Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: A problem with lots.
I'm an up and comming weaponsmith, will soon be master in a day or two (i hope) and i've already begun producing a few small weapons i'm trying to sell. But I seem to have hit a problem, and am wondering how you guys handle this.
Currently I'm out of lots, I have a large house that I've had since I was a bounty hunter. I run 1 factory (this is definately not enough i've found), and 3 harvesters trying to cover the 20+ resources I need to make weapons. I'm kind of at a loss how I'm supposed to get up to par so to speak with one of the other Masters on my server (Intrepid). I read the thread on how some people are running 4 factories at once, but I dont think that's a viable option for me right now. I'd prefer not to lose my house, as I do have over 200 things in there, and I really do need more space (I've heard that factories are good for storage too).
So do you guys have any suggestions on how I can fix this problem? I've thought about having someone on another server loan me lots in exchange, but it would be annoying and difficult for both of us to have to login to eachother's servers to place lots every week or so.
Thanks in advance for your input!
Leonne Crestmoon
Intrepid
First off, in my opinion, the large house is a waste. If you really need to keep everything then I suggest you do use your factory as extra storage, or you can try pare down what you're holding onto.
Or, the lot swap isn't a bad idea as long as you trust the person. You use lot swaps for static things like buildings and factories, and keep your own personal lots for dynamic things such as harvesters. If you insist on keeping a large house, find a lot swapper and transfer it to him/her, along with factories. Unless you plan on shifting your base of operations every week you should be set. I have a store, warehouse and 3 factorieson a lot swap and he's only had to log in the once to transfer them, months ago. I've not needed to call him back since.
You will find you will need every available lot you can squeeze for resources. You'll need hundreds of thousands spread across a broad variety of types and no way 3 harvesters will be able to sustain you.
i agree with you, i'm going to see if i can find someone on an non-intrepid server who might want to do a lot swap, in the mean time i'm grinding away, only have muntions left till master!
Thanks for the info guys
Leonne,
As someone stated the large house is a complete waste. Lose it, you need a shop not a house. When you retire you can get a big house again. 
Feliks,
Care to elaborate? I have 2 accounts and yes, the second account does only give me 10 additional lots. Is there an exploit you are using with two accounts to gain an unfair advantage over others? I would hope not.
I'm on Wanderhome but I'd be willing to create a character on Intrepid so you can use those lots...It's a wee bit of a risk, but I'm an honorable person. That's the only assurance I can offer. 
Send me a private message if you want to pursue further.
Maya
Ba-Ba wrote:
Care to elaborate? I have 2 accounts and yes, the second account does only give me 10 additional lots. Is there an exploit you are using with two accounts to gain an unfair advantage over others? I would hope not.
You used to be able to create a character on the second account, place harvesters with it, then delete the character and the harvesters would still be there. Then you could make another char, put more harvesters on it, delete, repeat. People exploited the hell out of this in the first month after release. It was fixed though, I remember going out to my harvesters a few weeks in and seeing how half the area was empty because all the lot-exploited harvesters were removed.
kerm1t555 wrote:
I know a large is a waste, but still, I like the large Naboo. And if i leave that, I am left with getting mediums, which would move me away from where i'm at in my player city (a castle, atop a hill overlooking the city, feels very powerful). I do plan to get a second account, but we'll see how my financial situation is right now heh
Well the price for the castle is those lots taken, so up to you how you want to assign your prioirities Maya's offered to lot swap - if that doesn't come through, drop me a line and I'll create a character to take the large off your lot space. I'd probably ask lots in return on my server but that's also a bit of insurance for both of us, as you'll hold things of mine as I do of yours, etc.
Good luck!
I can assure you that Maya is an honorable person. He/she(it (LOL) is a well-known master ws who would not risk reputation (that is probably our most important asset).
I have recenly made a lot swap for harvesters. Factories and shops might be the best thing to swap but harvesters works well. There is always something you can harvest in a spot, at least with a mineral harvester. I have never seen a spot that didn't at least have one resource with at least 30-40% of some resource and that is enough to make it profitable.