Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: Hi, I desided to do BE as a profession.
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Shin_Shodei
Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:28 pm
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But i have a few questions =/ i read the FAQ but this is basic stuff.
Is BE profitable?
Do you consider it fun?
What would i need to make to make a profit other then pets?
Thanks for ansering when you can. i think i'd enjoy being a BE. (i'm going Pikeman - Master BE - CH 4/0/0/0) i just wana make sure it isn't somthing i would do just for myself
Is BE profitable?
Do you consider it fun?
What would i need to make to make a profit other then pets?
Thanks for ansering when you can. i think i'd enjoy being a BE. (i'm going Pikeman - Master BE - CH 4/0/0/0) i just wana make sure it isn't somthing i would do just for myself
Zadokk
Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:48 pm
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Shin_Shodei wrote:
Is BE profitable?
For the amount of work we put in, yes. Nutrients are our biggest source of income. Even on a small scale it can certainly prove profitable. I started out with just one factory which means I was making 1.5 million every 2 days (thats the final price for the BSNs I produced, there are other things to take into account but its too long to go into). Inow only have3 factories, which I am soon to cut back down to 2 because itsstarting to turn into a day job.
Shin_Shodei wrote:
Do you consider it fun?
Pet making is the most unique engine in the game and pushing the envelope and creating something unique everytime is one of the games greatest experiences. Pet making is a great escape from having just spent 3 hoursharvesting meat / resources for your tissues. Plus you get to travel a lot to far and distant points of the galaxy 
Plus its anice feelingseeing the face of someone light up when you present them with just the pet they were looking for.
Plus its anice feelingseeing the face of someone light up when you present them with just the pet they were looking for.
Shin_Shodei wrote:
What would i need to make to make a profit other then pets?
Our main source of income is nutrients - the additives in foods that make stuff so great. Without us, food would only be about 60% as good. A full run of Broad Spectrum Nutrients (medium additives that go into stuff like Brandy) costs just 20k of Creature Resource (meat or milk) and 60k of Flora Food (Berries / Corn / Wheat / Fungi etc etc). To make a profit, they have to be good. +85 is the 'standard' quality although +83 or +84 is still good. The best I've made is +87s but that is using some pretty darn nice flora and meat. Pets generally don't act as a profit although they require very little to make so its about 95% profit. Pet stims are a nice little earner, if you can get a master doc to make you the components.
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