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Howdy, Fellow Fletchers,
I've been silently lurking on the EQ Trader Fletching boards for a long time because my skill level is so low (109) that I haven't had anything to add to the informative discussions that flow over these pages.
Today, though, I saw something that just about broke my poor arrow-making and bow-carving heart. Have you seen the stats on the Rujarkian Short Bow that's available from the LDoN adventure merchant for a mere 20 adventure points?
Damage = 20
Delay = 45
Range = 75
STR + 4
DEX +4
Slot 1 = type1
Slot 2 = type 4
For comparison, here are the stats for 1-Cam Shaped Darkwood Bow with Silk String (which trivials at 215):
Damage = 20
Delay = 46
Range = 150
Slot 1 = type 4
Wow. It takes hundreds and hundreds of combines and an amount of platinum that I don't want to count for a fletcher to raise his/her skill to level 215. At that point, you can start making yourself some pretty cool equipment.
Or, in the upper 30's of your character's development, you can go out and win 7 LDoN adventures, gain exp towards your next level, accumulate hundreds of platinum in loot, perhaps pick up some augments, and then just buy yourself a bow that's inferior only in range to a high-end fletched bow.
I know it's old hat to rant about how the game designers have been systematically marginalizing trade skills, but this one just killed me when I saw it. I couldn't bring myself to look at what you might be able to buy with, oh, 100 adventure points.
I'm going to keep fletching because I think it's cool. I love to tell the mages in my group that "I don't need no stinkin' summoned arrows." However, some of the excitement I was feeling about someday making myself an awesome bow is a bit diminished. What do I do now? Am I fool if I pour all that time into the skill-ups when I can simply buy something that's patently better? Or is the work worth the intense personal satisfaction I will enjoy when I am a master craftsman who creates utility and beauty out of a bunch of disparate junk?
Lathen Maplehurst
109 ranks of hard-earned fletching skill
Stromm server
I've been silently lurking on the EQ Trader Fletching boards for a long time because my skill level is so low (109) that I haven't had anything to add to the informative discussions that flow over these pages.
Today, though, I saw something that just about broke my poor arrow-making and bow-carving heart. Have you seen the stats on the Rujarkian Short Bow that's available from the LDoN adventure merchant for a mere 20 adventure points?
Damage = 20
Delay = 45
Range = 75
STR + 4
DEX +4
Slot 1 = type1
Slot 2 = type 4
For comparison, here are the stats for 1-Cam Shaped Darkwood Bow with Silk String (which trivials at 215):
Damage = 20
Delay = 46
Range = 150
Slot 1 = type 4
Wow. It takes hundreds and hundreds of combines and an amount of platinum that I don't want to count for a fletcher to raise his/her skill to level 215. At that point, you can start making yourself some pretty cool equipment.
Or, in the upper 30's of your character's development, you can go out and win 7 LDoN adventures, gain exp towards your next level, accumulate hundreds of platinum in loot, perhaps pick up some augments, and then just buy yourself a bow that's inferior only in range to a high-end fletched bow.
I know it's old hat to rant about how the game designers have been systematically marginalizing trade skills, but this one just killed me when I saw it. I couldn't bring myself to look at what you might be able to buy with, oh, 100 adventure points.
I'm going to keep fletching because I think it's cool. I love to tell the mages in my group that "I don't need no stinkin' summoned arrows." However, some of the excitement I was feeling about someday making myself an awesome bow is a bit diminished. What do I do now? Am I fool if I pour all that time into the skill-ups when I can simply buy something that's patently better? Or is the work worth the intense personal satisfaction I will enjoy when I am a master craftsman who creates utility and beauty out of a bunch of disparate junk?
Lathen Maplehurst
109 ranks of hard-earned fletching skill
Stromm server
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