Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: How rich is everyone?
DE Level: 4-3-3-4
How long you've held this level: About a week
How long have you been working on DE: Since server launch, was a novice DE a week after launch
Current Credits:500k
Most Credits Had:800k
Do you consider yourself successful in your business?Yes, I have a good customer base and receive many referrals. All of this without grinding, being a merchant, or being a master artisan.
Are you happy you went with DE?Yes, I see much potential and feel it will be improved upon in the future. In, fact I'm counting on it being improved.
DE Level: Master
How long you've held this level: 2 months
How long have you been working on DE: 3 months
Current Credits:400k
Most Credits Had:400k
Do you consider yourself successful in your business? Yes. I have as much business as I want, and can easily gain more if I wanted it. Do have a vendor, but it is mostly just incidentals. I love my work.
Are you happy you went with DE? Yes.Droids are wonderful,Ithrill with sharing thatlove with others. The profession will improve, I have no doubt of that.
Server - Shadowfire
DE Level - Master
How long have you held this level - Since 9/4
How long have you been working on DE - Since 8/1
Current Credits - 1.4 Million
Most Credits - 1.75 Million (I'll surpass this in about 2 days)
Do you consider yourself successful in your business? Yes, I would have to say so, since I've been able to set up a PA hall as my shop, buy 14 Heavy harvesters, and have a huge client base. I'm one of the more recognized Master DEs on Shadowfire, and have a reputation for great prices and top notch service (someone elses quote).
Are you happy you went with DE?Without a doubt I have to say yes. Biggest reason behind this, is that I love a good challenge. Trying to be in a profession that has so many 'quirks' is the most fun that I have had in a while. Sure there are problems and challenges to over come, but that is what makes this a much more interesting class to play. I'd hate to play a class where everything is 'handed to you on a platter'.
Server: Naritus
DE Level: Novice (0/0/0/0)
How long you've held this level: A day
How long have you been working on DE: Two Days
Current Credits: 298,000
Most Credits Had: 312,000
Do you consider yourself successful in your business? Not Yet, but I will be, I WILL be!
Are you happy you went with DE? Yes. I started on WS, but it got old quick. Guns have no personality. Now droids, THEY have personality. Of course, it's not much now, but after a patch they'll have personality!
Server: Bria
DE Level: MDE
How long you've held this level: Months
How long have you been working on DE: since release
Current Credits: 100K
Most Credits Had: 1Mil (NOT by selling Droids)
Do you consider yourself successful in your business? Actually, sad, but yes! 
Are you happy you went with DE? To Be Determined ,
actually it is a fun career, but I can enjoy it more, that I have two accounts and the other is a 4,4,4,4 armor crafter soon to be master, and he will be picking up MA so my main can keep MDE and go for M. Pistoleer
Server: Ahazi
DE Level: Master DE
How long you've held this level: Since 1 week after launch
How long have you been working on DE: Since launch
Current Credits: ~6mil
Most Credits Had: ~11mil
Do you consider yourself successful in your business? Yes
Are you happy you went with DE? Sure, it's fun making droids -- made more money making armor though
Server: Starsider
DE Level: Master DE
How long you've held this level: Few weeks
How long have you been working on DE: 3 months
Current Credits: 130k (ish)
Most Credits Had: 250k (ish)
Do you consider yourself successful in your business? Very. I have sold every droid that I've deliberately crafted for selling. I continue to make a profit on every droid (although it never stays in my bank for very long). I've sold droids all over the galaxy, and have many droids in many houses.
Are you happy you went with DE? Very. I enjoy making every droid I make (even when I was grinding MSEs). To see someone else running around with a droid I built trailing behind them is the best feeling in the world. Also, very satisfieing when a customer says "ah, great! That will come in handy" .. even if they are just saying it to make me feel good 
Server: Ahazi
DE Level:Novice DE
How long you've held this level: Three days
How long have you been working on DE:1 month (counting Artisan)
Current Credits: 30k
Most Credits Had: 60k
Do you consider yourself successful in your business? No, but its undertandable because I'm 0-0-0-1 DE hehehe... I hope to be a successfull DE, anyway Bu not in terms of money, I dont really want to have millions credits. My aspirations are to have the credits needed to mantain my structures (home, harvesters and vendors) and have fun crafting droids for my custumers
Are you happy you went with DE? At this moment, yes. When I begin to have problems because the droids dont work or I havent the resources needed or I cant sell at all, I'll give you another opinion
Ellesa, Novice DE, Bestine (Ahazi)
I wasn't going to post, but since you are going to compile some results on this, I will...
Server: Valcyn
DE Level: Master DE
How long you've held this level: I think about 1.5 months
How long have you been working on DE: Since the server started
Current Credits: 7.1 million
Most Credits Had: 7.1 million
Do you consider yourself successful in your business? Yes. I have two seperate stores on different planets and even I surprise myself with number of droids I sell.
Are you happy you went with DE? Yes and no. I love making droids, yes. I just want some fixes, etc.
Server: Chilistra
DE Level: Master DE
How long you've held this level: hmmm 3 weeks maybe
How long have you been working on DE: Got bored with my Bounty Hunter so using my friends account who doesn't play. Started him on DE path in mid September
Current Credits: Around 8 million
Most Credits Had: Around 8 million
Do you consider yourself successful in your business? Yes, I make most my money selling resources I don't need. I also sell a ton of BH droids and combat probots. I offer the cheapest prices and get a bit of buisness
Are you happy you went with DE? I like it better then any other crafting class. This game gets boring no matter what you pick
Server: Ahazi
DE Level: 4/4/3/4 (Last one's a beeyotch)
How long you've held this level: Just got here today!
How long have you been working on DE: since release, Novice DE started in late July, so about 1.5 months
Current Credits:635,000
Most Credits Had: 635,000
Do you consider yourself successful in your business? Well, the vast majority of my money actually came from non-DE products which supported me whilest I made the climb/grind. I would say less than 20% of the aforementioned credits are from DE-related products, but that will probably change once I am Master and start heavily promoting my DE products.
Are you happy you went with DE? In general, yes. There are a lot of broken things--some of them excruciatingly retarded (such as astromech coloring or droid coloring in general), but as a whole, I believe the DE profession works. At least they removed the Perma-Death thing reasonably quickly! While my patience is not infinite, I do believe that as long as they don't pull another Perma-Death-level-nerf-class-thingy, the DE profession in general is geared (pardon the professional pun) for good things to happen. And I definitely want to be a Master DE when that happens!
Server: Gorath
DE Level: Master DE
How long you've held this level: 2nd week for me
How long have you been working on DE: Since launch day.
Current Credits: 1.6 Million
Most Credits Had: 1.8 million
Do you consider yourself successful in your business? Sort of. I sell everything I make with little problem and have good relationships with people that move my droids for me so I have time to craft.
Are you happy you went with DE? Compared to the other classes I would say yes. I am not impressed with the combat in this game so crafting seems fun to me. I will be happier if they fix things like experimentation so us DE's can compete with each other as to who is the best DE and who can make the best "place favorite droid here".