Droid Engineer Archive

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Corrupt3d wrote:

Okay, I have a few questions, my friend and I have started our own company. Nothing big, but we are both novice DE's and want to get our foot into the door. Now, we are planning on selling MSE droids with modules bought from higher skilled DEs, however I have few questions.

First, what sells more storage modules, or data?
Second, is their a demand for MSE droids with med chips?
Third, is their a demand for Maintence Modules?
Fourth, my friend can make Adv. MSE droids, is it worth it to make them? Obviously we would have a combination of two modules.

Thanks in advance, and I will ask more questions as we go along.

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1) MSE storage droids sell much better than anything with data storage in it. I sell mine (an MSE with one lvl 6 item storage mod) for 10k per droid and they get snapped up like crazy. Everyone needs item storage, not everyone needs data storage.

2) Yes, there's always a demand for MSE with a med mdoule in them. I sell MSE Mini-Med droids (advanced MSE with med and crafting), and those get snapped up too. New docs just starting out can use those.

3) There isn't much of a demand for the maintenance modules, because most people don't know they exist, and because DEs don't make them often because they're bugged. I could probably sell some if I wanted to but I have bigger fish to fry.

4) Yes, it is very worth it to make advanced MSE droids, 2 is always better than 1, obviously you can mix/match modules for greater value.

-General tips

1. KEEP YOUR VENDOR STOCKED. Each person that shows up at your vendor and finds it empty is a lost customer, they will NOT be back, nor will they give your name out. Have a full vendor, and your name gets passed around.
2. KEEP YOUR VENDOR STOCKED. See above.
3. Be kind, friendly, and helpful to people, learn to type and express yourself well.
4. Use spam rarely, say it don't shout it, and only once, in favorable situations (i.e., do NOT sit in Coronet and afk spam). Once you get established, stop spamming completely, it only gets you on ignore lists. Rely solely on word of mouth (see tip #1 and 2).
5. Find a good, convenient location for your shop, and advertise that convenience.

Rippen

Message Edited by Rippen208 on 08-01-2004 07:19 PM

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Corrupt3d wrote:

k, for your storage droids, are the the adv. or normal?

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My MSE storage droids are basic MSEs with one lvl 6 (10 items) item storage module in it. If you can't make lvl 6 modules yet, you may need to stack 2 of them into an advanced model to get full capacity. I don't remember if 2 of them will give you 10 item capacity or not. Try it out and see.

Rippen

1) storage.
2) yes, even non 110 medical MSE do sell well on the bazaar.
3) not really, because their bugged, and only level 3 can go off planet, making them expensive for very limited use.
4) With Adv MSE, you can make 10 item storage with 2 level 4 or maybe 2 experimented level 3 item storage (I think more or less same can apply for medical module but not sure).

Also :
-Droid with crafting station+10 item storage do sell.
-You can sell crates of droid storage compartiment (component for droid stims). If you can experiment on them, do so, but always state on the name of them if they are experimented or not.
Non experimented can be used in vehicle custom kit and maybe some other archi stuff.
Experimented goes in archi private crafting station and increase rate.

Concidering that you're not master yet, a good business to start is selling of crates of components.
With good advertising to other DE on your server, you might get a pretty good business. Running out a kind of component and having to wait for the factory run to finish can be annoying.