Personally I find the upcoming assistant to be too useful, they totally destroy game balance.
Sure the smuggler is a dlc reward and a cat, but she should be no inferior then any other assistant out there!!!
So..please make the banker to randomly steal item from bank, and merchant pickpocket player for a random item each time their service are used to compensate the 35% fence fee!!!
Or we could removed the 35%. Either way, something must be done!!!
P.s. To anyone that believe the smuggler will save your stolen item from guard..well, think again you could always pay a small fraction to port to a way shrine near a refuge and getting away safely. Or you could wait out the bounty..Or use a edict!!! The smuggler like any other are purely convenience..well she is inferior since she only deal with stolen good. But regardless..Please be warned that you will not be able to use her service while a guard is attacking you