When to start leatherfoot haversack?

[eyesis69]

Since I didn't find anyone who wanted those tufts, I created a halfling to give them to. Shes 1 day old, 190 Tailoring, 153 Smithing, and 133 Brewing. She attempted 1 haversack and made 1 haversack....guess these bags are easier than othmir, because she failed 2 stacks of othmir furs. lol

You got to 190 in one day?

Nice. What path did you take?

Mandrake --> Baskets ---> Backpacks ---> Quivers ---> Crystalline ---> Wus/Ribbons?

How much of a stock pile did it take?

-Lilosh

You almost had it :P

Mandrake --> Baskets ---> Greyhoppers ---> Quivers ---> Crystalline ---> Ribbons -----> Othmir caps (attempts anyway)

Didnt really require a stockpile...everything to greyhoppers is vendor purchasable..and I had 6 stacks of grehoppers from PLing in MS. Found a vendor in Bazaar who had 100 HQ cat pelts. Another vendor with almost 300 crystaline silks. Went straight into ribbons after I ran out of crystaline silk. (Being Queen Packrat, I had 3 backpacks of different dyes I had previously brewed). I would rather be beaten daily than ever make another piece of WUs armor. lol Just as my wrist was about to start protesting, a vendor put up 2 stacks of othmir furs. It really didn't take all that long to get to 190...I was kinda surprised. It was rather expensive, but that is another story......

[Raynforest]

I started Haversacks at about 215 and have made well over 20 of them with zero failures <knocks on wood> hehe
They always sell quite quick on The Tribunal server for 6kpp.

[Frabbens]

9 for 18 now at 190; I succeeded my first attempt at 181 (plus geerlok).

[xonbink]

started haversacks at 199 - first one failed-

waited till 205 and tried another - since then I have made 18 in a row successfuly.

All I can say is THANK YOU KARANA! -Gained another 12 pts and now steady at 217 - all due to cash I earned from these wonderful bags!

18 successes in a row @ 3k profit each is quite alot of cash to spend on solstice robes -
Which incidently, one day I get 1 robe outta 20 attempts, the next I get 5 - outta 20 .

ONe day I did 48 combines on solstice robes and got 17 successes .


Not bad at all, but only one skillup in that process.

No one ever said it was gonna be easy. but man can't they make it less hard! lol

[Renjah]

187 skill plus the %5 mod I went
2 for 3 on the 8 slot bags
1 for 1 on haversack

Was I lucky? Guess time will tell foraging more tufts to try a few more.

WOOT Hobbit tailoring pwns!

[filobeto]

167 plus gearlock, 1 for 1 on backpack.
181 now, have enough for 2 more attempts at the 8sloter, no rush though as I can't seem to get enough acrylia to fill more than one bag.

[Moffett]

So far I am 2 for 2 making Haversacks. I would make more if I had the tufts. *sigh* -- but they same to be rare on Lanys.

Skill 223 & add Trophy or Geerlok

- Moffett

[Renjah]

I have 187 skill plus a %5 geerlok which puts me at about 196 skill. I am currently 1 for 1 on the haversacks (not going to try another for a while) and 10 for 14 on the 8 slot back packs. I went 5 for 5 today WOOT Think Im just getting lucky but at least I get enough successes to cover my costs. Yet to see skill ups but at least Im not losing money....

Renjah
65 Halfling Ranger
Veeshan

[accretion]

Results

I was 3 of 4 yesterday with 194 skill and a geerlock (roughly 203 mod) so I was pretty happy. Of course the downside is that a fizzle costs around 1500pp (assuming BDs at vendor cost) and 27 Tufts (which are NEVER for sale on my server) so it's far from lucrative.

Primero Aventurero
63 Druid

[munwin]

Dont even bother with 4/6/8 slot bags, just make the 10slots if you want fast cash. Personally i cant sell anything but 10sloters, end up giving away my "mistakes" (put in 3 threads instead of 4 after making 300+ combines of 3 tufts/patches). But thats just my opinion.

Munwin

[Valorale]

Did my first one yesterday at skill 180 (+geerlok), am pleased to say I was successful. Sold it on first auction shout in 45 seconds for 5250pp. .. nice tidy chunk of profit there. .. though I didnt have the guts to do another.

I figured at skill 180-200 with geerlok your looking at about 65-75% chance of success on Haversack. Cannot complain about that ... however .. /rude forage Tufts

[Renjah]

Actually on Veeshan I sell the 8 slots EASILY at 4k (make them easily too) and the haversacks I have a pain trying to fet 6k out of. Everyone sees how good the 8 slots are but only monks get use out of the 10 slots since most ppl would save some plat and buy a tink. Sometimes I make the 8 slots since when I get large amounts of tufts I can make 4 8 slots instead of only 3 havers. 1 More tailoring combine to possibly get skill from and I still make a profit.

[filobeto]

3 for 5 now on the 10 slotter (2/3 yesterday at 189 plus gearlock).

Traded one bag for a stack of acorns (hate farming them) and 3 tempers to a friend of mine, the other 2 I sold for 6k each. Have the supplies for a 2 more attempts lined up, except for the tufts. Buying tufts can get pricey when you know you'll need 2 stacks, minimum, after factoring in the failures of the pre-combines. Cheapest I have found them is 30pp each (in abundance) - those selling for cheaper have 1-2 only.

At 600pp a stack for tufts, plus buying the 4 (fail once every time in the kiln or barrel) BDs and the 3 plat threads, I'm pushing close to 3500pp invested if I buy everything - Tis a nice profit selling at 6k and could keep me buying supplies /selling bags for awhile, at least until I have more than one failure in a row. I won't press my luck, investing profit into skillup supplies.

[Reflan]

Despite the difficulties, all in all you guys have a sweet route. Skill up -- even from pretty darn low levels -- and make a profit in the bargain. Good luck -- and I wish my elf, or ogre, or iksar could do the same!

[accretion]

/agree

I agree that the Halflings have a nice intermediate item that can finance some more skill-ups (so I'm not complaining) but I would think that robe races would actually have a pretty significant advantage when it comes to skilling up. I haven't tried this path yet, but I doubt the components are harder to get than, say 36 Tufts of dire wolf fur for one combine, heh.

Primero Aventurero
63 Druid