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MrWizzard
Thu Jul 22, 2004 9:45 pm
#79
but i harvest all my own resources... so its already around a 4-500% markup
TheRealTK421
Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:53 pm
#80
I suspect this could be about where that droid would land on Ahazi.
Straker_Atrella wrote:
Plus look at the fact that Scout resources sell for a lot. People with high Harvest skill like Rangers don't get a big boost with the weaker droids, yours will help them a lot.
I would go 150k maybe. 120k at least. But ours is a rich server.
/bow
Respectfully,
MrWizzard
Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:07 pm
#81
well im working on a second batch (full run of 122 R3s..... darn adv brains kill it hehe) and i'm starting to remember what a pain making R3s from scratch is..... so maybe i'll charge more just because of that (i dropped a fourth factory too)
Erillion
Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:18 am
#82
I am selling my 114 on Naritus for 200 k and did not get complaints from any customers.
I sell my 105-107 variants for 50 k.
So you might want to sell the first 10 - 30 at high prices, catering to the upper end of hunters. Then .. when these sales drop off, start lowering prices. And dont forget to advertise on your trade forum - your primary customers are usually there auctioning their hunting spoils.
Have fun
Delos
MrWizzard
Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:23 am
#83
oh believe me, publicity wasnt my problem..... heh... I just couldnt quite justify charging that much more for droids..... but maybe i'll up the price a little bit so i dont sell out in 2 hours like I did this time..... I guess my 44.5 crafting stations are pricy because they're unique..... why should these be so different
ButterBandit
Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:44 am
#84
Exactly. Sure the markup on the thing may seem outragous, but compare the amount of credits a top notch DE makes a day, with the number of credits a top notch weaponsmith or top notch armorsmith make....no comparison. We sell in much lower volumes, therefore we need to have much higher markups. Don't sell yourself short because you don't think its justified, squeeze every dime you can get out of those things!
Stravros
Fri Jul 23, 2004 6:29 am
#85
sorry to hijack but what does pylollian cake and bespin port do.
MrWizzard
Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:46 am
#87
TuffGnarl wrote:
I worked on this for 4 hours last night, hand crafting these things using Ysomoki, Ipocope, and 939 Inert gas, with perfect tools, +10 Droid assembly, at a perfect FR station, in a Research Center City. I've talked to several of the top crafters on our server too and they all agree that the exceptional success doesn't exist. I don't see how it would be possible to otherwise get a 119 droid though, how many experimentation points did you use per experiment? All of them? just a few at a time? I'm trying to duplicate this so I can get some screenshots of it happening, I need to know your exact process if its not too much trouble.
I do have +20 to droid experimentation, and I put all available points into the effectiveness line for the first experimentation. it was after that, that i got the rest of the full bar to experiment it all the way.... well the next step filled it out to 99% and i believe i had 3 points leftover to put into durability.
bespin port increases the success roll on your experimentation attempt (one attempt per drink), but i was not using that, or cake at the time.
edit: 4 hours probably isnt enough.... i've been trying to do this for weeks
Message Edited by MrWizzard on 07-23-2004 09:46 AM
TuffGnarl
Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:27 am
#88
I imagine it did take a long time, you should really, really, really charge more for these droids. If I'm not getting rich off of them, I'll really feel better if at least SOMEONE does! 
Erillion
Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:43 am
#89
Hi everyone,
we are not talking about having one of these special crafting events every few hours of hand crafting. We are talking about WEEKS. So it seems to be a chance of significantly less than 1 %.
And even if you DO hand craft for that long, its only a question of LUCK, not SKILL. Many of you would have the skill for it .. but did not had luck on their sideso far !
Just remember to save it as a manufac schematic !
Have fun
Delos
Rippen208
Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:06 am
#90
ButterBandit wrote: 119 is a good 10 harvest points better than the second best, you could EASILY sell these droids for twice as much in my honest opinion.
Not anymore.
I've just made some 117s on Starsider, selling them for 175k per droid. I figure I do need to make the price reflect the rarity of the droid, but I also must remember that its not so much of a valuable droid that I should make the price astronomical. Its just a creature harvest droid after all. I'm charging 25k per module, plus the cost of the chassis and armor I put in. Rippen Tuck
RippenCo Droids, Inc.
Starsider, Naboo
-3988, 3796
Straker_Atrella
Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:25 pm
#91
Don't be under the mindset that you are "marking up" the droids. Think that you are finally able to charge whatyour droids are really worth. Look at the markups on Armor and Weapons.
We all know we sell stuff for less then we should, because if we didn't it wouldn't sell at all. Finally you have something worth selling, that people will really want.