It's not 250, but...

[GraemeFaelban]

Hit 242 pottery finally last night, now, with geerlock equipped, my skill is maxxed.

I have more Star Ruby Encrusted Steins than I know what to do with too.

I'll see about parsing out the skillup history on my pottery when I get a chance.

[zandorian]

Grats

I can only dream of being there, 160 planar stiens and still stuck at 203.

[GraemeFaelban]

I felt that way along the way at times as well, and stopped for long periods along the way. I made the final push from 203 during the past two weeks.

I had some runs of over 200 without a single skillup. Fortunately, those all occured before it started getting really expensive. Not having access to a high level enchanter, I had to purchase most of the mana vials I used, but, even so, Golden Idols of Tunare were, by far the cheapest part, as they sell quite well, at a profit. Star Ruby Encrusted steins sell at a loss when failures are taken into account, but, at least I am getting back some of the cost of making them.

To get from 199 to 242, I am not sure how much I spent, but I ended up with about 70ish golden idols of tunare, returning 65k or so, and 150ish Star Ruby Encrusted Steins, returning about 15k, once all are sold. Overall, I suspect it did not end up costing me anywhere near as much as I expected it to, due to selling the steins and idols.