Artisan Archive

Overall, I've found that Architect and Tailor make the most money, although there are major downsides to each. With Architect, you will need thousands more resources than any other profession I can think of--this can be terribly difficult and/or expensive as you start up the Architect tree, however the further you go, the easier it seems to be. With Tailor, your main problem willlikely be finding a stable customer base. The most important issue with Tailor I have found is that many don't devote themselves to the class, it is something they pick up and then drop a short while later so there must be something unappealing about the class. HOWEVER, I do know several Tailors (probably 1 for each server I've played on)who mastered that profession as soon as they could after release and would never change professions.

Combat profession do the most money.

For crafter, I think that's architect.

DE being the best money sink in game (cost alot, don't pay the bill).

Armorsmith, hands down, that said, I could easily see a Chef making a couple million credits in the next few weeks, with the right marketing approach. Truthfully, combat professions can make good steady money, but at some point in the future, the successful merchants (the ones with lots of suppliers, good locations, and the right marketing approach will make everyone else look like paupers.

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d0qtrX wrote:

Your survival as a crafter will depend on your relationships with other players, and the reputation you build for yourself.

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Very much so. I have seen first-hand that having good relationships with my customers has kept them with me even through some rough times. When I wasn't able to make something they were willing to wait until I could rather than going to another artisan. (In fact sometimes its not bad to take a loss...one time a customer needed a vehicle in a crunchand I didn't have the resources on me so I bought a vehicle from another artisan and delivered it to my customer. Since then he has been with me all the way and even bought vehicles for his entire guild.)

I'm in the middle of trying to master Weaponsmith right now. Can I compete with the established Master Weaponsmiths? You betchya.

I grinded up the experimentation tree first (give you 7 experimentation points...the most you can get before going to master). Now, I'm working on the firearms tree (no grinding). What I've found, is that with the right materials, that I can make some really kickin' n00b weapons.

With all the new players that have circulated in over the last month or so, you'd be suprised at how many people want a good DL-44, or even a good D-18 (I can make a D-18 that does 31-82 damage, at 1.9 speed!!!). That's one hell of a n00b gun for 1500 creds.

You wouldn't think that there'd be a market out ther for them, but mine never stay on the bazaar for more than a couple of days. I don't sell them on a vendor in my store (cantina/vehicle dealership), because most n00bs don't get out of the city much, and scour the bazaar for anything cheap and usable.

Master Weaponsmiths can make all the really cool guns, and sell them to a very specific (albeit lucrative) audience...most of them don't bother with the n00b guns. Granted, you won't make a mil off of them, but I'm having a great deal of fun with it, so far.

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WonderingMonk wrote:

I'm new to the artisan class. Was just wondering which class makes the most money. If i feel id enjoy that class, I might play it

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Armorsmith or Weaponsmith- if you've got the patience and the chops. It's not easy to make really high-quality armor, although it gets easier as time goes on and you can acquire new and larger quantities of resources. I'm not and have never been a weaponsmith, but as far as sales go, armor and weapons are the two items in the game that:

* see more use than just about anything else
* are expensive for high-end/high quality
* cannot be repaired all the time
* decay rapidly through normal use

I made over 3 million credits my first day of selling advanced ubese. I haven't made as much per day since then and a lot of it goes back out, but it's a good way to make money. I can quite easily turn a million credits per day if I can keep churning out armor.

Sounds about right. Even though as a DE I haven't had much trouble making money. But... with all the new "get rich quick" Novice DE's lately banking on Publish 7 & 8 to make them millions of credits, I'd say pick someting else up. Back in December me and another player were the only two DE's(well that anyone came to or that had a shop) on Corellia. Now there's about 10 and tons of Novices. And they're in for a surprise when they learn those cool combat droids that were gonna make them rich, ain't happening.