Once again...

[eniamn]

/sniff
ok my dedication ends at $70 rl. luclin, tirlogy, pop $10 a month.

[Ardath]

Thanks for advices,

I finally finished my baking, and got 221 smithing. So time to work on tailoring now.
I have been checking around all your tips, thanks again for the help.

I will prolly, try to skill up with ribbons and superb rockhopper to 188, than try to hit 200 with some Flawless Rochopper...
It's gonna be a long.. very long : /

[KyrosKrane]

Originally posted by eniamn
/sniff
ok my dedication ends at $70 rl. luclin, tirlogy, pop $10 a month.

Hum ... you can save a bit of cash by getting the Evolutions boxed set. Everything up to (but not including) LDoN for $30 retail, less at some discount places. You still need to pay monthly fees for the second account, though.

[eniamn]

urg. bought my wife trilogy and pop and luclin and loy 2 months ago now. hadn't heard of evolutions. DOH! thanks though. might look at that. she doens't really want to let me delete her toons to support tradeskilling though i have gotten herr into them too. /evil

[Ardath]

Here is some feedback.

164-182 on ribbons (mainly steamfont as it doesn't drop so bad).
182-188 with Superb Rockhopper...
188-191 With Solstice Robe... (80 combines / 3pts / 4 robes)

I think I will try to go till 210 with Robe thand 2 free points with Ethereal Silks... and than... i really don't know.
Every combine requires sooooo much farming, it makes me really wonder what's the sens of doing something so stupid... I mean It was fun to work all other tradeskill till 250 but this looks mre like sadomosochisme...

[Tudamorf]

Originally posted by Ardath
I think I will try to go till 210 with Robe thand 2 free points with Ethereal Silks... and than... i really don't know.

If you have a pocket imbuer/jewelcrafter, you will likely end up doing robes for good. Whenever you get sick of them, just try the other options and you will soon realize that robes are the lesser evil, even at 220+ when you start getting lots of successes.

Also, if you don't like farming, robes are pretty much the only option, because I've found that buying the components for other combines in the Bazaar ends up being more expensive per combine than a robe success, let alone a robe failure. Spider silk, on the other hand, is usually about 7-10p each.

Just keep chugging away at celestial essences and keep a mule with your dozens of robe successes and try to sell them off slowly in the Bazaar over time, hopefully recovering a part of your cost. Don't undercut prices in the Bazaar, though, because you will end up screwing yourself in the long run.

[KyrosKrane]

Actually, if you just need old-world zones, without any expansions, you can get a free account key from the European Sony site. Gets you an old-world-only account and a free month, but you have to pay monthly fees as normal after that.

http://cmt.ubisoft.fr/eq_keys/uk/