Another Craptastic run in tailoring...

[Veldin Darkfire]

few weeks ago it was about 65 combines and 0 skillups. This was mostly wyvern and some flawless.

today it was 16 wyvern, 10 flawless 0 skillups.

Int at 255 dex at about 170 or so. KEI and Geerlock

So much for the vaunted "tailoring is now easier" patch. Skilling past 190 blows.

Veldin

[Pootle]

Whats your skill at?????

[Handor]

Post 190...

Hang in there.

From 190 to 205-210 is pure agony (or was for me) -- burning through 200 plus wyvern hides for one skillup is enough to make you cry. But eventually you get to 205-210 and somewhere in there the skillups start to get easier again.

Once you get past that hump tailoring becomes more fun again. There are enough different options now for tailoring post 200 (velious hides, luclin flawless hoppers, solstice robes, POP Nightmare if you can farm the mephits) that it isn't quite as painful to collect components. Still painful -- just not as much.

[Raines]

Remember that the Geerlock doesn't help in skill ups, just in actual making of the items.

[Liwsa]

Last night run 93 combines starting skill 191

1 Haze panther tunic fail
5 Black panther tunics 1 success
30 artic wyvern masks 3 successes
40 otter caps 20 successes
17 cobalt drake belts 1 success

5 skill-ups 196 ending skill

Was a good night 5 skillups and dinged level 58.

Liwsa 196 apprentice tailor
Terris-Thule

[Mahlig]

Remember that the Geerlock doesn't help in skill ups, just in actual making of the items.

I have actually petitioned and spoken to a GM about this. The GM stated that you are more likely to get a skillup on a successful combine than an unsuccessful one. So, indirectly, it does affect your skill ups, no?

Master Uban
61 Sorcerer

[Craftah]

Indirectly yes, the geerlock can help. I would go after 255 INT/WIS first, and then if you can, add the geerlock.

I almost hate to say this, but I have noticed that Tailoring skillups are coming faster now.

With 255 INT I got 9 skillups (162 to 171) with 33 combines of studded rockhopper masks (with a Tunic and cloak attempt, both successful, thrown in).

[Jhavon]

I do runs of ~6-10 stacks of Arctic Masks and since 185 or so (when I started doing Arctic for my skill ups instead of robes) I gain a point of skill ~22 combines. This was with 255wis and a dex < 100, only recently added enough wis to add the geerlock into the mix, and no noticble change in skill ups.

[Beechwoodgrey]

I did a run of 136 wyvern mask atempts today, started at 197 ended at 203, this was 255 wis no geerlock.

BWG
jewelcraft 250, tailoring 203, baking 200, brewing 200, fletching 200, smithing 200, pottery 200, fishing 200

[Efil]

I am currently on a real dry spell I have done about 120 total combine and have not gotten one skill up. It all started when I made my Tailoring Trophy. I have a skill of 223 and when I attempt tailoring I have 270 str 270 dex and 256 wis.

Efil
MM

[Veldin Darkfire]

Another run today this time small.

skill 190
int 255+
dex 170ish
geerlock

16 wyvern = 0 skillups

getting real old real fast

Veldin

[Moraganth]

I have to think i see a difference. I've done from 194-209 since the change.. 16 skillups, in 303 combines (1 per 19 attempts). Of those, i had 2 "hell levels" of 60 and 65... certainly a difference than prior to this change. Now instead of looking for those skillups after 25 combines, i start looking for them after 15.... i'd say that's a decent change.

[Cylestria]

I just want to get past 197. I'm stuck. 4 points away from safety.... :\

[Veldin Darkfire]

I'd like to belive that skillups are easier but so far with this crappy streak I can't belive that they have been changed at all and that its just verant making us want to think they changed the skill up chances.

Soon I will be doing a large run of solstic robes and we will see if this craptastic streak continues. Should be about 60 robe attempts.

Veldin

[AnnaaDruid]

Veldin, before the changes they made to tailoring, I had several 300+ combines with no skillups. Happened to me 3 times I believe, and ALL my skillups between 190 to 205 took at least 100 attempts.