TheSwamper Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Disclaimer: I'm not saying it does, just asking the question. This one skill is so lucrative it seems like a no-brainer to have one alt level up splicing and be an atm for your other characters. I've not tried it at the upper levels yet, but so far it seems to be a license to print credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aklor Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Slicing* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanCP Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/splice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybergina Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 why nerf it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjo Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Disclaimer: I'm not saying it does, just asking the question. This one skill is so lucrative it seems like a no-brainer to have one alt level up splicing and be an atm for your other characters. I've not tried it at the upper levels yet, but so far it seems to be a license to print credits. Although it is good for credit boosts, I'm not sure it needs nerfed. You're not going to make money too fast at lower levels just by doing the missions. The 49-50 lvl missions take 30mins to an hour and sometimes you pay 2k creds for a 1k return. Actually going out and farming chests can be lucrative though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comradebot Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 why nerf it? Exactly. Yes, you get a few more credits out of it, but nothing gamebreaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlacrityFitzhugh Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 why nerf it? It's already been nerfed. Used to be much more lucrative. With the nerf, and the boost in money overall, slicing is not that interesting any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kleinone Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) I think it prolly does, its a huge huge credit faucet, and could lead to a messed up economy quickly. Edit: I'm referring to my beta experience, where you could get rich with it very quickly from missions. If it has been reduced since then, it may be okay and I may not know what I'm talking about. Edited December 20, 2011 by Kleinone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caille Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Actually it is much tamed down from a few phases ago in beta, it tapers off and its best use is in the earliest levels. At high levels there are far more lucrative ways to make creds. And yes it is the only pure money maker crew skill, but that is the purpose it is supposed to serve. And if in doing so it also serves to get you and everyone else to roll another alt just to do it, it's definitely doing something right. Alexis *smiles* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakeborn Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Just wait until people start needing the tier 6 purple mats in quantity. The other crew skills will make Slicing look like chump change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjo Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I think it prolly does, its a huge huge credit faucet, and could lead to a messed up economy quickly. If you're going to say that you may as well say Treasure Hunting is as well. You can get money, gear, and the rare gems needed for Artificing from treasure hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaonnor Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 It is very lucrative... however it also means you have to completely buy all of the materials for your crafting profession or level an alt to get them for you... so slicers end up using more credits as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abusabus Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 No. You don't make a broken amount of money, and generally that means you won't be crafting your own items.....or at the very least you will be dumping alot of money into the AH (trade market...whatever it is) buying other peoples materials to be able to finish your crafting. So no. It makes you some money, but that money goes back into the economy buying other crafted goods that you will need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comradebot Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 For the record, I currently have slicing but the next time I log-in I'm dropping it for Underworld Trading. Slicing has given me a solid nest egg, but it's simply not enough to make up for the Armormech mats I need that I can't get without Underworld Trading. After Terenthium, the prices absolutely skyrocket on the market... and right now, the best slicing missions take about 15 minutes and, even if they don't fail, the profit margin isn't always that impressive. I might send my guys on one more mission each, grab the cash from those, and then start working on UT so I can focus on making my Armormech skills as awesome as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damedus Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) probably at low lv artificer makes more money since you can buy the crystal stone at npc for 10 creds then reverse engineer it for mats that sell for 3 to 4 times the investment. Plus it takes small amount of time to buy and reverse engineer opposed to sending a crew to do slicing. Edited December 20, 2011 by Damedus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertbullnelson Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Slicing serves its purpose, it does not need a Nerf. The amount of credits you get is not that great, unless you get lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeblesTV Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Damn sploicers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clocknane Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Disclaimer: I'm not saying it does, just asking the question. This one skill is so lucrative it seems like a no-brainer to have one alt level up splicing and be an atm for your other characters. I've not tried it at the upper levels yet, but so far it seems to be a license to print credits. IDK.. lemme get out my splicers and splice and crimp this here cable.. crap back to the basic 8.. nope, no nerf needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lugare Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Disclaimer: I'm not saying it does, just asking the question. This one skill is so lucrative it seems like a no-brainer to have one alt level up splicing and be an atm for your other characters. I've not tried it at the upper levels yet, but so far it seems to be a license to print credits. By the time you add in the cost of the mission, your profit can be little to none. There where quite a few missions where the credit box gave me less then the mission cost. I had a few missions that cost 95 credits but returned less then 95 credits from the credit box, resulting in a loss. I started to find safes out in the world for full profit. One safe, i got a rare credit box that gave me 346 credits plus the normal credit box that gave a little over 100 credits plus 2 skill up points. Yea, that was payday :-) So a nerf to Slicing would make it pretty much useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quraswren Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Exactly. Yes, you get a few more credits out of it, but nothing gamebreaking. This ^ Plus you'll be spending more if you plan on crafting anything cause you wont have the crew skill to get the special mats you need. I think it might just even out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CupieFoxtail Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Damn sploicers. lol atlas <3 was so sadface when he turned out to be evil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerokus Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) I'll be the first to admit that I have made a fair credit with slicing. But I also keep this in mind: Slicing skill will cap, as will the average of money that you make from it. While it seems high now.... after economies experience inflation and the value of items increases, slicers will still be making the same amount of cash while the gatherers products keep growing in value. So, I guess that means my answer is that the straight credits aspect of slicing may look a bit broken in the beginning, but I feel it will taper off in the long run into just being some spare change. I may be wrong, but that's how the future looks to me. Edited December 20, 2011 by Aerokus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnyxJedi Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 My friend picked that one and has 70k credits at level 17. I am at level 17 and have 1,000 credits with Bio/Bio/Treasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunner Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Level 41 Powertech reporting in with 400/400 splicing. Just wanted to let you know that while splicing is amazing during the leveling process, once you get to 400/400 it stinks and I will not be keeping it at max level. The advantage is that yes, it gives you credits while you level, but the max level missions aren't that great compared to the other professions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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