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Thread: BE additives
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Message Edited by IIIVVVIII on 03-11-2005 05:40 PM
H--K wrote:
I quit using BE goods.........My stuff is not as great anymore but the sales are better and I don't have to deal with BE and the cost difference to my customers...they love it, they would rather pay 400 percent less and get 25 percent less stats........Boycott BE's
I think non-BE food does have its place, but I am a bit confused by your post. What does "400 percent less" mean? I mean 100% less would be zero, so I think there is a misunderstanding here.
The other thing I am confused about is "25 percent less" stats. The lowest nutrition additives I have actually seen for sale were Light additives (Micronutrients) that were 50s. That is a 50% increase in stats.
In fact "25 percent" is actually impossible since the lowest a nutrition additive can get would be 30, meaning 30%. ANd that assumes that all stats of all ingredients were ONE. LOL. Now with flavor and filling additives you can get under 25% very easily, but these are very rarely used compared to nutrition additives. In either case, 25% is hardly the norm.
On average most Chefs across the galaxy use 55/85/115 or better additives. That means their food is 55 -115% MORE powerful than without the additive.
So since you have posted this in several threads here, it might help if you could explain where you get "400 percent less" cost and "25 percent less" stats. These dont seem to be possible. Dont get me wrong, I think that trying to go the non-BE route is a neat thing to try. Definitely would simplify your crafting process. But you have posted this exact same quote in two different threads now and it is confusing me. Since there are several new chefs that read this board, I want them to have a clear picture of what BE vs non-BE foods are like.
BE additives add a tremendous amount of power to our food....far more than 25%. And even with expensive additives (60k a crate) and inexpensive brandy (150k) you can still make a profit well over a million credits profit for the 20 crates you can make off a schematic. AdditivesDO add to the cost, but in this case they only add about 55% to the cost of the brandy(and that assumes cheap brandy and expensive additives). BE additives do not add anywhere near 400% to the cost of our food.
So I do applaud you for working on other food crafting options away from BE. Non-BE food is inexpensive and simpler to make than its BE counterpart. Overall my experience seems to indicate that the majority of players prefer the power of BE food. Talking about this does help though, and this is the place to do it. Where better than the Chef forums? New and old chefs alike come here to discuss our profession. So if you think we should boycott, BE's, I would like to know why. I personally couldnt survive without my BE, so I am interested to know why you think we shouldnt use them. Since my BE and I work together, we have managed to make each other quite wealthy. I think that finding a BE you can work with is extremely important.
For the record, I pay 30k for Lights, 40k for Mediums, and 50k for heavies. These prices do fluctuate from time to time depending on the quality of them and the current meat prices on the server, but thats about average.
Message Edited by ChefVomit on 03-16-2005 02:54 AM