Weaponsmith Archive

Yes, unfortunately, at master you get +100 craft exp/assm, I too was aiming just for melee & technique but didn't keep going on the tree grind. Best bet is to find a decent craft apron and combine it with another piece of clothing and maybe you'll get lucky with +90 exp/assm.

Yep, without assembly +100 and experimentation +100, it would be tough to make exceptional melee weapons.Without master weaponsmith, you'd only have +75 / +75, and that would only give you 7 experimentation points. If youhad resources for your melee weapon that were SR 850, you would not be able to max out damage even on those.

Making master weaponsmith is certainly easier / less expensive than purchasing tape (on my server the tape is ridiculous, one guy paid 20 mil fora +13 experimentaiton tape), so I would go the master WS route.

There is certainly a market for low-end weapons, but you have to sell on price rather than quality, and so it's more difficult to make a reasonable income on those.

Thanks folks. Well it seems like I would be better off selling all the ore and etc. thatI have amassed rather than use it to grind on just those two branches and focus on mastering other branches with the skill points. Correct?

Thanks again,

Oreb on Bria

Yep only way around it is with skills tapes. If you cant get a hold of any tapes i would not recommaned it.

Then again, some of us make decent money not being a Master Weaponsmith.......

No one is saying that non-Masters can't turn a credit, and of course there are (a few) non-Masters concentrating on lines like munitions, but I still think on most servers it would be awfully difficult to make competitive products without the 100+ skills.

Besides, I think after a while one would naturally want to make the best weapons possible anyways. So, in general I would conclude, no, it's not a viable option to remain a non-Master.