Ok so i only recently became aware of the crafting guild <Harbinger Crafter>, or cartel as some people say. I have noticed though that either people understand what going on and love it or they hate it. so let me pass on how is was explained to me.
the number one thing i see that upsets people is the standard FEE for crafting item. Now i dont think this fee is anything crazy..but some people think it is out of this world. the standard fee they charge is:
Mods/enhancements 50k
Armorings 100k
Barrels/hilts 150k
So maybe if people know what this fee is for and where it goes, it wont seem so bad.
Crafters in the guild go to the guild bank...draw out mats and craft premade items..place those items into the guild bank. they then withdraw 25% of the crafting fee for that item. so for example for a mod that would be 12,500. so the crafter now receives 12.5k and a chance for a crit by crafting something with mats they didn't have to buy. now when members are on line they try to sell the premades in the guild bank. when someone sells one of those premade mods they place the mats and the crafting fee into the bank and put a crafting request on the guild website so crafters know that more need to be made. the person selling the item which may or may not be crafted by him/her keeps 25% of the crafting fee. so a crafters items may sell when they are not even online. and crafters can get mods for them themselves for only 25% of the fee so they can learn more schematics....the more schematic each crafter know the faster the the bank gets restocked with premades and the more crits in guild.
so for example we will use the most expensive thing a Barrel 27 150k fee
37.5k + chance for crit goes to crafter
37.5k goes to seller
75k goes to guild bank to maintain supply of materials for crafters to use at no cost.
end result is crafters can learn more schematics, there aree more premades in the market for people to buy at reasonable price with out getting there stuff stolen, and everyone on our server gears up faster.
is that really so bad?