in terms of lack of suppliers theres also the fact that alot of ppl playing this game are sw fans rather than hardcore mmo'ers
ive come across alot of first timers who are learning the mmo process
as well as with the population split across a huge amount of servers
etc etc etc theres less of the 'farm items; but wont use em and instead sell em' type of people on each server
so anything they have gets sold instantly leaving 100 ppl to roam arnd aimlessly looking for materials to buy to craft
and also its like early days ppl more interested in hitting max lvl and enjoying the story line atm than getting into gear crafting and kitting our their chars as well as weve all seen
lvling isnt particularly hard u cud hit 50 in a week
so wats the point spending time, effort, ingame credits to kit out a lvl 20 or 30 or even a 40