Bio Engineer Archive

So I've been reading up on the forum a lot lately, my PA needed a BE to grind out PetStim's and I was the only one available (I had just gotten Master Medic and was working on Carbineer).

After reading numerous FAQ's, it looks like the best way to move up this tree is to grind.

Given that, I've got my macro setup with 4 crafting tools pumping out Micronutrient's.

Also, I'm sampling DNA while grinding on Corellia.

As cumbersome as this is (I think grinding is one way that God teaches us the virtue of patience.. that and waiting for the dev's to fix BE's), is there anything else I can do to speed things up?

I'm thinking of just making those bugged creatures as decorations for our PA's GH.

...other than that, can someone clarify the situation with BE mounts? BE's can't make mounts, but we can make the pets for them basically correct?

Oh we can make the pets alright just not trian them. As for grinding no real way to speed it up. makeing pets is a nice deversion for the grind and good xp. They also make great decorations.

I think we may be saying the same thing but ... BE's can make all six of the basic mount animals. However after being made someone need to then tame and grow it. (This takes 3-6 days depending on the animal type) Once it has grown up enough a CH with empathy 4 can then mount train it. Ifa CH with sufficient skill tries to mount train one of the six mountable creature types and the mount option doesn't come up for them then the creature is not big enough yet.

So making kaadus is a good thing for a 1/2/0/0 BE to be making on the way up. I strongly recomend gettingmany cratesof muon gold for the DNA sample portion of the grind. I find Ican get about 20 DNA samples off of onedose of muon gold. Also blurggs make good creatures to make for sale to MBE's. If you can set it up I'd recommend getting a deal where you sell blurrg DNA templates tothe MBE who traines you. They can use those templates for the first step in DNA refinement toward making good creatures and you get both UXP and money.

We make the kaadu and carrion spat for non-creature handlers. We make dewback, bols and brackaset for creature handlers but I've yet to sell any of those. Creature handlers can get them for free so why pay me for one? Actually if they take a mission a creature handler can get paid to tame the baby.How can I compete with that?I don't even try.

The animals are not mounts until a creature handler with empathy 4 trains them. You can place the deeds on the bazaar like some people have done and they will sell pretty well. Just be ready for /tell asking why they aren't mounts when they're tamed right away. The critter factory aspect of BE is actually something very cool in theory. The problem is there are so many obsticles in the way the coolness is sucked right out.