Tailor Archive
Thread: FS Tailor: FAQ additions
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NJ62
Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:26 pm
#1
Hi,
I know a lot of you are doing the FS crafting, and I would like to add a section on this to the FAQ, but I must confess, I'm not on that path and am not an expert. Anyone want to help me compile this section of the FAQ? Post your Q&A here and I'll add it in (when I get my desktop with my master document back /grumble)
I know a lot of you are doing the FS crafting, and I would like to add a section on this to the FAQ, but I must confess, I'm not on that path and am not an expert. Anyone want to help me compile this section of the FAQ? Post your Q&A here and I'll add it in (when I get my desktop with my master document back /grumble)
RandDarkstar
Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:56 pm
#2
Crafting Quest #1
Quharek asks you to fix the Sensor Array. It has 4 components that require repair/replacement. Taking these items out of the array and bringing them into the Head Engineer's hut (he died) will give you access to two pieces of equipment.
One is an analyzer that allows you to reverse engineer the bad components and make a schematic. Then you download the schematic into your datapad for one time use. If it fails, you can download another as often as you like until you are finished.
The Second piece of equipment will allow you to calibrate the finished pieces of equipment, which must be done before you are able to replace them in the sensor array.
The Equipment:
Configuration Processor
- Copper (45 units)
- Aluminum (40 units)
- Rori Fiberplast (50 units)
Gyroscopic Receiver
- Yavian Wind Energy (50 units
- Lubricating Oil (20 units)
- Steel (45 units)
Signal Amplifier
- Talusian Fiberplast (25 units)
- Copper (70 units)
- Carbonate Ore (20 units)
- Aluminum (20 units)
Solid State Array
- Nabooian Water (10 units)
- Copper (10 units)
- Polymer (20 units)
- Extrusive Ore (100 units)
I would bring enough to make at LEAST 5 of each components. The reason is the calibration. Each piece uses a puzzle to calibrate the equipment. I'm not going to ruin it for anyone by explaining, and in fact, this is the most in-depth crafting experience I have yet to see from SWG. I was amazed at the process and how it worked.
Each attempt to calibrate will deteriorate the equipment by a certain amount. If you don't get it right in a set number of tries, the integrity falls to 0% and it is unusable. You then have to make a new piece and try again.
Repairing the sensor array will give you an unlock in the Force Crafting - Assembly line. You also get the rewardof a piece of the Aurellian Sculpture. There are 4 different pieces, and I was able to get #3 and #4 of the set. I am not sure if having all 4 will allow you to complete it into a finished product.
Egeis
Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:22 am
#4
There is a Guide at:
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=artisan&message.id=43332
Akaara
Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:49 am
#5
Non combat getting to glowy... friends can really help with this as well as a good swoop bike or av-21 speeder. Get in on a group doing the warren quests, you can get both badges quite easily if the group is experienced. I also paid a professional group to take me through the corellian quests, the only thing I had to do was run in and find the escape pod! Well worth paying a group who specializes in this. I also had a friend help me through Nym's quest, which was fairly easy and we finished it with no major problems. Once you have 5 of those, then visit all the Jedi POI's... very easy on the swoop bike and not much risk of being killed. If you haven't visited other poi's then try to get the 10 exporer badge and the 25 explorer badge, I don't know if these are required but it's easy to do. You should be glowing after these. The important ones are the 5 content badges which you can do without a lick of combat skills if you have friends willing to help.
The old man will come to visit and leave you a crystal... the sith will attack you but they are easily defeated. You then get a waypoint to a sith camp, also these are very easy to do solo and make sure YOU loot them not someone else because they will drop a datadisk with the waypoint to the village on dath.
The trip to dath can be daunting, lots of reds chase you... I suggest getting buffed before visiting or you can try and dodge them as you fly out there. Nightsister WILL knock you off your speeder and they love the av-21 so use a bike you don't care about.
Make sure to add the village wp to your datapad and then locate Paemos and talk to him. He trades xp, make him a wp in your datapad too as well as Noldan. Find Quahrek and see if he has missions for you. The missions change every 3 weeks. I strongly suggest with Qhareks phase II and III that you get in the quest asap because it caps at 45 people! Once you open the slots you then have to fill them, which takes alot of resources, time and more time! hehe...
Specifically for tailoring grind. I use the tact suits as it'sless clicking but itcosts more credits and uses 2 million polymer!
Tailor Crafting XP can be acquired quickly making Cartridge Belts at 285 XP for 110 resources each. Doing these you can get 171k XP / hour, or 34.2k FS XP / hour by using 66k resources an hour. With a 120k max, you fill your XP every 42 minutes. Doing this for 36 hours and using about 2.4 million units of resources can fill a 4 box branch. Doing this requires 49 skill points (Tailor Field Wear 4).
Tailor Crafting XP can also be acquired making Tactical Skinsuits at 950 XP for 360 resources each. Doing these you can get 570k XP / hour, or 114k FS XP / hour by using 216k resources an hour. With a 120k max, you fill your XP every 12.5 minutes. Doing this for 11 hours and using about 2.4 million units of resources can fill a 4 box branch. Doing this requires 92 skill points (Master Tailor). The killer is that the Skinsuits require factory made parts and you can use up an entire 1000 unit run of parts every 25 minutes of grinding... for a total of 27 factory runs required. If you have calendar time but don't want to sit around grinding as many hours this can be a good path.
Tailor Crafting XP can also be acquired making Tactical Skinsuits at 950 XP for 360 resources each. Doing these you can get 570k XP / hour, or 114k FS XP / hour by using 216k resources an hour. With a 120k max, you fill your XP every 12.5 minutes. Doing this for 11 hours and using about 2.4 million units of resources can fill a 4 box branch. Doing this requires 92 skill points (Master Tailor). The killer is that the Skinsuits require factory made parts and you can use up an entire 1000 unit run of parts every 25 minutes of grinding... for a total of 27 factory runs required. If you have calendar time but don't want to sit around grinding as many hours this can be a good path.
Gyopi
Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:16 am
#6
I am doing the skinsuit grind, but I strongly object to it. Tailor has the advantage that it is a fairly casual crafting profession and we don't even have experimentation to differentiate each other. There are so many people who want 4 sockets on their clothes that now I am forced to have to grind the equivalent of a few professions just to be competitive. Force sensitive skills are a nice bonus for other crafting professions, but they do not override things like the ability to gather the best resources and knowledge of how to experiement best. Since sockets are the only material thing that can differentiate tailors from each other, we are practically required to do this grind if we want to compete. This is not fair.
NJ62
Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:39 am
#7
Gyopi wrote:I am doing the skinsuit grind, but I strongly object to it. Tailor has the advantage that it is a fairly casual crafting profession and we don't even have experimentation to differentiate each other. There are so many people who want 4 sockets on their clothes that now I am forced to have to grind the equivalent of a few professions just to be competitive. Force sensitive skills are a nice bonus for other crafting professions, but they do not override things like the ability to gather the best resources and knowledge of how to experiement best. Since sockets are the only material thing that can differentiate tailors from each other, we are practically required to do this grind if we want to compete. This is not fair.
I didn't realize this situation had gotten so bad (that's what happens when you take a forced vacation due to desktop transit). I'll mention it tomorrow or Tuesday (the rest of my furniture arrives tomorrow so I'm a bit occupied all day.)
Gyopi
Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:43 am
#8
NJ62 wrote:
I didn't realize this situation had gotten so bad (that's what happens when you take a forced vacation due to desktop transit). I'll mention it tomorrow or Tuesday (the rest of my furniture arrives tomorrow so I'm a bit occupied all day.)
Well, this is just my opinion. I am sure that there are people who have no problems with this at all, but people are still wanting 4 socket items (often BE enhanced) and I feel like I am having to grind tailor all over again to do that. I *hate* grinding, but the amount of XP in order to get those 4 boxes is so much that you can't get those boxes casually.
NJ62
Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:55 am
#9
Gyopi wrote:NJ62 wrote:
I didn't realize this situation had gotten so bad (that's what happens when you take a forced vacation due to desktop transit). I'll mention it tomorrow or Tuesday (the rest of my furniture arrives tomorrow so I'm a bit occupied all day.)Well, this is just my opinion. I am sure that there are people who have no problems with this at all, but people are still wanting 4 socket items (often BE enhanced) and I feel like I am having to grind tailor all over again to do that. I *hate* grinding, but the amount of XP in order to get those 4 boxes is so much that you can't get those boxes casually.
The issue is not only grinding. THe issue is also feeling forced to spend additional skill points just to be able to compete.
One of my pet issues is to try to get away from a master-only economy where you can't sell ANYTHING until master. This FS grinding only exacerbates the situation, as it may lead to an economy where you can't sell ANYTHING until you're master+FS.
Message Edited by NJ62 on 10-03-2004 12:55 PM
Gyopi
Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:20 am
#10
It would at least be nice if there was an alternative. Why is it that force sensitive assembly apparently works, but clothing assembly doesn't? It sounds like if I take 4 boxes of force assembly to get +20 I might get 4 sockets most of the time on everything, but I have a tailoring outfit with +20 clothing assembly and it doesn't affect sockets at all.
gera
Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:14 am
#11
As tailors, actually do we need Force Sensitive "Experimentation" in this current system I really wonder 
Talking as FS Tailor, I am really wondering why I am doing that 
Akaara
Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:21 am
#12
gera wrote:
As tailors, actually do we need Force Sensitive "Experimentation" in this current system I really wonder
Talking as FS Tailor, I am really wondering why I am doing that
me too! Though the assembly and the repair are nice.
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