Carbineer Archive

This might really the lower-tier Carbineers. For example we have some nice Damage/Speed sliced shops on Eclipse for good weapons who have said they will sell what's popular.

What's popular on eclipse?

Rifles, Geo Blasters, Pikes, Swordsman Weapons, and maybe Commando Weapons.

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I have a Master Merchant and I use him to make all my money instead of grinding missions......so this is HUGE to me.....

I am just wondering when the last straw will arrive to break my back.....it is getting close.....

But from a strictly Carbineer point of view, I have bought and will continue to buy 100% custom made Carbines.....but a Carbineer often shops for other things and all this does is hurt the "good" vendors.....

Iebas Feania
Former Correspondent of the Former Profession, CARBINEER

< cant you store like a ton of stuff in factories? i mean if no one is buying alot of stuff why make it in the first place unless its customized. >

It has been clearly stated that the space in factories is "not intended" for long-term storage, so that's not an option.

As for looted components, I have over 300 individual pieces of looted components, ranging from Geonosian Power Cubes to Geonosian Sword cores and so on. I don't have room in the factories for the loot components in *addition* to the actual stuff I'm making.

If you, as a carbineer, came up to me and said "hi there. I'd likea basic run-of-the-mill DXR Carbine", and I told you it would be at least an hour, what would your response be?

What if I then told you it would be 2 days, because I've 15 other peopleto supplyfirst?

Brilyn
Master Weaponsmith
Master Shipwright
Main vendor on Naboo, Vagabond's Rest: -1850, 2330
Secondary vendor on Talus, Kyu'mai: 250, -4680
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As an architect on my alt char, I can tell you this change to merchant (if it happens in its current guise) is going to have a huge effect on the crafting community, and in turn all of the combat professions. I could rant on about how it will affect me as a crafter, but I'll try and keep it to carbineer. Basically, some crafters will adapt but others will give up so you may see a reduction in weaponsmiths. Expect to see fewer outlets run by the same crafter - as we see from the survey Nova's done, vendors will likely be concentrated in one location (a solution I've come to on architect) so be prepared to travel. Vendors will likely only stock samples of a Weaponsmith's wares sobasic grinding carbineswill probably be few and far between. Prices will likely go up to cut down on vendor restocking time for the crafter. It may be more difficult to find a weaponsmith to make that cool carbine depending on whether the weaponsmith is prepared to stock the components due to poor sales or lack of storage.Custom orders will probably be the way forwardand may cost you a little more than in the past. On the more positive side though, empty vendors and inactive vendors willbe going plus those that master merchant and then dropped the skills but retained the vendors will be unable to do that in future - often the owners of the emptyand poorly stocked vendors. So, whilst carbines and weaponsmith vendors in general may be moredifficult to find, at least the ones you will find on the overhead map will be stocked and you won't waste a journey. Just remains to be seen if you'll still find what you want. My advice would be to make friends with a decent weaponsmith and have them make all your carbines as custom orders, even the lowly grinding ones. Pay them well for their time and this disaster for crafters may not affect carbineers as much as others. Let's hope so anyway.