Make harder rings. There are at least 6 stones harder than jade. I am at
skill 28 and I am pretty much finished with Jade rings. Jade has given me
skills already and each stone will only give a few points. I also noticed
that your skill advances faster if you practice soon after leveling, and
personally I always like to sit at a table to do my work, and it seems to
cut down on the failures a bit

Cogg- Rallos Zek

At 09:04 AM 5/3/99 -0400, you wrote:

>From: "Miko, Jeff" <JMiko@...>
>
>This really got me mad yesterday. I put as many training points as I
>could into Jewelcraft. I then sunk 40 platinum into the skill. I sold
>all the stuff I made and put it back into the skill. This got me to a
>skill of 37 where I was combining Amber and silver. I was in Freeport at
>the time and my skill was rising very fast I thought. Last night I sunk
>over 70 platinum into the skill. I went up a notch to using Jade and
>enchanted silver to make Mana Rings. In 20 attempts I made 13 rings and
>got NO SKILL IMPROVEMENT AT ALL. What gives? Am I doing something
>wrong? I thought my 70 platinum investment would get me to at least 40
>skill or higher. Now I'm broke, but I have yet to sell the Jade rings
>because I was tired and frustrated. If I can get 7-8 platinum per ring I
>should get most of my money back. I would appreciate any help here guys.
>
>Also, I found my success rate making jewelry better when I had full
>mana. I don't know if this was just a coincidence or not.
>
>Thanks.
>
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