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Thread: How much should I charge for faction points?
I charge 125 credits per individual faction....
AntiBrand wrote:How much should I charge for faction points?Cheers
Whatever the market can bare my friend. Whatever the market can bare.
As a side note, with calls of alderan and entertainer buffs it comes out to 67 creds per point to buy. At colonel it costs you a grand total of.... 79 credits per point transfered.
Myself, I rarely buy from a recruiter. I have guildies who are rebel aces and others who just love whacking stormies. I throw 'em a couple mil to top me up and supply the guild with faction bases and stuff and then sell for 130 per point. If people bitch and whine, feel free to haggle with them. Honestly, for me that's the best part. It's a lot of fun and anytime a customer walks away feeling like, "Damn. I worked for that deal. Go me. It's my birthday." they'll be a lot happier and will be more likely to come back.
Also, don't bend over backwards. You know your limit, but have standards. I flat out refuse to deal with people who are abusive or get lippy about me ripping them off. It's basiclly free money but my reputation and honor is worth more than credits. It's not like I'm a BH
I only sell smack to children, I don't kill their parents.
My deal for a long time is that I dont sell any FP's unless it's 1k or over. So, i have always sold 1k FP for 150k. Which at Colonel, I still get a good deal but like someone noted (sorry dude I forgot your name) you basically breaking even. So my trade is changing, lol. I will probably sell FP at 175k to 200k for 1k of FP. PPL think it's expensive but I dont think they realize that it's expensive for me to buy! LOL
/salute
djlowballer wrote:
they cost us about 74 each to buy, and costs 2 to give one. so about 150 breaks you even. People need them bad now because of the new armour and I have gotten away with selling them for over 200 a point.
dlc3007 wrote:
djlowballer wrote: they cost us about 74 each to buy, and costs 2 to give one. so about 150 breaks you even. People need them bad now because of the new armour and I have gotten away with selling them for over 200 a point.
you should check your math again. 1 FP costs us 84 cr to purchase. The transfer penalty depends on your rank -- which is why so many smugglers are Col. As someone already said, the transfer cost is 1.18:1 for Col, so 100cr/FP is the break even point.
That said, I charge 125.
I find that paying 100,000 credits for 1,250 FP usually means I am buying at 80 creds per point as an Imperial on Chimaera.
As a Colonel, to sell that 1 point means buying 1.18 points. 1.18 FP would cost me94.4 (lets call it 95)credits and THAT'S the break even point.
am I missing something or are you all wrong?
here's the deal...though I must admit I have not purchased faction since the CU so I may be wrong.../shrug
Assuming you are a master smuggler and a colonel
1250 faction points costs 100k = 80 credits per point
10% COA winning faction bonus (asuming you are winning) 125 free points
thus 1375 faction points for 100k = 72.22 credits per point
Entertainer buffs will give an additional 10% bonus on top so:
1250 x 10% = 125
125 COA x 10% = 12.5 or 13
total faction 1250+125+125+13=1513 @ 100k = 66 credits per faction point to purchase
Colonel transfer 1.18 x 66 = 78 credits per transferred faction point so as long as you sell for anything above 78 credits per point you are making a profit.
overt covert takes no time at all and buffs are non existant so inconvenience is not much of a factor anymore
I would sell at 100 credits per point and you will find you'll make a healthy profit
Ijust went down form 130cr/fpto 110cr/fp as i dont want to rip off players on my server.
oh... didn't knewinspiration buff is good for selling faction points 
... maybe i'll lower the price a little bit... but need to think about it
Message Edited by Oopsi on 05-04-2005 04:06 PM