Been wanting to start up a Smuggler so I have one of each class, so I was wondering. I can't remember if the buff occurred before or after the forum reboot, but a quick search on the main page didn't turn up anything.
Smugglers rock as of 0.6.1. Even a somewhat inferior full-melee space ninja build is viable. All they miss out on is super lust combos Mercs and Techies can pull off with bows/goovolver + Vollet/Rapid Fire + Second Shot.
Oh. The current public build is 0.6.1b, so I guess public Smugglers are buffed. I think I'll still wait around for the next release though, so I can hit the new content during the playthrough.