SWTOR Contraband Resale Corporation Reputation guide

A guide to the newly added SWTOR Contraband Resale Corporation Reputation, Cartel Market Certificates, and their items.

Reputation system & trophies

Unlike other Reputation systems, the weekly cap for Contraband Resale Corporation is 36000 instead of 12000. There are 3 types of reputation trophies.

All the reputation trophies are obtained exclusively from the Contraband packs from the cartel market (or brought from other players via the GTN). Every contraband pack will drop a trophy.Note that all of these reputation items are bound and cannot be sold on the GTN!

• Banned Holovid – Green reputation item for Contraband Resale Corporation – 270 Reputation

• Prohibited Medical Supplies – Blue reputation item for Contraband Resale Corporation – 630 Reputation

• Confiscated Artwork – Purple reputation item for Contraband Resale Corporation – 1440 Reputation

*Assuming 36000/week

Reputation Rewards

There are three vendors that sell items located in the Crew Skill section of the fleet. In addition to reputation requirements, some items also requires a number of Cartel Market Certificates, which are rare drops from the Contraband packs.

Aratech Eclipse

• Champion Standing
• 100k credits + 4 Cartel Market Certificate
• Bind on Pickup, Requires Level 10 and Speeder Piloting I. It is adaptive so it will go up to Speeder Piloting III.

BK-0 Combustion armor set

• Hero standing
• 9.4k to 15.5k credits per piece
• Bind on pickup (BOP) and require level 1 to use.

Elite Regulator armor set

• Friend standing
• 9.4k to 15.5k credits per piece
• Bind on pickup (BOP) and require level 1 to use.

Voss Dignitary armor set

• Newcomer standing
• 9.4k to 15.5k credits per piece
• Bind on pickup (BOP) and require level 1 to use.

Enforcer’s Eyeguard

• Outsider Standing
• 2400 credits
• Bind on pickup (BOP) and require level 1 to use.

Resplendent Crown of Avarice

• Legend Standing
• 160k credits + 6 Cartel Market Certificate
• Bind on pickup (BOP) and require level 1 to use.

Companion Customizations

• All cost 15k credits and requires Newcomer Standing
• Vette and Kaliyo customization provided by John Tennyson

Vette Customization 9
Kaliyo Djannis Customization 9
Tharan Cedrax Customization 9
Elara Dorne Customization 9

Rare Items from Cartel packs

Some of the rare items from the Cartel packs can also be purchased. They all need Cartel Market Certificates in addition to credits and reputation requirements. In addition, all of the items are Bind on Pickup (BOP)

Discontinued chest pieces from Cartel Market

All of the armor costs 40k, requires Newcomer standing and is BoP.

Bioware response to concerns and common issues

Erked. | 03.12.2013, 03:21 PM

I can see from reading over this thread (and some others) that there are some questions around this new Reputation so I wanted to hopefully clarify a few points in this thread.
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• Reputation is based on money spent! - Although to an extent this is certainly true as the Reputation is gained by opening Contraband Packs, keep in mind that if you do not want to spend Cartel Coins on packs you always have the option of purchasing them through the GTN from other players. I know this will not diffuse the notion that it is a "pay to Reputation" but it is an alternative to spending Cartel Coins if that was your primary concern.

• Pay To Win - When designing a system for the Cartel Market this is always something we are very aware of. With this new Reputation system almost all of the items you can get have no stats and are purely cosmetic items or Adaptive shells. The only exception is the level 43 armor which was previously found on the Cartel Market.

• Exclusive Items - As a part of this Reputation there are three vendors found on the fleet, only one of these vendors contains items exclusive to this organization (which again, has no stats on it). The other two vendors contain items which are either found in packs from Shipment One, or were previously a part of the Cartel Market (which are most likely all available from other players on the GTN). These items all cost credits, Cartel Market Certificates, or both.

I know these clarifications will certainly not alleviate all of your frustrations. I want to note that the design philosophy behind this Reputation was to specifically thank the players who purchase the best-selling items on the Cartel Market, the packs. I hope those clarifications can alleviate some of your concerns, however, please keep the feedback coming. As you explore the system we want to hear your thoughts and will be keeping an eye on this thread.
-eric