Armorsmith Archive
Thread: is anyone finding it increasingly hard to get hide
yes i agree hides are riidiculously overpriced for the ease a good group can get them, i spent 6hrs in total on the dant wooly spawn on chimera galaxy lately and got 400k plus and that is with 3 people harvesting, so if 8 are then you looking at 1million + units selling at 25+cpu (most of the people harvestinga re grinding jedi anyhow so its a by product)
My guild helps me out and friends from other guilds help me out, but yes its wrong...
(just like milk for chefs going for 40cpu +)
If we put the prices of armour up to compensate they would moan (as they have done) so why not have a compromise of rangers and armoursmiths and bring prices down.
I cant seem to get it through thier mildly retarded grotesquely enlarged 2nd generation inbred skulls that a CL80 mob is a CL80 mob no matter where you go. Every planet has mobs that dont assist or agro, but NOOOOOO Bols or Pikets are the only mobs in the game that have XP.
There was (still is) a half decent naboo bristly spawn on naboo, and I've managed to secure ZERO hides from it. Why? Because nobody will get thier stupid arses off Dant.
I normally have to throw a hissy fit to get people to grind anywhere else.
I went and told the Emperor I found out that his mother lives on dantooine, and he's banned me from ever seeing her again. That planet is offlimits to me now, I wont even set foot on it.
Until 2 days ago I had an alt that was Master Ranger and could get 100k hide an hour with a group going..but ive got a few scout/ranger contacts now so gave it up thinking id be ok.
Ive sent out one contract for hide since and only 1 person is collecting for me but thats ok...I just hope I can get a lot of people harvesting for me when something nice shifts in.
Unfortunately Scout is one of the first things people give up when the start on the FS skill boxes, so there is just less harvesting going on.
Because of how easy it is to get hide these days (especially in a group with a master ranger), I am only paying a fraction of what I used to, typically 5-20cpu. If something insanely good turned up, I would consider increasing the prices. The Scouts/Rangers make just as much as they used to, because they easily harvest 5xmore hideafter the CU.
To get your hide, your best bets are:
- Large guild
- Trade forum, trade forum, trade forum (remember to bump)
- Ranger guilds (if you are lucky enough to have one on your server)
- Beginner cities, new players are always in need of credits and have skill points available for scout
Carthax wrote:
The major problem I find on ahazi is that people STILL ABSOLUTELY INSIST that Dantooine is the only place in the galaxy that XP can be made.
I cant seem to get it through thier mildly retarded grotesquely enlarged 2nd generation inbred skulls that a CL80 mob is a CL80 mob no matter where you go. Every planet has mobs that dont assist or agro, but NOOOOOO Bols or Pikets are the only mobs in the game that have XP.
There was (still is) a half decent naboo bristly spawn on naboo, and I've managed to secure ZERO hides from it. Why? Because nobody will get thier stupid arses off Dant.
I normally have to throw a hissy fit to get people to grind anywhere else.
I went and told the Emperor I found out that his mother lives on dantooine, and he's banned me from ever seeing her again. That planet is offlimits to me now, I wont even set foot on it.
/hear hear!
i usually have to pick up a bunch of noobs and offer them 5cpu for the stuff they harvest. Then i take them by the hand with my lvl 80 alt and we go hunting.
most people just forget to collect hide while they are hunting.
I slap my guilds BH about to remind them and I make sure our guild hunting ground moves to different planets to get the hide I need as my AS.
4 BH and one scout harvesting and it rolls in.
The guys all know if they don't help with getting the hide they don't get armour at guild rates (knockeddown prices)as I just can't afford it.
get your guildmates to hunt for you and tell them exactly what creatures they need to hunt using SWG Creatures
works for me.
If you can't afford to buy it tho, a group of 8 of your guild members could probably get you 500k+ in a few hours if everyone has some decent scout skills and combat abilities.
A group being lead by a CL80 can get around 4-5k per lair per person harvesting so you would think 10cpu for non uber hide would be ok and then 15-30cpu for increasing levels of quality. But even earning that extra 40-60k per lair dosn't seem to be incentive enough o.O
I'm also seeing resource traders returning to the old pre cu prices of 100+cpu on hides even when its barely out of spawn.
Man I miss novice scout on my combat toon.
I respecced out of Master Ranger this week to get a nice all round melee combat prof...only problem ive found is that I wont be CL 80 if I have novice scout as far as I can see...unless I give up doc which id probably have to do.
JaWadeen wrote:
Man I miss novice scout on my combat toon.