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Message Edited by pashialynn on 06-17-2005 06:57 AM

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pashialynn wrote:

Ok ill admit it !!! I did respec this char from a master doc master dancer before the cu to master artisian/merchant.. ok now since i told you that I would like to know something that I cant find on the stickies in artisian... What is it that Im looking for when I am surveying something.. what I mean is is that am I looking for the best OQ and PE or OQ and DR or DR and PE I get so many dif answers to this from guildies and on the server..

I would like to know becuase I want to sell the very best to people for my merchant to get any recognition.. Thank you for your time in writing back on this and please dont flame me

P.S. if you know of a stickie please tell me I cant find one

Message Edited by pashialynn on 06-17-2005 06:57 AM

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This is a bit out of place on the Merchant forum since its about crafting and resources, but the answer is that there is no one answer. The quality of a resource is determined by what you intend to do with it. Each item you craft has different stats that it cares about. Generally if you have a very high stat in any area its a pretty good resource for SOMETHING.

Every schematic uses different stats to determine experimentation limits.

Power for Instant Stimpacks is determined by 66.6% Overall Quality and 33% Potential Energy.
Charges on Instant Stimpacks are determined by 66% Overall Quality and 33% Unit Toughness.

So a Bio Engineer crafting Instant Stimpacks will be looking for Seeds with high OQ / PE for example.

On another hand, for Crafting Tool effectiveness, only Conductivity is important (I think).
So an Artisan needing resources for crafting tools wont look at OQ / PE at all.

It really depends on professions. But some general rule of thumb:

Organic OQ / PE goes to medical crafters for Instant Stimpacks and Doc enhancers, UT is a nice bonus
Organic OQ / DR goes to medical crafters for CM enhancers
Organic OQ / PE / FL goes to chefs
Hides OQ / SR / DR go to armorsmithes

You could read your trade forums and see who buys which resources, or you could ask crafters you know what they need. But keep in mind, an armorsmith will tell you different things than a bio engineer.

Message Edited by Eskie on 06-17-2005 04:40 PM

Any resource will sell if the price is nice enough. Resources for 2 cpu or less will always sell regardless of quality. If you want to specialize on high quality to charge more, Steel is one of the most asked resources. If it has high OQ, then AS, WS or SW will be interested. Mostly they will want other stats at 900+, too, but OQ is always a good stat to start with.
But if you already know whom you want to sell your resources, just go and ask