Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: Bread and Butter Business items?
So let me first state that I realize this question is somewhat server-dependant... but I'm asking it anyways as a newcomer to this profession. I am titled as a Master Weaponsmith, but truth be told, I ground-out about a bajillion PRBs to get here and am still learning "the ropes" so to speak.
That being said:
What items do you make as your "Bread and Butter" business... what weapons can you make several of in your factories and sell them? What items can you never have enough of on your vendors?
Thanks for your time and attention,
I just hit master but from my experiences I would say you will want to stock these weapons for sure. FWG5, DX2, T21, Laser Carbine & Rifle, Flamethrowers, Launcher Pistols, Light Lightening Cannons, Vibro Knucklers, Gadreffi(sp?) sticks, Stun Batons, & maybe a Lance and some swords for the pikeman and swordsman.
Some smiths tend to ignore the brawler stuff but with holos and some upcoming changes to those professions people will be playing them more now. There are more items than I listed that will sell but those seem to be the most popular.
Mine is C12 Grenades, but 95% (or higher) will not give that answer. For most, Grenades are far too time- and resource-consuming without the exceptionally high profit margins you can make off of FWG5's for example...
My guess is most people will say FWG5's or some form of Pistol since there's more pistoleers than most professions.
By the way, if none of you see the selling point of C12's, just remember that Combat XP is VERY hard to come by until you get a crate of those suckers in your inventory
C12s have become standard stock in my vendor because they sell briskly, and truthfully, they aren't THAT hard to make. They take just as many (if not) fewer components than a standard firearm. And pure combat XP is hard to come by any other way.
Staple items? Hrmn. Let's see.
- Vibroknucklers
- Flamethrowers
- Laser carbines
- Laser rifles
- FWG5s
- Republic Blasters
Just off the top of my head, those are all good sellers. The laser weapons and VKs in particular. Anyone who is going to be a smuggler or wants to master brawler will need a set of VKs.