The crafting is pretty sweet in this game. I think we should try and make use of all the crafting skills in the game. Just a suggestion and give a chance to say which ones we've tried and liked. I wish I could switch on the SWTOR site, but I'm going Merc Bounty Hunter-Arsenal. The crafting I did with him and will do in release is Armstech(All non-force weapons and mods/enhances/barrels), Scavenging(finds metals and stuff to make stuff for Arms), and Investigation(helps find good things for Armstech.
I played with armortech, which is nice being able to outfit every companion, but I think i'm going to go biochem for launch. The BOP epic permanent potions and stims will end up saving a fortune in the long run.
just from browsing that site looks like the artifice one will make the most money (enchanting)
any of the crafting ones would be good if you got all the patterns quickly
then just gathering would make a ton later on, once people got money... also buy mats like crazy if its low, odds are that prices go up with time - as more people pick the game up and demand rises as people level the trade skills
on a side note i miss UO, last game with a good crafting system (didnt need to level to make sweet shit, and never leave town with your crafter) and just in general how UO wasnt linear, no set stats on gear, RNG FTW!
I discovered while I was working up Artifice with Archaeology and Treasure Hunting that the materials used to make things, do NOT have to be in your bags to be made. If they are in your storage (bank/starship cargo hold) the items will be made from there.
Huge find if you ask me. My bags got so full I said, "wait, let me try something here." Sure enough, after emptying all the materials from my bags into my starship storage box, my companions made the crystals/mods, etc. from the mats in the storage!
Ya, I was stoked! Still am. Got Artifice up to 290! ;)
Yeah we begged and begged for that, it just made sense your companions are crafting on your ship but they can't pull mats out of your cargo hold? They finally put it in this last build and its awsome. My inventory was always full of mats.