Combat Medic Archive
Thread: POLL: Show us your Bling Bling!!
Ok, well, maybe not bling bling, but I need some info if you guys don't mind answering some questions.
1. What is your net cash flow per week of you CM character? (do you spend more than you earn on your own, or do you earn more than you spend on your own.)
2. How do you get your cash, supplies for crafting, meds, etc? (I run a shop, I am supported by my character on a second account, I run combat missions, I heal for tips (yeah right!), my guild supports me, etc...)
3. If you don't mind answering, what do you spend the most CASH on?
4. How muchtime do you spend with the upkeep of your character versus how much time having fun?
5. What is your template?
6. What level destroy missions can you do, what pets, etc do you have out, and how much do your missions pay? (please state if you do group missions for cash also)
Pip's survey
1. What is your net cash flow per week of you CM character?
I spend roughly 45k more than I make per week.
2. How do you get your cash, supplies for crafting, meds, etc?
I have a master smuggler on a second account that supports me. I am also supported by my guild in the way that I am the cheif resource hound for the servers oldest ACTIVE weaponsmith and make meds for the rest of my guild. This generally means that If I ask for something reasonable (a new SR combat pistol, or some talus herbivore meat) they try to get it for me.
3. If you don't mind answering, what do you spend the most CASH on?
Travel checking for resources. I visit ever planet at least once a week, many times each planed twice a week. I haven't added it up, but travel to all planets is probably somewhere near 20k a pop. Next is harvester maint. for my personal supplies when not pulling for the weaponsmith.
4. How muchtime do you spend with the upkeep of your character versus how much time having fun?
About 2 hours for every half hour of fun. Work is hunting resource hotspots. Fun for me is different things and changes often. It is mostly visiting and training other combat medics, and I still enjoy using mind heal (usually in cantinas) because the novelty hasn't work off. Also having fun playing with CM med dropped components right now.
5. What is your template?
Artisan 0 0 0 4, Marksman 0 4 0 4, Master Medic, Master Combat Medic, Doctor 0 4 1 3 (I train and untrain med knowledge 1 to check on med exp earning rates on new changes)
6. What level destroy missions can you do, what pets, etc do you have out, and how much do your missions pay?
Not sure because i haven't done this in a while...not worth the trouble. Last i checked was maybe 1.2k at CL 14 with a rock beetle?
1. What is your net cash flow per week of you CM character? (do you spend more than you earn on your own, or do you earn more than you spend on your own.)
Well, lately Ive been gaining, as I havent been buying resources from other people.
2. How do you get your cash, supplies for crafting, meds, etc? (I run a shop, I am supported by my character on a second account, I run combat missions, I heal for tips (yeah right!), my guild supports me, etc...)
I make CM/doc meds out of email and return customers. Also stock the bazaar with woundpacks(great money maker) However, I stopped making disease/poisonsfor everyone except myself as it became too much of a job.
3. If you don't mind answering, what do you spend the most CASH on?
Harvesters hands down. Next would be travel expenses as Im all over the place.
4. How muchtime do you spend with the upkeep of your character versus how much time having fun?
Hard to say really. It isnt unenjoyable running a sucessful business in the game, but I would say probably 3:1.
5. What is your template?
Master Doctor/Master CM, Pistol 1 and novice artesian
6. What level destroy missions can you do, what pets, etc do you have out, and how much do your missions pay? (please state if you do group missions for cash also)
I dont do missions unless helping friends, but I solo krayts whenever I see one!
Oooohhh, pretty colors!
Seriously, thanks for the info guys and kep it coming. I am going to be using this data for the State of the Profession Report (not that I would want to skew your answers or anything.....)
1. What is your net cash flow per week of you CM character? (do you spend more than you earn on your own, or do you earn more than you spend on your own.)
: I spend roughly 300k per week and earn about 10k more than that a week.
2. How do you get your cash, supplies for crafting, meds, etc? (I run a shop, I am supported by my character on a second account, I run combat missions, I heal for tips (yeah right!), my guild supports me, etc...)
:Cash comes from selling resources from my plethora of Med harvestors, Doing destroy missions on dathomir (I solo noxious Kamurith laris with my cowardly gurreck) and from doing Doc buffs, which should not be counted as part of the CM prof.
3. If you don't mind answering, what do you spend the most CASH on?
:Harvestor Maint. , and lots of bloody rare resources.
4. How muchtime do you spend with the upkeep of your character versus how much time having fun?
: i spend 6 hours of upkeep for every 8 hours of fun
5. What is your template?
:My char is a Master Doc, Master CM, 0-1-4-4 Marksman
6. What level destroy missions can you do, what pets, etc do you have out, and how much do your missions pay? (please state if you do group missions for cash also)
:I can solo Noxious Kamurith missions on Dathomir, lvl 60 i think, and pay 21k a pop with my cowardly gurreck. These take a while to do but i can usually go 2 in an hour.
I break even on credits. I earn just enough to sustain my self.
2. How do you get your cash, supplies for crafting, meds, etc
Normally I get my credits from doing destroy missions. Occasionally I'll take a large order for some bulk meds or sell stim B's on the bazaar. Roughly 80% of my income is from destroy missions, I could probably do more selling crafted items but I have no interest in being a merchant.
3. If you don't mind answering, what do you spend the most CASH on?
I spend just about all of my credits getting resources. I spend about 10-15K a week on travel expenses getting to harvestors where more is spent on the maintenance. When I can't find a resource or a good harvestor spot I buy the resources from the bazaar at 6 Credits per unit (or somewhere thereabouts).
The weapons and armor are hand me downs from the guild, or grinding pieces from a starting smith.
4. How much time do you spend with the upkeep of your character versus how much time having fun?
I spend at least 1/3 of my time doing maintenance or upkeep. The start of every session includes a trip to my house to change what the factory is working on and check my largest harvestor field (which I have near the house).
5. What is your template?
Combat Medic [Master] Doctor [4/4/3/4 Working towards master] Marksman [0/4/0/4] Medic [Master] Pistoleer [Novice only, but getting dropped soon]
6. What level destroy missions can you do, what pets, etc do you have out, and how much do your missions pay?
Normally I do difficulty 32 missions on Dantooine. They are Piket missions that pay about 10K credits each. I use a Mountain Krevol as my pet.
1. What is your net cash flow per week of you CM character? (do you spend more than you earn on your own, or do you earn more than you spend on your own.)
I would estimate that I make 350k a week with my CM character. I break even as a rarely have over 50k with me at any given time unless I'm saving for something big.
2. How do you get your cash, supplies for crafting, meds, etc? (I run a shop, I am supported by my character on a second account, I run combat missions, I heal for tips (yeah right!), my guild supports me, etc...)
I do combat missions for all of my cash. Every now and then I'll get a tip, but I always tip pretty generously myself so that doesn't add up to much.
3. If you don't mind answering, what do you spend the most CASH on?
Resources for stims, poisons, diseases, and sometimes for woundpacks (can only make b's though)
4. How muchtime do you spend with the upkeep of your character versus how much time having fun?
For every 10 hours, about 1 hour of upkeep vs. 9 hours of having fun. Maybe 2 hours...
5. What is your template?
As of yesterday, my template is as follows: Master CM, Pistoleer 2444, novice doc. I was master surgeon but let go of my doctor skills in favor of the pistoleer skills.
6. What level destroy missions can you do, what pets, etc do you have out, and how much do your missions pay? (please state if you do group missions for cash also)
Solo, I can do around level 25 missions, that i do with either a wrix or my mount, a male kaadu. After dropping doc and picking back up on pistoleer, I can solo storm trooper missions pretty easily for 7k apiece. These take little time and spawn no new enemies, so credits vs. time, this seems to be the best cash for time spent.
Pip's survey
1. What is your net cash flow per week of you CM character?
Im over 50k per week from what I make. My money / Income comes from missions....thats it I have not artisan skills to survey therefore its very hard to drop harvesters and I cant afford scout so I cant harvest off mobs and sell the product.
2. How do you get your cash, supplies for crafting, meds, etc?
I made a second account I use for harvesting, surveying, lots for harvesters, etc. However most of my money is from missions I run. Unfortunately I now have to have a weapon skill because poison is useless.
3. If you don't mind answering, what do you spend the most CASH on?
Maintenance and buying rare high quiality resources off the bazaar
4. How muchtime do you spend with the upkeep of your character versus how much time having fun?
This weekend alone I had my chest, helm and legs composite all decay to 0 fighting, to replace it all I will need about 100K or more. I do about 1 hour of upkeep for every hour of play.
5. What is your template?
CM 4-4-4-4, Marksman 0-0-4-4, Carbineer, 1-2-1-3
6. What level destroy missions can you do, what pets, etc do you have out, and how much do your missions pay?
Level 13 rock beetle, I can solo with it level 59+ Imperial faction missions.
Pip's survey
1. What is your net cash flow per week of you CM character?
I currently bring in 250k-500k a week from my shop that sells only combat meds. I run no missions to speak of, and don't venture out that often unless to PVP.
2. How do you get your cash, supplies for crafting, meds, etc?
I make all my money from running a combat med shop. I specialize in high end poisons by the crate. I started this business with around 4 million credits, and used that to buy large quantities of the resources needed. From there out, I buy restock in resources as I need them.
3. If you don't mind answering, what do you spend the most CASH on?
Most all of my money is spent buying resources. I do not have any surveying skills currently, nor do I have any desire to go back to surveying/gathering my own resources. I currently pay between 3-15CPU for my resources for my meds.
4. How much time do you spend with the upkeep of your character versus how much time having fun?
Most of my day is spent in upkeep for my shop. However, if I didn't find that fun, I wouldn't continue doing it. I try to split my online play time between maintaining my shop, helping maintain our player city (currently over 70 residents and 130 structures), and PVPing.
5. What is your template?
Master Combat Medic, Master Pistoleer
6. What level destroy missions can you do, what pets, etc do you have out, and how much do your missions pay?
I do not do destroy missions. They take too much time, for too little payout. I would rather supply my guild, and others on my server with high quality combat meds, and get my money that way. It allows me the most money, with the least work. It also allows more time for me to relish in the PVP aspect of the game. I would like to add though that the PVP aspect of this game is lacking severly...but in my opinion, so is the high end PVE aspect of the game. If I must pick a way to spend my time between PVE/PVP, I will choose PVP because that is how my guild has made a name for itself, and how we continue to make a name for ourself in each game we enter into.
1. What is your net cash flow per week of you CM character? (do you spend more than you earn on your own, or do you earn more than you spend on your own.)
I have a positive cash flow of 100K a week (but none of this is due to combat medic skills)
2. How do you get your cash, supplies for crafting, meds, etc? (I run a shop, I am supported by my character on a second account, I run combat missions, I heal for tips (yeah right!), my guild supports me, etc...)
Selling meds primarily and occasionally buffing on an adventure planet. Both of these income sources rely on my doctor skills rather than CM. If I had to solo rely on CM skills, I would probably have to sell half the resources that I harvest to stay afloat.
3. If you don't mind answering, what do you spend the most CASH on?
Perhaps 70% on harvester maintenance, 10% on purchased resources, and 20% on miscellaneous combat equipment, like armor or food.
4. How muchtime do you spend with the upkeep of your character versus how much time having fun?
As a CM, it was around 50% fun and 50% work (checking harvesters). I have started an alternate character on the same server (a TKA) that allows me to havemore fun while checking harvesters.
5. What is your template?
Master CM, Master Doc, 1-1-4-4 marksman, though I will soon be moving to 3-3-0-4 marksman. I've probably switched the marksman template half a dozen times.
6. What level destroy missions can you do, what pets, etc do you have out, and how much do your missions pay? (please state if you do group missions for cash also)
Level 14 or something like that with a rock beetle and probot. I don't bother with these missions and will go to Lok or Dantooine if I want missions since their minimum mission is higher. On these planets, I can get missions that pay 4K or so.
If I do missions, it is almost always with a group. It's more fun (for me) and I make far more money. If I am playing solo, I will play my alt character.
Pahdbacca wrote:
1. What is your net cash flow per week of you CM character? (do you spend more than you earn on your own, or do you earn more than you spend on your own.)
Net flow right now is definitely in the negatives. I'd guess an outflow of around 100k/wk with very little inflow at the moment.
2. How do you get your cash, supplies for crafting, meds, etc? (I run a shop, I am supported by my character on a second account, I run combat missions, I heal for tips (yeah right!), my guild supports me, etc...)
I used to make money primarily through the sale of Stim Bs. That netted me just about an even cashflow after finally ramping up to do that (and of course that was relying on Doc skills, not CM skills.) So it was a huge initial outlay and I'd make about 100k a week, but then spend that much as well. Recently an Arcitect friend quite, so my primry means of income was a 3 million credit inheritence. I'm down to 300k at the moment, but I've been running more missions as well to make moeny so I don;t fall too far behind too fast.
3. If you don't mind answering, what do you spend the most CASH on?
Resources. Followed by ammenities (I went on a shopping spree recently for houses, factories, furniture and stuff), maintenance fees then travel.
4. How muchtime do you spend with the upkeep of your character versus how much time having fun?
I'd say 3 out of 4 hours before this inheritence was spent on upkeep.
5. What is your template?
MD/MCM/Novice Artisan with Survey 1, normally. Holocron's have moved me over a bit to MCM/Master Brawler, which I'm now trading out for scout and then on to CH.
6. What level destroy missions can you do, what pets, etc do you have out, and how much do your missions pay? (please state if you do group missions for cash also)
These days I solo a lot more. I used to group, but most of my friends have left the game. So overall the misions I do take are around level 16, if I remember correctly, with a probot and a gualama out. I rely heavily on pets to keep agro off of me and I do a lot of ranged healing on them. Missons pay around 2-3k each, I believe.
1. What is your net cash flow per week of you CM character? (do you spend more than you earn on your own, or do you earn more than you spend on your own.) Hmm I usually spend 200k-2mill a week depends and I'm not sure what I earn a week but I never go below 1m in my bank
2. How do you get your cash, supplies for crafting, meds, etc? (I run a shop, I am supported by my character on a second account, I run combat missions, I heal for tips (yeah right!), my guild supports me, etc...) I get it through resell of loot, and diseasing also pays good, recently got 100k an hour in a cantina
3. If you don't mind answering, what do you spend the most CASH on?
armor, guns, clothing, disease/poisons and materials for crafting
4. How muchtime do you spend with the upkeep of your character versus how much time having fun?
Hmm I'm always having fun it seems lately I've been hunting for rare loot soon I'll return to tat and raid the hell outta AH
5. What is your template?
Master CM marks 0/4/0/4 pistoleer 0/0/3/0 brawler 4/0/0/0 smugg 0/0/2/0 soon to be smugg 0/0/4/0 and tka 0/1/0/0
6. What level destroy missions can you do, what pets, etc do you have out, and how much do your missions pay? (please state if you do group missions for cash also)
I've 2 atst's and get challenge level 100-200 IMP missions not sure what the others are, I know I get 25k missions on dant without slicing terminals or nothing =)
1. What is your net cash flow per week of you CM character? (do you spend more than you earn on your own, or do you earn more than you spend on your own.)
Definately spend more than I earn on my own.
2. How do you get your cash, supplies for crafting, meds, etc? (I run a shop, I am supported by my character on a second account, I run combat missions, I heal for tips (yeah right!), my guild supports me, etc...)
Used to run a medicine-shop but when that got too stressful (see #4)I closed shop andstarted doing groupcombat missions. Also getting a hand in acquiring resources from my guild (scouts/rangers mostly)
3. If you don't mind answering, what do you spend the most CASH on?
Resources for meds and clothing (not bio enhanced fancy stuff, just enjoy shopping with roleplaying tailors *wink*)
4. How muchtime do you spend with the upkeep of your character versus how much time having fun?
Since doing missions with myfriends is fun, it's now 100% funthat pays for the character as opposed to 10% fun when I was still running my shop.
5. What is your template?
Master Medic, Master Doctor, Master Combat Medic, 1-1-4-4 Marksman
6. What level destroy missions can you do, what pets, etc do you have out, and how much do your missions pay? (please state if you do group missions for cash also)
Since Idon't use pets, I think the solo payout is about 1k at most so I normally don't bother with them unless I am in a finanical crisis and no friends are around. Usually I only do destroy missions while grouped with my friends and payout/difficulty depends on how many are there of course.