Armorsmith Archive

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MandalorianMonarch wrote:
hey all i'm a week or so old at AS and i'm wondering where to go next....i'm 1/1/0/1. thats personal armor 1 layers 1 technique 1. i'm wondering for all you older armorsmiths where you all think i should get on net? personal armor 2? layers 2? technique 2? i'm thinking if i should get psg's i should get 1 and 2 at the same time so i can make them soooo....
-Marz

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I don't recommend grinding PSG's, they give little xp, and require several factory components. When I was working my way up, Idid the personal armor tree first, so I could make Ubese shirts. You could also make Mabari chest plates, but that requires a lot more materials than the shirts do.

It depends on what your goals are..do you want to plow throughto masteras fast as you can? Or, do you want to make armor to sell along the way? I've noticed on my server that an increasing number of people are asking for decorative padded armor. If there's any demand for that where you are, consider the personal armor tree first. Even if you won't have the full color palette, it would still be something you couldsell, and make xp while crafting custom orders.

hey all i'm a week or so old at AS and i'm wondering where to go next....i'm 1/1/0/1. thats personal armor 1 layers 1 technique 1. i'm wondering for all you older armorsmiths where you all think i should get on net? personal armor 2? layers 2? technique 2? i'm thinking if i should get psg's i should get 1 and 2 at the same time so i can make them soooo....
-Marz

personally, I went up the techniques line after getting 1-1-0-1 that way, I could just keep making better and better armour.

when you've finished with techniques, get to the point of being able to make tantel 2-1-0-4 ? and then have a go at layers.

this way, you get a bit more of a feel for actually building armours.

after you are happy with knowing what you are doing, just grind up to the next box, build some more of the new types of armours, possibly some layers, and have a play. Then, grind more for the next box ad infinitum, until you hit master.

it's at that point that you will realise that crafting comp is completely different to any other armour! but at least you will know HOW to build the other armours, unlike those who just ground their way to master, just to get on the composite money train.

use SWG Craft to see what specific resources you will need for crafting good armours, and start harvesting NOW!

good luck with it.

I reccomend trying to get to ubese armor with some decent experimentation.

You can probably sell the mabari you can craft to newer players. 2% kinetic protection makes you take about half damage from most the thing new players fight.

If you want to grind, just do mabari shirts.

The way I did it originally, way back when:
I made me and my friends all mabari armor. That got me about half way to the next box. Whenever I levelled, I made us all a new suit, which would get me close to a new box. Then I'd grind a tad for the next one.

thanks for replying everyone, and thinking about what you all said and i figure i may have my best chance at using val_hunter's idea of making mabari and giving/selling it to noobs for grinding...i have a small shop near mos eisley on eclipse so thats a possibility. for gaining exp, after seeing what andymantium and garzukeen said, I think i'll go techniques 2, personal armor 2, techniques 3, personal armor 3 and so on. i would go for techniques but i'm gonna get bored of making the same armor over and over, and if i can make ubesse but dont have techniques it will stink and there will be no point there either.

Thanks Again!

-Marzon

Here is a Grinder's plight. By rushing through and never touching the low level armors while they are there they will not know how the experimentation points are most effectively used. A good way to see the mass confusion of not knowing how things work firsthand is to go into a Test server with a character builder, and go ahead and get the skills for an elite profession, then commence attempting to figure out all the nessecary pieces, moves, and concepts.

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Lethalman wrote:
Here is a Grinder's plight. By rushing through and never touching the low level armors while they are there they will not know how the experimentation points are most effectively used. A good way to see the mass confusion of not knowing how things work firsthand is to go into a Test server with a character builder, and go ahead and get the skills for an elite profession, then commence attempting to figure out all the nessecary pieces, moves, and concepts.

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I agree with you 100%. I have a master armorsmith/master weaponsmith. Took me 6 months
I would craft stuff to sell on the bazaar and later on my vendor and level that way. The problem is there are less low level player now than there were back then. It probably makes it harder for people trying to actually play the class. I wish that weren't the case, but I don't see what to do about it.

The best bet might be to get a crafting droid, and go custom make armor for low level player in Eisley. Even if you have to sell the armor cheap. Even crappy mabari would help some of these players a lot.

I agree on the "there are less new players than there used to be" idea. This past summer filled the servers with eager newbies who had the 14-day trial deal. I remember, I was one of them.

You should have to pass a trial for each Elite crafting profession to get the Master skill. Say, you have to make some Ubese, Chitin, and Marabi with pretty good stats, to show that you know what you are doing.