I don't know if we have any other players going for smuggler (only Vegas I know of, but he is past the slicing container part I think) but the only thing I can slice right now are containers. And I need these badly to get Slice XP. Can I slice your locked containers please? I'll buy molecular clamps that are supposed to give you a 100% success guarantee.

as you need the xp on containers ive got 1 i need opening ..

lukel what lvl r you?

if uve got lvl 1 then slice terminals too.

im afraid slicing is no fun and fucking expensive.

I'm novice smuggler so I can slice containers only. I can see that slicing is no fun and is expensive (and also know already by slicing those stupid containers). But somehow I've got my mind set on becoming a master smuggler (Han Solo was always my favourite when I was a kid, I can't help my real name is Luke ) and I hope the developers of the game will make the character more interesting in the future.
So to become a master smuggler I've got to do that slicing tree

Luke

slicing is boring and very expensive..

apart from only getting a max of 5 slices per knife (a knife requires 16 pieces of metal)

Then you have mol clamps which are shockingly expensive and only lvl4 slicers can make them. Most people sell them for 1k per mol clamp (one use only)

Analazye Nodes are cheaper and u can make them at lvl2 however they require 50 units of metal I think (20 being copper) they only offer 75% of success

Then u have weapon upgrade kits, and armour upgrade kits which normally are 100cr each, but again are 1 use only.

So all in all, seeing that with the already competent slicers out there u cant really see any real money coming back until u hit slicer4 its a shockingly shit profession.

Im only continueing becasue im so close to being a lvl4 slicer (only 100 slices to go :E ) then i can charge proper prices but tbh no one can ever get mega rich as a slicer... there is too much equipment needed per slice. and the most u can charge is 100cr per 1%

My biggest complaint of the smuggler, is that the slicing is too random


I try and use good resources for my tools, I use clamps, but i cant offer any better slice then some bastard who uses shit in their tools.

And even as master smuggler u can get slices of 10%........... which i normally get as a lvl 3


its all quite shit really.

tbh Luke'l if ur mind is set on master smuggler then go for it.. but i think there are too many wastes in the smuggler trees... Underworld for instance... all that pistol xp for what??
the ability to sell faction points.. WTF has that got to do with pistols?

I am choosing to develop my pistoleer prof because the benefits for all that pistol xp is better employed.

Anyway once i hit lvl4 i can make mol clamps for you, im alreayd looking into setting up a factory, so as long as u can whack a bit of cash into it, we can save money that way, but apart form that its just a long grind im afraid.

bestine and AH are the best places to find business for containers. if there is a lot of competition then my best advice is just keep pimping. always chuck in special offers if you have anything to spare.. if u are xping in spice.. im sure if u chuck in a free jar of shadowpaw for each container u might make a few returning customers.

my biggest problem is my impatience with people (which is suprising due to my RL profession) so smuggling doesnt agree with me for that reason as well.

It fucks me off when some little shit brings me his comp armour (i of course warn him the risks of slicing) and then he moans and blames me if i slice 17% of encumberance and not effectiveness.

comes with the territory but i guess it just aint for me in the long run

I will stop waffling now

Damn Vegas, you've made my life pointless

Anyway, I'm concentrating on my Pistoleer tree first. I'm not putting any pistol xp in the smuggler tree before I'm Master Pistoleer and I've already found out I don't like the slicing part of the smuggler. I cba to pimp myself as a container slicer to get slicing xp, I like to hunt and do things together with a group whenever I'm online. But since I've got this nasty drug addiction I'm making drugs whenever I've got the spare time (when in camp or waiting for a shuttle). The Shadowpaw sells nicely too on the bazaar.

So becoming a master smuggler might be a very long way off, but I've got the time. While concentrating on my Pistoleer I might now and then fill some skills in the smuggler tree with some occasional slicing and drug fabrication.

Luke