As a point of reference, I have now tried a total of 26 attempts at armor
pieces, and have not been successful on any of them. I lost one piece of
armor out of the 26 failures. The armor, I am getting fairly cheap, as I
can make it myself, although, I am actually buying it from a friend who is
selling it to me at basically cost of materials with a small kickback for
his time. (He has less failures than I do, being well over 200 smithing
now.) To be completely honest with you, I am going back to rebreathers to
raise the skill. I did not gain a single skill point in the 26 failures,
and average about one skill point per 6-8 rebreather attempts. I figure
that at around 175, I will most likely start having a small amount of
success with the smaller armor pieces. Although, I am going to attempt to
make a number of footwarming boots, and see how the success rates are. Will
post as I continue trying.
The only components that I know of that do not stack are the velium lens'
for the helms, and I am assuming that the vanishing devices required for the
chestplate will not, but I believe that the components to make it do.
I had spent approx. 10 hours total to gather the components that I had,
which included 10 sifaye dust, 12 globs of tar, 16 holgresh wings, 6
holgresh fur, and 3 blocks of living granite. Still have not gotten my
hands on any haze panther eyes.
Ghirardelli
E'ci
----- Original Message -----
From: "Madgrizzle" <MadGrizzle@...>
To: <EQ_Tinkering@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [EQ_Tinkering] Re: New armor info
> Wings are fairly easy to get (still rare) and they stack. Consumables are
> around 100pp. The question is whether you will raise your skill from
> attempting armor. Because the trivial point for the armor is higher than
> rebreathers, and you fail considerably on them, you will raise your skill
> at a slower rate than if you attempted the rebreathers. Therefore, IF it
> takes 100 attempts to raise one point from making armor versus 10 attempts
> from making rebreathers (I've averaged one point per 10 attempts in
> general), then it would be a wash besides the collection of the wings. I
> would be surprised its this bad, so I guess maybe 20 attempts at armor
will
> raise a point. Therefore, each point would cost 2000pp plus 20 holgresh
> wings. Versus 10000pp involved with rebreathers. And who knows, you're
> bound to get lucky once and actually make a piece of armor.
>
> My plan is to camp the holgresh and collect a load of wings and fur and
try
> to raise my skill that way. Its currently 143, so I will finish out with
> aqualungs at first. At least they sell back at 30pp below cost.
>
> Also another factor is time. Think about how much money you have to carry
> with you from the bank if you want to attempt 10 rebreathers. Thats
> 10kpp. You can't move with that much money, you will have to attempt 3 or
> 4 rebreathers at a time max, then go back to the bank for more money.
With
> the armor, most all items are stackable, the heavy non stackable items
> being the armor... which you get back when you fail.
>
>
> At 07:02 PM 12/20/2000 +0000, you wrote:
> >This seems really sad. The only thing to raise tinkering that high
> >currently is rebreathers, correct? Which means a ton of money.
> >
> >On the other hand, does any of the dropped items you need stack? If
> >so, it might be possible to carry over a nice supply of them to
> >Steamfont and keep making attempts at the Watchman armor. If the
> >plate is returned, then it might be cheaper than Rebreathers. Can
> >anyone confirm this?
> >
> >Thanks, my tinkering is up to 128, so I know I have some work to do
> >and any help would be appreciated. Now, I just have to find the
> >funds. hmm...
> >
> >Norbert Gearsmith
> >Gem Chopper on E'Ci
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