Chef Archive

I have one extra experimentation point. A friend gave me a +7 tape, and I bought a +4 for two million credits. Tapes are really, really, really expensive (figure around 1M per +food experimentation point, so 10M per extraexperimentation point). Probably even more so now that the borgle cave was nerfed. The crafting apron will help somewhat - will get you your first +5 for not that much money. But then you'll still need another +5 for that point.

Frankly, you don't need the extra points to be successful. People will still buy your stuff if you pay attention to resources, figure out where experimentation points are best spent, price fairly, advertise, and keep a well-stocked vendor. You'll have to work hard to build a business if your server is anything like mine - there are over 70 chef vendors on the Naboo planetary map on the Kettemoor server.

That said.. go have fun and cook up a storm!

The real question is.. hypothetically you spend 20 million credits on two extra experimentation points.. so your food is better.. you charge more.. but how much time does it take to earn back that 20 million credits? If you can raise your prices 20%, then you need to sell 100M worth of food to recoup.

I've been playing since last July.. pretty much a full-time crafter. Most of that time was tailor, the last few months chef. My bank account has never reached 20 million credits through regular sales. I'd maintain that the average personwon't recoup that 20Minvestment for a very, very, long time.

Now, some people like to have the extra 2 points to make the "best food" and that's all well and good.. but I can't justify spending everything I've earned over the past 8 months to get there. And frankly, I bet my 11 point brandy sells for the same price as other people's 12 point brandy, and even the 10 point brandy.

So, I maintain that you don't "need" the extra points to be a success as a chef.

Message Edited by AnitaSWG on 04-20-2004 08:16 PM

Kette *is* pretty bad, Naboo in particular. None of the people who made master before I did are still around, so it's been interesting to watch the chef population evolve (read: boom) since summer. /wave Ri'a

I used to think the tapes were a ridiculous expense and I boycotted them for a long time. But what else is there to do with the money? I finally gave in last month and got enough for 2 extra points. I wouldn't say it's required, especially if you have a nice client base and have cheap prices. But it really helps negate weaker resources, and makes a marked difference in the quality of BE products. It can't hurt to save up for them; at some point there's nothing else to spend cash on except meat, milk and BEs.