Hi guys thanks for posting answers . direct comments below : - @cleet : thanks for the link, interesting read - Reuban : Yeah, i have the same observation. Each time i put an orange item, it sells within hours. You mention augment slot in orange item. does that mean we can RE them ? thought not

thanks for the answers all. some direct answers below : - @sadistic : I did not know, thanks for that - @Jehenna : guess u right, that was probably the case with my purple item. Too bad, I loved the look of my orange item but do not want to sacrifice too many stats for visual appearance. - @livnthedream : ok noted for rating. Though in my case, armor stats and Endurance / Strengths were way higher with the purple (should have taken screenshot...) - @Gillon and Rixxart : I had actually the same question. Now confirmed, all orange item have the same base stats right ? In that case, is there any way to "calculate or estimate" the orange stats armor and others before you put in the mods ? Any formula there ? Thanks

Hi guys specific question on reverse engineering here. been reading the various posts and guidelines, thanks btw for the great help. I think I understand now the prefix 1 and 2 for the items thingy. But let's take the following : 1) Green item RE Exceptional or normal to Prototype Tier 1 I have crafted 4 similar green items, 2 out of them turn out to be exceptional. As a result and if I want to reverse engineering to maximize the chance to get prototype, is it better to : - RE the Exceptional items only ? - RE the normal green then the exceptional ? - Or it does not matter actually, would not get a better Prototype Tier 1 item 2) Blue item to Purple I RE a blue item (Synth assault Armguards) to a Purple Tier 1 (Critical Synth Assault Armguards). Should I want to get a Tier 2 artifact for the same item, I can not do it from the Purple Tier 1, correct ? I need to get first a Tier 1 prototype Blue item . This means that the only way to get a Tier 2 Artifact is to start to RE the same item from the green based one, correct ? Or is it possible to get a Tier 2 from a RE of a Tier 1 (should be right ?) 3) Orange I read that it does not make sense to RE orange, correct ? 4) Tier 1 prefixes I read about the 3 Tier 1 prefix and the 5 Tier 2 . Does it mean that from the same Green item, if I RE, I can get 3 different Tier 1 or is it fixed by class ? For example, I am RE my blue synth Assault Armguards and got purple Tier 1 Critical Synth Assault Armguards. Is it be cause of my class (am Juggernaut) ? If I RE the same green Synth Assault Armgaurds, will I get potentially the other Tier 1 items ? Thanks guys !

Hi, my second questions (thought it is easier to have dedicated thread). For an orange item, I see multiple price ranges / discussions. I totally understand that this is dependent of the market value but based on your experience, is there any "range". I read sometimes orange item can valued up to 100k on GTN. Do you mean Orange item with Mods ? In that case, what should be a good price for the Orange item without mods. (Please do not tell me based on the price you are willing to pay lol). Think more trying to understand it it is around 5k-10k-20k-50k-100k. Same question for the purple item. Some times this is a bit crazy. ...Today for example, there is a Superior purple Vehemance heavy thermal boots (rating 38) for 4990 while the one just after, blue item is sold 5000 for a rating 116...??? For the purple , is this something like 50% more than the blue for the same level or 2x more ? As a buyer , I want to ensure I buy for right price, as a seller, same, I do not want to con my buyers but propose fair price. Would like to hear your point of view, thanks

Hi got confused by some purchase yesterday : Purchased Marauder's vest on GTN, orange opened for Armoring, Mod, Enhancement. I previously had a Purple Prototype Gladiator Chestguard with following stats : Gladiator purple : - 461 armor (rating 76) - Mod 28, Advanced guardian Mod 11 (+15 strength, +17 endurance) - Enhancement 28 , Advanced Raded Enhancement 11 (+13 endurance, + 19 power) because I just had a bit cash ahead, I wanted to try to pull out the mod from the Purple gladiator and put them into the Orange Maruader's vest. I know this is usually not profitable to remove mod, cost too mush, but this is not my question. My question is on the result of this operation. I ended up with a Marauder Orange that was lower than the purple item (after switching the same mod). I was of course disappointed and removed them and put them back to the purple item. So here is my question : I thought that the Orange items are opened and level with you. In that case, they should be as strong as the purple in some case no ? Or is it because the purple item already had some pre stats that make it better than the orange item ? Second question : The rating of the Marauder's vest was 6. Is it the case of all Orange item (without modification or item) or is there higher based rating for Orange item ? Thanks

Hi guys Thanks for your answers, that helps. Much appreciated Cheers

Hi everyone first of all thanks to all of you posting those interesting guides. Helps a lot. Still have a couple of questions though on some points I am not very clear / sure. First my settings - I am Sith warrior, juggernaut, level 25 with Quin-Vette and droid don't remember his name - Skills taken are synthweaving with archeology and underworld trading So far so good....:=) Reaching now level 100 in Synthweaving and i like the mechanics so would like to improve it, so here comes my questions on how to improve and make more money. 1) Worth buying schematics ? - Is it worth buying schematics on Galatic markets to build items you do not have recipe yet ? - My feeling would be yes but should it be only for red / purple items or could be worth it for blue / green item as well ? 2) selling armors with or without mods ? - I managed to get a schematic for apprentices leggings for example (http://www.torhead.com/schematic/1ceSott/apprentices-leggings ). Is it better to sell it without any mod or to collect mods , add them and sell after ? - BTW, I was surprised when I tried to put in on the galactic market to see the proposed price by the server was only 200 credit....is it a bug ? for an orange item ? 3) Increasing skillsets faster - what is the best way to increase your skillset ? Is it to craft lots of cheap items and try to sell them or try to craft only higher level items and sell them - Do I need in parallel to build archeology and underworld trading to the same level, which would mean for example collect a LOT of level 2 companion artifacts and give them away to my companion ? 4) raw materials - I am a bit confused here as all the items I need to manufacture only requires level 1 archeology or underworld missions. I thought that if the item requires for example grade 1 power crystal, crafting it with a grade 2 would make it better but actually no, can not. I guess this is because my crafting skill is too low ? Thanks in advance for your help ! May the force be with you

Been reading it 2-3 times already. We should ask Bioware to make it mandatory to read for anyone who wants to be a good Juggernaut. Learned a lot, thanks for the hard work

have read a lot on Juggernaut and yes it is scary, most of people complain. I understand though. Let me share my experience. I am just lvl 14, arriving on Dromund Kaas directly, doing the first missions. Maybe I was innocent , but on my wa to Dromund Kaas, I noticed a mob of 2-3 Yozusk Titan (2 strongs , one elite) and another mob od Mandalorian beast salyers / hunters. They were all ranked level 10-11. SO I am telling myself, ok, let's be careful, they are 3, i know Juggernaut requires strategy, but at the same time, I am level 14, so it should be manageable. Conclusion : I died 3 times, even with Vette as companion. Chilling scream and Force scream were not effective for me and I could not cope with the group damages while absorbing damages and doing DPS. There is maybe something I am doing wrong, probably, but yes I understand the number of posts. For me, I love Juggernaut and want to learn more how to play but it is true, such experience scares me lol. Any advice ?

impressive guide, tks