ok, I'm a lvl 16 outfitter, all the recipe books I can buy are scribed, but I'm still missing some recipes, Iron Buckle, Iron Stud, Iron Chain Links, and one other I can't remember right now. Any ideas what I've done wrong???
Welcome to the joys of crafting inter-dependencies (which you'll soon learn to hate with a passion). You're gonna need a scholar to make you those items.
Yep, try being a Sage if you think you got it bad. Sage's only have finished products which rely on a Woodworker for 2 ingredients and a Alchemist for the primary. The only interim product they can make is a pattern every 10 levels which relies on a tailor (at least I believe it's a tailor) to make the thread.
They took fighter and scout products away and they can only make mage and priest scrolls. And to top it off, the ingredients from the alchemists and woodworkers (if you're lucky enough to find them) cost twice what you could possibly sell the scroll for due to the huge amount of Adept drops out there.
Crafting in this game is extremely borked but I'm sticking with it because I like pain.