Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: A new WS
These will make you the best or worst weaponsmith on your server and there is not much you can do to overcome the limitations of your resources.
If you don't have alot of money; specialize in a certain weapon or weapon group to minimize the types of resources you need:
Grenades are good now and many resource collectors don't view grenade resources as being valuable because they don't follow the OQCD standard of most other weapons
Alot of weaponsmiths will spcailize in Melee weapons as most players are melee now and melee weapons have a much better profit margin.
Make sure your vendors are always stocked, promote your vendor ingame and on the forums, answer all the questions asked of you. Over the long-term repeat customers and the word of mouth advertising they do for you will be a great help to your continued success.
FS experimentation has helped me more than I could have imagined, I can't say enough good about this. Before I had this 1 in 10 weapons would be trashed because of moderate successes, I can't remember my last moderate since I received this skill.
Weapon SEA's
These are invaluable for making enhanced weapons, they will save you from waisting loot because of moderate successes or assembly failures. Not very valuable for regular weapons but a good marketing tool because the majority of your customers assume +12 is better.
For melee weapons, you only need like 5 resources for the components. So take the easy route, make good melee weapons, and once you make some money, you might be able to get into the ranged weapondry scene.