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I ran calculations on what it costs resources wise to make 1 set of buffs with a 25 use yield. The criteria I used were that in one instance all resources cost 100 cpu and in the other instance rare resources were 100 cpu and other resources were just 25 cpu. The bottom like is that in both cases there was 100000 and 180000 credits profit built into each when we are charging 10K a buff. That is even using Bivoli and Brandy.

I have gotten the open letter to doctors about upping our prices and am just saddened by it. Even when factoring in time to create them only the best of the best buffs should be getting more than that 10k arbitrary price. The just because I can attitude of charging whatever for that buff is what is causing these inflationary pressures.

The more I think about it the more I find it humorous that Jabba was only owed a few thousand credits by Han Solo and I can make that in about 6 minutes. That a spaceship with hyperspace capabilities could be bought for under 10000 cr according to Luke and so on.

I know there are underlying reasons Buffing is so overpriced but something should be done to bring the WHOLE economy in check as a whole. I think when buffs were equalized an arrogance went through the whole doctor profession into some sort of self congratulations. The buffs have NEVER changed strength, the only thing that was removed was randomness. An 850 buff always AVERAGED somewhere in the 2100's. Or course we now have Bivoli, halva and brandy but a buff is still a buff. Why the price inflation.

Well this may have been said a 100 times before but I finally wanted to put my few thoughts down. I hope that the combat revamp remedies both sides (doctor / hunter) of this overinflated economy. It isn't good for the game as a whole.

HZ
Master Doctor / Novice Pistoleer
Starsider
Naboo

but you have to realize that as the economy is out of whack........ the prices of things keep going up because people have more money. More expensive things lead to more expensive buffs in order to keep up with inflation.

Exactly my point. INFLATION is not good for any economy there has to be a better mechanism for siphoning off credits than their currently is. I was pointing out that there is no underlying validation for the pricing of Buffs other than well that is the going rate. Supply and Demand are not working properly in our economy.. Does anyone have insight (true economic insight) as to why things are not coming to some happy more realistic medium.

HZ
Master Doctor / Novice Pistoleer
Naboo
Starsider

Buff prices and Slice prices are Rising because they simply never met the economy's inflation. Take for example an Armorsmith, see how much they charge for a set of comp compared to a few months ago, now look at us. We charge the same we have for quite awhile while everything else grows in price. An armorsmith selling comp can make 200% his expenses on a set of armor (he makes PROFIT 2x what he puts in, so charging 3 times the cost of materials)

Weaponsmiths make about 100% profit on average, we make 60-75% on average...

I too miss the days when 1000 credits was a large sum, but those days are over as sad as it is. Us making nearly no profits WILL NOT lower the high inflation. I will always charge 15-20k per buff, except for guildies. I can't afford the rising prices of Avian met.. 100-600 cpu based on quality... Some docs can make more profit based on what they PAYED for Avian in the past to make thier current buffs, Ill repeat, "PAYED!" They spent the lower costs before inflation,. to new crafters like myself, this IS NOT an option (selling at 10k)




Oh, and I wrote that letter ya got most likely

-Sacbut

Message Edited by Phonelesscord on 07-28-2004 11:19 PM

For doctors that have the patience to gather all of the best resources to make their own buff packs, yes, I can understand 10k seeming low, but for many of us who buy our buff packs, 10k is a very profitable price. Here's my situation:

Each buff pack crate cost roughly 165,000 credits
6 x 165,000 = 990,000 credits

Each buff has 29 uses and there are 10 sets per crate
29 buffs * 10 = 290 buffs

For illustration purposes, a doctor sells all buffs (not giving any away free or using on self)
290 buffs * 10,000 credits per buff = 2,900,000 credits

Cost for buffs minus Total Revenue:
2,900,000 - 990,000 = 1,910,000 credits

Material Cost per buff packs:
3414 credits per buff

Profit Margin for Buffing at 10k credits each:
293%


This doesn't factor in items such as Bivoli or Havla but Bivoli would have to be calculated seperately to determine how many customers you could buff in one filling of Bivoli and that would be amplified by taking Havla.