So yeah, Bertram was added to Sanctuary, he sells flamethrower fuel... YAY! He also pays about 2k credits for assault rifles and he's willing to buy 300 of them... He also wants shotguns for 1.3k each, 300 of those. Just saying, maybe easy access to a million credits at this stage of game might be a bit unbalanced...
Those are standard prices for rifles and shotguns. And yes, if you want to spend all your time crafting AR and shotguns to get cash, you can. Legit strategy. Has saved my butt before when I urgently needed to purchase something I needed and couldn't get to drop (usually medium armor or a rad boost... or NVG). Most of the "buy" prices for the stuff you really need is much higher than the cost of a few rifles, though.
I mean why wouldn't you? Make yourself 10 survival constructors, set them outside next to vendor, give them a little iron, silicon and copper each, spam out AR. Obviously you don't need to make 300 of them, but its pretty easy cash, enough to buy out all the rare materials sold at Sanctuary, including optronic bridges.
Because I usually don't need that much cash early in the game, but it's a valid strategy if you do. The T2 weapons sell much better, and you get tons of them in POIs. We usually end up selling those for cash. Prices are high, but it's easy to get money.
If you think Bertram and assault rifles are easy money - check out the T1 sniper rifles (craftable in a portable constructor too).
Iron Ingots are worth $6.5 each. It costs $11 worth of iron to produce one T1 Sniper Rifle worth $2371 to a trader. For a new player with no access to the materials to make a sniper rifle that would consider actually purchasing one, this is far, FAR more than they could afford. The ready access to iron and a constructor means that the $2371 price is intended solely for the purpose of bulk selling to void the entire economic side of the game.
There is a simple solution for this. Just do not sell weapons and earn the money in other ways. This just requires self-control. Just remember that others may not want to play the game the way they suggest, or even better, adjust the configuration to their needs.
Survival tool = zero materials and made in suit constructor Portable Constructor = 3 iron ore (bash a rock) Use survival tool to dig a hole ... add stone to portable constructor ... make iro ore ... make iron ingots ... make sniper rifles Dodge the AssassinInfecteds on the way to Sanctuary From penniless to millionaire in a couple of hours.
