Skill requirement for Fine Plate?

[Estu]

Making fine plate once you trivial banded may be the only way to skill up smithing right now. Another poster mentioned racial smithing but I suspect he was only able to do those combines because of a bug or a fluke - the high majority of racial smithing is not in game yet. Ornate chain and needles aren't in either, I don't think.

I highly recommend AGAINST making fine plate. Attempts at the pieces cost 30-90pp depending on the piece, and you will have a low chance of success at your current skill level. Moreover, even once you trivial it (which will cost you several thousand platinum), you are not going to be making enough money selling it to players to merit it. My wizard is a fine plate blacksmith and it's really not worth the time investment unless it's something you enjoy doing. The best way to get gear is to level up and buy it in EC with your loot money.

[Messianic]

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

Do you even have a chance of succeeding on any Fine Plate combines at 115, and thus qualify for skill gains?

You can always qualify for skill gains on attempting any combine that isn't trivial - it's just been my experience that you have a lower % of getting skillups if you try to do something that's way out of your league.

[Flunklesnarkin]

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

As for the multiple tradeskills being 200+ rumor? As I recall, this was changed later. Not sure how it is on P99 (It *should* allow you to master more than 1 tradeskill if it is following "classic" timeline.)

good info... might be worth trying for multiple once im higher level... out of curiosity.. what is the tradeskill cap in classic eq?

[pickled_heretic]

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

Making fine plate once you trivial banded may be the only way to skill up smithing right now. Another poster mentioned racial smithing but I suspect he was only able to do those combines because of a bug or a fluke - the high majority of racial smithing is not in game yet. Ornate chain and needles aren't in either, I don't think.

I highly recommend AGAINST making fine plate. Attempts at the pieces cost 30-90pp depending on the piece, and you will have a low chance of success at your current skill level. Moreover, even once you trivial it (which will cost you several thousand platinum), you are not going to be making enough money selling it to players to merit it. My wizard is a fine plate blacksmith and it's really not worth the time investment unless it's something you enjoy doing. The best way to get gear is to level up and buy it in EC with your loot money.

he's been told this once already, i guess his mind is made up.