ikinai Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I just have a crafter of every flavor, so nope, don't need your missions, I get my own, thanks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveytech Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Is Treasure Hunting really that profitable? Underworld Trading mats are cheap on Iron Citadel, and I'm critting fairly often on my metal missions without having to buy the mission discoveries. Silk goes for next to nothing, so I give it all away to a guildy, which I should do anyhow. So, I guess I'm asking if Treasure Hunting missions are the big money makers? UT doesn't seem to be the money maker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChromeLight Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Is Treasure Hunting really that profitable? Underworld Trading mats are cheap on Iron Citadel, and I'm critting fairly often on my metal missions without having to buy the mission discoveries. Silk goes for next to nothing, so I give it all away to a guildy, which I should do anyhow. So, I guess I'm asking if Treasure Hunting missions are the big money makers? UT doesn't seem to be the money maker. Varies according to economy if your server even has one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokai Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 simply don't buy it problem solved, its supply and demand and if demand drops to nothing people will either lower their prices or make nothing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekrath Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Seriously, 10K is nothing. It's less than the reward of two dailies... While that is true, the items you make with the materials only sell for so much. At some point it isn't worth it even the 10k is peanuts. 50k is nothing too, but I wouldn't pay it for a crafting mission that will return mats that I can use to make an item that sells for less than 50k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutilatedcorpse Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I wish they sold at that price. My server sells most of their missions between 1k and 4k tops. It is rare to see missions any higher than that I really do hope this comes true I've sold some for 25k on ocassion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizem Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Price threads are silly, it's a simple numbers game Sellers - if it sells, sell it for more next time, if it doesn't, sell for less. Buyers - Pay either whatever it would cost to get by normal missions or whatever you can make a profit on. I pay a lot for purple diplo missions, because it's the only reliable way to get mats for purple implants. I'm done with REing for schematics so have plenty of blues, so it's significantly cheaper to purchase epic diplo missions than run normal ones. Even at the high prices discussed.Ultimately as long as there's a profit margin gap between what it costs and what i can sell it for, i'll keep paying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binksie Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I don't know about your server but I have just recently discovered the gold mine in these epic missions. I haven't tried any lower than 300 and 340 but using Underworld Trading and Scavenging as examples (I'm a Cybertech) I've discovered they can make you tons of credits. Using a grade 6 epic (can't remember the new purple name) mission in UT I get 4 of each epic metal and cloth, and 8 of each rare metal and cloth. The grade 6 metals are selling for 8k each, so right there thats 32k from the epic metals alone. I even tried selling the metals to make sure people were actually spending that money, and they sold very quickly. The 4 epic cloths and 8 rare metal/cloths add even more to the total but not even counting them that mission is worth 32k credits. The grade 5 epic metals, Promethium I think, are selling for 10k each on my server. I also put a few up for 10k to make sure they were actually being bought, and all 6 sold. Now using the epic lvl 300 mission I get the same results. 4 of each epic material (cloth and metal) and 8 of each rare material. Using the prices for the grade 5 epic metal (10k each) that alone is worth 40k. Now I've managed to find these missions selling for as low as 3k, and there are a lot more around the 12-14k mark. I've only been buying under 8k just to get as much profit as possible.. but really even spending 14k for one of these is a major profit even if you only sell the epic metals. Yes they take 2 hrs to do, so I usually get 1 going on each crafter when I'm logging for the day. Also just to mention Scavenging.. its also a great profit, I won't go into as much detail, but I get 26-28 of two materials which on my server would sell for around 16k total. I'm seeing these missions sell from 3-5k so there is a great profit there as well. But the major profit is with UT from what I can see. I've checked and made sure the epic metals actually sell for these crazy prices and since they do, even if I bought the mission for 10k I'd be making a 22-30k profit just selling the epic metals. Of course I can also keep the epic metals and make the epic ship upgrades that sell for 40-50k and make even more profit. I was skeptical at the money making opportunities for a while, but with some pre-planning and a bit of GTN camping to make sure I'm not undercut, my profits have really soared in the last few days. And yes, those ship upgrades are selling like hotcakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teslamatic Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 ... which poses the question: Is it even worth screwing around with crafting purples during the leveling process? Not really. We level so quickly, and a purple mod is as good as a blue mod 3 levels up (may be off by a small margin, but you get the idea). Why bother crafting all of these purples unless you are specifically trying to stack a particular stat? Sorry - just ranting now This seems to be true. I do not see what is the point in buying these missions, seeing as you don´t really even need their product; you cannot even craft efficient endgame gear. Sure, if I see one listed for an easily affordable amount I buy it for the fun of it, but to do it regularly, or to see it as a must? Hardly. A note to those mentioning markets and how economy works: you need desirable products for a market to develop. Unless Bioware make all crafting skills useful for endgame, there will not be any desirable products and no grounds on which an economy could function. What good are mats if you cannot produce anything useful with them? Crafters will eventually realise that crafting is useless and the entire GTM will go down the toilet. To the OP: don´t buy it. You don´t need it. You won´t, either, unless circumstances change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessirin Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 slicers win actually as it seems now epic resources are only avaible from the discoverable missions Not true at all,my Kaliyo has a near 90% return rate of epic tier 6 from the rich mission of underworld trading. And it doesn't take long to do at all.But hey, keep those prices up, I'm enjoying selling my epic cybertech craftables for insane amounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewser Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Crafters unite dont buy them. Imho anything over 3k is robbery. Your offers can rot on the gtn. Thank you to the guys posting reasonable prices. Then you won't be buying purple 300s-340s from many of the crew skills. Hell, I get over 10k from UT, TH and Arch purple 340s on my server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniz Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 its a credit game. but remember this sellers. if you start pricing things for too much it really isnt too hard to level a alt to 10 or 16 and have your own slicer. this will happen and any exceptional experienced mmo player has already done so. it is so patheticly easy to level that skill and to max out affection. get the credits while you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seksi Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Crafters unite dont buy them. Imho anything over 3k is robbery. Your offers can rot on the gtn. Thank you to the guys posting reasonable prices. Np, because I'm not paying 20k for the item you are going to make 15k profit off of because you ripped me off on my mission sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diffletop Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I've been posting missions and some schematics for 10, 12, even 15k, and they almost always sell. YOU may not be paying, but the 'we' in this game, at least on my server, certainly are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaderin Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Well they cant complain then when a purple hilt/enhancement ends up costing 80k. Btw on my server a lot of guys arent buying them or the over priced purple mats. Truthfully I just want to create high end REASONABLY priced items. Otherwise no point in being a crafter if you can't create products to sell. Exactly. I don't even look at the GTN anymore for purchasing reasons as everything the crafters make is way overpriced since Bioware took away the only real source of funds from the majority of the population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimgrey Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 There are people on my server trying to sell these for 100k, a price that rides the line between optimism and insanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aedan Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 its a credit game. but remember this sellers. if you start pricing things for too much it really isnt too hard to level a alt to 10 or 16 and have your own slicer. this will happen and any exceptional experienced mmo player has already done so. it is so patheticly easy to level that skill and to max out affection. get the credits while you can. i've seen this threat a lot, let me tell you what an actual fix to slicing and this kind of talk will get you... level caps on your mission crew skills... keep it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivlar Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) I don't even buy a mission if it's over 2-3k. I sort by price and ignore anything over that amount. I've got a few 300-340 skill mission drops, when you put it in the GTN it auto-prices for a reasonable amount. Marking it up 5k+ on top of that is just stupid. People don't seem to understand that once we buy the mission it costs another 2-4k to send our companion out to run it. Edited January 6, 2012 by Sivlar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloatedGuppy Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I don't even buy a mission if it's over 2-3k. I sort by price and ignore anything over that amount. This. I've never paid more than 2K for even the epic missions, at 340 skill, and they're a fair value at that price. I've not really seen many for more than 4K. Maybe my server is less insane than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykomyke Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I pay no more then 6k for 340 skill missions. They can rot, someone else can buy them etc. I won't touch them higher then that. I lose any HOPE of making a profit on anything higher then that. If they start coming down to people are paying that much and noone marks them for that price? then so be it. I'll just continue to level my own slicer and get the missions myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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