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Hello' I'm Lodie Oki from Ahazi server and i just became a Droid Engineer and i was wondering if anyone could give me advice on the proffesion like what to grind and the ropes! =) Thanks for your help =) !!

Lodie Oki- Ahazi

Nov. Droid Eng./Master Artisan/ Nov. Merchant

"There is a rebel in all of us."

Grind mouses

Get int blueprints

Grind Advance Frames ( 70 fiberplast / 150 steel )

Pretty much says it all

O yeah get Adv Blueprints for probots to make some money, well... a little bit of money... until droid death is dealt with

You fool.... what have you done....

Hehe jk...

Well tell you the truth, our profession is quite broken reguardless what people say. Best way to grind pretty much up to nothing is too make millions and millions of MSE droids (when I say millions I hope you know I mean around 400-600). You should get a LOT of metal and chemicals and start grinding up the tree of blueprints too start yourself out. Once you are able to make advance droid frames use those instead of mse droids to grind.

The advice I needed at your stage was this (in addition to grind MSE's then frames):

Get medium mineral harvesters (in architect's schematics they're called miners, installation type 2 or something) to replace your small ones. Mediums can be bought anywherefrom about 7k to 20k, depending on server, economy, etc. Average price on Naritus is maybe 12 - 17k.

You need LOTS of steel (for MSE's and frames), and lots of fiberplast when you can make advanced droid frames. Buying it on bazaar is too expensive. Shoot for getting 1 medium extractor, then try to eventually get 3 more if possible. It doesn't matter what type of steel it is, just put it on the highest concentration you can get (shoot for 90%+ or at least 80%).

Hope it helps!

Thanks A LOT for all your help =) !!

Yes I have finally accumulated enough fiber and steel to finish off my DE boxes, good thing because I leave for vaction for a week and wont be able to power the harvestors that long with all the shifts. Sorry I know thats away from topic, I only use one medium harvestor because they are so **edit** hard to place.

I would also by a solar power generator if I did it again. You might want to make seeker driods for profit as soon as you have the schematics.

Last tip turn your topic into this: Novice Driod Engineer @#$%! =(

As a novice DE, how do you come up with the money to maintain harvestors? I don't have time for missions what with crafting and surveying and managing harvestors! No one wants an MSE! Any ideas?

Man, I tell you, once I get into this elite profession I will have no problem.

I really didn't like that you have to do 28800 GXP on so LITTLE choices!

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Roach7676 wrote:

As a novice DE, how do you come up with the money to maintain harvestors?

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Through selling a few droids with medical modules and control units and the like, but primarily through selling off some of the resources I was harvesting. I typically priced them at 2.5cr/unit and sold them in blocks of 1000 on the bazaar, putting up just enough every day to pay my maintenance costs and grinding the rest.

At 2.5cr/unit I would easily sell all my units every single day. You might be forced to go slightly lower since resource costs appear to be trending down (they were 3+cr/unit when I was selling). You'll have to adjust for whatever is current on your server.

Also, people are saying to use Medium Harvesters. Don't forget you need power. Also, if you can afford it (loan from someone in your PA, perhaps) try to use Heavy Harvesters. Medium Harvesters harvest twice as much for twice the cost and power, so their advantage is mainly when all your lots are used. Heavy Harvesters harvest 3.5 times as much, but for 3 times the cost and power, so are a bit more efficient. Of course they also cost a lot more to purchase but assuming you don't break it you can always sell it when you're done and recover at least most of those credits.

I did the whole thing by myself, I ran a lot of missions until I could make probots(did not make it in time to make the good probots). I also have been working on Pistoleer the whole time, its not to difficult to do both, and Im a casual gamer (except for Sundays). Its just not as fast as using a PA or what not.

Here's what I've done (and I know this doesn't/won't work for everybody):

When I started, I was a simple Artisan, & planned on working with nothing but that until I'd become a DE. Well, I quickly learned that there are lots of thugs & creatures out there that would just as soon kill you as look at you, so I had to take up Marksman.

I've spent most of my time leveling up thru Pistol and Rifle, and hold Specialist skill in both weapons, and Adv. Ranged Weapons Ability Specialist as well. I can hold my own against most creatures and common thugs.

The benefit to this is that I've been doing tons of missions to level, and the rewards have really built up. I have nearly 100K and I'm ready to start grinding for Novice DE this week. I've been able to buy the stuff (house, machines & supplies) that I need to do so, as well.

Does it matter whether i use copper becuase i have about 80% steel but its on a hill and it wont let me build, i also got the fiberplast. Anymore ideas on how to maqntain my shop factory and three harvestors. I'm also looking for a Master Droid Engineer to be my mentor in droid crafting, for them to tell me like what they went through and how they got to Master and if possible how to get there fast.m Thanks! =)

p.s. and if possible be on Ahazi server so u can mentor in game also... Thanks =)

Lodie Oki - Ahazi

Nov. Droid Eng. / Master Artisan / Nov. Merchant

"There is a rebel in all of us."