Star Wars: Old Republic Smuggler class detailed

The Smuggler class in Star Wars: The Old Republic has been detailed by the MMO’s principle lead combat designer Georg “Observer” Zoeller.

Zoeller described the class on the official Star Wars: The Old Republic forum, stating:

“A Smuggler can be a Medic, healing and supporting his allies. A Smuggler can be a marksman, entrenched in cover and decimating the enemy with devastating single target attacks. A Smuggler can be an explosives specialist, leaving craters and blown up Imperial squads in his wake.

“A Smuggler can be a stealthy mid range scrapper, approaching enemies unseen and hitting them hard with his scatter gun. A Smugger can be a daring risk taker, running and gunning into close range and finishing enemies with a few good kicks into places where it hurts. A Smuggler can be a Smuggler, delivering his group behind enemy lines unseen.

“As you can see, saying ‘a Smuggler plays like this class from another game’ is never going to be terribly accurate. I’d say, it’s probably wrong.”

Additionally, Zoeller explained how the class functions in PvP:

“In our last round of testing, I’ve seen a single Smuggler guarding a bridge wiping out four attackers trying to swarm him by sending them into the bottomless with a well timed cover pulse. Granted, they weren’t exactly smart charging him head on, but these things happen when people get overconfident.”