Sell, Save, or Use Hides

[Oatman]

I've spent the last few weeks farming Hopper hides in Dawnshroud, also farming acrylia from the Sambata when someone spawns them. I'm at 171 in tailoring.
I am most interested in skilling up with the Superb hides, making Acrylia studded stuff. This is my inventory:

Flawless- 31 (used for Acrylia reinforced,trv 242)
Superb - 8 (Acrylia Studded,trv 188)
Medium - 30(Hopperhide Masks,trv?)
High Q - 6 (Reinforced Armor,trv 108)
Low Q - 22(Small bag,10%wt red. trv31)
Damaged- 7 (Wrist pouch,10%wt. red. trv26)

These are my questions:

1. Is it worthwhile to attempt the combines with the Flawless Stuff at this point? Or, should I hold on to it for future use, or trade them down for more Superb hides, or sell them?

2. Should I bother making the lesser armor masks and bags? The studded masks I've made don't seem to sell well in the bazaar. Is it easier to sell the lesser hides to tailors or the items to players?

3. Should I just sell everything to NPC merchants?

Thanks for any of your thoughts on this.

P.S. I am on the Bertoxxulus server.

[Rewde]

This is just my 2 cp on this, mind you.

Hang onto the flawless till after you hit 188. Use the superb and try for skill ups. Turn the HQ into handmade backpacks, which can sell for as much as 80pp, depending on server. Turn the med quality into low quality and make leather padding which generally goes for about 25pp ea in the bazaar.

And finally, just npc the damaged. Or, you can be nice and make tattered armor and give it to the newbies running around.

[Cragzop]

It depends on how good you want to get at tailoring. IF you want to get much above where you are now, I'd hold on to the flawless even longer. Ribbons will get you to 187, solstice robes will take you to 210 or so (although the subcombines suck), but post 210 there are fewer realistic options, essentially cultural robes (need to be one of the chosen races), haversacks (need to be halfling), solstice robes (need to be rich to pay for all those chains), and hides (wyvern, otter and rockhopper)

[eniamn]

flawless hang on too till 188.
superb go ahead and use.
hq turn into backpacks and then tokens in bazaar.
mq -> lq
lq -> padding with shadeling or spiderling silk thread
damaged make a true newbies day.

[zumavt]

It took me 6 months but I got from 168 to 188 making acrylia studded WIS gear that sold at enough profit to cover all costs plus failures. Tunics and cloaks sold best, sleeves and legs not nearly as well. I bought all acrylia and superb pelts in the bazaar while shopping for gear so couldn't afford to lose 200pp per combine each mask.

Every 2-3 weeks I'd accumulate around 20 pelts and 80 studs to try a batch of 20 combines, then place the 16 or so successes on a trader until most of them sold, then repeat. As items sold, I'd pick up more supplies. Just one more option for more casual players who don't have the time to both farm and exp.