SWG: Evolve Forums

We have a ton of different types of token currencies. So I suggest we combine them all into a single token currency that gets awarded for for the various activities. Different activities should award different amounts depending on the risk vs reward. PVP activities such as bounty hunting or FRS should award more than a OG heroic an example. Obviously the details would need to be decided on but I think price increases would be appropriate given that a user can do a variety of activities. Given our lowish population, its not always possible to do the content you need to in order to obtain the item you want. So opening it up would help and also let players get the items they want by doing the content that they want to engage with and not have to do something they don't want to just to get an item.

While smuggler has some interesting things about it there is a lot that make is a bit lack luster. Here are a few suggestions for improvement.

1. Make the MUS grind do what it is supposed to do. Have it add the armor, the damage, the extra range. I don't think it needs a major boost over base NGE MUS.
2. Make fast talk and sly lie group buffs. Maybe short duration like some of the squad leader buffs. Maybe one offensive one defensive.
3. Add some armor negate to pistols. Not a ton to make them overpowered but enough to make them on par with other weapons.
4. Add some significant action cost reduction to be more in line with other classes.
5. Reduce the number of points to get to master smuggler so its more in line with other professions like assassin
6. Make all smuggler abilities work with all weapons. A good number of the abilities do not work with heavy weapons. I haven't tested other weapons
7. Overhaul the expertise to give us the choice between damage or debuffs.
8. Create a few more attacks with short cool down maybe 3 or 4. The debuffs have a pretty long cool down and arent really that useful.
9. Change scandal from AOE damage to straight weapon damage since there is only cover fire as an aoe.
10. increase the time of Break the Deal to 10-15 seconds to make it somewhat useful

I think these would go a long way in making smuggler on par with the other professions.

I ran into the same issues with windows you did and also switched to bazzite. I did it a little differently though. Here's what I did:

1. Download the SWG Evolve Launcher zip from the website
2. Extract the folder where you want it.
3. Open Steam
4. Add non steam game under the games menu and follow the prompts
5. In your library right click on Launcher.exe and select properties
6. Under comparability check the box for Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool. It didn't work for me when I left it unchecked
7. Select an option from the dropdown menu. On this step you may need to try a few different ones until you find one that works. As of this writing Proton Hotfix has been working for me but it does change sometimes after updates.

When I was on windows the game would crash several times a day and have issues when multiboxing. Since I've switched to Bazzite, I haven't had hardly any issues. Of course mileage will vary I am sure. These instructions will also work on a Steam Deck too. In theory it should work for other distros as well, but I haven't played around with any others.