Shipwright Archive

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00over0 wrote:

It looks like on Sunrunner at least between me, you, and direpath, ships will be sanely priced. I had hoped by posting my prices so early that I would make some potential gougers drop out and make others rethink their pricing.

Charging too much, even just initially, is bad for business in the long run. Prices will fluctuate to a stable market level, but it doesn't hurt to "help" them do so by endeavoring to keep prices low for the beginner ships (which are really no different than grinding weapons and armor--not something to spend a fortune on, just stuff that will get the job done).

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Totally agree.

I'm going Shipwright and the way I look at it. 3 - 5 cpu is more than enough profit for me. But starting off, I will more than likely charge 1 cpu for Tier I ships. I'll brake even with that, and I'm only going to be novice.

I need the xp so Im going to make ships.

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00over0 wrote:

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pneumonic81 wrote:

i grabbed this reply i madefrom another thread in the jtl forum but i thought it wouldbe a good jumping start on pricing

i will/have spent about 20+ million credits of my owncash just to master shipwright so these prices arnt just for resources, its the time, effort, and cost that went into getting to the point where ships can even be made. each ship is hand made also so i will be speding time with each customer to see how they want thier ship custmoized. these are abse numbers that dont take into consideration many fo the factors that go into pricing, like customizations, guild affiliation, cash situation of the customer (if they are destitute). im not trying to rip people off but time = money in this game.

ill likely be selling on a different scale all together something like this below:

tier 1 chassis: 100000

tier2 chassis: 200000

tier3 chassis: 400000

tier 4 chassis: 600000

master chassis: 1000000

with compoents probably looking like this:

tier 1 component: 5000

tier2 component: 10000

tier3 component: 20000

tier 4 component: 40000

master component: 100000

perhaps if we had factories prices would go down but the fact of the matter is i have to hand craft every single item for your ship. and if im crafting im not flying or fighting. so you need to pay for that time.

these are rough estimates of course.

Message Edited by pneumonic81 on 10-26-2004 07:39 AM

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Why should everyone else pay you extra because you choose to master the profession in two hours or less? You can master and craft useable items for sale in this profession as you move up the trees. There's really no reason tomaster immediatelyother than to get there faster. For the first several days, no one is going to be certed for any ship over tier II, and we all know that experimentation just isn't going to make a huge difference in those ships anyway (hell, you can easily do the first two tiers in the free starter ship)--you don't even need to buy a ship at the beginning.

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PikemanAreRarerThanJedi wrote:

Actually I was a Master shipwright in beta. And expermenting makes a huge difference.

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PikemanAreRarerThanJedi wrote:

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00over0 wrote:

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pneumonic81 wrote:

i grabbed this reply i madefrom another thread in the jtl forum but i thought it wouldbe a good jumping start on pricing

i will/have spent about 20+ million credits of my owncash just to master shipwright so these prices arnt just for resources, its the time, effort, and cost that went into getting to the point where ships can even be made. each ship is hand made also so i will be speding time with each customer to see how they want thier ship custmoized. these are abse numbers that dont take into consideration many fo the factors that go into pricing, like customizations, guild affiliation, cash situation of the customer (if they are destitute). im not trying to rip people off but time = money in this game.

ill likely be selling on a different scale all together something like this below:

tier 1 chassis: 100000

tier2 chassis: 200000

tier3 chassis: 400000

tier 4 chassis: 600000

master chassis: 1000000

with compoents probably looking like this:

tier 1 component: 5000

tier2 component: 10000

tier3 component: 20000

tier 4 component: 40000

master component: 100000

perhaps if we had factories prices would go down but the fact of the matter is i have to hand craft every single item for your ship. and if im crafting im not flying or fighting. so you need to pay for that time.

these are rough estimates of course.

Message Edited by pneumonic81 on 10-26-2004 07:39 AM

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Why should everyone else pay you extra because you choose to master the profession in two hours or less? You can master and craft useable items for sale in this profession as you move up the trees. There's really no reason tomaster immediatelyother than to get there faster. For the first several days, no one is going to be certed for any ship over tier II, and we all know that experimentation just isn't going to make a huge difference in those ships anyway (hell, you can easily do the first two tiers in the free starter ship)--you don't even need to buy a ship at the beginning.

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Actually I was a Master shipwright in beta. And expermenting makes a huge difference.

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LordMaxx wrote:
bet the architects would have loved to charge those prices hehe...

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RagNoRock5x wrote:

If yall dont like his starter ship prices how about this.

Components 20 CPUFull set 1 project 1 launcher

Mark I - 200 4k 40k
Mark II - 500 10k 100k
Mark III - 1000 20k 200k
Mark IV - 2500 50k 500k
Mark V - 5000 100k 1 Million

Chasis 10 CPU
Tier 1 - 5000 50k
Tier 2 - 15000 150k
Tier 3 - 30000 300k
Tier 4 - 60000 600k
Tier 5 - 80000 800k
Master - 130000 1.3 Million

Full Ship (discount for buing all together)
Tier 1 - 80k
Tier 2 - 220k
Tier 3 - 450k
Tier 4 - 1.0 Million
Tier 5 - 1.6 Million
Master - 2.1 Million

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pneumonic81 wrote:

i grabbed this reply i made from another thread in the jtl forum but i thought it would be a good jumping start on pricing

i will/have spent about 20+ million credits of my owncash just to master shipwright so these prices arnt just for resources, its the time, effort, and cost that went into getting to the point where ships can even be made. each ship is hand made also so i will be speding time with each customer to see how they want thier ship custmoized. these are abse numbers that dont take into consideration many fo the factors that go into pricing, like customizations, guild affiliation, cash situation of the customer (if they are destitute). im not trying to rip people off but time = money in this game.

ill likely be selling on a different scale all together something like this below:

tier 1 chassis: 100000

tier2 chassis : 200000

tier3 chassis: 400000

tier 4 chassis: 600000

master chassis: 1000000

with compoents probably looking like this:

tier 1 component: 5000

tier2 component : 10000

tier3 component: 20000

tier 4 component: 40000

master component: 100000

perhaps if we had factories prices would go down but the fact of the matter is i have to hand craft every single item for your ship. and if im crafting im not flying or fighting. so you need to pay for that time.

these are rough estimates of course.

Message Edited by pneumonic81 on 10-26-2004 07:39 AM

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