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Thread: Master shipwright pricing in a price war with other masters??
Stratege wrote:
...From launch I architect and see many such RTPrimus, and where they all? Gone…
Gone? LOL,
I have been a master weaponsmith for just about a year and I have had people coming back over and over again for weapons. I dont play SWG just to make alot of FAKE MONEY, I enjoy the crafting and the company in the world.
Bottom line is, I wanted to know what others that are shipwrights on other servers were charging and thanks to those that have replyed, with out flaming. and to those of you have flamed this post,
/rude
RTPrimus wrote:
Stratege wrote:
...From launch I architect and see many such RTPrimus, and where they all? Gone…
Gone? LOL,
I have been a master weaponsmith for just about a year and I have had people coming back over and over again for weapons. I dont play SWG just to make alot of FAKE MONEY, I enjoy the crafting and the company in the world.
Bottom line is, I wanted to know what others that are shipwrights on other servers were charging and thanks to those that have replyed, with out flaming. and to those of you have flamed this post,
/rude
jedi464 wrote:
Thats good compared to some outrageous shipwrights, I bought a Heavy Blaster for 60k from one!
Point is... you bought it. Nobody forced you to. And most likely, with a tiny bit of searching, you'd have found it cheaper. Even directly contacting a SW, using the search feature, would have likely turned up a cheaper blaster.
I'd still like to know why the original poster is charging prices he'd never consider as a weaponsmith.
Message Edited by Rhysen on 12-30-2004 01:21 PM
QFE
Rhysen wrote:
I'd still like to know why the original poster is charging prices he'd never consider as a weaponsmith.
RTPrimus wrote:
HI all,
I just mastered shipwright last night and I will not be rasing my price do to it. This has casued a good number of the other masters on my server to get, well, very P'ed off at me. My prices are as follows:
Novice ships 5k
Tier 1 25k
Tier 2 35k
Tier 3 65k
Tier 4 90k
Master 160k
Parts
Mark I 500c
Mark II 1k
Mark III 2k
Mark IV 3k
Mark V 5k
Now, In a pricing war, is it not fair to have a lower price then the other guy? No one is holding a gun to there head and saying "charge 15k for a Mark I blaster" oh, thats what one of them is charging for one and I can match there stats with in about 5%!
I guess you do not value your time at all, with the time to harvest the resources, make the enhancers, run them in the factory and then hand craft the parts, all for maybe 0.1cpu profit.
I love crafting always have but crafting just to craft and get basically nothing in return is a pointless exercise
I make a good product and I don't charge a lot. I don't expect to be huge. I make enough profit to supply my harvesters with money, and my houses with maintenance. Plus a little spending cash when I get that bug. 95% of my resources come from my own harvesters or guild supplied lots. So I really don't have the overhead of some other SWs. I don't want to say I am in direct competition with them. Cuz I could honestly care less what they are charging. I charge what I think is fair, and keeps me in profits. I'm not in this for the money. Most of my ships go right to the guild. Occasionally I sell some off the vendors...enough to keep me with money.Message Edited by Arg0nus on 12-30-2004 01:30 PM
RTPrimus wrote:
No one is holding a gun to there head and saying "charge 15k for a Mark I blaster" oh, thats what one of them is charging for one and I can match there stats with in about 5%!
I'm one of the opposing Shipwrights but not the one RT is talking about.
My Mark I blasters are 1k each base level or upto 2k each with a choice of upgrades (depends on price of resources)
Stats on base level (no upgrade) (With exp spread even through Max/Min)(All great successes)
Your basic non special blaster, no awesome assembly, or upgrades
302.0-409.9 Min / Max Damage
0.484/0.484 Vs Shield / Vs Armor
17.4 refire
0.352 Energy/Shot
Not bad I think.
I can hit 458.4 max damage with upgrades
I can hit 105 max speed on the Mk V engines everyone loves (Don't know why, I prefer PYT to speed)
I buy my resources at 3-4 cpu with a few exceptions (12cpu for some nice radioactive etc)
My mark up is tiny (1k MKI blaster that uses 200 resources) and surely worth my time in crafting and spending endless hours travelling vendors to find the very best quality resources for my customers.
I hold great pride in my work and don't like to 'feel' like itsbeing undermined.
This is why I took offense to the prices.
I've since started making a nice turnover (Word spreads well for high level components)
I wish you well and hope you can find happiness in SW at those prices.
Message Edited by Niven2k3 on 01-01-2005 04:00 PM
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BobaFettish wrote:Well the onlt true way to bring the prices down on the servers & stop you Fat, Greedy Merchants from Owning the Game & becoming Lords & Kings while the rest of us struggle with the New Non-Solo Policy, is not to start pricing wars....But rather go out & do what i have decided to do...Make Mules twith the 2nd char slots & "teach these Fat Slugs who Charge 190k for a T21, or 900k for a Skill tape or 220k for a lvl 7 Ship component", a lesson.If every Non-Crafter in the game sacrificed his 2nd slot for a Mule Crafter & made his own stuff, the Greed Mongers would Go under real fast!!True the economy would die altogeather, but I could Really give a rats Bungger!!!Merchants would have brought this on the game, not the poor buggers trying to survive the only way they can, now that the average player makes about 98% less cash then he did befor Soloing went out.This don't mean i Condone Soloing, infact this was one of the worse things that could have happened to SWG, but the Merchants didn't need to take advantage of it & Make life soooo hard for players just starting out or those that didn't Solo & had little cash & were forced to Live as Peseants.I will never again Pay 120k for a "Below Average T21 or 400k for a "Kimogila Chassy", or 170k for a box of "near average Brandy"...!!!Between uo, - Myself, my Brother & 2 friends, we will cover all Master Crafting Proffessions, Share amongst ourselves & those we Know & trust...I might even be seen on the odd occasion running round at starports of Farstar, giving away 100's of freedies just to piss of the crafters there..HEH!And all i can say to the High Priced, Loser Merchants in the game is.......,I Hope others follow my Path & Put you all down for good......"even if it means Killing off the Economy to do so"NOW THATS A WAR FOR U!
If you have paid 120k for a T21 (sold them for 35k max when weaponsmith) and 220k for a level 7 ship component (sell them for 35k), you my friend are the worst shopper I have ever found. SHOP AROUND! Ask crafters when you see them online! Start harvestsing resources and sell them to us for 1 - 2 cpu, not 8 cpu and up! Or, go make a crafter and realize that you don't like it.
BobaFettish wrote:
Well the onlt true way to bring the prices down on the servers & stop you Fat, Greedy Merchants from Owning the Game & becoming Lords & Kings while the rest of us struggle with the New Non-Solo Policy, is not to start pricing wars....
But rather go out & do what i have decided to do...
Make Mules twith the 2nd char slots & "teach these Fat Slugs who Charge 190k for a T21, or 900k for a Skill tape or 220k for a lvl 7 Ship component", a lesson.
If every Non-Crafter in the game sacrificed his 2nd slot for a Mule Crafter & made his own stuff, the Greed Mongers would Go under real fast!!
True the economy would die altogeather, but I could Really give a rats Bungger!!!
Merchants would have brought this on the game, not the poor buggers trying to survive the only way they can, now that the average player makes about 98% less cash then he did befor Soloing went out.
This don't mean i Condone Soloing, infact this was one of the worse things that could have happened to SWG, but the Merchants didn't need to take advantage of it & Make life soooo hard for players just starting out or those that didn't Solo & had little cash & were forced to Live as Peseants.
I will never again Pay 120k for a "Below Average T21 or 400k for a "Kimogila Chassy", or 170k for a box of "near average Brandy"...!!!
Between uo, - Myself, my Brother & 2 friends, we will cover all Master Crafting Proffessions, Share amongst ourselves & those we Know & trust...
I might even be seen on the odd occasion running round at starports of Farstar, giving away 100's of freedies just to piss of the crafters there..HEH!
And all i can say to the High Priced, Loser Merchants in the game is.......,
I Hope others follow my Path & Put you all down for good......"even if it means Killing off the Economy to do so"
NOW THATS A WAR FOR U!
Message Edited by Scythe on 01-02-2005 12:31 PM