I plan to go on a 2* crafting thing (2 per day or so, depending on sales), For the most part I will be looking for EV's (which I may or may not keep for myself)
I currently Have:
Wolver cap/coat
Calibur
Voltech alchemer
Owlite Shield
(these are only my 2* recipes)
which of these is the most cost efficient (material costs), while still being popular in sales when not having EV's?
IMPORTANT: I will be doing my own math and such on this, I just want the communities opinion.
None of them are profitable without UVs, unless you only plan on using mist energy, in which case you will have a small profit margin for the wolver pieces
Read what they said above. Probably 2 times a day. Therefore, 100 energy. 100 energy is a full mist tank. Problem solved.
None of them are profitable without UVs
Wrong. About a week ago, Voltech Alchemers were flying off the shelves for a buy-out price of 5000.
About a week ago, Voltech Alchemers were flying off the shelves for a buy-out price of 5000
Yes, well unfortunately, what was true a week ago is no longer applicable now
If you want profit over the long term, it might be smarter to craft Haze bombs. They're the only 1-star item that upgrades into 5-star items, so it's relatively easy to get a valuable UV.
Yes, well unfortunately, what was true a week ago is no longer applicable now
Except it is still applicable since you can still make profit on them. In fact, Wolver items will give you the LEAST amount of profit, if any at all.
Silty is right. I've crafted about 100 or so in the last day and got some good money off of them.
Yeah haze bombs are great because they cost a very low energy amount, letting you craft many times off of just mist.
Plus bombs are great - ppl love the shivermist and agni.
I've been crafting elemental alchemers on my alt and it's been alright. They seem to sell for about 3k each, since I craft off of mist and use mats I am not using for anything else right now, it's arguably 100% profit. Also if I happen to pop a UV I like I can keep it since I am mainly a gunner myself.
How do you make a profit off of Haze bombs? They only sell at the AH for 300, and their energy cost alone is around 510-520 crowns. I know you can simply use your mist (and that IS what I was planning to do as BigFootM correctly figured out), but how do you sell any of those things when there are hundreds of them in the AH?
I am currently considering mass crafting Caliburs or Owlite Shields as they both have low material costs and are relatively popular, unless Ican figure out how you people manage to make money off of Haze bombs XD
I'd just suggest not mass crafting everything... That is how you depreciate your items worth.
Let's say you craft 10x of an item, and then I go to post up my 5, well I'ma undercut your price. Then someone comes up and has 1 to sell, they post it lower than mine... Then you come back, and the cost dropped 400, gonna put yours last in line? nop.
Rather than focusing on one or two items and mass crafting them, try crafting 5+ different items, rotating them depending on how the market looks?
You are turning free ME into crs which are loosing value everyday. People might want those armor pieces but for the most part atm people are wanting bombs. You can also craft more haze bombs than u can owlite shields and calibers in one mist tank. And its a HECK of alot cheaper. Lets map out prices. 2 caliburs without a uv. MIGHT get you around 6~8k atm. With all your energy gone and some materials you will have to buy again. 10 haze bombs without UV probably might get you around 3k. With materials that arent hard at all to replace. Ok so lets look at the UV side. There is a low chance that crafting 2 owlite or 2 calibur you will get a UV at all. Not to mention a good one. Crafting 10 bombs a mist tank equals you have a higher chance of grabbing a UV. So in tale if you come out with any of those youre good, people buy haze bombs with damage vs (insert here) cause they know they are going to use a bomber suit that reduces charge time enough already. So they want the option of extra damage vs (insert here) if it comes out medium (again you have a higher chance of it happening) then you are on the road to like 1 or 2k for that one. I believe damage vs undead is expensive now a days for some reason. I might start doing haze bombs soon. I was one of the buyers for a good while Lol.
Just a quick note on haze bombs - last time I checked they sell to a vendor for 300cr each, so it's good to keep in mind if you can't post them for more than that on the auction house.
Haze bombs are only worth it when you get a charge time reduction of medium or higher, which is pretty rare (maybe 1/100). Everything else you get is worth the 300 crown vendor price, which makes them perhaps the worst thing you could craft if you're trying to profit in the auction house.
A glance at the auction house will reveal that wolver coats and caps sell well enough to be profitable, and the materials for them (monster bones and green shards) are much cheaper than for the caliburs (blue shards and swordstones).
Looking at the auction house, owlite shields aren't as profitable but alchemers look like they sell for nearly as much as wolver gear. When you do get a good UV, the maxes on wolver gear and CTR and ASI caliburs are the most valuable of the items you listed.
Crafting haze bombs is not as profitable as crafting armor/weapons. The only valuable UV is CTR; the problem is that there are 7 possible UV modifiers so the chance of you getting CTR is fairly low. I've been crafting 30 haze bombs every day for a month, and you know how many good CTR bombs I've gotten? 2 medium, 1 high and 0 very high. That's roughly 900 haze bombs with no big payout.
Simple math for money per day:
10 haze bombs: guaranteed 3000 CR
Material costs at current AH prices (3 light shards at 30 CR, 2 gel drops at 10 CR) = 110 CR
Total money made = 3000 - 110(10) = 1900 CR
2 wolver coats: guaranteed 5000 CR (I've never seen them drop below 2500 each, currently 2800 in AH)
Material costs at current AH prices (5 green shards at 80 CR, 2 monster bones at 250 CR, 2 sharp fang at 30 CR) = 960
Total money made = 5000 - 960(2) = 3080 CR
These are worst case numbers assuming no UVs at all. Now factor in that 6/7 UVs on haze bomb aren't worth much, while only 5/11 UVs on wolver coats aren't valuable.
Total money made = 5000 - 960(2) = 3080 CR
You forgot to factor in the crown cost of crafting. For wolver coats, it costs 400 crown each craft, so your total money made should be 2280 CR.
2280 CR profit for 100 energy is pretty bad compared to running dungeons, but if you don't feel like putting in the time (like me), then this is definitely the way to go. Also it's always nice to get a good UV.
Hate to be "that guy", but haze bombs cost 200 crowns to craft as well, so you're at -100 CR profit <.< but I did not know they vendored for 300, makes me laugh at the people listing them below that on the AH hehe
Of course the good UVs can be worth more than 100x the normal price so its more of a gamble than anything
Secondly, the wolver set.