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Buugli

Thu Feb 26, 2004 9:22 am

OK, is anyone other than me annoyed with having to use factories? I like crafting, not filling the landscape with smelly, ugly factories! I have come to terms with using them to produce the identical subcomponents we need, but when I make armor I get a lot more satisfaction from handcrafting each piece. Recently the 30%+ crit rates (counting assembly and experimentation) on composite have sent me to the dark side of factory schematics for final assembly, and I feel dirty...

Any other CRAFTERS out there? Or are we all stuck with being manufacturers, like it or not.

Gloolys, Master Artisan, Master Armorsmith, Aspiring Tailor; Tyrena, Corellia (Chilastra)

Buugli

Thu Feb 26, 2004 9:23 am

#2

OK, is anyone other than me annoyed with having to use factories? I like crafting, not filling the landscape with smelly, ugly factories! I have come to terms with using them to produce the identical subcomponents we need, but when I make armor I get a lot more satisfaction from handcrafting each piece. Recently the 30%+ crit rates (counting assembly and experimentation) on composite have sent me to the dark side of factory schematics for final assembly, and I feel dirty...

Any other CRAFTERS out there? Or are we all stuck with being manufacturers, like it or not.

Gloolys, Master Artisan, Master Armorsmith, Aspiring Tailor; Tyrena, Corellia (Chilastra)

sliceryoung

Thu Feb 26, 2004 9:38 am

#3

crafter here through and through! its all abouthaving satisfaction of spending time making something NOT on how much cash you can generate with as little effort as possible

Shlo_mo_shun

Thu Feb 26, 2004 11:46 am

#4

sorry....it's all about the bling, bling, baby!

Sell your soul to the devil cause it is more convienent that way.

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Ryche_Mykola

Thu Feb 26, 2004 11:58 am

#5

There is no way I would be able to keep up with demand and still do other things in the game if I didn't have factories to make armor.

Not to mention its soooooooooooo much easier to transport armor to my store in crates and it eats up less inventory space. (I don't have merchant so I drop the crates in the store for my merchant friend to stock).

Ryche Mykola
Outer Rim Collective (ORC) High Council

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Boooozark

Thu Feb 26, 2004 12:04 pm

#6

I'm a master, and to date I have only used factorires when making my stun armor or enahnced stuff like nightsister helms. Other than that, every single set has been hand made. I do think that making the segments by hand however would is just plain silly, and without the need to use factories, architects would be losing a lot of business as well.

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UmmonPrime

Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:24 pm

#7

Hmmm, so you don't really care that there isthousands of people onyour server that need armor? You would need at least an armorsmith for every 10 people if we handmade everything.

I actually do both. Kinetic sets are always factory made, but the rarer stuff I hand make.

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Buugli

Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:31 pm

#8

I care very much that there are people without armor! I also care that I find enough personal satisfaction in what I do that I don't wander off into another profession to achieve that satisfaction. I cannot count the hours I've spent turning an "I want armor, can you make it blue?" customer into a more sophisticated consumer of our products.

As far as I can tell there is no shortage of armor being offered for sale throughout my galaxy. Think I'd see more than 4 customers a week at my vendor if there were a shortage. It is on the global map after all.

omakr3w

Thu Feb 26, 2004 4:47 pm

#9

well i don't have global advertising, actually just novice merchant skills. when i stock my vendor even if it sells out in a day or two. and when i stock its 40 suits at a time. just get your name out as a reputable armorsmith and people will come to you

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EdOWar

Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:57 pm

#10

Play however you like. Some like to use factories, but if you get more satisfaction hand-crafting, then do so.

Slim Vargo, Corbantis

Alrich_Palasor

Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:09 pm

#11

EdOWar wrote:
Play however you like. Some like to use factories, but if you get more satisfaction hand-crafting, then do so.
Slim Vargo, Corbantis

Exactly. This game is about you having fun, not about how much demand you can fill or how many suits you can sell. If you get satisfaction from hand crafting or mass producing, so be it. It's all up to you.

Spang Dieterman
Master Shipwright

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Keeper32

Fri Feb 27, 2004 1:32 pm

#12

Hand crafting all the way!

The pleasure of making a good set is worth loosinga "few" resources.

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