Pilot Archive

I use three houses. I dump them all in one or twohouses sorted by room/backpack and the component. All guns go in one bag, all engines in another, etc. When I'm ready to RE, I pull out all of a specific type, like level 6 guns, haul them over to the other house, and leave them in satchels. Then I bug a shipwright to come help me out.

I needed the three houses to have enough room to sort it.

Oh, I just sell all that level 10 stuff to the chassis vender, it's too heavy for my ships.

(Watching shipwrights cry. I'm kidding!)

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PaceNebulon wrote:

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doghairedinfant wrote:
four food factories--

engines
shields/armor
reactors
weapons/capacitors

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I thought about this, but never tried it. I figured they would have seen that exploit. I am sure gonna use it now though.

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as a chef it was how i kept all of my components straight. i'm sure it's not an exploit, it's actually a pretty useful 1 lot storage device.

I keep everything in separated furniture containers (armoire/toolbox/etc) in the small house that will eventually be my second character SW's "shop."

I do regularly clean out items that I know for sure I am not going to use, so I don't use more than 100-150 slots. Basically, I go in and dump a lot of boosters and bad armor drops for cash, odd level engines, reactors for which I don't even think there is much RE use and DI's that I can't justify the weight on (even if RE'd).

I hate a lot of clutter. Weapons are the hard one, as you can RE a lot of weapons level 7+ to come up with something really good.

I have a large house and a med house... med is full and large has about 150 parts plus bank is full... about to start using YT and yacht for storage. I am just too parinoid that I am going to need something the second after I get rid of it.

Write all the best stats out in /note (yes there is such a command). Scrap everything that doesn't make the cut.

You can actually get away with /no. I store everything.The good stuff we keep, the other stuff is picked out as RE filler or we just sell it on a vendor for the guild after the houses start filling up.

If you're doing nothing else on the ground, or not much, at least, it doesn't take much to hit master merchant.

Using the "best or scrap" method above, an accessable vendor where you place 999999999 (or whatever the max) priced bags labeled for ease of use ("Engines 6", "Capacitors 4", Weapon 8", etc), and all the "scrap" parts at 1/2 the chassis dealer rate. Ehile this will loose some monies in the short term, it gaurantees sales and will quickly net enough to hit the level of Merchant you feel will comfortably allow you to store your gear. An entrance fee of 1 is generally acceptable, speeds merchant XP, but not neccissary for such a short-term goal.

Afterwards, I always reccomend any pilot with merchants not directly sell to the chassis dealer at first. Place your parts up at or up to double the chassis dealer's rates. It helps other pilots and SWs gain access to parts that might not meet your standards, but fit theirs as filler, etc. Once the 30 days are up and the items drop back to my stockroom, I never re-sell them, but instead load them up into a backpack and head to the chassis dealer. If it hasn't sold in 30, it wont sell. Obviously, if a part doesnt meet your needs but still falls into an "exceptional" range, higher prices would be beneficial.

In the end, the vendor provides a ready-made storage system, and the possibility of both helping out your fellow pilot with your cast-offs, and increased profits from them, is a win-win for all.

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JanuHull wrote:
You can actually get away with /no. I store everything.The good stuff we keep, the other stuff is picked out as RE filler or we just sell it on a vendor for the guild after the houses start filling up.

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Yarr. I do /no myself, but just incase anyone would go what the heck is /no. the full command is /notepad lol.

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doghairedinfant wrote:
four food factories--

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How many items will each factory hold?

Merchant 0404 on my Jedi. 3000 item storage, six vendor placement ability. You can also make xp like gangbusters this way, since you get 150xp/hr per vendor so long as they're funded.

If you go this route, though - turn off your vendor search option, or you'll be getting solicitation emails for parts. I *used* to use a large house plus FOUR factories, but that was getting a little cramped, and gave me little to no room to breathe, so I decided to use my last respec to pick up Merchant.

Message Edited by KaylBreinhar on 07-22-2005 03:08 PM

I use a few houses and a vendor, but I find myself running out of room.

Collect long enough so that you know most of the high-end stats of most components. Write them all out in /note. Scrap everything that doesn't make the cut. Level 6 booster not at least 28.6 speed? scrap. level 6 shield not under 2000 RED? scrap.

Message Edited by JediNg on 07-22-2005 12:07 PM

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KaylBreinhar wrote:
so I decided to use my last respec to pick up Merchant.

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I've been very tempted to do this, but I'm having a devil of a time figuring out what to sacrifice for the extra points. I'm a Master Carbineer/Master Artisan/Master Shipwright. The obvious choice is the Domestic Arts line of Artisan, but I find that I am too fond of the title. And there really isn't anywhere else I can cut the points from.