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c428
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Can I use an Assistant Leatherworker to craft the highest level leatherworking items in the game, or do I need to purchase "profession booster packs" in the hope of getting Leatherworker resource drops that I can upgrade to higher levels?
Presumably the loot table of the booster packs is random and therefore does not guarantee a resource drop of any particular time. That could work out pretty expensive in real money for a supposedly free to play game.
Presumably the loot table of the booster packs is random and therefore does not guarantee a resource drop of any particular time. That could work out pretty expensive in real money for a supposedly free to play game.
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Green, blue and purple workers come from packs, also the asset booster contains assets, which does not necessarily mean workers, but also tools.
There is usually a special pack from lockboxes for one profession, atm it's alchemy, so if you are looking for that, search the auction house for it, as those tend to be a little cheaper.
You don't need to spend actual cash, though: all of these can be bought on the auction house for AD.
If you just want the shirts and pants, it's cheaper to buy them from the AH instead of making them by yourself.
Well if the tools are 2million * 4 = 8 million AD, then that is 800 000K lost in AH fees....
I've bought lots of stuff on the zen store such as enchanted keys, account-wide mounts (hundreds of dollars worth of stuff) and never spent a single dime.
If OP really just wants the BIS shirts/pants, just go buy them at the auctionhouse. They are going for 120k ea.
If you really can't make 240k diamonds (even in 3 months of sporadic playtime), then I don't know what to say anymore......
Bad argument. It assumes that the ONLY thing you're going to buy with ALL your AD is "shirt and pants".
It's like saying "this sports car is only $50k, and if you can't make that in a year of work, I don't know what to say anymore...": it neglects to factor in that you'd only buy a sports car with disposable income, after rent, food, bills etc. In three months of sporadic playtime after hitting 60, you'll probably need to buy a lot of boons, dungeon keys, marks, wards and other sundry expenses, so it's not as straightforward as you make out.
I got a purple rank Hero for Leadership through barter. I've gotten Residuum through barter. No need for AD or gold if you barter.
Take your not needed enchants or non-bound gear and swap them with somebody. Try the trade channel, or ask around in your friends and guild group.
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And THIS is the beauty of the Cryptic free-to-play system and why any and all naysayers about anything economic in-game should pipe-down. There is *nothing* you cannot do in this game without paying any real money. Yes, even the cosmetic/convenience/speed-up items only available in the Z-Store can be had without spending any real money at all.
What about the promotional zen bonus stuff aren't those BoA? and require a zen purchase eh eh eh jk. Sprite is right you can earn "all" in-game just takes time or cleverness.
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Good point as that is a "transfer Zen" promotion, rather than just a "spend Zen" promotion. YAGOTMEEEE. I am so epicfailzderp ;-)
If your friends or Guild doesn't do this, or don't have the tools you can just grind it out as many a player has. Nothing in this game is instantaneous unless you have friends like Mr. Visa and Mrs. Mastercard.
If your the type who has to "have it now!" then, yes you'll have to open your wallet.
let's take a step back for a minute.
building professions is not a requirement to getting a character from level 1 to 60. professions, in my opinion, is something that you can build up to acquire AD through either leadership tasks or by crafting shirts/pants and possibly dyes/potions. in my opinion, it's more of an endgame project than a requirement.
because of the way the economy works in neverwinter, you don't have to pay real money to acquire 99% of the items that exist.
of course, if you don't want to go the time-investment route, then you can simply buy zen and directly buy what you want from the auction house. if you know exactly what you want, then you may find that directly buying from the AH is a more economical choice than trying to win items from the professions booster packs. that's not to say that you couldn't benefit from the gambling nature of the booster packs, but it is a gamble.
and it's not the workers that you need to have at epic level, it's the tools. epic level workers only shorten the time length of the task. the tools increase the quality.
if you don't want to get involved with professions but want the highest level items from that profession, buy them from the AH. it would be much cheaper to do this than to invest in leatherworking tools.
I have been working on getting the right tools well over a year and assumed I would eventually be able to earn it back in the long run... the other day I went out and just bought the pants and shirts I had planned to make. So long story short, unless you are sitting on a stack of eggs, dont even start down this path, oh, if you are sitting on a stack of eggs, they are at the highest price i can remember (and within weeks of the event that produces the most of them) just sell the eggs for the pants and shirts.
as mentioned epic professionals only shorten time, but do not increase the quality of the item produced. To me, this is a short fall of the system, as an epic or expert professional would more likely produce the higher quality gear, good tools in a fools hands.. Personally, if i am using all purples (4 tools and a professional), I should have almost a 100% chance of success to create tier 3 gear. the current 40% fail rate is too high for this to be a path to really consider.
you do not need colored tools to make the reinforced versions of bracers and such either.
That's fine. It doesn't make you any less of a person if you haven't managed to get 240k diamonds in 3 months of playing. But you can't be making these statements: insinuating cash-gating when its obvious you haven't even put forth any EFFORT into EARNING anything in the game in 3-months of playtime.
I have plenty of diamonds. I didn't realize the profession assets were tradeable since so far I have been leveling my professions without any outside assistance.
The question is if you will ever need professions to get the highest level items in game. The actual "highest level items" you can get with professions, are shirts and pants with enchantment slots. And no, you can't craft them with "white" items, you will need a huge investment (several milions of AD) to be able to craft them, and that makes sense only if you are going to make it a "job" (crafting stuff for sale).
If you only want to get them for yourself, then it is far easier (and cheaper) to buy them from the AH. You can buy the purple version for some 120-140k AD, but you can also save some money and buy the blue ones for 20-40k, the difference is only 50 stat points (230 blue vs 280 purple total stats or so).
If you have plenty of diamonds, then pretty much anything from the zen store is up for grabs for you.
Nothing to ever pay real money for.
Both the blue and purple shirt and pants have skews that have enchantment slots