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  • #31
    Started at skill 206.
    Gathered the components for 56 combines.

    Ended at skill 209.

    Not to bad rate of increase, about what I was getting for LDoN tempers. Much easier and less time consuming.
    All Innoruuk does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.

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    • #32
      Assuming you farm your velium, it costs about 37 plat per combine to do this, regardless of success rate.

      Assuming you farm your leather padding, it costs you a lot less to make Fine steel Plate armors, per success; it costs you a lot mroe per failure.

      I don't see them nerfing this, to be honest.

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      • #33
        Farming the velium and making tempers myself, it's slightly cheaper per skillup than LDoN armor. But then, lately I can get goblin bones by the stack from guildies and avoid farming altogether...
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        • #34
          Hmmm i just spent 20k on velium, where is a good place to farm it and how much can you farm per hour?
          Kolotha
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          • #35
            I hope they don't nerf this, but it is way to good to be true.


            Best places to farm depend on level. I prefer to hit up Velks. Bricks and blocks seem more common their. And they wittle down to 2 pieces per.

            Crystal Caverns is good as well for lower level folks. The orc miners seem to drop the small pieces and random bricks the most, but I've gotten ore off all the orcs. Never adventured past them. Plus here is there are forges in the Dwarf town and a bank.

            I'm shelving my LDoN tempers and will use this as my primary skill up route till 222.
            All Innoruuk does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.

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            • #36
              If you don't mind slowly wrecking your Claws of Veeshan faction, the translucent blue mobs in Skyshrine (the golems and similar looking mobs) have a good velium drop rate, and there's a forge in the zone.

              I've been getting a pretty rotten skillup rate so far on this recipe -- 2 skillups so far in about 120 attempts -- but I would imagine that that's just the RNG being what the RNG is...

              (Besides, after the run I had not long ago finishing up pottery, this really isn't that bad...)
              Velurian
              70 Enchanter, E'ci

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              • #37
                I suppose it all depends on how you look at this.

                The recipe is easy, with very few subcombines and a high enough trivial to make it tempting. (I fully intend to try this)

                However!!!

                There is NO sell back! Every bit of PP spent doing the enchanted velium bits is gone. Period.


                The money I spend doing LDoN Smithing, I make back on sales in the bazaar. So, my overall PP output is low. It takes patience to sell these armors in the bazaar though. A lot of patience.

                So, for some, the skill up cost will be their prime consideration, and they'll happily continue LDoN smithing and selling their wares in the bazaar. Those that have plat to burn will do the enchanted velium bits, and be happy about that. And lets not forget the two nearly free Etherial Rings combines from 210 -212.

                For several of us, myself included, it'll probably be a combination of them all.
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                • #38
                  60 combines last night on my iksar shaman. Skillups to 192, 193 and 194. I didn't keep track of how many combines it took for each skillup, but I was happy with 3 skillups in 60 combines.

                  Like a lot of people, I'm doing a combination of recipes. I do Shadowscream when I have the ingredients, I do LDoN smithing when I have the ingredients, I do the velium bits when I have the ingredients. Kind of alleviates the pain of farming one thing over and over and over.

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                  • #39
                    the fact that it just totally trivialized skilling up from 188-222 with almost no sub combines and minimal plat investment....well I'm speechless atm.
                    Let's hope they do the same with Tailoring.

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                    • #40
                      hehe wu's crstal silk gi. takes more of them durn heady's cc silk and silver thread to 190. no drop but used in new monk/bst quest. would love that.

                      edit the phase silk is very nice for the higher levels that can do it though. about the same farming as other places but 2 silk combine and destroy all copies makes it easier on bank space.
                      Last edited by eniamn; 11-03-2003, 05:15 PM.

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                      • #41
                        I think I did 40 combines of this last night for 8 skill ups (yah 200!)....

                        need to get 2 more aa's soon so I can keep going...


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                        • #42
                          Gah....60 combines and not 1 skill up. Well haven't hit a real bad stall in awhile guess I'm do. Think I have enough for 40-50 more in the bank for tonight. Maybe it will blow over.

                          Holding steady at 209.
                          All Innoruuk does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.

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                          • #43
                            After a recent bad run on these (not horrible, 2 skillups in 150 attempts or so, but bad), the RNG smiled on me last night -- 6 skillups in 32 attempts.

                            I'm still giddy.
                            Velurian
                            70 Enchanter, E'ci

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                            • #44
                              Hit 214, lost count but over 150 combines and got 5 skill ups.

                              Looks like an emergency update for some reason tonight.
                              All Innoruuk does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.

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                              • #45
                                my skill ups have been great. i've done a total of 49 combines so far. the first 30 got me 8 points from 201-209 only failed 3 or 4. the enxt 19 no fails and 2 points. i've been making my own tempers so this is much cheaper then SS or LDoN. i was lucky i did FP until 188 then LDoN came out and i got to 201 on them. the stats below are the combiens after the initial 49


                                212 4 attempts/0 fail
                                213 10/2
                                214 4/0
                                215 15/1





                                NOT TRIV AT 215 woot!!!!!
                                Last edited by YurienStonebow; 11-05-2003, 05:04 PM.

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