Business And Economy Archive

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Polizei wrote:
JTL + Pilot = Easy starter money.

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That is way easy money. You can support any profession with a pilot. and i mean ANY profession.

I'm actually working on trying to note ways a new character can make money because with Combat Levels they have made it really difficult for new players to advance. Purely as a money maker for a new character, if you have some patience, take the crafting missions between Moenia and Deja Peek on Naboo. Refresh till you get two 1400 cr missions, then shuttle back and forth doing those. The round trip is only 230 cr and its very quick. You can get 20k in no time for weapons.

It can be hard for a level 14 to get in a hunting group on the MO because there is a new "elitism" factor with combat levels and you'll see only higher level characters are desired for groups many times. If you have some medic skill you may be able to get in a group more easily because that makes you valuable to the group but it also results in your character getting aggroed like mad.

Another good money maker is always resource sales. I recommend you buy even a personal level harvester when you can and mine steel, any steel. Lots of crafters need it, and in some cases stats aren't important.

Best of Luck!

Athela

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Athela wrote:

I'm actually working on trying to note ways a new character can make money because with Combat Levels they have made it really difficult for new players to advance. Purely as a money maker for a new character, if you have some patience, take the crafting missions between Moenia and Deja Peek on Naboo. Refresh till you get two 1400 cr missions, then shuttle back and forth doing those. The round trip is only 230 cr and its very quick. You can get 20k in no time for weapons.

It can be hard for a level 14 to get in a hunting group on the MO because there is a new "elitism" factor with combat levels and you'll see only higher level characters are desired for groups many times. If you have some medic skill you may be able to get in a group more easily because that makes you valuable to the group but it also results in your character getting aggroed like mad.

Another good money maker is always resource sales. I recommend you buy even a personal level harvester when you can and mine steel, any steel. Lots of crafters need it, and in some cases stats aren't important.

Best of Luck!

Athela

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I will always let the lower levels into my group... I will pick a low level over a level 80 for the last spot in my group everytime(the newbie needs the help more tehn the vet)... I always group up with 2-3 other level 80s we can handle any missions in no time, so I dont mind bringing along 2-4 newbies... it will be a good experience for them to see experienced players running missions, and it I will make it easier for tehm to level up, casue there will be hihg level people that can teach them on the spot.

Friday night I went to mos Eisly grabbed 2 newbies flew them to the Dant MO.. showed them how to get inspiration buffed, then invited 3 level 80s, and 3 other toons level 20-65 and we went hunting.... the 2 newbies were very greatful for me helping them out, and it was a lot of fun. Since my alt is a Weaponsmith, I always carry around a crate of every weapon for CLs1-30, so I can just give them to a newbie in a group when he needs to get a new weapon.

Anyway, if you are ever on radiant, and need help send Maigrey or Zayra a tell... we love to help newbies.

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maigy wrote:

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Athela wrote:

I'm actually working on trying to note ways a new character can make money because with Combat Levels they have made it really difficult for new players to advance. Purely as a money maker for a new character, if you have some patience, take the crafting missions between Moenia and Deja Peek on Naboo. Refresh till you get two 1400 cr missions, then shuttle back and forth doing those. The round trip is only 230 cr and its very quick. You can get 20k in no time for weapons.

It can be hard for a level 14 to get in a hunting group on the MO because there is a new "elitism" factor with combat levels and you'll see only higher level characters are desired for groups many times. If you have some medic skill you may be able to get in a group more easily because that makes you valuable to the group but it also results in your character getting aggroed like mad.

Another good money maker is always resource sales. I recommend you buy even a personal level harvester when you can and mine steel, any steel. Lots of crafters need it, and in some cases stats aren't important.

Best of Luck!

Athela

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I will always let the lower levels into my group... I will pick a low level over a level 80 for the last spot in my group everytime(the newbie needs the help more tehn the vet)... I always group up with 2-3 other level 80s we can handle any missions in no time, so I dont mind bringing along 2-4 newbies... it will be a good experience for them to see experienced players running missions, and it I will make it easier for tehm to level up, casue there will be hihg level people that can teach them on the spot.

Friday night I went to mos Eisly grabbed 2 newbies flew them to the Dant MO.. showed them how to get inspiration buffed, then invited 3 level 80s, and 3 other toons level 20-65 and we went hunting.... the 2 newbies were very greatful for me helping them out, and it was a lot of fun. Since my alt is a Weaponsmith, I always carry around a crate of every weapon for CLs1-30, so I can just give them to a newbie in a group when he needs to get a new weapon.

Anyway, if you are ever on radiant, and need help send Maigrey or Zayra a tell... we love to help newbies.

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That is how we work it on TC-prime. We have 2 or 3 CL80's taking aggro and tanking. While the rest of the group is trying to earn xp for their professions. It works out great and there is always one running back to a trainer if they don't have someone there with the same skills. The low CL players earna lot of credits too at the same time.

The only problem we suddenly have had this last week is to many want in the group and we have no room, but not enough to create a second group. But we are happy to have such a problem. Means more players are coming back or joining TC.

I'd suggest going to Mos Eisley to get xp at your level. The last few times I went through Eisley on our server there was always noobs starting hunting groups. If you have no luck with that go to Theed, Coronet, or the Mining Outpost on Dant and look for someone with the HELPER tag above their head. This means they have flagged themselves as a helper and shouldn't mind giving you a hand or advice. As has been said, pilot is a very good way to make credits. Space can be a little intimidating, but once you spend some time in the cockpit and fooling with the parts you loot you should get a good grasp on how things work. In space you get a small amount of credits for everything you kill, and you can sell the parts you loot(that you don't need for your own ship) to the Chassis Dealer in the major starports. But you mentioned you are selling your vet rewards, so that should take care of your empty bank account.

A note on space combat: If you're going to make money through selling looted space components, stay out there until your entire inventory is filled. It may take you two or three hours depending on how much stuff you have, but once you go back planetside you'll make at least 50,000 creds depending on what you looted. You'll also get made ship combat experience.

C'id Etovo

Wanderhome

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rdpmackie wrote:

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Kalano wrote:

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Polizei wrote:
JTL + Pilot = Easy starter money.

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That is way easy money. You can support any profession with a pilot. and i mean ANY profession.

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details please? just selling loooted parts??

i'm only 2222 atm but have yet to see any signifigant income generation. to get a GOOD weapon and a GOOD suit of armor a toon needs 2 million at least...at least, then if you want to be AT ALL competetive in PvP you need all kinds of other stuff like food, drugs, stims by the crate. sure i sell all the low end parts i loot, but with upgrading ships, ship repairs, and buying improved chasis i think it's a wash...been grinding JTL for about 3 days now, when i started i had about 200k, and now i have about 200k.

maybe i'll start turning a profit when i get into the 3rd tier...i hope so, because i need some way of making substantial money. I used to solo enraged ranc lairs pre-cu with my 4k ham and make 35k a pop...easily making 500k in a few hours, and on a weekend i could generate a mil per day np. That's the kind of money i'm talking about...not grinding on dant for 4 hours to make 200k...at that rate you have to grind 10 hours per day for 2 days just to buy a bloody gun.

there's just gotta be a way for a combat prof to make decent money post-cu.

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By-and-large it's master pilots that make the big bucks. Lower level pilots still need to pay for parts, ship chassis, repairs, etc.

I'd like to know how you get the idea that you need 2 million credits for a good suit of armor and a weapon? Just what is your definition of 'good'? A krayt weapon? A fully layered suit of faction armor? You can get 'good' weapons and armor for much, much less than 2 million credits.

Slim Vargo, Corbantis

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EdOWar wrote:

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I'd like to know how you get the idea that you need 2 million credits for a good suit of armor and a weapon? Just what is your definition of 'good'? A krayt weapon? A fully layered suit of faction armor? You can get 'good' weapons and armor for much, much less than 2 million credits.

Slim Vargo, Corbantis

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I pvp in a guild of elite pvpers pvping against other guilds of elite pvpers. 1 million for a competitive gun + 1 million for a competitive suit of pvp armor is pretty darned cheap. When my peers are able to spend 4 mill on a weapon, and 60 mill on ca's and aa's i better be prepared to lay down a small fraction of that.

PvE? lol who cares?...a couple hundred thou on a weapon and maybe 400 thou on some crap armor is more than enough now...i grind on dant wearing boxer shorts and shooting a gun i paid 20k for lol.

under this new system i don't know if i'll ever be able to afford pearls for my jedi or ca's/aa's for my rifleman...under the old system it was fathomable. The prices might come down eventually but not until all the credits that were hoarded from pre-cu times start to run out.

people have different ideas of wealth in this game, but i've been playing for almost 2 years now, and consider having a few mill in the bank as being almost broke...and if you care at all about being competitive in pvp, it is.

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rdpmackie wrote:

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EdOWar wrote:

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I'd like to know how you get the idea that you need 2 million credits for a good suit of armor and a weapon? Just what is your definition of 'good'? A krayt weapon? A fully layered suit of faction armor? You can get 'good' weapons and armor for much, much less than 2 million credits.

Slim Vargo, Corbantis

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I pvp in a guild of elite pvpers pvping against other guilds of elite pvpers. 1 million for a competitive gun + 1 million for a competitive suit of pvp armor is pretty darned cheap. When my peers are able to spend 4 mill on a weapon, and 60 mill on ca's and aa's i better be prepared to lay down a small fraction of that.

PvE? lol who cares?...a couple hundred thou on a weapon and maybe 400 thou on some crap armor is more than enough now...i grind on dant wearing boxer shorts and shooting a gun i paid 20k for lol.

under this new system i don't know if i'll ever be able to afford pearls for my jedi or ca's/aa's for my rifleman...under the old system it was fathomable. The prices might come down eventually but not until all the credits that were hoarded from pre-cu times start to run out.

people have different ideas of wealth in this game, but i've been playing for almost 2 years now, and consider having a few mill in the bank as being almost broke...and if you care at all about being competitive in pvp, it is.

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I've never PvP'd in this game, so I'll have to take your word for it. Though to me, any gun or armor that costs a million credits is far better than just 'good'. Just a difference in terminology I guess.

As for pearls, they're expensive now because premiums aren't dropping. The only thing that will drop the price on those is to have them start dropping again. The more common they become, the cheaper they will become. That's just basic economics.

I consider a couple mill in the bank to be middle-class in this game (there are a lot of players who don't even have close to one million credits). Many tens of millions of credits is wealthy, in my book.

Slim Vargo, Corbantis

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Kalano wrote:

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Polizei wrote:
JTL + Pilot = Easy starter money.

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That is way easy money. You can support any profession with a pilot. and i mean ANY profession.

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details please? just selling loooted parts??

i'm only 2222 atm but have yet to see any signifigant income generation. to get a GOOD weapon and a GOOD suit of armor a toon needs 2 million at least...at least, then if you want to be AT ALL competetive in PvP you need all kinds of other stuff like food, drugs, stims by the crate. sure i sell all the low end parts i loot, but with upgrading ships, ship repairs, and buying improved chasis i think it's a wash...been grinding JTL for about 3 days now, when i started i had about 200k, and now i have about 200k.

maybe i'll start turning a profit when i get into the 3rd tier...i hope so, because i need some way of making substantial money. I used to solo enraged ranc lairs pre-cu with my 4k ham and make 35k a pop...easily making 500k in a few hours, and on a weekend i could generate a mil per day np. That's the kind of money i'm talking about...not grinding on dant for 4 hours to make 200k...at that rate you have to grind 10 hours per day for 2 days just to buy a bloody gun.

there's just gotta be a way for a combat prof to make decent money post-cu.

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EdOWar wrote:

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rdpmackie wrote:

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EdOWar wrote:

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I'd like to know how you get the idea that you need 2 million credits for a good suit of armor and a weapon? Just what is your definition of 'good'? A krayt weapon? A fully layered suit of faction armor? You can get 'good' weapons and armor for much, much less than 2 million credits.

Slim Vargo, Corbantis

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I pvp in a guild of elite pvpers pvping against other guilds of elite pvpers. 1 million for a competitive gun + 1 million for a competitive suit of pvp armor is pretty darned cheap. When my peers are able to spend 4 mill on a weapon, and 60 mill on ca's and aa's i better be prepared to lay down a small fraction of that.

PvE? lol who cares?...a couple hundred thou on a weapon and maybe 400 thou on some crap armor is more than enough now...i grind on dant wearing boxer shorts and shooting a gun i paid 20k for lol.

under this new system i don't know if i'll ever be able to afford pearls for my jedi or ca's/aa's for my rifleman...under the old system it was fathomable. The prices might come down eventually but not until all the credits that were hoarded from pre-cu times start to run out.

people have different ideas of wealth in this game, but i've been playing for almost 2 years now, and consider having a few mill in the bank as being almost broke...and if you care at all about being competitive in pvp, it is.

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I've never PvP'd in this game, so I'll have to take your word for it. Though to me, any gun or armor that costs a million credits is far better than just 'good'. Just a difference in terminology I guess.

As for pearls, they're expensive now because premiums aren't dropping. The only thing that will drop the price on those is to have them start dropping again. The more common they become, the cheaper they will become. That's just basic economics.

I consider a couple mill in the bank to be middle-class in this game (there are a lot of players who don't even have close to one million credits). Many tens of millions of credits is wealthy, in my book.

Slim Vargo, Corbantis

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How can you pay 1 million credits for armor?

My wife sells 4x Energy layered armor with 8k Energy resists for 500k... she will even enhance it for free if you provide the enahncements... she will charge 1k per + of health otherwise so for a full suit of +350 health armor that has 8k energy resistance she will charge 850k... I will even through in all the teir 1 & 2 slices for free and and will do the higher sliced for free if you bring compnents. this is about the best PvP suit you can get and it is less than 1 million... if you want a "good" PvP suit I wouldnt pay over 500k.

I will make any level 54 weapon for 11k... if you bring me the enhancements it is still 11k and I will throw in free tier 1 & 2 sices on the weapn... this will give you a "good" PvP weapon for 11k

So for a good PvP weapon and a good PvP armor you are looking for at most 500-600k

Next get some BE cloths I got +16 melee/+16 Ranged defense BE clothes with 4 sockets each for 50k each I bought 4 pieces incase I ever decided to switch to TKM... but if you are wearing armor it is only 2 peices that you need so it is 100k

Next you can go loot a bunch of places to get theAAs/CAs you need, or maybe the tape some else needs you can sell any tapes you don't need for money to buy the ones you do need. Or you can pick up some cheap/lowend tapes for than 50k-500k each.

You can easily get a "good" PvP suit if you shop around and do some work or less tha 1 mill... Then you can alsways try and pick up pieces to improve it as you go... that is what I did.