Armorsmith Archive

How many vendors does an armorsmith need? I would assume 2 at least, 1 for Comp and one for other (Padded, Ubese and other lesser sold items), with 3-4 being ideal (for PSGs etc...). Looking at the newest list for Merchant, would it be safe to assume I wouldn't kill business with 4 vendors with 1250 items across them?

For the Bare Minimum, I need:
Artisan 4000
Brawler 0040
Novice Scout
MSwordsman
MArmorsmith

That leaves 51 SP. I think I need 2 vendors in the least, and at least 2 ranks of Surveying. So that's Artisan 4042 now, with 32 points left... Are ad-barkers worth the SP to get there? Merchant 4000, with which I could get to 4002, and have 5 vendors, with 1750 items across it, allowing me to have 2 Comp vendors, 1 PSG vendor, 1 'lesser armor' vendor, 1 loot vendor, which seems like it'd work, and I can take 1 in Hunting from Scout to up my harvesting...

Bah! I don't wanna drop Swordsman for crafting, and I don't wanna drop crafting for pure combat, so i try to make a balance... Now I have the problem of deciding whether to harvest hides, albeit probably slower yet cheaper than buying them, or simply upping my resource finding abilities or dropping scout altogether and getting more Merchant...... Any help?

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justapilgrim wrote:

tell me again why people insist on getting surveying?

Because they want to.

ad barkers are a waste

Not entirely. Mine is used to tell customers what I am wanting to buy from them.

to have a successful business starting out...

either

A) become the guild armorsmith.....youprovide your guild with cheap armor, they help with hides and resources, you set up shop and sell extra stuff to the public, you still make money from guildies, but not as much.....but their help with resources and hides will let you get the resources you need for more public sales

This is great for progressing in your profession, but not necessarily guaranteed to give you a succesful business.

B) have a good location, I am sure onyour server there are plenty of shops in coronet/theed/bestine I promise that there are player cities on your server that do not have a city armorsmith. Post on your trade forum that you are new master and want to provide a player city with armor. Chances are someone will bite and you can move to a town and probably go into a mall that already has some other local crafters.

I have found that location is the single most important factor when setting up a shop. Aside from the major cities, I would suggest some active but smaller cities, such as Mos Eisley, Kor Vella, and Moenia.

novice merchant with the new system will get you three vendors, which should be more than enough for a new guy.

SkinnyManDo

Armor Sensei, tailor, Rifleman, Businessman, RIS specialist, 12 exp points

New vendor:> Prosperity (formerly known as Bartertown) at prosperity crafters mall, right by the x-wing

Visit the Armor Dojo: New Alderaan Dant4219 -2930, 4 armor vendors, resources (doc, AS and grind), tailor crates, Droids by Iciomax, BE tissues by Gatao, deeds/furniture by Butterbean and Jewelia, Weapons by Shobuck, and the Powerball weekly lottery,

Kung Fu Armor:80% kin 69% base (375k) Kung Fu Light: 80% kin 62% base(375k)Yokozuna Composite:80% energy 62% base 4% stun and superlight(425k) Wookie Hunting Armor (NEW) 80% kin 58-62% base or 37% stun/75% kin/58% base (prices vary) 75% ubese, psgs, mabari belts, ubese shirts all in plentiful supply. *Black Mountain and Ceremonial in limited supply*

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SimDroid wrote:

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justapilgrim wrote:

tell me again why people insist on getting surveying?

Because they want to. WHY? this guy is pinched for skill points, just run an extra 20 meters when surveying

ad barkers are a waste

Not entirely. Mine is used to tell customers what I am wanting to buy from them. No they are not entirely a waste, but most people ignore these, also you can afk shout too

to have a successful business starting out...

either

A) become the guild armorsmith.....youprovide your guild with cheap armor, they help with hides and resources, you set up shop and sell extra stuff to the public, you still make money from guildies, but not as much.....but their help with resources and hides will let you get the resources you need for more public sales

This is great for progressing in your profession, but not necessarily guaranteed to give you a succesful business. Didn't say itwouldguarantee success, but just giving him advice for starting up

B) have a good location, I am sure onyour server there are plenty of shops in coronet/theed/bestine I promise that there are player cities on your server that do not have a city armorsmith. Post on your trade forum that you are new master and want to provide a player city with armor. Chances are someone will bite and you can move to a town and probably go into a mall that already has some other local crafters.

I have found that location is the single most important factor when setting up a shop. Aside from the major cities, I would suggest some active but smaller cities, such as Mos Eisley, Kor Vella, and Moenia. People go to Kor Vella and Moenia? j/k I think a player city with no AS gives you much better chance for success, besides coronet, the busiest cities on our server are all player cities.

novice merchant with the new system will get you three vendors, which should be more than enough for a new guy.

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ad barkers are a waste

Not entirely. Mine is used to tell customers what I am wanting to buy from them. No they are not entirely a waste, but most people ignore these, also you can afk shout too

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