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I just got to Nov doc 1-2-1-1, & have made my first enhancement packs.

Stats on those are (typically) enhance health 157, enhance health duration 2548, med skill use 57, the action enhancement pack is pretty much the same, stat wise.

I'm on Infinity - where prices are high, imo. Newish server, not a great deal of resources being harvested yet ... I have to fly to Dantooine & sample for berries by hand, for instance.

So - what's a fair price for the above buffs?

A friend has told me 5k or 2.5k on missions ... another told me 1 credit per point I buff. Which leaves me a little confused ... possibly the friend was saying I should sell the packs, but then again no player other than a doc could you use it, & they'd probaly make their own (better than mine I suspect).

Can anyone advise how buffs are priced & sold?

Thx.

on Kauri master doc buff off the street goes for 1k each stats, so 6k for a set of buff. But yea i hear ya, i played on farstar when iy opened and prices were really high, wich i bet is the same on your server.

150ish buff are not worth 1k thats for sure, back in the day at game release price were fairly high aswell. hum i don't know, dantooin ticket are not cheap when your bank account is not full of credits

that depends .. is there any other doc giving buff in the city you are the most ? if so check with the other doc, try to set a price together so you don't inflate the market.

I charge 8k for a full set of master buffs. most people pay it. some don't, which is fine by me. I would encourage every doc who can buff at the master levels to think of upping their prices. It will only help all of us as a profession. most of my buffs top out between 1600-3000, and the cost of high end materials to get to tht level is a little bit high, but thats what they pay for. They also pay for my inconvience. Since I've made master doc I've been bombarded by random tells by people looking for buffs, It's gotten to the point where if I wanna play I have to take title off my name and make my char. unsearchable.

Duffy Sevan

Master Doc/ Combat Medic/ pistol

Shadowfire

Im on Wanderhome and i charge 10k for master doc buffs.
I recommend as well for all doctors to up the price. I know Image Designers that make more cash than us!!

Thanks all .... but I think you underestimated the sheer mind numbingly neewbie-ness of my question tho

This full set of buffs - is that my zapping them once with each enhancement pack, or using an entire enhancement pack on each customer (action & health); or do I sell them the pack so they then go & find another doc to zap them ... ?

The latter sounds particularly inane, I know.

I go on a lot of hunts, & would like to spread out the buffs to all members ... but there's no way everyone in the party could afford a shot from the buff pack. Seems a little rough if I were just buffing some hunt members & not others ...

I've known hunts to last 6 or 7 hours, can't imagine the buffs will last that long, so buffing players before the start of a hunt seems a waste.

Feel free to laugh, but how does the market for buffs work?

Yea it really depends on the server you are on. I am on Ahazi and I sell my buffs (Master) for 1k per stat or 5k for the whole thing. The problem is is that my buffs rang from 1k-3k a stat so you never know what it will be. Of couse ahazi is really crowded with docs so you could probably sell you buffs for 500-800 credits a stat. Thats not much for people to pay and you make good money, just sit out side of the star port at correllia, theed or what ever the bussy one at tatooine is on your server.

As for buffing on the hunting, buff everyone at the start with the understanding that they will harvest the resources for you...MEAT HERB. and AVIAN. That way you dont have to worry about who can pay and who cant. You get part of the money for the missions and resources to make meds with. And get a factory to make the meds so you can hunt and be makeing meds at the same time.

Thx ... so, if I've got this right, I stand outside Bestine SP (the hunting gathering place on Infinity) & say something like

"I'll buff your HT for 1k, & your action for another 1k", (prices being subject to the local market)

then give the customer one shot from my 20 shot pack, in return. Or buff everyone on the hunt, in exchange for the meat?

I don't expend an entire 20 shots on one customer - perhaps that's not possible? So, each pack potentially gets me 20k? If so, I'm going to be one rich doctor (which in some ways will make up for all those hours - days rather) spent hand sampling resources.

Once your buffs are get up there fighters can do amazing things. Heck, even non fighters do amazing things
(like for example I have novice marksman pistol 4 and support 4. I can sit and just taking a beating from multiple mobs that con red with HAMs of 5-10k... no other combat skills and no armor.)
I'm not bragging, this is common. Buffs essentially turn you into the Hulk, and the Hulk can run 20k worth of missions in about 15 minutes - and the master buffs last 1.5-3 hours. Using math and figuring they can run 80-240k by the time buffs wear off, 10k for master buffs is a reasonable price.

Personally I won't sell buffs at all anymore, it's just not worth it. Sell resources and use the buffs on yourself to go out and have fun. Otherwise you're just wasting all your time searching and crafting for hours only to start the process all over again...
Another reason is because everyone tries to charge insane amounts on the bazaar or won't harvest for you because it's too low of an Avian amount harvested (but they still want the buffs, makes a lot of sense - I know...)

I wouldn't try to sell the buffs until master level if I were you. The fighters out there looking for buffs complain if you hit a 900 buff, what will they say about a 200 buff?
(not trying to discourage you or anything, just letting you know selling them probably isn't worth it at the moment, just save that avian until you get the good packs.)

Cooter - Scylla
Master Doctor / Master Combat Medic

(PS: if you're going master doctor get a macro ready now that says "/r Sorry, no buffs.")

OK here's my situation.. Im in Theed and every other minute I get a tell asking for buffs... My buffs are at least 850 power, I use a med module 110 droid, I have +25/+25 damage/wound heaing modded clothes, and I'm a Master Doc. I give some of the best buffs and players seem to like it.. here's a tip.. When you get good at buffing make a macro ... Mine is:

"/reply Sure I can buff you. I charge 7 K for buffs. Meet me in the Med Center. Also make sure to have little or NO Battle Fatigue as it can affect your buff enhancement."

Once you get bombarded by tells... This is a LIFESAVER.. a one button macro that says all for your customer's buffing needs.

OH BTW.. In a med center my average buff is in the 2.1 K range.

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DepMike wrote:

I charge 8k for a full set of master buffs. most people pay it. some don't, which is fine by me. I would encourage every doc who can buff at the master levels to think of upping their prices. It will only help all of us as a profession. most of my buffs top out between 1600-3000, and the cost of high end materials to get to tht level is a little bit high, but thats what they pay for. They also pay for my inconvience. Since I've made master doc I've been bombarded by random tells by people looking for buffs, It's gotten to the point where if I wanna play I have to take title off my name and make my char. unsearchable.

Duffy Sevan

Master Doc/ Combat Medic/ pistol

Shadowfire

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Ditto.

I have been paying 5k - 6k mostly on Radiant

Guys read his question. He isn't selling master buffs! 1k for a 200 point buf? Nobody would pay that. Maybe 500 or 750 for a pair of those low level buffs.