Weaponsmith Archive

I run a weaponsmith business on my server. I have not made a ton of money mainly becasue I used to only sell melee weapons. Two weeks ago I started selling ranged also and have since made over 2 million credits. I realize that this is not a ton of money but in 2-3 months time I see myself as having more money than I could ever spend. With all of the hassels that this proffesion offers what keeps you guys going after you have made 50 million or so?

i must be blessed or something. i dont c where all the hassels come in. i sell alot of weapons everyday and i have a alot of money. when i am online i dont receive tells every few seconds, most of the time i never reveice any tells with so called annoyances. the only tell i get every now and then is a customer saying somehting it is not on my vendor, which is quickly fixed by tellingthem to hit next items. i know of several weaponsmiths on my server that have quit because of people hassling them and what not. i dont knwo what they did to make people bother them to such an extent but i am glad it doesnt happen to me. what keeps me goin now is to sell more and more weapons everyday. i like to make better weapons, i like to look for resources, and i like to have alot of money. i would like to expand more and have a vendor on every planet i possibly can. with merchant tents and player cities this could now be possible because i havehad a mayor use his own lot space for a vendor tent which i placed a vendor in. i am also looking forward to hopefully soe adding more weapons for us to make. in all i dont see this profession as a hassle and if you do then its not for you.

what also keeps me goin is when people recommend me, thank me, tell me i am doing them a great service and to keep up the good work. It is cool when a majority of the server knows who you are

The repeat customers, meeting new people, and I really enjoy making good weapons. The hassles occur from time to time, but the good out weighs the bad.

Milkent

Agreed with the other posters. The repeat regular customers. I enjoy trying to make what I consider to be the best weapon (don't always succeed mind you, but I keep trying). Being a smith helps my guild (which is the reason I started smithing to begin with). We have our own player city, I get to give the gang weapons so they can save thier money for other stuff. The money is nice I guess but I really don't use that much of it on myself...buy my combat character a suit of armor now and again...pester a tailor to redress my vendors or make me a new outfit. I am flattered when I get compliments but I do not go looking for them, I just do the best I can with what I have got.

The repeat customers, the old favorites.

And the drugs.

I have little competitions with myself to see what I can do make a specific weapon better. For example, 2 months ago I set out to try and make a 400 dmg T21's. At the time, my T21's were only around 359 Max Dmg. Slowly but surely, I've been able to boost the stats on a little at a time. My last batch was 393 Max Dmg so I'm getting ever so close. Better yet, I share this with my customers and they seem to get a kick out of it as well. When I posted the latest T21's on my vendor, I got three gmails from longtime customers egging me onward. I do this with several other guns as well. It's a good way to add some fun to the otherwise boring process of gathering resources. In the end the game is about fun and anything you can do to make it fun, will make you love weaponsmithing.

For me it's the repeat customers. When someone comes back it's the ultimate compliment, and not something you're likely to find in PvP.