In my early days in SWG, i focused solely on producing armor for other players. I built up such a big "Industry" i actually bought up and contracted new/smaller players in order to have control of the market.
I never were unfair on prices though, and i got quite the name for myself on the server.
I used years to work up that, but no MMO will ever dare to attempt what SWG did so brilliantly. They gave us a universe, said to us: Go play, explore and find out what to do.
Im on SWG-Emu nowadays, trying to achieve the same thing again
And its not rose-tinted nostalgia glasses talking, SWG did everything right as to waht you could do, choose to do and not do.
I guess the MMO players of today are to stuck on the casual wow formula, thats been built on every single MMO before it.
If SWG ever came up again, id buy a lifetime sub again and go craft armour again