tradeskill thoughtsFollow

i understand there's no racial motivation towards crafting, and i'm guessing it's all a matter of preference to what you'll be crafting down the line....

but what were your reasons for taking the route you did?

i chose provisioning because i was told the 3 and 5 hour foods were highly sought after, and i was a cook in the navy, so it kinda seemed kool.

id have to say i chose my carpenter cause i was fascinated with all the house stuff. im a glutton, i'll drain my account for a nifty house item faster than new boots for an alt, hehe. thankfully my main is fully geared and helps get everything my poor deprived alts need. my tinker i chose cause of all the little gadgets i get to play with. i think it has to do with my house fixation, weird logic, but eh. havent decided on next tradeskill yet but will probably end up armorer or alchemist, mostly due to the lack of them in my guild.

I originally picked Woodworker because I wanted to make insturments for my Troubador. (That didn't work out, lol)

I recommend youpick something you enjoy, because there's no changing your Tradeskill class, and you'll be doing it a long time. Level 2-9 you can make all class recipes, so do the "Seeking a Tradeskil Profession" Quest or just make a little bit of everything to get a taste of all the classes.

Hiya Wyrmer;
You say there is no racial motivation towards crafting, but that is not completely true, as you probably have seen the different races may choose as their racial ability something related to tradeskills. I am a wood elf, and our proficiency lies in fletching and tailoring. For myself, I chose to become a tailor and decided that that was what I wanted to be right from the birth of my character. Being a druid, that was sensible in order to make my own armor - although of course in the long run making your own weapons or armor may be fun to do, but hardly economic! I enjoy it immensely, though, and it's such a delight to be able to take orders for others, too.

I have alts, and for my dark elf I chose alchemy - sage would probably be better for my toons since we're all priest/mage characters in need of spell upgrades. (But then I made yet another alt a sage, and no, I am not going to level her to 70 just to provide spells, it would be more economic to buy all masters off the broker, LOL!! But it's fun all the same.) And Dark elves get + chemistry as a racial ability, so again, that works out fine. My other wood elf toon will probably take advantage of the fletching racial trait, and become a woodworker if I find that I have the patience for even more crafting. It's becoming a bit much to chew...

My provisioner alt was created solely to feed me and the other toons (but since I was lucky in choosing an adventure class for her, I love adventuring with her too). Her secondary tradeskill had to be tinkering. She's a gnome, for crying out loud, how could I choose differently...? But then again, I like to be in character. Others may not give a hoot about that, and that's fine, too.

Bottom line and the advice I give others is: choose something that is useful but not if you don't enjoy it, because if you don't enjoy it you won't be doing it, and then it is of absolutely no use at all.

Tunare's Blessings,
Zuiya Silverfern
Warden (61) and Tailor (62)
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Permafrost

I picked an Outfitter for my main because I want to make weapons eventually. The more I played EQ, the more I ventured out to sample the rest of the race and classes. I really like the wizard/warlock classes now and decided to try the Scholar track with my main wizard. :-)