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Or just become a Master TKM too... heh I dropped some muon and whipped a Tusken captain and a whatever they call them battlelord? and some of the lower level cronies with them by myself at the same time using a combo of Flamer, LP, and TKM attacks.. good fun!... and the injuries I took I just meditated away!

Araido

Master Commando, Master Teras Kasi, Master Markesman, Novice Medic

Intrepid Server

I use droids I let it shot catch aggro and blast away without a scratch.

hehe the key to soloing tuskans for me is a fast flamethower! I walk in with flame cone 2 and set all of them on fire then watch them burn! I did a ip mission near the bestine med center, and in the last rrom there was a tuskan warlord and 4 tuskan elite guards. I killed htem all unbuffed, except for a muon. Master commando helps so much against big mobs.

Currently i have some awesome armor, it has 80% kinetic 76% electricity and 68% base... i need to be buffed to wear it, but once the buffs wear off i can still wear it so i have no problem. Tuskans are no problem mainly because of my armor and the flame dot. If there is a big group of tuff tuskans or whatever you usually dont stand much of a chance without flame cone 2. If you have some good armor and a fast flamethower it shouldnt be that hard to take on one even if your only flame 4.

i'm having the same problem...

I can't make brandy higher than 360 with bio... longer smiths can make 420+ brandy with bio.

I am in the same boat. I have been a master chef since about a week after the chef revamp and I'm still not selling food. I have spent all that time collecting good resources. I would rather make no food than make subpar food. I am getting close to having all the resources in place but I have noticed that for the last few items I need, I have been settling for decent rather than good. I just want to make the food.

You are probably going to have to makea choice. You will either have to wait to make the food or settle for lesser quality food. If you choose to make the food rather than wait, you might want to consider selling on the bazaar. Most people don't pay much attention to who makes the items so you won't get a reputation for making poor quality and you can still make a few credits on the side.

I've been a Chef since June 2003. First on Tarquinas, then on Chimaera.

As I knew what I'd need, I built up large supplies right from Chimaera going live. I got hit badly by the Chef Revamp, making a lor of my ingredients useless for all but components, so I just followed every half decent resource there was.

I use the SWG Resource Manager from hte www.swgcraft.com forums to keep an eye out for anything I can use.
Until recently, due to lot issues, I was buying the resources in, but now I'm harvesting some.

You just have to weather out the dry spells, check every day's SWGCraft updates for new resources, and harvst when you can.

SWGcraft is one of the best kept secrets... it allows you to see at a glance what's worth harvesting, and cuts your harvester-chores down to a tenth. Kettemoor is lucky; our docs tend to keep the flora up to date, at least on the central planets and moons. If you're planning to be a serious crafter of ANY type, you need to hit that site every day.

Usually when good stuff pops I harvest and hoard as much as possible; that, plus buying any nice stuff off the bazaar or the few flora shops on my server, will cover any dry spells. There's something really comforting about sitting on a million sweet berries (dantooine berries no less... the resource gods were kind to Kettemoor last month!)

Like fatgit, the revamp hit me rather hard too in the resource department, when suddenly, PE became THE stat to have, not OQ any longer, and DR suddenly played a factor. I sold off a lot of my suddenly-not-so-uber-for-chefs resource stacks and started over. So even those with massive quantities of pre-patch resources feel part of the pain younger chefs are going through.

And like Olanthe pointed out, there is definitely a market for "bargain shoppers" - non-BE food (particularly synthsteak, brandy, canape, brandy and ahrisa) still sell well, even if they aren't top-end.

People have covered the best of the best resource gathering techniques. I just wanted to point out that there is a market for a bit lower quality stuff. Not everyone needs the ultimate in food to go grind out some missions. An average buff can work just as well as the top of the line food. That being said, it is possible to find a market of more average consumers to buy your foods as you work your way into better quality items.

yeah.. you can still do a good brisk business with selling semi decent items at a cheaper price... its always been my theory that quantity of items sold beats quality anyday... i make enough to live on.. and i dont have to spend my entire day working to get the primo resources...


jsut be mindful... dont sell the 180 brandy on the bazaar for 6k a small glass... if your making standard items.. affix standard prices... also you can augment your sales by selling individual pieces instead of crates... so that folks can try the different items out a bit..