Not gonna go off on some dispute on who should gain access or not... just wanted to comment on a few things.
Just to get it all out of the way from the beginning:
Yes, I am an agent.
Yes, I got my vision of what FP should be and my interpretation of the original description of that skill.
And yes, I feel that the skill points we spend, or "training" we undergo (isn't that that a skill point is), should amount to more than basic buffs.
So, I guess you can say I'm biased
back to my comments:
Originally posted by Intra
agents should be able to infultrate an organisation... not an entire proffession.. which is what a BM is.
Just had to comment on what I see as a slight contradiction. A network, as I see it, is more of an organisation than a profession.Originally posted by Intra
a black market is not a shop. A black market is a network of people, they aquire goods that 'fell off the back of the lorry'. security tags removes, encryption decoded whatever. you do not go down to your local corner black market shop and buy an illegal item.
Then again, that's just my interpretation. No slight intended either, Intra
I must say I disagree somewhat with you on this. From my knowledge of the Fixer profession beyond AO, from CP 2020 to be more specific, the Fixer was the guy with the connections.Originally posted by Intra
fixers operate the black market, we are the black market.
He could get you what you wanted through his contacts on and beyond the blackmarket, but the market itself consisted of anything from petty criminals to white collar ones. Even sales agents from obscure and even well known arms manufacturers working for the companies "less known" department.
The "middle man" was what I pictured the fixer to be in AO as well.
As for the agents role on the black market, consider the fact that the black market is also a place for trading information as well as merchandise. And we are, after all spies, informants.
My further points on this relates to my above comment on FP, which is more suited for some other discussion.
Like I said, I didn't intend to dive into some long dispute/fight/argument/debate over this. At least there's gotta be some illegal items to fight about first