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When resources start shifting, our expenses are gonna sky rocket if you use med/large harvesters. Keep that in mind when you price your goods too.

3k to redeed a medium
6k to redeed a large

I'm petrified of resource shifts.... Petrified! 3k for EACH med harv!!! oooh cryy...

Rarek --

Thanks for your reply to my quesion, I just wanted to make sure that I am not "ruining" the Architects lively hood.

I also am very excited about the response that his been generated, I was afraid that I would be out of a job in about 2 weeks. As long as some of you that are posting here are on Chilastra, I have no worries. By the way, if you are on Chilastra send me a tell or e-mail would love to hear from you.

Sorry Starsider here but thanks..Btw all you keeping up with this post I have checked a few off site trade boards and the chumps selling for near nothing are getting orders for Med and large houses and cant cover harvester upkeep for the time its taking t get the resources..

Thank the GODS of this game for fixing the harvesters..Yeah its a pain but now you really have to be a player to keep up..

I can do one large houses a day if I have to and I know most cant get that..Once you hit a point where its killing you to sell below a certain price you have to step up..Lucky for me i have sales and orders that cover my upkeep for well over a week so Master here i come :-)

Rarek --

Do you have some websites for those off site boards, i would love to see what they are selling and for how much

They didnt list thier prices but some had said the are going for that stupid 7k a small to 15k to make anything..

And once again no i dont sell small houses :-)

I sold a bout 3 small houses coming up and it was sooo much work for nothing trying to sell them..

I have started to tell people no when they call about smalls cause i figure there are new novice architects that really need the money ..

Let me regale all of you architects with a little story.

Last night, two, yes TWO architects who are known to spam all over the Coronet starport that they are selling small houses for 10 to 12k contacted me and asked how much I was charging for houses and where the best place to sell them was.

Being the inqusitive type, I replied, "why, are you having problems selling houses at 10k?" to which they replied (differently, but with the same sentiment), "No I'm going broke, I've borrowed 25k from one person and need over 20k to move my harvesters tonight."

I then calmly explained to each of them that not only was I not going to tell them where the best markets are, but perhaps they should examine their selling strategy on these 10 to 12k houses. For the life of me I couldn't convince either one of them that you cannot maintain a medium/large harvester base by selling houses for 10k!!!! I won't even consider making a small house for under 20k. It is just flat not worth my time.

The way I see it is this. If you are trying to become a master architect, you need to stop making the lowbie type items as you advance. You may very well "sell" alot of items, but you are notcovering the increasing costs of resource acquirement. You may move up the skill tree, but when you get to the top, you'll be broke and have to run missions for money. Why would you run missions? You're an architect, not a delivery driver for UPS!

I'm enjoying seeing people "suffer" as it were when the only thing keeping them from being profitable is their own greedy desire to undercut others in the same profession. Three months from now thenumber of architects on each server willhave decreased considerably and the smartest, most-dedicated people will remain. Funny, it smells alot like capitalism!

Humbly grinding my way to10,000,000 credits,

Floyd Wright

Architect, Bria Server

Yep. I don't make any more small houses unless I'm sure they're going to pay me the price I ask. I've been doing med houses, factories, med harvs, and solar power gens lately. I've ditched the newbie market. I tell people I don't sell smalls too newb. Unless they tell me they'll paythe right priceof course....

I build houses in the Tyrena area, where only one other architect resides currently (a rather open market )...

I currently charge 10K & all resources, with 20K without all the resources, for small Corellian houses. Got two comissions in the past day, so that ain't bad at all to my mind.

A few people seem to have the impression that this is a "cut-throat" pricing plan, however.

Thoughts?

Nothing cut-throat about that InDaHouse. Seems perfectly reasonable that you would charge 10k if they supplied all the resources and 20k if they didn't.

Depends if I needed XP.

See its that I need the XP mentality thats killing us ..well guess what im not filling any more orders to get to master..A friend just gave me 100k recources to make a pa hall when i get there..

Im taking 3 days off everything once I hit and taking it easy..Please people if you all sell for 20k guess what..They cant make it themselves or they would..They will have to pay..

Medium House
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1250 metal
2650 ore

5 Wall Modules (4000 metal, 11000 ore)
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300 metal
200 ore
10 Structural Modules

1 Generator Turbine
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250 copper
50 steel
250 ore
150 non ferrous
50 chemical
500 aluminum
200 reactive gas

1 Structural Storage Module
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50 steel
200 metal

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Structural Module
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50 metal
200 ore

Totals =

5450 metal
100 steel
16550 ore
250 copper
150 non ferrous
50 chemical
500 aluminum

I sell these for 75k on Starsider. My fellow architects, do not give into the undercutters, keep your prices what they should be, don't sell your precious homes for pennies. The undercutterswon't be able to sell their houses fast enough and makeenough of a profit to sell that many houses.A house, especially medium or large is something to be proud of, and work for, not get in a few days of doing delivery missions.