Crew Skill, mission and planet lvls

[Alysaar]

Is there a connection between the lvl of my toon, the crew skill lvl/mish lvl and the planet I'm running mish from? What is the most effective approach to say running a lvl 35+ gathering mish for grade 3 crystals?

Do I consider my toon and current planet lvl for higher success?

I'm assuming the planet lvl is the recommended lvl for my toon. But what about that planet's resources? Are they also a reflection of the lvl of that planet?

[Dakken]

Crew missions are completely independent of your location, the only thing that affects them are Companion Affection and Skill Bonuses.

[Alysaar]

I've found that I'm starting to have a harder time getting simple lvl 3 power crystals on fleet, yet few issues successfully running mish on Taris and beyond. Could that just be random?

[Dakken]

Its random, if you read the flavor text for the crew missions, you are actually sending them all over the Galaxy, not around the planet you are currently on.

[Ringwraiths]

I've found that I'm starting to have a harder time getting simple lvl 3 power crystals on fleet, yet few issues successfully running mish on Taris and beyond. Could that just be random?

Hmmm dont think thats the real problem...I had an alt only lvl 30++ and my artifice and slicing lvl are already max.

[ulfric]

you need to 'refresh' the missions every so often. try running a few missions for lvl2 stuff then go back to lvl3. i have a lvl17 sent with cybertech uwt and scav maxed, getting stuff like promethium can be a problem... but using the method described things go fine.

[wildcard]

You used to be able to enter a fp portal to refresh your crew mission window, bit they fixed that. Now you need to log out and back in to refresh it to try and get new/different missions.

[Tassadar]

To answer my own question - yes there is somewhat of a connection between planet lvls, gathering skill lvls and player lvl.

Planet lvls are your toon's recommended lvl for said planet, it's also the lvls of nodes you'll find on that planet. If the nodes are a higher lvl than your crew skill, then obviously you're not gathering from them regardless of your toon lvl.

Your gathering crew skill can be lvld independently of your toon's lvl, but the mission difficulty will increase the more the disparity increases between mission and toon's lvl.

I now understand that there's no connection between the planet you're running mish FROM and the planet lvl/mish lvl.

I may never do crew missions that are yellow to orange, but once my toon lvls past the crew skill, those missions are now grey and more likely to return successfully.

Anything to add?

[ignmmulia]

Thanks for information

[Shaddarah]

Not really a tip so much as a rule of thumb I live by on my toons is, starting at level 15 I try to have each of my skills up to 100. Then at 25 I'm up to 200, 35 is 300, and 45 is 400. You can go faster if you want, but at this pace I usually don't out spend my self crafting things and also the things I craft are level appropriate. Also you don't out spend yourself buying patterns from the trainer/GTN using this method. I don't have any trouble earning credits once I get to level 35+, but its that up front piece that gets me.