Mcfondles Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Okay so is it that if you choose slicing you cannot get all the materials you will need for a crafting skill? Like.. If I were to choose biochem, bioanalysis, and diplomacy.. bioanalysis and diplomacy would give me all the mats I need to be a biochemist.. But if I were to choose slicing as my gathering skill what crafting skill do I choose? I'm a little lost, but hopefully someone understands what I am asking.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goobmeister Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) It is a thief skill and is designed to make you money (but not as much as it used to). So instead of gathering you would use this to get money and then buy the ingredients you need. It is better in 1 respect in that you will find stuff to slice every where you go instead of having to go to a specific place to gather the correct ingredients for whatever you want to craft. Edited February 2, 2012 by Goobmeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerobounds Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 You can use it to take shortcuts in some flashpoints by hacking doors and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erevan_Kindelar Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Bioware originally saw crafting and crew skills as a way for the player base to earn additional credits, rather than the current credit sink it has turned out to be. But Bioware also knew that not everyone would be interested in crafting, even as easy as it is, and they worried that those non-crafting players would be left behind without an additional source of income equivalent to the crafters. So they added slicing - basically running around the world picking up bags of money, or sending your companions off on missions to collect bags of money. Occasionally, the money bag will also have a schematic in it (looks like the chance of that is around 1%). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcfondles Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Ah okay thanks for all the info guys, I understand it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iCanUseTheForce Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Slicing is also nice for players like me who don't want to spend time on the GTN trying to sell off extra items for money. I slice, get credits, profit. Rather than bioanalyze, post on GTN, expire in 2 days, repost, get mail 2 days later, profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inglewert Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Furthermore, when you Crit at a slicing mission, you get one-shot Crafting Missions that you can sell on the auction house. I'm an Artificer, and make several purple-level items a day for the AH. I've found that by far the best way to get grade-6 purple Treasure Hunting gems is to use the 340-level purple missions that slicers drop. Each one can go for up to 40k if competition is tight on your server, the regular result guarantees 4 purple gems, 5 on a crit, and (if you have a 10k companion) a slight chance of failure. Plus you get many other dodads as candy. I imagine the same is true for Underworld Trading missions for purple metals. I've very glad the slicers are out there, otherwise there just wouldn't be enough epic mats to keep up with the demand (you have to Crit on a standard Treasure Hunting mission to get them, and then you get 2 or 3 depending on mission quality) Money can do a lot for you in this game, right up until you hit the Raid gear or PVP gear wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inglewert Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Furthermore, when you Crit at a slicing mission, you get one-shot Crafting Missions that you can sell on the auction house. I'm an Artificer, and make several purple-level items a day for the AH. I've found that by far the best way to get grade-6 purple Treasure Hunting gems is to use the 340-level purple missions that slicers drop. Each one can go for up to 40k if competition is tight on your server, the regular result guarantees 4 purple gems, 5 on a crit, and (if you have a 10k companion) a slight chance of failure. Plus you get many other dodads as candy. I imagine the same is true for Underworld Trading missions for purple metals. I've very glad the slicers are out there, otherwise there just wouldn't be enough epic mats to keep up with the demand (you have to Crit on a standard Treasure Hunting mission to get them, and then you get 2 or 3 depending on mission quality) Money can do a lot for you in this game, right up until you hit the Raid gear or PVP gear wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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