Weaponsmith Archive

Tried them out last night. Hardest part was finding a buffer

Made a very slight diffrence to my components (managed to get my scopes to 19 accuracy, +.076 speed). Didnt make that big a diffrence on final crafting of an fwg5 Fw, just 3 points higher on max damage compared with one i made with the same loot components before getting buffed.

It's hard to tell on anything except for condition since I never right down how I experimented/amazings etc.... but definitely works. Condition goes up. As before hardest is finding a buffer w/o the ability to self-buff.

Impossible to find a musician available when you need to craft. This is much worse than the old doc buff situation. I've been a weaponsmith for nearly two years, but I can't see putting up with this idiocy for much longer.

imho all this is for is content for ents, it does nothing for WS as everyone gets the same buff. All it does is cause me an extra xx min to find an ATK ent to give me the buff. In fact i feel a bit slighted as now i (all crafters) should feel obliged to pay more for buffs because someone has to be atk. Why don't combat buffs have to be dispensed atk? only non-combat. One more pin in the crafter voodoo doll as far as im concerned.

In my opinion the new buff is nice, it helps but it doesn't seem to be overpowered.

The only really disturbing thing is to find an ATK Musician. I spent 3 hrs in the morning looking for one in ALL the npc cities and some of the most famous player cities of Eclipse, with no success. I even asked on the boards..

Thanks God a friend will log in his musician for me after reset and leave it afk with a WS buff macro in my crafting house =)

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BHM wrote:

In my opinion the new buff is nice, it helps but it doesn't seem to be overpowered.

The only really disturbing thing is to find an ATK Musician. I spent 3 hrs in the morning looking for one in ALL the npc cities and some of the most famous player cities of Eclipse, with no success. I even asked on the boards..

Thanks God a friend will log in his musician for me after reset and leave it afk with a WS buff macro in my crafting house =)

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Give me the waypoint to this house you should

finding a atk musican is a pain on gorath too. there a couple of Roleplayers in the theed cantina during the day, thats about it.

thats why i grounded an alt of mine to novice musican. gives the full buff for 2h.

other then that i can only say that the quality buff will keep the best WS still the best WS..

the scarcity of atk dancers/musicians pretty much nullifies the 15% xp bonus. Hopefully there will be more atk dancers/musicians around in the future due to the demand.

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BHM wrote:

In my opinion the new buff is nice, it helps but it doesn't seem to be overpowered.

The only really disturbing thing is to find an ATK Musician. I spent 3 hrs in the morning looking for one in ALL the npc cities and some of the most famous player cities of Eclipse, with no success. I even asked on the boards..

Thanks God a friend will log in his musician for me after reset and leave it afk with a WS buff macro in my crafting house =)

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AFK with a WS buff macro?? Hmmm I call BS on this, the buffs can't be applied AFK or with a macro. If he is doing it, it's an exploit.

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Jebredan_Xoel wrote:
Impossible to find a musician available when you need to craft. This is much worse than the old doc buff situation. I've been a weaponsmith for nearly two years, but I can't see putting up with this idiocy for much longer.

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I'm with jeb' on this one. Not quite as long on same server but close. I find this highly annoying and will say so with my pocketbook. There's basically 1 cantina on the server with any entertainers in in. Cnet was empty(!) Bestine Empty Theed Empty. Now i have to book to mos eisley where, lo and behold, no ATKs. oh most excellent. And when they do i am expected to RP it all (i don't have the inclination to d*ck around, i want my buff and to get crafting, RP is for other times and avatars)

uhm im a bit slow here.

Is the implication that an AFK buffer doesnt give you a buff?

Oh other question, can you tell if you got a Weaponsmith buff? Does it show x% experimentation etc.?

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fabkins wrote:
Oh other question, can you tell if you got a Weaponsmith buff? Does it show x% experimentation etc.?

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For your first question:

The entertainer has to target you and write /inspire, then thye have to choose the buff they wish to apply from a list. Doing this without third party programs is impossible.

for your second question:

You can see it once it is applied. its under your name like the old entertainer buff with time, and what it does in the description.

When gaining it there is a small fly text above your head first stating what buff it is and then saying +10 each time the buff gets longer. its very hard to figure out actually and Im looking forward to the changes on TC where you should be able to see the buff at once like you could with the old buffs