Artisan Archive
Thread: Vehicle Restoration Kits
DURho
Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:45 am
#27
I think you guys make these, if not point me in the right direction. Do these things even exist? I have yet to see one. I have searched the bazaar and vendors. Are they lited somewhere under the bazaar that im not seeing?
Thor79
Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:35 am
#28
They can be found on the bazaar under Misc...
It's possible artisans on your server haven't yet gotten their space mining going and as a result have not been able to acquire the space resources required to build the kits.
If you do find them you'll likely be paying more than 150k for one.
Message Edited by Thor79 on 09-06-2005 12:36 PM
DekerRuge
Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:51 am
#29
OKAY who was the brainiac that came up with the Vehicle Restoration Kit idea. He needs to be turned into an NPC and allow us to shoot him over and over again.
When I purchased ROTW, as a gift, I was given a BARC speeder. Now I feel, in essence they are taking it away from me because it is too expensive and sometimes impossible to repair.
At this time there are no kits on the Vendors. If you are lucky to find one on the vendors, they are minimum 175K - 400K. The resources needed to make them are not available on the vendors. They are a space resource so someone has to be a master pilot to use a mining ship. Mining takes forever just to get enough to make one kit.
Solution: 1. Undo this very stupid idea. 2. If option 1 will not happen, Change the resources to more obtainable ones.
If this situation does not fix itself, people will be on foot walking,will be broke, will not be enjoying the SWG experience, and will leave the game.
I have been playing for about 3 months now. In that time I have been through a few publish updates. The rules of the game keep changing and it is pissing people off. I ask this question, are the powers that be trying to run us all off? Do they not want people paying money to play their game? If it isn't broke, don't fix it. And stop changing the rules of the game.
OK I will now get down off my soap box.
HudsenH
Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:27 am
#30
I have to agree with you on this. The restoration kits are obsurd. For the price of the kit, you can buy yourself a couple of bikes. Some times the devs dont think things through to good. I agree change the resource to another resource to make it more affordable. DEV'S WHAT THE HECK WERE YOU THINKING? LOL
captenjonny
Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:13 am
#31
You always have the option of purchasing a (very replacable and inexpensive) swoop. I applaud the decsion to expand the usefulness of the kit to repair AV's and Jet Packs. And theySHOULD be expensive, the vehicles they repair are rare. It cost a lot more to fix your Ferrari than your Chevy so it should cost considerably more to repair your BARC than your swoop.
You don't want to be buying VRK's? Don't drive your rare vehicle around dath.
It's just that easy.
Message Edited by captenjonny on 09-07-2005 12:13 PM
GlargTheKelfn
Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:38 am
#32
if you harvest the asteroid resources (750 carbonacious, 750 petro chem) most artisans will make you one for free. and the effort required to get the resources is why they cost so much.
tpugmire
Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:48 am
#33
In Publish 24, Asteroid resouces will become more readily available. Space miners will get more units per asteroid chunk, so just hold out a little longer.
Socrets
Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:09 pm
#34
I think the main beef with the kits is that I think people were hoping to having something they can use on their disabled vehicles when they're in the middle of dath or endor and would be able to get out quick instead of having to walk or burstrun all the way. I think people were expecting a cheap product to make their life easier.
ValeriaNArion
Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:32 pm
#35
If you are able to space mine you can probably work a deal with a master artisan to make them for you.
They take 750 carbonaceous asteroid and 750 petrochemical asteroid so the resource cost is very high and hard to find.
Skurr
Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:52 pm
#36
How would a noob with barely the money to buy a swoop, that just so happened to unwittingly go to Dath. and get his bike blow to crap afford to get another bike? Running (literaly, lol) Artisan missions? Lol. They should have made the kits specific to be the only means of repairing the Rare Vehicles (Barc, AVs, jetpacks) but should allow the simple bikes such as swoops, landspeeders, ect to be repaired at the garages for a fee. My barc isnt even worth keeping. Its a better investment for me to buy a crate of swoops then to repair the barc of being disabled.
Guruweaver
Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:53 am
#37
Please use this thread for discussion about Vehicle Restoration kits.
Thanks,
Guru
Thanks,
Guru
captenjonny
Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:36 am
#39
Skurr wrote:
How would a noob with barely the money to buy a swoop, that just so happened to unwittingly go to Dath. and get his bike blow to crap afford to get another bike? Running (literaly, lol) Artisan missions? Lol. They should have made the kits specific to be the only means of repairing the Rare Vehicles (Barc, AVs, jetpacks) but should allow the simple bikes such as swoops, landspeeders, ect to be repaired at the garages for a fee. My barc isnt even worth keeping. Its a better investment for me to buy a crate of swoops then to repair the barc of being disabled.
I guess the answer to your first question is "the learning curve". He doesn't get another bike, he gets a land speeder for 5-6K, easy money from artisan/survey missions, AND he learns a very,veryvaluable lesson about venturing blindly about. Really.
Your second arguement that disabled swoops be fixed for a fee at a garage smells the same as those who don't want thier weapons/armor/clothes to ever decay. You seem to discredit the crafting aspect of this game. What makes this game so special and why many of us (please note that I did not say all) continue to play despite the CU and bugs, is the virtual economy. THAT is the immersion for us.