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Thread: Whats the best way to inform the populace that you're a Colonel who wants to sell Faction Points
- Sell FP and make a gazillion credits easily. (well .... at least that's how the people already at Colonel make it sound)
- To be able to get faction items for cheaper in the hopes that I can capitalize on the NEED for Rebel space ships when the SE comes out.
My biggest question, now that I'm close and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel is .....
How do I let it be known to .... everyone .... that I'm available to sell Rebel FP??
I NEVER spam the starports and I get a TON of business slicing, but I rarely rarely rarely get asked about selling FP. I can actually think of four times that I did get asked to sell FP. The first two times I explained that I've never done it before and I'm not a Colonel. That ended that conversation 
The other two times I sold FP and made a TON of money ... the last time (a few days ago) I sold 5500 FP to a guy for 1 million credits and then his buddy ran up and asked for the same! With the rate I delegated, I made 980,000 cr in the 1:15 it took me to do it for them. THAT'S cool.
Help me figure out the best way to "advertise". I hate spamming but I'll do it if it's the only real reasonable way to get your "service" out to the market.
Thanks!
ps .... 100 cr / FP ?? 120 cr / FP ?? What does the market look like these days for pricing my services (compared to when the Smuggler FAQ stickied up top was written)?
Derec Hattrix
CDeli
Bria
Start with a post on your server's trade boards. State your rate and your rank.
Next, see if you can find other rebel smuggler's that are selling faction and let them know you would be available to assist them if they need another colonel for a sale. That way, they might throw some business your way if they can't get to it.
Also, you may want to find some Imperial smugglers that are selling faction. I get quite a few tells from Imperial friends that value my opinion asking for a reference for an Imperial smuggler that is selling faction.
One last thing to do is contact some owners of rebel bases asking for "permission" to use them to sell faction. The proceeds from the sale go into the maintenance pool for the base so you would be doing them a favor in addition to sticking a bug in their ear that you are available for sales if needed.
One thing I didn't add was if you have room, squeeze your rank and rate into your bio.
Message Edited by dorsai78664 on 05-10-2004 04:23 PM
Here's the post I made on the bria forums Also emailed it out to some potential customers it works well its a bit long but that's because its informative as well:
To All Ranking Rebel Officers and Associates:
These are hard times for the rebellion. The galactic civil war is escalating and although the empire suffered a tremendous defeat at the Battle of Yavin with the destruction of the Death Star, the Supreme Chancellor Palpitine has enacted martial Law in the entire galaxy. This military crack down and proliferation of military forces on our home planets has forced many rebels and those sympathetic to our cause into hiding. My associate (Caqoshor) and I (Zazo) have taken up the cause. Normally, we are spice dealers but our ability to smuggle vital milatary equipment and installations is now our priority.
Here is our cost for faction perks to Loyal Rebels. Please send all requests via Email and be specific. We will reply with a price and a time frame. All orders must have 50% of the costs paid prior to aquisition and 50% paid upon delivery.
Item___________________FPCost_____________________Purchas Price
Covert Faction Scanner_____ 500 _______________________41,250
Minefield__________________500 _______________________41,250
Turret: Small Dish__________2000 ______________________165,000
Turret: Large Dish __________9000 _____________________742,500
Turret: Small Block__________2000 _____________________165,000
Turret: Med Block ___________6000 _____________________495,000
Turret: Large Block _________9000 ______________________742,500
Turret: Small Tower_________2000 ______________________165,000
Turret: Med Tower___________6000 _____________________495,000
Turret: Large Tower_________9000 ______________________742,500
HQ: Forward Outpost________20000 _____________________1,650,000
HQ: Field Hospital___________40000_____________________3,300,000
HQ: Tactical Center__________45000____________________3,712,500
HQ: Detachment Headquarters_60000____________________4,950,000
Weapons and Armor
Laser Carbine_______________1500_____________________ 123,800
Scout Blaster________________1000_____________________82,500
Metal Staff__________________1000_____________________82,500
Rocket Launcher_____________5000_____________________412,500
DRX55 Mine_________________500______________________41,250
XG Mine_____________________500_____________________41,250
Marine Backpack_____________1500_____________________123,800
Marine Armor: Left Bicep_______2000____________________165,000
Marine Armor: Right Bicep______2000____________________165,000
Marine Armor: Boots __________3000____________________247,500
Marine Armor: Chest Plate______4000____________________ 330,000
Marine Armor: Leggings _______3000_____________________247,500
Marine Armor: Helmet _________3000____________________247,500
Personnel
Comm Operator - 150
Trooper - 150
Senior SpecForce Guerilla - 450
Senior SpecForce Heavy Weapons - 450
Senior SpecForce Infiltrator - 450
Senior SpecForce Marine - 450
SpecForce Pathfinder - 325
SpecForce Technician - 325
SpecForce Wilderness Trooper - 325
SpecForce Infiltrator - 325
SpecForce Interrogator - 325
SpecForce Marine - 325
SpecForce Procurement Specialist - 325
SpecForce Technician - 325
SpecForce Wilderness Operative - 325
SpecForce Guerilla - 325
Furniture
Tech Armoire - 1400
Tech Bookcase - 1400
Tech Cabinet - 1400
Tech Chair - 1000
Tech Chest - 1000
Tech Coffee Table - 1200
Tech Couch - 1200
Tech End Table - 1000
Schematics
Surgical Droid Schematic - 4000
R2 Droid Schematic - 5000
R3 Droid Schematic - 6000
R4 Droid Schematic - 7000
R5 Droid Schematic – 8000
Pricing for furnature and Droids can will be given upon request.
Turret Info:
All turrets are vulnerable to blast damage. With exception to the Small Tower turret (has 20k health and no resists), all turrets have medium armor 100% stun, 95% energy, 80% rest except blast resists.
Tower: energy damage and have built in minefields.
Block: blast damage
Dish: kinetic damage and have built in covert scanners. The small dish has a very small scanning range, the large has a smaller range than a covert scanner.
For Purchase of Faction points directly the price is 100 credits per point. Both Caqoshor and I are colonel and can transfer faction points for rank.
Below is a chart of Ranks and maximum Fps for that rank this was taken from the forums however I'm not sure who the original poster is to give proper credit for the work.
RANK = Points required to promoted rank = Amount of points you can hold at current rank (10.1 x Amount of points spent to acheive that rank) = Ratio of delegated transfered points (example)
1.) Private = 200 = 2,020 =6.50:1 (Costs 650 to send 100)
2.) Lance Corporal = 600 = 6,060 = 5.0:1 (Costs 500 to send 100)
3.) Corporal = 1,000 = 10,100 = 4.0:1 (Costs 400 to send 100)
4.) Sergeant = 1,400 = 14,140 =4.0:1 (Costs 400 to send 100)
5.) Staff Corporal = 1,800 = 18,1800 = 3.0.1:1 (Costs 300 to send 100)
6.) Staff Sergeant = 2,000 = 20,200 = 2.5:1 (Costs 250 to send 100)
7.) Warrant Officer II = 2,500 = 25,250 = 2.3:1 (Costs 230 to send 100)
8.) Master Sergeant = 3,000 = 30,300 = 2.00:1 (Costs 200 to send 100)
9.) Sergeant Major = 3,500 = 35,350 = 1.9:1 (Costs 190 to send 100)
10.) Warrant Officer I = 4,000 = 40,400 = 1.8:1 (Costs 180 to send 100)
11.) Second Lieutenant = 4,000 = 40,400 = 1.67:1 (Costs 167 to send 100)
12.) First Lieutenant = 5,000 = 50,500 = 1.54:1 (Costs 154 to send 100)
13.) Army Captain = 5,000 = 50,500 = 1.43:1 (Costs 143 to send 100)
14.) Major = 5,500 = 55,550 = 1.333:1 (Costs 134 to send 100)
15.) Lieutenant Colonel = 5,500 = 55,550 = 1.25:1 (Costs 125 to send 100)
16.) Colonel = 6,000 = 60,600 = 1.18:1 (Costs 118 to send 100)
17.) Brigadier General = unknown = unknown = unknown
18.) Major General = unknown = unknown = unknown
19.) Lieutenant General = unknown = unknown = unknown
20.) General = unknown = unknown = unknown
21.) High General = unknown = unknown = unknown
22.) Surface Marshal = unknown = unknown = unknown
Disseminate this information only to trusted rebels then destroy all trace of its existance.
*End Transmission*
Oh by the way, looking at zazo's list here I wonder if there are anyone interested in selling me an Imperial rank?
Infinity server, email lacq.
And make posts in your forum. Got a couple of tells this week asking if I'll sell faction pointsImperials get a 30% discount on faction perks, so the cost for a covert faction scanner isn't exactly 500 faction points. Also, I think the master smuggler faction discount is applied after the Imperial discount, so the total faction point costfor a covert faction scanner would be 262.5 (263) points.
For Rebels, they get 138 faction points when they pay the recruiter 10,000 credits, so the cost for faction (after colonel transfer rate of 1.18) is 85.5 credits. After transferring the points to another Rebel master smuggler (faction point cost for a faction scanner is 375 points), the cost is 32,062 credits.
Message Edited by LorenzoMh on 05-13-2004 11:52 PM