Carbineer Archive
Thread: how do you make your money?
One of the Four Horsemen of the Smuggler Apocalypse! 
Smuggler_Caylin wrote:
faction is the #1 bread earner once you can do it. Till then, slicing.
Faction is a big winner....I just wish it was not something that requires hours and hours of time sitting at a recruiter (for the big orders).
So, I would run rebel missions, earn a bunch of fp, then /delegate faction?
What is the rate for this?
Like how many credits per faction point
Ternque01 wrote:
I scam Twi'lek entertainers!!!!"You know I love you hunny. I'll pay you back as soon as possible"*evil grin*
So you're the one who's been taking away my business
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MonkeyWithACold wrote:
I am almost master smuggler, and am wondering what the best profit would be for a master.
I want it to be something that has to do with smuggler (So not just running missions)
So im am thinking it would be either selling pixie, muon, or crates or supplies (clamps...etc)
As a Master, I have made upwards of a million credits in a few hours of gameplay through slicing. I then use the profits to purchasefaction pointsso I can get to Colonel and start selling faction. I'll be damned if I am going to run +400 faction missions for promotion. Also, buying rank seems to be more in keeping with the smuggler spirit.
It's not anything to do with smuggler, but you also might want to look into mining and selling resources. That's how I made my first few millions.
evetsleep wrote:
Faction is a big winner....I just wish it was not something that requires hours and hours of time sitting at a recruiter (for the big orders).
You can probably make the most money in the shortest period of time selling faction so it is the winner. But I feel much the same as you do about sitting in one spot for hours doing the same thing.
I have to agree with Ender -- mining is a very time effective way to make money. The ROIC (Return on Invested Capital) is not as great as with selling faction but you can get your costs down to less than .25 cpu.
Personally, I like running a vendor. You don't go through resources quite as fast, don't have to hustle to find buyers for your stuff, but simply advertise on the map and let it work for you. If you don't want to train merchant, see if you might be able to work a deal with an existing merchant. A friend of mine uses a merchant for his spice and simply gives the merchant 10% of the take.
I am all but retired when it comes to slicing.
Be a Crafter......
Sorry had to say it, that is what I did for the first 5 months of the game......and my vendor still makes me 1-2 mil per week
Enraged Rancor missions are typically the money makers for most of the people I know.