Bellaralo Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) I know this is going to come off very silly, but... bear with me! I have a very low treasure hunting alt. who I have been sending out on missions for just lockboxes, and is yielding more profit now then the slicing ones. I typically get back the cost of the mission, or a little more + sometimes a item which I avoid the GTN 100% and vendor it. I ran as many TH missions at the lowest tier.. been making about 200c-500c profit off these TH lockboxes. I know how people like to pick on slicers for getting credits "just by pushing a button", but what about treasure hunters who can do the same thing? Not only do they get credits, but they get BOE's which can fetch quite a bit just by vendoring. Anyone have an spreadsheets, or data on TH lockboxes, with average profit? I would like to see if I should replace slicing with TH since the nerf to get more out of my credit investment. Edited December 30, 2011 by Bellaralo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racheakt Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I know this is going to come off very silly, but... bear with me! I have a very low treasure hunting alt. who I have been sending out on missions for just lockboxes, and is yielding more profit now then the slicing ones. I typically get back the cost of the mission, or a little more + sometimes a item which I avoid the GTN 100% and vendor it. I ran as many TH missions at the lowest tier.. been making about 200c-500c profit off these TH lockboxes. I know how people like to pick on slicers for getting credits "just by pushing a button", but what about treasure hunters who can do the same thing? Not only do they get credits, but they get BOE's which can fetch quite a bit just by vendoring. Anyone have an spreadsheets, or data on TH lockboxes, with average profit? I would like to see if I should replace slicing with TH since the nerf to get more out of my credit investment. Wait TH gets cash boxes too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaoto Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Yeah, when I send my companion on a treasure box mission I usually get around the cost of the mission it self plus a little extra, and from time to time a boe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChromeLight Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Wait TH gets cash boxes too? They get fail boxes with green items inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthNethus Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Wait TH gets cash boxes too? Sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racheakt Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Yeah, when I send my companion on a treasure box mission I usually get around the cost of the mission it self plus a little extra, and from time to time a boe. So what you are saying it was better than slicing all along? Did TH see a drop in credits from credit boxes? I figured this fix changed the cash amount in the boxes, as the world nodes for slicing are quite a bit less now too. Or was there two different "Credit Box" loot tables.... hmmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakashan Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Wait TH gets cash boxes too? NERF TH! Yes, they do. I didn't find it as lucrative as the OP but then I was using a different method for selecting which missions to run. It's possible that I could do better using TH now than I did then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancwn Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) So what you are saying it was better than slicing all along? Did TH see a drop in credits from credit boxes? I figured this fix changed the cash amount in the boxes, as the world nodes for slicing are quite a bit less now too. Or was there two different "Credit Box" loot tables.... hmmmm... they give you green or blue gear and relic (which was selling at 3k each yesterday) Edited December 30, 2011 by ryancwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightspeed Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I only have my TH at 188 but so far I found what you said to be untrue. Most the time I get a green item rarely a blue. Most the time it is not useful and when I put it on the GTN for whatever amount it normally expires and I end up dropping it on a vendor. The very few times I have gotten creds its been for around 75% of the cost of the mission. But in general using TH primarily for rares it's pretty much left me broke. I have done quite a few lockbox missions but that only helps in recupping some of the cost and leveling up TH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsese Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I agree with the above person. Most of the time it is a green item to be auctioned off. Occasionally it is useful to a companion. Rarely, it will pull up a blue relic. With about the same chance, it will just have credits in it for about 75% of the mission. Treasure Hunting is profitable....if people buy your auctions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellaralo Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Thanks for letting me know more details. I have been thinking about switching from slicing to TH all day, sadly my companion mako gives me that slicing boost which is holding me back -.- How are the lockboxes at the highest tier? Do they drop purples? I know the lower tier drops customs, I have gotten several, but how about the higher up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxerbriefs Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 The 1st rule about Treasure Hunting is tot **** about Treasure Hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longport Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I VERY rarely make any kind of a profit off of Treasure Hunting lockboxes and I'm just over 300 in it. Generally I go in the negative credits-wise whenever I send someone on a lockbox mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divona Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 OP dont post false information, i got TH long ago 400 along other crew skills. Only time i got very good credits rewards was with 340 purple missions that CAN give box with credits but usually no credits. Those white boxes that come from 49-50 giving you less bac kthan you invested for missions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgfbadkarma Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 my TH is around 260 on my sniper (at work so i cant be exact!), the past few days of playing ive looted, 5-7 blues, 2 mod-able armor pieces, a large amount of greens and a couple epic mods, this is on top of lockboxes. love it when i get a green lockbox and a blue item box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameirus Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 yeah, I've been noticing this too, My TH makes far more money than my slicer ever did. Duck now, NERFBAT incomming.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itukaaj Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I am a Slicer and a TH. This whole post reeks of Slicer QQ. Stop it. I don't need my TH nerfed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandos Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I only have my TH at 188 but so far I found what you said to be untrue. Most the time I get a green item rarely a blue. Most the time it is not useful and when I put it on the GTN for whatever amount it normally expires and I end up dropping it on a vendor. The very few times I have gotten creds its been for around 75% of the cost of the mission. But in general using TH primarily for rares it's pretty much left me broke. I have done quite a few lockbox missions but that only helps in recupping some of the cost and leveling up TH. This is exactly the reality to lockboxes for Treasure Hunting. I have never turned a profit in credits from a box. When credits are present, it's roughly a 25% loss on mission cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithros Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) Treasure hunters do not also have boxes of money spread across the landscape waiting for them to collect. TH is still primarily designed for a person to go after gemstones. These lockboxes are a thematic side-affair that might occasionally end up returning more than the cost, but not usually. The profitability of TH does not approach that of slicing. It never has. Bioware knows what skills people are using, and they know what results they are having. That data is collected. If treasure hunting was, or becomes, an issue, they will fix it, but that will be motivated by examining data, not looking at what people are claiming on the boards. Edited December 30, 2011 by Mithros Edited for tone, not content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasted Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 OP dont post false information, i got TH long ago 400 along other crew skills. Only time i got very good credits rewards was with 340 purple missions that CAN give box with credits but usually no credits. Those white boxes that come from 49-50 giving you less bac kthan you invested for missions. And that was the same with Slicing. The trick was to backtrack to the lower levels and only do Bountiful and Rich level missions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgfbadkarma Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Treasure hunters do not also have boxes of money spread across the landscape waiting for them to collect. TH is still primarily designed for a person to go after gemstones. These lockboxes are a thematic side-affair that might occasionally end up returning more than the cost, but not usually. The profitability of TH does not approach that of slicing. It never has. Bioware knows what skills people are using, and they know what results they are having. That data is collected. If treasure hunting was, or becomes, an issue, they will fix it. Trying to make up stories about it's profitability as a result of sour grapes over the slicing thing is not going to change reality. its been quite profitable for me :/ im not making this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxerbriefs Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 its been quite profitable for me :/ im not making this up. Didn't I just say in another thread not to talk about this? You trying to get us nerfed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgfbadkarma Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Didn't I just say in another thread not to talk about this? You trying to get us nerfed? theres this wonderful thing called metrics. even without forums posts BW would know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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