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What items can be produced in a Tool Factory? Would these be the only items listed under tools for the Generic Crafting Machine? Can WUKs and AUKs be produced in a tool factory?

If I could provide all the resources, would someone offer a price for the labor and expertise to craft a deed for a factory? Don't have them all now but just kind of curious.

If I wanted to buy a factory without providing resources, what should I generally expect to pay?

What are the daily maintenance and power costs of a factory?

Is there a way to produce crates of items without a factory -- possibly with a droid?

What type of production rate should I expect? Will a factory produce items as quickly as a crafting machine or at a slower but more regular pace like a harvester?

Thanks for the info. Although it seems cost prohibitive, there are many advantagesthat I would like to take exploit when it comes to factories.

It seems that recently, whatever factor they use for producing critical failures has increased. I think I had 4 in the first month of the game but recently I had 3 in a row one night. Thankfully, it was when crafting a laser knife and not a building as someone else posted on this borad.

Also, being able to carry crates of items seems like it would almost be worth the cost. I am already having inventory problems as it is andmy box at the bank is getting full. Maybe I'm just a pack rat but even auto combining resources will really only work if you harvest for an extended period of time. The resoruce shift affects organic materials also and I wind up with something lik e 4 different containers of 125 units of bone. Too much to really destroy, not enough to really sell, but still taking up 4 inventory slots. I guess I'll have to "craft" it away...

It would be nice to beable to get a mini factory at a reasonable cost. Something that will produce crates and use a schematicbut wouldn't be as effective for truly mass producing items as a full fledged factory.

What items can be produced in a Tool Factory? Would these be the only items listed under tools for the Generic Crafting Machine? Can WUKs and AUKs be produced in a tool factory?

Factories are tied to craft tools as far as type goes. Equipment factory makes items you can make in the weapon, droid, general item tool, food factory makes items you can make in the food and chem craft tool, etc.

If I could provide all the resources, would someone offer a price for the labor and expertise to craft a deed for a factory? Don't have them all now but just kind of curious.

If I wanted to buy a factory without providing resources, what should I generally expect to pay?

Someone on Corbantis would have to answer thosetwo questions. It varies per server and evenper regionbut usually is in the 30k - 75k range.

What are the daily maintenance and power costs of a factory?

I think maintenance rate is 30, but I don't recall for sure. I've had efficiency 4 (merchant skill that lowers maintenance rates) for a while now. They only use power when running.

Is there a way to produce crates of items without a factory -- possibly with a droid?

No

What type of production rate should I expect? Will a factory produce items as quickly as a crafting machine or at a slower but more regular pace like a harvester?

Very slowly, but they never fail.

I am thinking about opening a factory, but it's a big investment and I want to make sure it's the right thing for my specific needs. I was wondering if anyone could answer a few basic questions for me.

1) Is it possible to produce multiple items or components simultaneaously in the same factory? If so, is there a set limit?

2) If you are making components for a complex item, can you produce the item from the components as they are made? Or do you need to take them out and reload them into some sort of an input hopper?

3) Aside from the obvious expense of resources, what are the typical day to day costs invloved with maintaining a factory?

Thanks