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Originally Posted by Mkdesign
Not denying any of your points 
But I feel confident that the supply problem will become less and less a problem over time.
Plates are still available to patch up some, aswell. |
I once asked a crafter about parts to an (L) armor (orca), and the answer I got was basically, there is too low demand. Also, some parts are harder to make; on orca, the harness that requires ultra cold fabric which requires ultra coold fabric BP and phasm wool, and other parts required robot power amplifier, looted from boxes on beacon missions. This means, that he was reluctant to give me parts, because the harness was expensive to make, I had to get the whole armor. But he coun't make the armor either, because there was no robot power amplifiers availible at auction for BO. I think it ends up to, crafters who want to sell (L) armors basically have to craft them on demand (so they don't have too many (F) and no (M) part or other way around) because of rarity of some of the ingredients.
Also, there is the practical problem of "item points" in shops: If armor is sold in shop, rather than on auction, there can be only a few number of armor sets. And the crafter probablty then wants to concentrate on the bestsellers, to be able to have a few sets ready (M+F, 7 (ideally) parts each). Also, if he wants to sell in shop, he must be aware that someone might buy helmets or footguards or the hard-to-craft part, meaning he will have a hard time to offer complete sets.