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Thread: Advice for a Noob Master Chef
I am curious how some other chefs that have been around a while collected resources to get started. Did you simply wait until you could gather all the resources before putting up a vendor? Did you buy some or all of the resources? I can't seem to find a resource vendor with good chef resources on my server, so I am left with trying to gather them all.
I would greatly appreciate any advice/tips you might have. Thanks!
-Smerdyakov
But the advice I'd give a chef just starting out now is the same as how I did it back then. Start with the best you can get now, and price your food accordingly. Some folks simply must have the best, but others are short on money and will take a lesser product if it fits their budget. Then keep an eye on the resource spawns (SWGcraft.com is a site every crafter should visit daily) and when something appears that is better than what you have, throw every harvester you own on it and get your friends to do the same. Now you've just improved your food and built up a stash for the future. If something even better comes along later, do the same and either sell the old resources or keep them as a backup. This way your food just keeps getting better the longer you cook.
My advice is put some stuff up on the bazaar. A couple good sellers are brandy and canape. This is a great way to make money and pay for expenses such as power and maintenance on harvesters. Make sure you check www.swgcraft.com often. This is a great place to see when good resources pop on your server. If something good pops, try to get all your harvesters on it. Also, youneed to have artisan survey in my opinion. This is invaluable to you for finding good spots. I have and probably always will have survey 4. I spent a month or so gathering resources before I began (which you may or may not need to do).
The advice above is good about picking out 3 to 5 popular foods. I would go withbrandy, canape, synthsteak, and blue milkfor starters. These will sell without BE enhancements which is important when you are starting out.
Next, find a supplier of meat and a good resource vendor. Make friends with a BE for BE components, and a Tailor for your trim for casks. The resource vendor will supply you with the items you wont have time to mine (power,inert petro and fiberplast for trim, and crystal and amorphous gem for glasses and casks, maybe even water). With the resource vendor make doubly sure to shop around, check the world map and make sure you get your moneys worth.
You will need at least one Food/Chem(a definite must)and one Wearables factory (a nice to have). Food/Chem (I wont explain this one 
) and the wearables for your trim. Trust me, you will want to make your trim for casks eventually. It is expensive to buy based on cpu to make and can be a pain to find a tailor stocking it in amounts you need.
As with any crafting profession, plan on taking your time to get your resource stockpiles set up and keep the bazaar stocked with well priced items.
Hope this helps.
Tal-Rasha
Tal-Rasha's Power & Food Vendors
Lake Destiny, Naboo (3132,2776). Just outside of Keren.
z0rk wrote:My advice is put some stuff up on the bazaar. A couple good sellers are brandy and canape. This is a great way to make money and pay for expenses such as power and maintenance on harvesters. Make sure you check www.swgcraft.com often. This is a great place to see when good resources pop on your server. If something good pops, try to get all your harvesters on it. Also, you need to have artisan survey in my opinion. This is invaluable to you for finding good spots. I have and probably always will have survey 4. I spent a month or so gathering resources before I began (which you may or may not need to do).
The advice above is good about picking out 3 to 5 popular foods. I would go with brandy, canape, synthsteak, and blue milk for starters. These will sell without BE enhancements which is important when you are starting out.
Next, find a supplier of meat and a good resource vendor. Make friends with a BE for BE components, and a Tailor for your trim for casks. The resource vendor will supply you with the items you wont have time to mine (power, inert petro and fiberplast for trim, and crystal and amorphous gem for glasses and casks, maybe even water). With the resource vendor make doubly sure to shop around, check the world map and make sure you get your moneys worth.
You will need at least one Food/Chem (a definite must) and one Wearables factory (a nice to have). Food/Chem (I wont explain this one
As with any crafting profession, plan on taking your time to get your resource stockpiles set up and keep the bazaar stocked with well priced items.
Hope this helps.
Tal-Rasha
Tal-Rasha's Power & Food Vendors
Lake Destiny, Naboo (3132,2776). Just outside of Keren.
Thanks very much for your thoughtful reply. I am fortunate in two ways: 1) I am a master tailor as well, so trim is no problem at all, and 2) the other person in my PA who was working chef for the fun of it decided to drop it all when I made master. So, she gave me all of her resources and BE additives. I still need some good resources, and putting food on the Bazaar is good advice. I will do that, and I will keep an eye on swgcraft.com.
-Smerdyakov