Spartanlaxxx Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I'm in a predicament: I initially started leveling slicing since I heard it was great for pure money. Around level 20 I decided to go with Cybertech and Scavenger as my other two choices. Now, a lot of the good stuff from Cybertech uses underworld trading metals. Should I drop my 300 slicing and start fresh with underworld trading, or keep slicing and just spend money on the underworld metals when I need them? Feel bad dropping a skill I got so high and gives me so much money, but long term feel like underworld trading will benefit me more. Thoughts? Any advice would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utop Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I'm in the same boat, longterm I think Underworld trading is a much better choice... but I really like the easy money slicing provides... on the other hand though... you can always re-level slicing super easy. It's not like it costs you anything! If you decide to drop it please let me know what you think about UT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooobie Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I thought you keep your current crew skill points even when you 'forget' the skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazzX Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 If underworld trading generates more credits switch. If it doesn't, use the credits you get from slicing to buy your mats. There will be plenty of mats on the AH in the coming weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakeborn Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 While Slicing is a great money maker now, ultimately the purple mats from the other mission skills (UWT, Inv, Diplo, TH) will bring in more cash. They are exceedingly expensive and time-consuming to gather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtuk Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 While Slicing is a great money maker now, ultimately the purple mats from the other mission skills (UWT, Inv, Diplo, TH) will bring in more cash. They are exceedingly expensive and time-consuming to gather. Gonna have to go with Drakeborn on this one. The economy is still in its infancy. The more crafters at the upper tiers, the higher the demand for epic mission skill rewards. I'd say stick with slicing for a while longer, squeeze every credit you can out of it, then switch. Better yet, level slicing on an alt, and take UW on your main crafter. Just my .02. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokkos Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Keep Scavenging and Slicing until you get max lvl Cybertech and manage to farm some stacks of materiels. Then drop Scavenging for Underworld Trading. You keep making money and if you in the future need more "normal" mats you can buy those instead. That is the route im going at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixokai Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'm doing the opposite and its working quite well. Slicing, Cybertech and UT. Slicing gets me a ton of cash, but i can't craft anything "basic" / green -- but I don't really want to or care to except to level. So I buy my scavenged mats on the market, and save my metals from UT. I even get fabric over UT regularly, and sell them. Between the money that comes in from cyber lockbox missions (a bit of a gamble, but by and large a profit and sometimes a big one), slicing nodes, and selling underworld fabrics... I have plenty to buy the green crafting supplies scavanging produces. Granted, the economy during EGA is wobbly and we can't really be sure how it'll play out later. But the sheer fact that the greens crafting resources come in vastly large quantities then the blue and purple resources you get from UT, I think I'll be on solid ground. Not as efficient as someone who goes Cyber/Scav/UT, not as self-sufficient, occasionally in trouble if supply runs dry and such... but overall I think I'll end up with a lot more liquid cash. (For schematics and orange looks and missions mostly.) And I haven't even really started producing quality crafted items for the market. I'm just selling commodities still and making good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartanlaxxx Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Gonna have to go with Drakeborn on this one. The economy is still in its infancy. The more crafters at the upper tiers, the higher the demand for epic mission skill rewards. I'd say stick with slicing for a while longer, squeeze every credit you can out of it, then switch. Better yet, level slicing on an alt, and take UW on your main crafter. Just my .02. This is pretty much what I decided while taking my Sociology final tonight (because brainstorming my future in SWTOR is way more interesting than my real life future). I'm gonna keep my slicing until 400 and try to get the Cybertech schematics while funding my purchase of skills/mats/etc. Then, once I have my schematics, I'll switch to Underworld Trading and start making the good ****, like speeders and epic grenades. I do agree, in case anyone is wondering, that it'd be better to have a high crafting job for the first month than a high gathering job like Slicing. The guaranteed profit is nice, but the end-of-the-line crafting items will go for a buttload if you're one of the few people that make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giggawattz Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Cash from my main is going to finance leveling up Underworld Trading on my alt... Cybertech/Scavenge/Slicing on main Synthweaving/Archaeology/Underworld Trading on alt (note that the UT mats feed both cyber and synth) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergulch Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 This is pretty much what I decided while taking my Sociology final tonight (because brainstorming my future in SWTOR is way more interesting than my real life future). I'm gonna keep my slicing until 400 and try to get the Cybertech schematics while funding my purchase of skills/mats/etc. Then, once I have my schematics, I'll switch to Underworld Trading and start making the good ****, like speeders and epic grenades. I do agree, in case anyone is wondering, that it'd be better to have a high crafting job for the first month than a high gathering job like Slicing. The guaranteed profit is nice, but the end-of-the-line crafting items will go for a buttload if you're one of the few people that make it. Just remember that when you switch crew skills, you start all over at 1. If you're level 400 in Slicing, and drop it for UT, you will be at 1. If you then drop UT and pick up Slicing again, you will be at 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeborne Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'm in a predicament: I initially started leveling slicing since I heard it was great for pure money. Around level 20 I decided to go with Cybertech and Scavenger as my other two choices. Now, a lot of the good stuff from Cybertech uses underworld trading metals. Should I drop my 300 slicing and start fresh with underworld trading, or keep slicing and just spend money on the underworld metals when I need them? Feel bad dropping a skill I got so high and gives me so much money, but long term feel like underworld trading will benefit me more. Thoughts? Any advice would be great. I would keep it. I'm guessing you're a Cybertech/Scavenger/Slicer? Why not make your next alt a Armormech (or Armstech)/Underworld Trader/Diplomacy(Or scavenging if you really want to.) Your first alt gets plans for both professions, and the money for training/missions. Your second character gets the blue metals, and can level up another profession for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSXelrate Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Cash from my main is going to finance leveling up Underworld Trading on my alt... Cybertech/Scavenge/Slicing on main Synthweaving/Archaeology/Underworld Trading on alt (note that the UT mats feed both cyber and synth) Exactly what I'm doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legionair Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Gonna have to go with Drakeborn on this one. The economy is still in its infancy. The more crafters at the upper tiers, the higher the demand for epic mission skill rewards. I'd say stick with slicing for a while longer, squeeze every credit you can out of it, then switch. Better yet, level slicing on an alt, and take UW on your main crafter. Just my .02. This. I have two toons I am making. One arm>savaging>investigation for blue matts. The alt is cyber tech>UWT for blue and slicing. Feeding unused Savaging matts to lower level from high level. This works great as I end up with at least enough to keep cybertech leveled and I can always send my guys old low level missions to get lower grade matts as needed. and since slicing gets you the extra mission items this is working great for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratito Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Drop scav and swap to UT. i'll do this tonight... my current craft is Cyber > Scav > UT and will change to: Cyber > SLICE > UT many people have scav.. you can buy the materials in GTN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legionair Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Drop scav and swap to UT. i'll do this tonight... my current craft is Cyber > Scav > UT and will change to: Cyber > SLICE > UT many people have scav.. you can buy the materials in GTN Unless you have an alt that has a high scav i would not do this. As you level i expect base matts to get really costly. But it is all a guess since we dont know how much you will fully make from slicing to pay for the unknown priced matts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratito Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Unless you have an alt that has a high scav i would not do this. As you level i expect base matts to get really costly. But it is all a guess since we dont know how much you will fully make from slicing to pay for the unknown priced matts. Sure... but i have a friend doing cyber > slice > scav and we have a deal i'll trade with him UT material for Scav material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legionair Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Sure... but i have a friend doing cyber > slice > scav and we have a deal i'll trade with him UT material for Scav material See you are telling him to do something you are not even doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandallz Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Keep slicing until it gets nerfed(Which I feel will be soon) or until your set on credits. Then swap over to underworld. imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xodusprime Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Keep slicing until it gets nerfed(Which I feel will be soon) or until your set on credits. Then swap over to underworld. imo. I was having this same exact problem and said screw it ill switch over to UT now before the flood of money squeezers in slicing get off of it. Yeah I wont make as much money as others but I can have my mats now without costing what people are asking. I can quietly do my thing and get what I want out of it. Its not a money race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korialstrazs Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Funny thing, I've been paying far less on the GTN for the UT blue/purple mats than I would be sending my companion out on missions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abimelech Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I'm in a predicament: I initially started leveling slicing since I heard it was great for pure money. Around level 20 I decided to go with Cybertech and Scavenger as my other two choices. Now, a lot of the good stuff from Cybertech uses underworld trading metals. Should I drop my 300 slicing and start fresh with underworld trading, or keep slicing and just spend money on the underworld metals when I need them? Feel bad dropping a skill I got so high and gives me so much money, but long term feel like underworld trading will benefit me more. Thoughts? Any advice would be great. I would just roll another character and put the needed skills there. You do not need to level your character to level your crafting. Then, just mail yourself the materials you need. 300 Slicing has got to be getting you a pretty penny so I'd hate to see you lose that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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