Smuggler Archive

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KwoTon wrote:

I charge 500creds/PerWeaponLevel, and have not yet had one person get scared off by the price. This way, a level 50 Weapon gets me 25k. It isnt a bad price for them, and I make a bit of cash. Once I explain WHY I charge that much, people have always understood.

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This is exactly what i chare and I charge 250 credits per level for frequent customers.

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aibo220 wrote:

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Ramsey_Lanclo wrote:

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aibo220 wrote:
I won't even pay 5k for a slice. It's absurd. Especially when there is a 9 piece armor set or mulitple weapons to get sliced.

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Oh? But you had no problem paying 15k for Dr. buffs in the old system that lasted for three hours?

A slice lasts the lifetime of the weapon/armor - and 5k's too much to ask?

Hope you don't come to me for a slice.

EDIT: Oh... Just realized your SIG... Naturally you wouldn't pay 5k for a slice...

Message Edited by Ramsey_Lanclo on 05-07-2005 10:10 PM

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15K for buffs was a good deal considering the fact you can do 3 missions and make that back plus more. Buffs were also a requirement to do anything and even more so, took alot of time and commitment from doctors.

Slices are not a requirement nor were they ever. Slices also don't benefit as much as buffs do unless you were to get a 30% damage slice. Smugglers also do not need to put as much time and effort into slicing itself or crafting the tools. Resource quality doesn't matter as it did for doctor buffs. It has also always been said that slicing armor/weapons makes them decay faster, something I never really checked into so I can't say 100%.


And what about my sig makes you think I wouldn't pay 5k for a slice?

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Sorry, I think that quality matters now with the new way of slicing. That CU changed everything. And besides, Doctor make a schmatic and use a factory to crank out supplies, just like we do.

I do the tip what you feel is appropriate and average about 20K per slice now. If someone pays less than that I add them to my ignore list, especially if they are wearing mando and want me to slice some uber weapon for 1K. I have a nice clientele that generally pays me close to 50K a slice as it is. I have a couple people who pay 100K a couple times a week, too. I use the tip what you feel is right policy to test customers and work on the ones who tip well by going the extra mile in every way I can. If they like to role play, I meet them in an alley or my YT or my smuggler's den. If they are in the field a lot, I go to them. In general, I try and be creative. The initial price is just that, the real deal is in the personal development. Every good client I have wasn't something that just happened because I was spamming outside coro, they were someone who I developed into a good client after hard work. Now I have nice clientele, including a number of loot hounds who come calling nearly every night with a pack filled with looted weapons they need sliced. The point is, if you are all hung up on the price of the slice, you are not only missing out on the real deal, but the fun of being a smuggler. The fun of the smuggler is running around the galaxy meeting clients needs whereever they are. Once I gave up fretting about the price of the slice, I not only started making more money (which is kind of moot because I can make way more money in space with my krayt), but had more fun.

Stop thinking about how much you should charge for a slice and start thinking of how you can develop the client into a bigger payout. If you start with a fixed price, you will never or rarely get it increased, but if you base it on the service and you put more into the service relationship, you will get more out of it in the long run. Compliment them on their weapon, chat them up, do whatever it takes to develop a relationship...in short learn to play your role.

If you think of yourself only as a slicebot, you will only get 5k a slice, but if you think a little outside the small box the devs keep trying to put us in, add a little creativity into the mix and you will make more and have a more enjoyable time, which I think it more important when playing a game, no? I guess the simplist way to say it is, stop thinking of how much you can charge and start thinking of how can I get this customer to come to me every time he needs a slice and pay me more.

With the onslaught of respeckkers, there are a lot of smugglers out there, and competition is going to be hard you will need to start working harder for clients than ever before.

Message Edited by lurdanta on 05-13-2005 09:18 AM

If there are no other smugglers around, 50k seems reasonable to me. I charge 10k since most of the people on my server think 100 credits per % or 3k is the norm.. but after the smuggler revamp, if slicing changes the way the IC thread showed, 50k would be a good price.

correct answer: charge what it is worth to you to take the time. Consider the time it takes to acquire your skills, make your tools, and then service the customer. Consider what else you could be doing with that time, and how much that free time is worth. When someoneinterrupts walking through the starport to get to buddies waiting to do some adventure, what is it worth to take 5 minutes out of free time and slice something?

Personally, I only get so much time to play, and I'd rather not do it at all. If I'mnot in a hurryand have some free time, 10k a slice. If I'm in a hurry, 20k. That's 180k for a suit of armor. When they say "wow, that's expensive." I say "yes, it is, but I have things to do". I slice for my guild mates for free, and I don't really have the skill to make money. I have much more profitable avenues, and much more entertaining things to do, so I don't like to slice for the public.

By the way....how can one be "Too greedy" in an MMORPG? Let's say I do the unthinkable and steal every item you own, somehow. Worst case scenario. WORST IMAGINEABLE. You quit the game. Up until that moment you got your money's worth. You won't starve to death. You won't not make rent. Nothing bad will happen to you in real life. Greed in real life is one of the worst problems today. Greed in an RPG? Come on.