MORTTUUM Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 After picking uop the usual assortment of skills (1 Gather, 1 Craft, 1 Mission), I really hate Crafting. So I dumped the Craft and Mission skills, and went wuith 3 Gathering. Any suggestions as to how to level the new skills fast (without spending big $s on Crew assignment quests to level them up? Or am I stuck having to run through all the lower level areas harvesting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Or am I stuck having to run through all the lower level areas harvesting? Nailed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintcasey Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 After picking uop the usual assortment of skills (1 Gather, 1 Craft, 1 Mission), I really hate Crafting. So I dumped the Craft and Mission skills, and went wuith 3 Gathering. Any suggestions as to how to level the new skills fast (without spending big $s on Crew assignment quests to level them up? Or am I stuck having to run through all the lower level areas harvesting? It'll be a little expensive, but you can send your companions on to get the old materials. It actually only takes a short amount of time to skill up once you have 5 companions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORTTUUM Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Nailed it. Thanks. Bummer, as that's kinda weedy to the lower-level palyers who belong there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DataBeaver Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Dunno what's big money to you, but it should take like 8-10k to level a single gathering skill to 100 through crew missions, or 25-30k to 200 (not sure about exact numbers, these are educated guesses). So you can easily skip the first several worlds even if you're not filthy rich. If you have slicing, you can actually make money doing the missions. On the other hand, you'll only need to gather about 20-25 nodes on each world to be able to move on to the next, so you'll hardly disrupt low-level players with it, especially if you're careful and avoid pulling mobs as you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crudeytron Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 I rolled a BH with 3 gathering skills over the weekend. Bioanaysis/slicing/scavenging And once i pick up the skills on fleet, returned to hutta,then onto DK, i had bio and scav up to 80+ slicing in the 20's. Bio was very easy on DK farming mine and other's monster kills scav on hutta was a breeze with lots of droids to farm. about two hours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SturmUndSterne Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 If you're high level, your other option is soloing lower-level flashpoints. There're scavenging and bio on Athiss from the mobs, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealBowser Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Dunno what's big money to you, but it should take like 8-10k to level a single gathering skill to 100 through crew missions, or 25-30k to 200 (not sure about exact numbers, these are educated guesses). So you can easily skip the first several worlds even if you're not filthy rich. If you have slicing, you can actually make money doing the missions. On the other hand, you'll only need to gather about 20-25 nodes on each world to be able to move on to the next, so you'll hardly disrupt low-level players with it, especially if you're careful and avoid pulling mobs as you go.You also gain back some of this money by selling the items. You could even debate that you break even or make money depending on the current economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atteSmythe Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Since you're not levelled yet, consider three mission skills instead of three gathering skills - mission skills are the only ones that have rare materials, except for that oddball slicing. IMO, you stand a better chance turning a profit selling rare mats than common gathering mats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlaine Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 (edited) Since you're not levelled yet, consider three mission skills instead of three gathering skills - mission skills are the only ones that have rare materials, except for that oddball slicing. IMO, you stand a better chance turning a profit selling rare mats than common gathering mats. Considering the OP states that he hates crafting, I agree with the above. I'd recommend UT and slicing for sure (even though slicing is gathering). UT because it's used by multiple professions. Then you'd have to choose between investigation, diplomacy, and treasure hunting. Hard to pick a clear winner there. I'd probably go with investigation just for the schmatics you find on occasion, but the blue/purple crafting components are only valuable to armstech. Tresure hunting crystals are valuable but only used by artifice. Diplomacy may perhaps be the most valuable due to the biochem required components, but the light/dark thing is annoying. Edited March 19, 2012 by Marlaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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