Maxiim Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 First of all, the way these forums are set up is awful. Bioware puts ALL Crew skills into ONE forum? AND no search mechanic? Anyways... I leveled up to 50 with Archeology, Treasure Hunting, and Slicing. I'm considering dropping slicing for Artifice, but I've seen a few posts complaining about it. I guess some of the best schematics (that are also hard to obtain) are out classes by Belsavis and Illum dailies, which you can purchase the same or higher quality hilts and such from. Is this true? And if so, is there ANY benefit to having Artifice? Or am I about to become a Biochem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxiim Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 Oh, and I guess all the daily hilts and stuff are also BoE? So they can be sold in competition with Artificers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxiim Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 bumping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApakSL Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 be the first person with the magenta gem recipe and then complain about income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuthirFontaine Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 more usefull then my poor armstech.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seena Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'm having a very hard time selling offhand items and hilts. I price them lower than what the recommended price is- and they still don't sell. There's too much clutter on the AH imo -- there needs to be some way to distinguish the crafted items so they stand out. even just making items with slots easier to identify might help. It's abysmal as it is (other than crystals and enhancements which sell ok..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Alyria Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) The same blue hilts an artificer can make can be bought at commendation vendors for 7 tokens, the enhancements artificers make can be bought for 2 tokens. And the ones bought with tokens are tradable, so they can be sold on the GTN right next to yours. Edited January 10, 2012 by Lady_Alyria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DextersLAB Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 if u RE the hilts u make u can make better ones yea i think artifice is worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenverRalphy Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) if u RE the hilts u make u can make better ones yea i think artifice is worth it The general consensus is that at 50 commendations buy better than even crafted purple items. Edited January 10, 2012 by DenverRalphy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seena Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I only sell blues and purples. I still have no luck with hilts -- and only very rarely can sell an offhand item. It's abysmal. The problem is multi-factorial. One is being able to buy similar items with commendations -- the other is, crafted items get lost in the sea of other items. I really hope they tweak this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reymundo Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) I think the problem with most of the crafting skills is that it's tough to compete with commendation gear. Armoring, enhancements, barrels, mods, hilts and moddable equipment are all readily available to anyone who is questing (which is everyone) so why bother buying them from another player? The only thing artifice is really good for is color crystals since it appears to be the only place to get knew ones (at least at my level, 31). The same goes with the other crafting skills, I think. If you want to make money, you have to craft the items that can't be bought at a commendation vendor (e.g. crystals, ear pieces, implants, reusable med pacs, grenades, etc). On a side note, I think BioWare did the crafting community a bit of a disservice by not bracketing PvP. I started crafting thinking I could RE to get purple recipes for level 19 items. That would put me in a position to sell to twinks. Since PvP is handicapped instead of bracketed, no one is making twinks. Edited January 10, 2012 by Reymundo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaviermetal Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 For selling crystals yes. I sell crazy amounts quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seena Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I think the problem with most of the crafting skills is that it's tough to compete with commendation gear. Armoring, enhancements, barrels, mods, hilts and moddable equipment are all readily available to anyone who is questing (which is everyone) so why bother buying them from another player? The only thing artifice is really good for is color crystals since it appears to be the only place to get knew ones (at least at my level, 31). The same goes with the other crafting skills, I think. If you want to make money, you have to craft the items that can't be bought at a commendation vendor (e.g. crystals, ear pieces, implants, reusable med pacs, grenades, etc). On a side note, I think BioWare did the crafting community a bit of a disservice by not bracketing PvP. I started crafting thinking I could RE to get purple recipes for level 19 items. That would put me in a position to sell to twinks. Since PvP is handicapped instead of bracketed, no one is making twinks. I too -- had hoped to RP around a crafter who catered to the PvP community (as I did in SWG). They are a discriminating community and there's some great RP to be had with this scenario. Hopefully they will bracket at some point - there does seem to be a large voice for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deresdod Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 be the first person with the magenta gem recipe and then complain about income. IF the economy was stable enough. Everyone always laughs at the fact that you want more than 100K for the gem, when the mats cost almost 200k, not to mention the time farming the raw crystal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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