Manufacturing weapons, armours etc.

Kotarcher - Raging Tide
Kotarcher - Raging Tide Posts: 5 Arc User
edited June 2010 in Dungeons & Tactics
is it necessary to learn these manufacturing skills? i dont think so ... pls help
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  • LenieClarke - Heavens Tear
    LenieClarke - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,275 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    necessary? no. darn handy? oh yes, at least in the early game.

    especially for someone with a lot of chars still being levelled up, having one of them specialize in each of the manufacturing skills can let you get the others decent low-level armor and weapons in a pinch. what you make is typically at least as good, often better than, what you can buy from NPCs, and occasionally better than what's available as quest rewards or mob drops at some given (low-ish, at least) level.

    you'll manufacture a lot of duds along the way, true enough. those you decompose for chi stones to feed your genie or aerogear, or to sell for coin.
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  • Lythianaa - Dreamweaver
    Lythianaa - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,307 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Everything that she said above :O And when you focus on one path of manufacturing, you can find a friend with a higher lvl manufacturing skill to help you craft, for example, a TT weapon or something. Therefore, you do not have to waste your time, effort, and money to level that skill up just for the TT weapon.
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  • Elviron - Dreamweaver
    Elviron - Dreamweaver Posts: 812 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    I would recommend having all your manufacturing skills on your main character since higher levels of the manufacturing skills requires certain levels to be achieved.

    For example, you can learn level 4 of manufacturing only at level 50 or above and not before (even if youre at 100% mastery of the previous level). Similarly level 6 at 80 and level 8 at 100.

    Having 1 skill per character would make it difficult to level these past level 4 since that would mean getting each of your characters past those level ranges.

    The blacksmith, tailor and craftsman skills also helps you a little more independant when it comes to manufacturing and decomposing equipment. If youre like me and hate to wait for a friend with the required skill level in any of these, I suggest you level all of them up.

    Finally, I would also like to point out that levelling these skills actually takes a lot of work if you dont want to buy your way through. I have had to grind entire levels at 70+ to acquire sufficient materials just to level these skills.
  • Riverwell - Archosaur
    Riverwell - Archosaur Posts: 423 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Also, lvling up your crafting skills to 4 helps because you can manufacture your TT weaps and armor.

    True there are a lot of people with lvl 4 crafting, but it's super helpful to have for yourself as well as for other people. You have no idea how many items I've made for factionmates. Plus you never have to wait for someone to get online (like Elviron said).

    Also then there's no chance of you getting something made by XxxiiO__name_xxXx. XD
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  • xxqueenofshebaxx
    xxqueenofshebaxx Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Are there any posts that tell you how to level up each of the crafting skills? I am new to the game and 2 of my skills are level 2 and 2 are still 0. I need assistance leveling these up plz & thanks for the info ... !!!!
  • sangodoc
    sangodoc Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    xxqueenofshebaxx wrote: »
    Are there any posts that tell you how to level up each of the crafting skills? I am new to the game and 2 of my skills are level 2 and 2 are still 0. I need assistance leveling these up plz & thanks for the info ... !!!!
    It's all pretty well laid out for you in the PWI wiki entry on Crafting.

    Hope that helps! b:victory
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  • Myalt - Raging Tide
    Myalt - Raging Tide Posts: 89 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    I personally never wasted money on manufacturing skills on my characters (and I was too lazy to farm enough mats). I just buy the weapons / armor I need, and if I REALLY want to craft something, I ask my friends who have high lvl skills... (Happened only once in my PW life! xD). The potions I find as drops are enough for me, so I never bothered learning apothecary either.
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  • Yindra - Sanctuary
    Yindra - Sanctuary Posts: 784 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Well, my impression always has been that those skills are rather cheap, both on the money and spirit side. It's the drop penalty that really screws things up badly if you start late, but that should sort out eventually as the skills catch up with the clvl.

    So far, I think I've only ever worn one item that I made, though. That's the other "problem" of not levelling up the skills right away :-)

    Even the apothecary **** is still around... the "it costs a fee even if you don't sell" thingy on the auction house still prevents me from using it for anything, along with finding no information on the actual fee in case you sell.
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