Frustration with Tradeskills

[bobjonesp99]

i think most people would agree when they say for the most part, trade skills were definitely half baked in the game. the thing is, it is how the game was during classic release. its like when people complain that iksar monks are superior in every way to human monks (except exp penalty which gets later removed).... they are right, but that's how the devs made the game... its 20 years old, you might as well try screaming at the sky for being blue, nothing is changing at this point.

you are also looking at a game that is being played in a non-classic way. people werent permacamping top tier loot drops 24/7 from release. people werent doing regular planar clears with ease during classic. people werent killing all the 7 day targets on day 1 of kunark. people werent in TOV day 1 in velious. zones were more populated and loot was more scare. so when the game was originally released, the gear saturation was lower, and this was more/less another option for getting gear.

for what its worth the cultural stuff is still relevant in the game. i think in a month or two some of the reagents (like blue diamonds for dark elf armor) get removed from the enchants for the cultural stuff. the stats on those armor sets are still good in many cases, and like you said look awesome. min/maxing isnt required and people like to deck out their alts with cool cultural sets.

so look on the bright side, once you get that full set of imbued koada`dal mithril with nature's defender you gonna look dope af!

[Chris1479]

Originally Posted by bobjonesp99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i think most people would agree when they say for the most part, trade skills were definitely half baked in the game. the thing is, it is how the game was during classic release. its like when people complain that iksar monks are superior in every way to human monks (except exp penalty which gets later removed).... they are right, but that's how the devs made the game... its 20 years old, you might as well try screaming at the sky for being blue, nothing is changing at this point.

you are also looking at a game that is being played in a non-classic way. people werent permacamping top tier loot drops 24/7 from release. people werent doing regular planar clears with ease during classic. people werent killing all the 7 day targets on day 1 of kunark. people werent in TOV day 1 in velious. zones were more populated and loot was more scare. so when the game was originally released, the gear saturation was lower, and this was more/less another option for getting gear.

for what its worth the cultural stuff is still relevant in the game. i think in a month or two some of the reagents (like blue diamonds for dark elf armor) get removed from the enchants for the cultural stuff. the stats on those armor sets are still good in many cases, and like you said look awesome. min/maxing isnt required and people like to deck out their alts with cool cultural sets.

so look on the bright side, once you get that full set of imbued koada`dal mithril with nature's defender you gonna look dope af!

Thanks for the positive vibes man, I've been prepping to be the best tailor/blacksmith on the server for like 9 months already and I'm just frustrated at this point. You're damn right though, a full suit of my own home-made Koada'dal and a Nature's Defender is exactly what I had in mind when I started my nightmarish journey into tradeskilling EQ.