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> So wife & I come back to SWG 2-3 weeks ago. My plan was to make as much
> money as possible before JTL. Nothing good was up on our server to hunt,
> I was selling off some good wholly via the bazaar thing but basically just
> hunting the best meat & selling it cheap. Before hunting we would stand
> in line for a half hour to pay 12K for buffs. Wife decides to go Master
> Doc from CM, an easy switch right? Share many of the same resources even.
> She wants to sell buffs...! Sounds great!
>
> We find we are in need of ALOT more stuff. Like crafting aprons, buffing
> clothes, & harvesters... Seems there was a bit of inflation over the
> summer eh? shheeeshhh... After 1 MILLION CREDITS later, she still
> couldn't make good buffs over 2K for 3hrs. I take over the crafting....
> search through our 5 buildings, 3 factories, banks (3 accounts) for the
> right resources... We spend evenings harvesting some decent Avian meat.
> Beg borrow steal (ok I couldn't steal but I would if I could) some C4
> petro... I finally create 6 schematics for the 6 buffs, all just over 2K
> & all well over 3hrs. /cheer Good enough to sell!
>
> So off to Cnet yesterday, with our 100K crate of Biloli, droid batteries,
> & a buffing macro... gah! What a pain in the XXX. Make sure you got
> all the right buffs out, make sure your bivoli hasn't wore off, watch out
> for people taking cuts, tells tells tells, "how much, how good, I only
> need quickness, how come buffs so low, OMG my BF! can you rebuff!?! want
> to hunt?, want to hang out?, what to have sex..?" Of course there is some
> clown there selling buffs for 7K, lowest I have seen since last winter.
> Didn't really matter, the lines never stopped forming.
>
> Yes, we made some credits, with our own buffs so it was alot more
> profitable. Haven't broke even yet on the investment but we will very
> soon with this kinda cash flow. But it turned out to be not as easy as it
> looked & the making the buffs is truly a pain. But wth, keeps me outa
> trouble.
>
> This was just a story about our SWG experience, hopefully slightly
> entertaining.
>
>
>

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>I feel you.
> Welcome to a MD's life in SWG.
> Everyone thinks MD's make super credits for sitting on their butts. It's
> not true.
> All that stuff costs a ton, biolvi, havla, all the resources for the
> buffs,
> Bio clothing, droid batteries, harvestor maintenance, power, paying
> ungodly
> amounts of credits (150cpu) for decent avian, herbivore meat, on and on.
> And then some dork who has no clue, who bought his from another doc comes
> along and sells as good or better buffs than the ones you managed to craft
> for half as much as YOU need to charge to make a decent profit. He's got
> no
> idea whether he's making money or losing it, and let me tell you, on my
> server at 7k, he's not making any money. He's just there to be a dick.
> Do what I do, after MD, just master another elite combat class, and do
> missions in a solo group. Buffing the public is a pain in the butt, and
> it
> is nowhere near as profitible as people think. If it were, I could handle
> all the rudeness you put up with doing it. But in order to make it worth
> it,
> buffs should be twice what is it on my server at the very minimum.
> People,
> 12k to 15k for over 3 hours of making you near INVINCIBLE is a drop in the
> bucket.
>
> Bah whatever.
>
> "Bruin" <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote in message
> news:rPidncMw6-VmXMvcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
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>

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> Also wanted to mention, hats off to all you MD's that make buffs to sell
> to the rest of us. Without you, the game would not work. Thanks a ton.
>
>
> "R. Watson" <rwatson22@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:oMB5d.6327$dh7.3000@fe2.texas.rr.com...
>
>

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> So wife & I come back to SWG 2-3 weeks ago. My plan was to make as much
> money as possible before JTL. Nothing good was up on our server to hunt,

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> was selling off some good wholly via the bazaar thing but basically just
> hunting the best meat & selling it cheap. Before hunting we would stand

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> line for a half hour to pay 12K for buffs. Wife decides to go Master Doc
> from CM, an easy switch right? Share many of the same resources even.

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> wants to sell buffs...! Sounds great!
>
> We find we are in need of ALOT more stuff. Like crafting aprons, buffing
> clothes, & harvesters... Seems there was a bit of inflation over the

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> eh? shheeeshhh... After 1 MILLION CREDITS later, she still couldn't

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> good buffs over 2K for 3hrs. I take over the crafting.... search through
> our 5 buildings, 3 factories, banks (3 accounts) for the right

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> We spend evenings harvesting some decent Avian meat. Beg borrow steal (ok

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> couldn't steal but I would if I could) some C4 petro... I finally create

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> schematics for the 6 buffs, all just over 2K & all well over 3hrs. /cheer
> Good enough to sell!
>
> So off to Cnet yesterday, with our 100K crate of Biloli, droid batteries,

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> a buffing macro... gah! What a pain in the XXX. Make sure you got

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> the right buffs out, make sure your bivoli hasn't wore off, watch out for
> people taking cuts, tells tells tells, "how much, how good, I only need
> quickness, how come buffs so low, OMG my BF! can you rebuff!?! want to
> hunt?, want to hang out?, what to have sex..?" Of course there is some
> clown there selling buffs for 7K, lowest I have seen since last winter.
> Didn't really matter, the lines never stopped forming.
>
> Yes, we made some credits, with our own buffs so it was alot more
> profitable. Haven't broke even yet on the investment but we will very

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> with this kinda cash flow. But it turned out to be not as easy as it

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> & the making the buffs is truly a pain. But wth, keeps me outa trouble.
>
> This was just a story about our SWG experience, hopefully slightly
> entertaining.
>
>
>

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> We find we are in need of ALOT more stuff. Like crafting aprons, buffing
> clothes, & harvesters... Seems there was a bit of inflation over the summer
> eh? shheeeshhh... After 1 MILLION CREDITS later, she still couldn't make
> good buffs over 2K for 3hrs. I take over the crafting.... search through
> our 5 buildings, 3 factories, banks (3 accounts) for the right resources...
> We spend evenings harvesting some decent Avian meat. Beg borrow steal (ok I
> couldn't steal but I would if I could) some C4 petro... I finally create 6
> schematics for the 6 buffs, all just over 2K & all well over 3hrs. /cheer
> Good enough to sell!

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> So wife & I come back to SWG 2-3 weeks ago. My plan was to make as much
> money as possible before JTL. Nothing good was up on our server to hunt,

quote:

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> was selling off some good wholly via the bazaar thing but basically just
> hunting the best meat & selling it cheap. Before hunting we would stand

quote:

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> line for a half hour to pay 12K for buffs. Wife decides to go Master Doc
> from CM, an easy switch right? Share many of the same resources even.

quote:

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> wants to sell buffs...! Sounds great!
>
> We find we are in need of ALOT more stuff. Like crafting aprons, buffing
> clothes, & harvesters... Seems there was a bit of inflation over the

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> eh? shheeeshhh... After 1 MILLION CREDITS later, she still couldn't

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> good buffs over 2K for 3hrs. I take over the crafting.... search through
> our 5 buildings, 3 factories, banks (3 accounts) for the right

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> We spend evenings harvesting some decent Avian meat. Beg borrow steal (ok

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> couldn't steal but I would if I could) some C4 petro... I finally create

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> schematics for the 6 buffs, all just over 2K & all well over 3hrs. /cheer
> Good enough to sell!
>
> So off to Cnet yesterday, with our 100K crate of Biloli, droid batteries,

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> a buffing macro... gah! What a pain in the XXX. Make sure you got

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> the right buffs out, make sure your bivoli hasn't wore off, watch out for
> people taking cuts, tells tells tells, "how much, how good, I only need
> quickness, how come buffs so low, OMG my BF! can you rebuff!?! want to
> hunt?, want to hang out?, what to have sex..?" Of course there is some
> clown there selling buffs for 7K, lowest I have seen since last winter.
> Didn't really matter, the lines never stopped forming.
>
> Yes, we made some credits, with our own buffs so it was alot more
> profitable. Haven't broke even yet on the investment but we will very

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> with this kinda cash flow. But it turned out to be not as easy as it

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> & the making the buffs is truly a pain. But wth, keeps me outa trouble.
>
> This was just a story about our SWG experience, hopefully slightly
> entertaining.
>
>
>

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>I had the same trouble but I'll tell you, I found a very easy way of making
> money. I was tred of being at the mercy of others, waiting in endless
> lines
> for a buff, then trying to group with an entertainer for a mind buff and
> THEN being able to go out and do something. I created a 2nd character,
> got
> him to where he could buff and mind buff...thats all he does or can do. I
> mind buff myself and regualer buff myself (my other char) and then i go
> get
> in a solo group on dantooine and hunt Mokk's out of monestary. 30-33K
> each
> mission, good loots, fast and easy to kill (master tka) and i make 600K to
> 650K in one buff session, i never did grind anything for doc, i just buy
> the buff packs (89 med use level) and buff myself whenever and wherever i
> want and off i go. This is the fastest way I've seen to make money and
> get
> some good loots. Have fun!
>
> SWG Gamer on Lowca
> "Bruin" <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote in message
> news:rPidncMw6-VmXMvcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
> I
> in
> She
> summer
> make
> resources...
> I
> 6
> &
> all
> soon
> looked
>
>

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> I agree - thanks to all the master doc buffers! They do make it easy and i
> have no qualms paying up to 15k for a buff session. Very easy to make that
> money back with a solo group mission. I tried the crafting thing when I
> started and it truly is a grind and painful. So once again, kudos to the
> buffers.