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Thread: Question about Resorces
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Kathral
Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:08 pm
#1
Hello, I just got the game about a week ago and am loving it. I started out as a scout but have progressed the furthest in Marsman.
The future of my charater lies in crafting, so I have also taken on artisan. I understand the basics pretty well and have 1 rank in engineering and surveying. However I find extremely time consumming to gather resorces of a sufficiant amount let alone the 20000 that the guides are suggestiong.
For how much and where can I obtain resorces like this so that I can focus on crafting instead of surveying, or am i stuck surveying??
Vaedross
Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:21 pm
#2
If you're a marksman/scout then you've done some destroy missions and have some money or you can get more. Talk to people who are using medium & large harvesters and buy some resources from them.
Depending on your server's economy you can buy resources for 2-5c per unit. If you ask for low quality/grind quality resources you might get into the 1-3c pre unit range.
If you want to do this the "pure artisan" way then yes, you're stuck sampling until you can build a mineral extractor with Engineering 3.
Depending on your server's economy you can buy resources for 2-5c per unit. If you ask for low quality/grind quality resources you might get into the 1-3c pre unit range.
If you want to do this the "pure artisan" way then yes, you're stuck sampling until you can build a mineral extractor with Engineering 3.
Dommesdag
Tue Oct 07, 2003 3:26 pm
#3
If you aren't committed to building your own harvesters to start out, check the bazaar for personal harvesters. On wanderhome you can occasionally get em for as low as 250 credits (but usually closer to 500-600). Survey around, find a mineral you need with a good %, and drop your harvester.
I might suggest getting a wind generator a day before you do this and let it run a day before you start using normal harvesters so you don't have to buy power. You'll burn about 600 power/720 cr a day in maintenance on a personal but you should have plenty extra power to sell from the generator to make ends meet. You will need 1440 credits a day for that generator tho, so make sure you have enough cash laying around to run the thing until you get some of your power sold.
You need a little bit of cash to get going, but then you get your resources for closer to .5/unit rather than buying from someone else for 3.
As you get more cashflow, buy more harvesters. Just make sure you always have enough power (or have a good supplier if you don't want to run your own generators).
I might suggest getting a wind generator a day before you do this and let it run a day before you start using normal harvesters so you don't have to buy power. You'll burn about 600 power/720 cr a day in maintenance on a personal but you should have plenty extra power to sell from the generator to make ends meet. You will need 1440 credits a day for that generator tho, so make sure you have enough cash laying around to run the thing until you get some of your power sold.
You need a little bit of cash to get going, but then you get your resources for closer to .5/unit rather than buying from someone else for 3.
As you get more cashflow, buy more harvesters. Just make sure you always have enough power (or have a good supplier if you don't want to run your own generators).
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