Smuggler Archive

Has anyone else been playing the slicing component stock market? It's hard to keep up with the way the market changes. Ultimately, those who stocked up on WUK's and AUK's "won"... Early on, it was ICB's that were the cat's ass. They were hard to loot, you got them from WUK's, and they affected the most important stat... Damage... But soon the general public found a lot of bugs (with slicing caps) and found that if they wanted to make an uber weapon more uber, they would have to increase speed. So, for the first few weeks, ICB's went for 2 mill apiece. I conned a lot of people out of them that they looted in space. Insta-cash... Now, for the Delicate Triggers, these things made the better slice. And, they were supposed to be more rare, but because krayts are killed in droves, that didn't last long. Those with good contacts, could get a bunch of these things, and sell them to those that are ill-informed, for about 1.5 mill. But only for the first week, when the general public didn't know how easy it was to get them (and the fact they couldn't be salvaged)... But, all the while, it was only profitable to sell converted WUK stuff. The AUK stuff was just pure crap. I swear there is an old auction of mine where I put up Shock Absorbant Padding for 10k apeice, and no one bought them.

Then, came the great BH Loot Market Crash of '05. This would either make or break a good slicing stock marketer. ICB's and DTA's on bazaars... It was chaos. But, through this, more rarities arose. 75% armor break was soon to be found as the best slice for armor. Quickly, the public sucked all the salvaged stuff up. Now, the market is in a shortage, because there is no good place to loot it. 300k apeice? Hah! I'll laugh at that in a few weeks. If it takes up 7-9 of them for a suit, and days looting to get one single component, I beleive that its going to soon be 10 mill per suit once all of it dries up. Me? I'm hanging on to my 8 of them... And am going to buy more, because the market will see more demand soon. I can't walk into a city with my MS title up without a tell, of if I have any AB slices.

In short? Save your SAP's... And wait for the prices to rise. Thankfully for us, if the devs make a new way to get it, we have insider information from Test Center.