Armorsmith Archive
Thread: Can you repair my armor?
Istin
Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:09 pm
#14
Yes, I went out and bought a crateeach of the 100% weapon and armor repair kits. However, I've had more critical failures trying to fix my own stuff than with my prior 98% tools (I could swear they're bugged). Then a RL friend told me our guild armorsmith had used the same repair kits with hardly any damage to the armor.
In response to the first post:
- I understand, I'm a Msmuggler, but even if I get a tell for a full set of armor just before a shuttle leaves, I'll still do it, whether I need the money or not.
- Apparently I CAN'T do it equally as well as my guild smith
- I don't care if you do destroy my uber-armor, I'd prolly have somehowdone worse, although again, I understand, like whenI get sped slices on a crafted geno blaster =/
- it takes 20 secs to explain this
- what else are you doing while you wait for your factories to churn out materials components and pieces?
- don't want to? this is a game of interaction, you could try to be....*gasp*....nice once in a while
- It's more of a pain in the ass when you have to spend another 50k on a piece of armor because the theoretically better qualified armorsmith thought it was a pain in the A$$
- you'reright, you don't need the 5k because y'all charge enough for absurd profits.
It took me more then a day to find an armorsmith to make a AUK schematic for me (I had the materials and all) because every one I talked (except one) was an a$$, most wouldn't respon to my "hey, how's it goin" or some variation. Really, what is 2 minutes of your time? Or 30 seconds to answer a tell and explain why you'd rather not. Make a macro /reply if you have to.
Darthlu69
Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:30 am
#15
beantownphan wrote:
One time a dude actually ran circles around me and said "Any day now!" I almost destroyed his armor on the spot. No more repairing for me. Flame on!
I'd have dropped his armor on the bazaar for 6k and told him he better haul ass and find before someone else does..good-day
Malichai
Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:16 am
#16
my friend asked me that too.. I pointed to the nearest bazaar.. get yourself an armor repair kit... lol
Dova
Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:50 am
#17
I always explain it may fail then I repair their armor for free. It builds my customer base, dispells myths about all smiths being jackasses and promotes good will.
Slider067
Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:05 am
#18
95% of the time I'll repair someones armor and not charge for it. Many people tip, some don't. The other 5% would be if I'm otherwise occupied and am in a hurry. Say a friend is logging and I want a buff before they go. Or I'm in the middle of fighting a Kimo/Geonosian...etc. Don't ask when the shuttle lands though...unless I'm truly bored, you'll have to follow me to my destination. (Maybe I'm different, but...I HATE WAITING FOR SHUTTLES!!!)
I would gladly take the time to make your AUK schematic. Probably chat a bit about getting some stuff sliced in the future too. Maybe set up a consistant business relationship.
I always ask if the person knows there's a chance for failure. And...No...I won't replace any broken pieces. I also refuse to repair any thing that has hardly any damage. If it's 32000/34000, most likely the repair will do more damage than good. Wait til it's around 50%...17000/34000.
On a good note. I seem to be having good luck lately with repairs. Out of the last 5 full suits, I think I've only lost 2-3 pieces. Many of the pieces were very close to 0 too.
Mafaza
Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:01 am
#19
I wish the devs would take note of this and make the repair kits equally successful for everyone. I asked maybe 10 AS's to repair my armor andnever even gota response,including from the AS's waiting for an 8-min shuttle. I eventually just gave up and bought more armor. Funny how that worked out. . . for them.
DirthNader
Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:35 am
#20
I always respond, and if available repair their armor for free. It's an easy way to get a peek at the competition. That being said, I do dislike repairing armor, but only because I cringe when a "successful" repair with a 99% tool knocks 5K condition of of someone's Ubese jacket.
MilamberDragon
Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:12 am
#21
Honestly what do people want us to blow up their armor and have them **edit** at us,theyshould just as soon right click and clickdestroy. What I would like them todo isgoand spend the credits at a smith they know and get new armor/weapon/what not.
I am a soon to be novice armorsmith for my new toon on a different server and onceI saidI was going armorsmithI had at least two tellswith-in 10minsasking me, ifI could repair their armor...(blank stair, stairing at my monitor)I told them repairs are not worth the chance of your expen$ive armor turning touberjunk in my hands and it be safer to just put the armor up as display in theirhouseand go buy replacement parts for the really bad parts or a whole new suit. Responce was a comment I found interesting, "If you are an armorsmith and make armor why can you not repair armor better then joe-marksman?" I found this to be interesting and pondered and made this comment back,"Because their is no repairman profession in this game and not even as I can tell repair modifers, and sinceits not an option at this time everyone has the same chances of failure with repairs." They said that be interesting to see a repairman profession probably one of the elite-elites that the expansion came out with. I chuckled to myself and told them we can dream.
I wish stuff like repairs worked like it should. Heck I still dont understand why as armor/weaponsmith we do not get some sort of mod for repairing said item we speciallize in. But of course the game mechanics so far is everything is a money sink nothing is suppose to last forever and you have to keep re-buy stuff.
Okram2k
Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:36 pm
#22
If I'm standing in coronet waiting for a 9 minute shuttle, I usually ask the croud if anyone needs any repairs just to be nice. I only stay long enough for the shuttle to come, then after that I say sorry, but I gotta go. Usually people don't seem to mind and I haven't had any rude customers yet.
It is a great way for me to get my name out as a master armorsmith as I have only recently become one and am having a fun time competing with the big ones who have been armorsmiths on my server since it opened up last summer.
If a piece breaks, I suggest to them to visit my shop for a replacement part that's priced very competivley
Of course, I really do get anoyed people wanting me to repair armor with 0 condition. I try to calmly explain that it is impossible for me to reapir such an item and it's a waste of perfectly good tools. And next time they should try to get it repaired before it gets to 50%. I know there is no repair skill, but it does seem to me that MAS have a higher chance of succesfully reparing armor, I think (and it's just a guess thingy) that your assembly skill affects repair, of course I may be completly wrong but it seems logical to me.
I suppose if I was a great AS that sells lots of sets of composite a day and makes loads of RIS orders, I wouldn't have time to repair armor, but since I'm not that busy, I like doing it, great way for a young MAS like myself to get future customers. To me, I'm a crafter not for the money, but to make people happy, nothing pleases me more then getting a mail or a /tell from a happy customer telling me that they're recomend me to all their friends.
DrewBuddhaMan
Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:35 pm
#23
I will usually repair armor when i'm in a buff line. That pretty much equals free buffs!
Neyex
Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:18 pm
#24
You guys havent EVEN got the worst of it, The worst is when you stop in coronet to catch a shuttle and you get 10 tells of people asking if you can repair thier weapon...okay, lets review, your running around coronet sporting a master ARMORSMITH tag, and they ask you to repair thier weapon...that earns a /add ignore no questions asked...
Guild-less
Dova
Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:01 am
#25
Buffa,
I'm Master Armorsmith and Master Weaponsmith so I get hit with both. Still, unless the player is a complete buffoon I do the repair for free. I just tell them to purchase their next suit or weapons from me.
Ainwyn
Fri Apr 16, 2004 12:44 pm
#26
I carry a crate of tools with me. IF I get a query to repair armor, I tell them where I am at that time and they can come meet me. I charge 100 credits per use on the tools whether I do the repairs or they do them. I understand people wanting to trust my luck vs their own. I do tell them up-front that I assume no liability if it fails or is marginal. Which is also why I only change for the tool.
But... coming out of the Corvette tonight having gone their with guildmates... one of them checks his chestpiece and notes the beating it took. I immediately told everyone to check their armor and started handing out the tools. I didn't do their repairs, I just gave them the tools to do it themselves. It made me chuckle, though. I didn't charge them for the tools, their guildies and I want their armor to last.
That's just it... I went into armorsmithing not to get wealthy (what is a forturne in pixels worth?) but because I like crafting and I figured I could help people defensively. Practically giving away my repair tools is part of that. I don't make them free or super-cheap because I do actually use quality resources in them and make them the best I can (master artisan *grin*) and because I know people think free stuff is crap *laugh*. Heck, half the time I give away the rest of a tool with the armor repair I just did... well.. more to save inventory space than from anything altruistic *snicker*.
I just hate the ones who come up with 0, 1/1 or negative condition stuff. Worse is seeing that crap for sale on a vendor or the bazaar waiting to ensnare someone unknowledgable. *sigh*
But... coming out of the Corvette tonight having gone their with guildmates... one of them checks his chestpiece and notes the beating it took. I immediately told everyone to check their armor and started handing out the tools. I didn't do their repairs, I just gave them the tools to do it themselves. It made me chuckle, though. I didn't charge them for the tools, their guildies and I want their armor to last.
That's just it... I went into armorsmithing not to get wealthy (what is a forturne in pixels worth?) but because I like crafting and I figured I could help people defensively. Practically giving away my repair tools is part of that. I don't make them free or super-cheap because I do actually use quality resources in them and make them the best I can (master artisan *grin*) and because I know people think free stuff is crap *laugh*. Heck, half the time I give away the rest of a tool with the armor repair I just did... well.. more to save inventory space than from anything altruistic *snicker*.
I just hate the ones who come up with 0, 1/1 or negative condition stuff. Worse is seeing that crap for sale on a vendor or the bazaar waiting to ensnare someone unknowledgable. *sigh*