Need tradeskilling advice on which char to use

[Gabrianna]

Greetings. I need some advice on which of my two characters I should use for tradeskilling. I don't know a lot about whats required at the high end side of TS and I don't want to get there only to wish I had used the other.

I currently have a 47 druid and a 58 cleric.
The cleric is obviously my main but a LONG time ago I started tradeskilling a little on my druid. Her bakery is 191, pottery is 121, fishing is 100, and brewing is about 40.

I always assumed that because my druid had track/forage that would make her the better choice although this is not a character I see reaching 65. I will probably level her to the low-mid 50s and end there although, when I think about it, I could probably make AAs faster with the druid solo ability then grouping for AAs with my cleric for the tannan stuff (trophies) although I hear that once you hit your 60s, AAs are a lot easier.

On the other hand, my cleric is always able to get a pick-up group (if I would need something out of a higher level zone) and is a class that I will take to 65 but she has no trade skills.

Before I go any further tradeskilling my druid, I wanted to ask someone's experienced opnion on which way I should go. I may possibly level the druid higher than that since she is a nice reliever from the stress of being a cleric and I've heard that once you're mid 50s, you can solo in PON using the ravens as pets for mad exp.

Thanks!!

[Ambrya]

The forage ability is going to save you thousands upon thousands of plat, but...you can always transfer your foraged items to your cleric. But one way or the other, you are going to need that druid or prepare yourself to spend a lot of plat and face limited availability issues with buying foraged components in the bazaar.

Ambrya

[Sylphan]

Yes forage gives the druid a big advantage, also tracking and soloing for tradeskill drops. But you can always forage and hunt with the druid and then give the stuff to the cleric. So use whichever one you like best.

[Nairn Niteraven]

The forage ability is going to save you thousands upon thousands of plat,

Amen. I'm a Druid, and I make a fortune selling subcombines that I Forage. Tea Leaves, Dire Wolf Fur, Branches of Planar Oak, etc. The list is endless; and that's just selling what I can't use.

If you don't effectively use your Druid, you're really missing the boat.

Tradeskill level whichever one you want, but don't miss out on Forage, it's the best.

[Ndaara]

You didn't mention which races you've got. Take a look at cultural options too, before you make your final decision.

Although realistically, if you get hooked like the rest of us it will be "Which do i do first?"

[Zyrtryx Conjureblade]

Use them both! I've got multiple characters doing tradeskills, and I know a lot of others do, too.

Do the trades you've already worked on with your Druid, and take up others using the Cleric.

If you take up Smithing or Tailoring, the Cleric would probably be the better choice, unless its a Froglok or Halfling, because you could eventually make Cultural armor and Tailored robes.

For the record, in addition to my main, I've also got a Dark Elf Necromancer and a Wood Elf Druid both doing Tailoring (The Druid is an older alt, and I started him on Tailoring right before PoP came out - I'm going to stop doing Tailoring for skill-ups with him once he hits 100), and a Halfling Ranger doing Fletching. And the Ranger will have to do Smithing, too, since the &%$! Fletching Kit for the Karana-restricted items is No Drop.

[Gabrianna]

I continued with my druid working on pottery, brewing, & baking. My cleric is a high elf, drood is wood elf. Both are Tunare.

Right now I am in search of places to level my druid (almost 47) where i can also forage/farm trades. I also want to do the shaw quest but I was thinking of that for my cleric but I think I can make the items on the dru and give to her possibly or just do it for the druid since I am on #3 on her already.

[Zyrtryx Conjureblade]

Ah. Well, Elven Chain armor still sells for a decent price, so definitely do that with your Cleric. I bought an Imbued Tunic for my Druid for 800pp yesterday - that was a bargain, as the going rate on The Rathe is about 1.5k pp. And since you've got a Druid, you can forage the Morning Dews and imbue the emeralds yourself, and xfer them over. That should save you some cash.

(Zyrtryx is agnostic, but has on Enchanted Elven Chain Gloves and Boots)

If you decide to take up Tailoring, use the Cleric if you plan on GMing it, since you could make the LDON robes.

If you want to do the Shawl quests, you'll have to either settle for getting the shawl for one of your characters and letting the other do without, or do trades with both. Most of the quests involve No Drops.

I've done the first two Shawl quests already. The only reason I haven't done the third is because I haven't been in the mood to go hunt Snow Griffons for the No Drop eggs needed.

[Koru]

I'd agree, do trades on the one you want to do them on, most of the items you'd use are tradable anyway, so race and preference are the biggest concerns. I do most my trades on my chanter (for obvious reasons) and paladin, but my druid does most of the grunt work in getting raw supplies. Works quite well since the druid has more spare time than the paladin and is better at farming Also people don't ask the druid to group quite as much as the paladin - it's so often assumed that as a druid you'll be quading, kiting, charming, farming and in other ways soloing.

The little thing I found most useful was to finally put her forage ability and autoinventory into her sit macro.. long story but basically boils down to me eventually needing hotkeys with /sit and /stand to avoid those blonde moments of sitting down after a mob hit me and decided to key the forage in the sit for good measure too. Just a little tip someone running a druid mostly for forage might find useful. Binding abilities to the arrow keys works too, but doesn't drop the items in inventory like mine does.