Artisan Archive

i couldnt agree more with topping... first off im just trying to make master artisan... didnt think i needed it for weaponsmith till it was too late... all i need now is just surveying IV... so what do yall want me to do sit at my computer for the 12+ hours it will take to get the 10k exp? im sure i could think of something better to do with my time than sit there and stare at my char kneel...... sit....... kneel...... you get the idea.... after i get the exp for surv IV i will prolly never need to sample again... im just looking for a macro that actually works... i havent found one yet... notice i havent said anything about AFK Macroing... im still here while im doing it im just usually grinding the weapons... and keeping track of the sampling is a major pain in the butt... not to mention it cuts in on my grinding efficency... personally i think if sony wants to get rid of afk macroing perhaps they should do something about the INSANELY HIGH EXP COST FOR SURV IV!!! the 10 k even assuming you get good exp for the surveys say 30 per still takes over 300 samples to get times the 25 sec break between samples times 60 sec time 60 min is 2 1/2 hours of straight sampling... thats not with the breaks in between... now who the hell wants to sit there and watch their avatar sample for 2 hrs? NOT ME... hopefully someone from SOE will read this and MAYBE JUST MAYBE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS

p.s. in case you couldnt tell im a bit irritated now.... and it really has nothing to do with the sampling thing it just kinda hit me the wrong way earlier...

You wanna know whats bloated about the harvester system?

Requiring 1k credits every day just to make sure my harvester doesnt stop.

I just barely got Engineering 4, and am now trying to work my way to Novice Weaponsmith.

The sheer amount of resources i require for this is unbelievably staggering due to the 21k+ General Crafting Xpi need.

Tell me how i am supposed to get the resources i need for XPing, while at the same time getting the ungodly cion i need to run even a personal harvester.

Hell just 1500 of ANY resource costs at minimum 3k creds, leaving me to have to sample the myself.

I actually sampled 3k of aluminum one night, and thought "this is my big break" and put it on the market liek i saw everyone else do.

7 days later noone bought it, and im pretty sure i saw the same auctions in there next to mine when i put it up for sale.

So im out the 20 creds it took to auction them, and back to shooting newbie-thugs in cities with my pistol for zillions of hours on end so i can afford to maintain a harvester for at least a day so i can get the resources i need to level up General Crafting, so i can eventually make some money selling wepons so i can actually begin to own more than 1 personal harvester at a time.