Droid Engineer Archive

Greets,

I just re-acquired droid engineer because of the crafting professions, I liked making droids the best. I think I made the most as an architect but the overwhelming requirements for Ore wore me down.

But I was getting ready to make some of the more specialized droids and I made a resource need list. It blows me away the absoolutely asinine requirements to make specialty droids.

I went to SWGcraft and checked out the last spawns of Vertex Gemstone, Irolunn, Carbonite Steel, etc, etc, etc... about 15 'special' resources in total. What I found was about HALF of them haven't been on Corbantis for OVER 90 DAYS. The rest range up to 200+ days!!! That is rediculous. The last time I saw Vertex gemstone, I had just given up DE for Architect (over 3 months ago).

I can't believe it but I'm thinking of giving it up again. I don't want to make med bots with wasted slots on stacked med chips. This profession is borked from the resources right down to the lack of decay.

Sorry just a little frustrated. ;/

Initially, I was overwhelmed with the requirements too. But I guess the longer you stick with the profession, the more time you have to collect the rare resources. It's really not a problem for me anymore.

Wait for resources is the reason I'm not into crafting yet. I would like to craft and sell, but casually and not have to hunt down, go on daily (I play on the weekends) to check my stuff, and then end up not being able to compete with other people who have stockpiles of the best resources. I think that the "basic" of all of the resources should ALWAYS be out there, but the good stuff spawn less often. Then I'd go up a crafting tree for fun and sell cheap goods just for the heck of it.

My original post probably came off a little harsh. But I still have to take issue with the resources.

I have a friend helping me with the lot/storage problem. I've been down this road before and as an aside, why can something the size of a droid carry only 10 items and a backpack 40? Droid storage should be at least 40. Yet another way to make them usefull? A walking bank/vault droid?

Anyway, the reason I was 'hot' when I originally posted is because of my master 'need' list. I scanned and saw in some cases nearly a year had passed since a certain resource had showed on Corbantis. I'm afriad I'll drop DE again. I play this game -part time-. I can't hang on for 2-3 months before I can make some of the few usefull droids we have.

One guy advertised that he had a huge quantity of Vertex on our server in his vendor. I was pretty pumped so I called a friend and had him go to the vendor A.S.A.P. It was all gone.... so as of now I cannot build a lot of what makes our profession usefull. I can only stack most items (losing precious slots) to make them decent. When I cross reference my list I can see I have very few items I can build wihtout stacking. And specialties like bomb droids, survey droids, etc, etc, will be months away. Not cool.

I have many harvesters going around clock but if something isn't there, it just isn't there and I won't wait 200+ days for it.

I haven't decided what I'm doing yet. I'll have to figure something out... any other advice?

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Protilious wrote:

I haven't decided what I'm doing yet. I'll have to figure something out... any other advice?

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Cut down your "needs" list.

Don't try to make everything we can make, it will drive you nuts, and just be a disappointment when you don't sell lots of it.

Focus on getting what you need for Level 6 modules. If you want to make protocol or BLL chassis, add those to your list, but they are a low demand "style choice" item.

Vertex is needed for Structure maintenance and Survey droids. Neither of those are high demand items, put them low on your priority list.

If you have the ability to make L6 Medical and Item storage modules, then most of time in an advanced R3you can afford to take 2 slots to stack Structure maintenance if that's what the customer truly wants. Also, note that the specific requirements for L6 Data modules got removed with the publish of JtL.

As for the resource needs for Repair Kits.Ignore Reconstruction Kits, those are a DE only item, and you only need them if you have a droid you think will take a lot of wounds. Otherwise make yourself a droid with a Repair Module and use that to take wounds of other people's droids. Next, focus on one kind of kit and it's subcomponents at a time. I made a run of decent B's a long time ago, and I haven't had need to make or stock more since.

That leaves good Tolium gas for boomers. Yup, no denying its important. If you want to get into the BH market, its a good thing to acquire, fair means or foul.

What is boils down to is prioritizing, and concentrating, and knowing what a business minded DE really "needs." You'll be far better off spending money to get high CD/OQ steel than you ever would buying Vertex from an Armorsmith, but it takes a working knowledge of day-to-day ops to know that. One resource at a time, that's all you can do, and don't get discouraged.

• 1 Large house


• 2 factories


• 2 lots free for Heavy harvesters (of whatever type I need at the time)

I store overstock in a buddy's house or in my safety deposit.



/bow

Respectfully,