesting weapon.
I could easily see it becoming a favorite among Bounty Hunters(less weapon switching), Commandos, and of course, Smugglers.
Edit:
Clarification: The weapon would essentially be a Carbine, which has been modified to have a much shorter barrel, and pistol grip in place of a stock. To help balance out how versitile it would be, make it deal Energy damage, which is, as we know, the more common form of ranged damage.
Message Edited by Nicolas_Frost on 01-01-2005 12:20 AM
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