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I'm an Artisan (almost to Surveying IV) who hasn't chosen a real profession yet. My problem is that I can only play a few hours a day, but sometimes can't play at all for days in a row. From everything I've read, it seems like to use Harvesters, Factories, etc... , you really need to be able to be online somewhat regularly to deal with maintenance costs, etc...

I'm not interested in making tons of $$, or PL'ing my way up the skill tree as fast as possible. I'd just like to be able to make some items as time permits that I'll be able to sell and have fun with. I chose Artisan (and SWG in particular), due to the fact that I don't have to go out and constantly fight MOBs for XP, like most other games. Is there an elite profession that maybe uses less resources than the others (I don't mind doing surveying and sampling), and doesn't require constant online time for upkeep??

Thanks for your replies!

Bisi
Valcyn Server

I thought I had found the answer with munitions, which is a line of skills witrhin weaponsmith.

I am currently debating its feasability, due to the fact that it may take up to two years of casual play to actually acheive novice smith making munitions.

however it fits the other criteria you set, as in you don't need harvestors.

If you can get supplies Tailor is pretty mellow. Resources aren't too crazy for clothes and there's very little pressure from other players to lvl up. Probably be fewer of us as well. Chef might also be good but I don't know what kind of market edibles have.

You might want to just be an entertainer instead.

You don't really need anything to adavance, can do so at your own pace too.

Thanks for the tips! Sounds like Tailoring might be my best bet. I've also heard that tailors make some products that Armorsmiths need for advancement, so there might be a market there.

-Bisi

Another thing you can do is plan ahead a bit.

Get a couple k (10-20) of cash saved up and drop a power harvester when the resources change over. Let it sit for 4-5 days and then empty it, that should give you at least 1-2 weeks worth of power for 1-2 harvesters. Save up another 10-20k and watch the resources again, drop when they come in. Usually resources tend to last about 4-5 days minimal, so if you plan ahead and have the maintanance, you can leave your harvester going for a week and then come back to it and reap the rewards.

Or you can be like me...drop 12 of the medium mineral harvesters, burn 160k in 1 week and have enough materials to master weaponsmith in 7 days....after that it's just grinding....good thing I got 2 factories also .

seriously I find that if you work a bit ahead of time you can really let harvesters lay for a while, resources don't move so much as disappear. and they do it all at once, but somewhat predictably. Given you spend about 4 hours doing transport missions you can get your weeks worth of upkeep for a harvester....be it metal or power.

If you can follow Rollic's idea and pay all the necessary expenses for a harvester to cover a few days then you might want to try Architect. Most of their higher level (and lower for that matter) require alot of materials so even if you can't be on for a few days your harvesters will be collecting the materials you will need. Also, since people aren't buying tons of houses everyday you won't necessarily be losing out on that much business when you can't be on, especially if you use a vendor.