Artisan Archive
Thread: Survey Grinding , How you make your money
Q: How do Master Artisans make money?
A: There aretwo main sources of income unique to a Master Artisan. The first is vehicles. Prices can vary widely, from 6000-24000+ credits fora Swoop. I specialize in high-quality Swoops (experimented to 95+% durability) and people have no trouble buying them for around 25k. Still, due to the fact that vehicles have been out for a while now and they rarely need to be replaced, I only sell maybe 10-12 vehicles a week (including Speederbikes and Landspeeders). Vehicle customization kits do not sell all that well because of how quickly the expire, plus they are a pain to make because you need to acquire droid storage compartments (a Novice DE schematic). The second is Master Artisan components, such as control units, power conditioners, etc. These items are used by many of the Elite crafting professions, in items including crafting stations, droids, and various city structures. I have not sold any of these myself, so I could not tell you how lucrative these items are. However I imagine if you find yourself a nice little niche where no one else is manufacturing these items you could make a decent, though not spectacular, addition to your income.
Q: What is the easiest Elite Crafting grind?
A: If you have the resources available, Architect. Hands down.
Q: What is the best way to grind surveying?
A: Honestly? Througha macro. Though it is a practice frowned upon by some, and may not be available for long if SOE makes good on their promise to remove recursive macros from the game. Macros vary depending on your Quickness and Stamina scores, but you should be able to find some in the posts stickied at the top of this forum.
...or until you get one of those dialog boxes that tells you you've detected a particularly high concentration, and asks if you want to try to recover/ pinpoint it, or ignore it.
ravingbantha wrote:
The beauty of Surveying, is that you don't need a macro... set your quickness to 1000 and just hit sample, you'll keep sampling till you run out of action...
ravingbantha wrote:
yeah, if your going to afk sample then you'll need to stand every 20 seconds. then resample it, standing get's rid of those pesky boxes...