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Thread: A thought from a Master Creature Handler,....
Ok, not here to flame, I think it's great that BE's finally got their niche,....not here to detract from that at all.
As a Master Creature Handler, though, I travel and seek pets,....part of my existance,.....
My thought is this,....MBE's could create "Sampling Packs" which MCH's only could use, for gathering DNA for the MBE while they are out and about,.. looking for feedback, both positive and negative but the reasoning is to permit the MBE's the chance to get DNA from the customer who is wanting the creature made,....perhaps it could be something anyone could use but other than MCH's I'm not sure why anyone else would want to. I know I would like to be able to do this for our guild's lone BE,....provide the DNA so that she could work on creating,....
Dang... I like this, would be a nice way to help a Master BE out with gathering.
But, this is only good for a Master BE. Novice BE's get their experience sampling as well so even though it gives them more samples, problem is they get no xp getting it. But, you can do what I do, party with a BE and give them cover when they fail. Keep them alive, partnership has a joint benefit 
/cheer all BE's
I'd love this. So many CH's want uber pets made with Mutant Rancor DNA. I'd rather have them bring me the samples and I'd make it for free. Let them see what it's like trying to sample a rancor and maybe they won't try to lowball me on the pets =)
Spending 4 hours getting 7 Mutant Racor DNA samples isn't worth and amount of credits to me. What can credits buy anyway?
I wouldn't want to be a "crafting slave" standing in front of a crafting machine having others hand feed me dna (insert this dna... no... no, this other one... no, that's the wrong slot...I didn't want that resist... **edit** it man! that damage is too low...) but it's cool if others would want this. Half the fun for me is getting the dna, but it's cool if others would want to do it.
Logistically, I'm not sure how it would work, since dna sampling is a skill that you have to progress though (not unlike taming is for CH), so the idea of transerring that skill to others is a bit unprecidented, but I suppose I wouldn't really mind.
The really funny thing though is that many horribly misguided CH's are already under the impression that they have this ability, lol. I got three tells from CH's last night offering to bring me dna if I could make them CL 70 kimos, rofl.
My thought is this,....MBE's could create "Sampling Packs" which MCH's only could use, for gathering DNA for the MBE while they are out and about,.. looking for feedback, both positive and negative but the reasoning is to permit the MBE's the chance to get DNA from the customer who is wanting the creature made,....perhaps it could be something anyone could use but other than MCH's I'm not sure why anyone else would want to. I know I would like to be able to do this for our guild's lone BE,....provide the DNA so that she could work on creating,....
That would be cool. Have the quality of samples that the sampling pack could get be determined by the DNA sampling skill (and experimentation ability?) of the BE who made it. BE's with only sampling 1 would make sampling packs that only get the kind of DNA that sampling 1 can get. Haven't thought about the benefits or drawbacks of restricting who can USE the sampling packs. There are probably arguments on both sides.
Most of the cost of a pet is determined by the BE's time, since there's very little meat/flora used. Reduce the time the BE needs to spend on the pet and he'll most-likely be willing to reduce the price (and if he's not, you can find take your DNA to another BE who is willing to reduce the price). And the BE will be less burned out, and probably less dead, which is good for everyone.
Without an addition like this, I don't foresee much of a DNA market. Once a BE has DNA worth selling, he might as well make a creature out of it - especially now that any meat and flora will do. I can imagine CH's trading DNA samples amongst themselves trying to get the uber combination before visiting a BE and asking for a pet to be crafted, much like people sometimes bring resources to other crafters' knowing that good leather hide (for example) can be hard for an armorsmith to get in quantity. Again, saving the BE loads of time.
--Insomnia