Architect Archive

Sure it's possible, you can do the holocron grind and do it easily or you can do it the way most of us did it, one building block at a time. 3 Lots will make it slow and painfull, but it can be done. You'll more than likely have to do some buying of your resources, but, we all have done that a time or two starting off, and some don't even have harvesters anymore, they simply purchase them.

I for one have somewhat put my Architect on the back burner for now, my alt has definately taken presidence here, Master TK and a hologrinder at that. lol

I think you'll get some good responses from most of them here.

I think the matter is not weither you can get to master Architect with only three lots, more like.. can you survive as an architect with only three.

Many architects don't always have friends or guildmates who can loan them lots for things, so they have to make do with only one structure factory. I myself get by on just one, but I don't do very many factory runs, nor am I a high volume architect. You'll find that furniture, the lower paying field of architect, uses up the most time in a factory. fully experimented OMU's or Turbo fluidic drilling units still only take around 2 mins each to be made in a factory. But furniture can take a lot longer.

While power is not bad to get on your own, consider the cost per unit versus using that lot for other things. I regularly buy radioactives at 1CPU or sometimes a shave more. By buying it, I have freed up my lots for mineral resources which I need more, and can cost far more. The same should be said for Lubricating oil, it can be fairly cheap, depending on your supplier. I try to get it no higher than 2cpu.. quality on this resource does not matter for harvester components and there is usually someone who has a chunk they want to unload.

Ore is likely going to be the resource you need the most, luckilly, you only need the very simplist definition of ore to make bricks and walls, so you can hook up with a mining group for a good deal on it if you shop around. The same should be said for grind metal used in the walls. The only ore you should consider gathering is the high HR, SR, UT ore used in medium harvesters, as it is more often than not used by some other professions.

The most important is likely your harvester metal for final combines and for the extraction components. These show up with 800's in the three important fields every so often, so having a good survey skill and the timing to jump onto veins of the stuff quickly will give you plenty to work with.

Though, what has seriously helped me gather materials for my own use and for others, is to KNOW your planets. Different regions are good for harvesters, some not. Know the big flat areas on the planets you frequently place harvesters on. And above all, get a login on www.swgcraft.com and check them out from time to time.

Very nice information. I appreciate it all...however, could the person who posted about lot sharing between servers be a little more specific?

I am not sure how you only have 3 lots. What is taking up the other 7? I would take a critical look at what I have and what I need if I were you and balance this better. As the previous poster has said, a large house is pretty wasteful so if you have one I would certainly consider dropping this down to a medium at least.

Errmmm. "...item *and *lot caps..." Sorry. My previous comment was about the three lot dilemma but sorta branched off into the item cap as well. Multitasking.

I realize he never stated that he had a large house. But hey, 7 lots gone, one is for a fusion gen...I'll put my quarter on a large house sitting around somewhere.

Oh I do believe you (yes I know it is your sig) makes perfect sense to me, but I have learnt the hard way not to assume...

I have no problems making assumptions. If I'm wrong...oh well.