Architect Archive

once i finish musican (i box off ) i want to work on being a merchant / architect and i hear that to level up you need ALOT of resources, so i whipped out my harvesters and have so far managed to collect 365k of various ores and about 200k of various metals (mainly copper), my first task is to work hard and climb the installations skill tree so i can build factorys, is there anything else i need to do this? have i got the right materials? i plan on building walls to get the XP for the installations tree, do i need any additional materals for that? any help would be great thanks

You can check the schematics at : http://www.swgcenter.com/info/schematics.asp?LetterFilter=D

They show all the requirements for various items.

You'll need a bit of steel, aluminum, chemical and some reactive gas. Most of the resources for architect items are any type or quality of ore or metal so what you've got is a great start.

If you're in this for the grinding, harvest lots of ore (any will do) and lots of gemstone (same here). Then make heaps of Gungan headstatues. They yield 5k of xp each, and use 2k of ore and 1k of gemstone per head.
Or you can go like most of us, just plain enjoy it
and level as you build useable things along the way