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Thread: Question about Ranged Weapon Prices

petergriffon
Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:59 am
#1

I'm not trying to flame anyone here, I'm just curious because up until now I've done only the Elite Brawler Profs. Now I'm starting on Smuggler and then probably Pistoleer and I was shopping around for some good FWG5's for Smuggler. I went to a few shops and there are people selling these guns for 300K - 500K a piece with anywhere from 2.5 - 1.5 speed and 175 - 250 Damage. I even saw a few sliced FWG5's last night for 500K each. Now I bought 5 of these from Red 9 Enterprises outside of Coronet for 8K a piece and had them sliced right away........3 for speed, and 2 for damage and the slicing only cost me 13K total. All of the speed sliced ones are down to 1.6 speed, and the damage sliced ones are up to about 248. So I paid 53K for 5 sliced FWG5's. I'm just curious what I'm missing about these other guns that cost so much more. I think some of them might have been Krayt enhanced, but it doesn't look like the Krayt scale made that much of a difference.


Like I said I'm not here to bash anyone, I'm just curious as to the pricing of weapons. I'm gonna post this onthe Corbantis board too and try to get some clarification from other people on my server..


Thanks for the help.





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Devero
Fri Apr 30, 2004 9:06 am
#2

When a weaponsmith has a hard time keeping stocks up due to high traffic, he can raise prices to insane levels.


Enhanced weapons are going to cost a lot simply due to the difficulty in acquiring the really nice tissues.


But I think people who do not pvp exclusively overlook basic really nice Master Weaponsmith weapons. They aer generally more than adequate for taking down big game. For Krayt hunts.. ok.. use your top weapon. But for most outings, use a well-made 10k Master Model.


d0qtrX
Fri Apr 30, 2004 9:49 am
#3

For normal post-nerf FWG5s mine are about 174 max and 2.1 speed. I charge 10k each, and that's charging 50cpu for resources and adding about 25% markup on top of that. The same pricing puts a VK (mine 145 max 2.2 speed) at 4025, and a DX2 near 18,000.


Adding in an enhancement such as gorax bone or spider fangs, or Krayt tissue would up the price significantly. Basically the value of the component. If you brought me the loot enhancement, I could custom-build a weapon with no additional charge above my vendor prices.


For loot schematics, I will construct the weapon(s) free as long as all loot is provided, andI can keep one final assembly for myself.


Selling a weapon sliced would up the price according to the slice. A very nice slice could add 10k or more to the price.




petergriffon
Fri Apr 30, 2004 9:41 pm
#4

Thanks for the info guys




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Dodece
Fri Apr 30, 2004 9:55 pm
#5

My god 10k for a fwg5. I sell mine for three k unsliced. No I do not charge 50 credits per resource either. The norm on sunrunner seems to be shallower then on your servers.


Though prenerf fwgs, and krayt models can be quite expensive. When it comes to fwg5s of this nature yeah they should fetch such a price. In pvp they can really blackbar a person in no time. This is what they are usually used for burning other players to the ground.


Unless your hardcore pvp I would see no reason in haveing one.


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