Force Sensitive Archive
Thread: How do you guys pay all the grenades?
NJ_Ragman
Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:12 pm
#14
Bjorn015 wrote:
I realy realy want be a Jedi, but I am having my doubts about the long grind. Mainly becauze grenades is the only liveable way to grind the FS xp. But 75k for 1 crate of thermal detonators is alot of money for me. I Had about 1 mil credits, after getting the commmando tree and a few crates of grenades, I'm down to 800k with only 1 box in combat poweress unlocked... It goes fast, yes but in just a few days I'll be out of money. I am a fighter, so no Doc/Crafter who earns tons of credits each day. I already have a hard time to pay all the buffs and armour.
Sigh, how do you guys pay those tons of grenade crates?
Sell resources to crafters. You should be able to keep yourself in credits to complete the grind.
It will take about 1.8 million credits to do the entire thing if you use grenades for all 6 trees. And find a cheaper weaponsmith. i pay 44k a crate of Imperial Dets and Thermal Dets
RDX1
Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:48 pm
#15
pyromonkey89 wrote:
ok wat do i do to make money(good money) if im not a creature handler and i am a rebel
Good way to make cash is to get ace pilot (Although costs a lot for the chassis too) Since loot is 1k per level, once you start getting a higher level you can make some good cash while having fun. Tier 5s drop 8-10 level parts, level 10 is worth only 500 credits for some reason, but you can get 9k per part.
SalomonXsjado
Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:51 pm
#16
made my money as a master ranger back about a month ago when there were like 3 spawns of good herbivore meat. And its funny some guy had the nerve to diss me for being a master ranger saying it was a waste. I made 19mil on a measily 300k units of herbivore meat.
MadcowwithSARS
Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:10 pm
#17
Bjorn015 wrote:
I realy realy want be a Jedi, but I am having my doubts about the long grind. Mainly becauze grenades is the only liveable way to grind the FS xp. But 75k for 1 crate of thermal detonators is alot of money for me. I Had about 1 mil credits, after getting the commmando tree and a few crates of grenades, I'm down to 800k with only 1 box in combat poweress unlocked... It goes fast, yes but in just a few days I'll be out of money. I am a fighter, so no Doc/Crafter who earns tons of credits each day. I already have a hard time to pay all the buffs and armour.
Sigh, how do you guys pay those tons of grenade crates?
I honestly make my own grenades with my Alt weaponsmith. It is expensive any way you slice it, the material and time involved is amaizing. Picture having to at least have 3 factories up and running just to run subcomponents. Those subcomponents take an average of 320 seconds a piece in a factory. Thats 5 minutes per part per subcomponent. Multiply that time 1,000 and thats how many minutes you have to wait for 1 batch of 1 subcomponent. Now if your smart you then take all 3 subcomponents and make 2-3 schematics for thermal detonators so you can run either 500/498 in 2 factories or 333/333/332 in 3 factories. Then each grenade with 5 uses take roughly 315-320 seconds a piece. So do the math, unless your willing to put forth the effort to grind out weaponsmith or at least harvest minerals for a weaponsmith, you are going to pay what each weaponsmith thinks his/her time is worth.
Asce
Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:05 am
#18
Bjorn015 wrote:
I realy realy want be a Jedi, but I am having my doubts about the long grind. Mainly becauze grenades is the only liveable way to grind the FS xp. But 75k for 1 crate of thermal detonators is alot of money for me. I Had about 1 mil credits, after getting the commmando tree and a few crates of grenades, I'm down to 800k with only 1 box in combat poweress unlocked... It goes fast, yes but in just a few days I'll be out of money. I am a fighter, so no Doc/Crafter who earns tons of credits each day. I already have a hard time to pay all the buffs and armour.
Sigh, how do you guys pay those tons of grenade crates?
Grinding with grenades is the most expensive way to go. It doesn't matter if you use the C12 or Thermal. I've gained the credits by harvesting meat for docs. You can start gaining credits at scout. Good luck.
HanBaby
Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:52 am
#19
Being a master TKM/commando I use imp detonators. I found they are usually the most price effective in my galaxy and actually do within 200 dmg of thermals. I usually can get crates for around 40-55k and with power up's kill ther first round of spawns in about 5-8 throws. Being in a solo group helps with the number of spawns so it keeps the grenade use down for the number of kills I get. I go through about 1 to 1 1/2 crates per buff session equalling about 75k credits. I usually spend around 400-600k a week depending on how much I play. Now my way to keep money flowing in is to take 2-3 days depending on how much money I have in reserve and just run 11k baz nitch missions not in a group but solo.
I do solo because less spawns and i can wipe out nests alot quicker. I also use just tkm (no nades) and just do area attack and wipe out the group. I can do 2 missions in about 10-20 mins. This adds up to about 80k an hour (plus or minus how distracted I become) and usually can do between 160-200k credits per buff session. This adds up over a 2-3 day period and buys me new equipment if needed and I can stack up on nades etc. So this is my life and how I fund my grind.
Aurillius
Bloodfin-Master TKM/Commando
Force Sensitive xx24 combat, xx3x senses
Husker4269
Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:33 am
#20
Getting scout is obviously gonna be the easiest way to go. Find a Doc or Armorsmith on your server who are in need of creature resources. They are almost always willing to pay good hunters to keep them in good meat(doc's and chef's) and hides(armorsmiths) when in shift. And there is your source of income, and a possible good relationship with the Doc,Chef,or Armorsmith can result in reduced prices for buffs,food,armor. And keep up with SWGcraft.com for the new shifts of hides and meats. Good Luck.
Dorsk_81
Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:44 am
#21
Bjorn015 wrote:
Mainly becauze grenades is the only liveable way to grind the FS xp.
Lol, so not true. As a TKM killing Huurton Stalkers, I could get about 480k of FS xp a day. Thats one complete branch evey 3 days.
Maxil
Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:05 am
#23
Bjorn015 wrote:
I realy realy want be a Jedi, but I am having my doubts about the long grind. Mainly becauze grenades is the only liveable way to grind the FS xp. But 75k for 1 crate of thermal detonators is alot of money for me. I Had about 1 mil credits, after getting the commmando tree and a few crates of grenades, I'm down to 800k with only 1 box in combat poweress unlocked... It goes fast, yes but in just a few days I'll be out of money. I am a fighter, so no Doc/Crafter who earns tons of credits each day. I already have a hard time to pay all the buffs and armour.
Sigh, how do you guys pay those tons of grenade crates?
Grenades are NOT the only liveable way to grind the fs xp.
Look, you can use grenades and grind out a branch in a day, or,
Grind a weapons xp profession once each day, cap at 900k, and after 21 days (each day of the phase) you'll have enough xp to fill the branch. Toss in the random combat xp you'll be making and you'll actually be done early.
It takes the same amount of time till next phase, you don't have to kill yourself tossing nades.
CovenMaximus
Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:25 am
#24
900k of weapon xp equals 90k of combat. In squill cave you can cap combat xp and weapon xp for two mastered professions in 1.5-2 hours if you are all alone. But being alone in squill is hard. So if you grind and just cap weapon xp and combat xp ina buff session, you could grind a tree with combat in less then 21 days. 160000/1225000 = about 7-8 days to fill a tree. which is 14-24 hours of playing. So 6 trees eaqual 42 days of grinding which equals 84-126 hours total to get jedi with a combat profession.
Maxil
Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:28 am
#25
..... ok... I wasn't gonna do all the math, but just showing how the system was set up, and it's not impossible to do without nades...
If they do change nades somehow, I'm curious as to what tactics people are gonna adopt, I'm sure there's a couple other ways to grind it we jus havn't been desperate enough..
If they do change nades somehow, I'm curious as to what tactics people are gonna adopt, I'm sure there's a couple other ways to grind it we jus havn't been desperate enough..
SalomonXsjado
Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:59 am
#26
dorsk you could make that much with tka, but we know thats like 3 buff sessions and WORKING all day. Lets not turn this into another debate on which way to grind. It's odvious using grenades is faster and more appealing to people who dont have as much time to play. He asked how people pay for their grenades, stop going off topic and flaming.