Day 5 - Update
Ok i gave in .. lack of space was driving me nutts, so i bought 2 rosewood strongboxes costing me 10g each, it was a huge chunk of my money but i think long term it will pay off, giving me more room to sell, with the additional benifit of bieng albe to use my old boxes in my bank.
After forking out for the boxes i hit the broker looking for root, pelts and carbonite, i already had some but i knew i would need alot more to make any kind of leveling possible today, and i wanted to look for them nice and early.
My time as a crafter have taught me to always look for ( hard to get or expensive ) raws as early in the day as possible or very late at night as most harvesters return home after a day of harvesting putting there stuff up for sale just before bed. If you wait to long all the cheap stuff sells and by the time prime time hits the only raws left are very expensive.
Ive manage to grind out 2 levels today hiting 24th level but not without a price, todays crafting has cost me, and from the money I had this morning im down to 6g. I realise this sounds bad but im not the type to harvest i hate it with a passion i never intended to harvest all my raws, ill do it when i have no other option. It cut's into my profit margins with out a doubt however i make comman stuff with the perpose of leveling and i accept a loss on it when i vendor, when i sell this stuff via the broker im still not that consern with it it's sold for a profit as such, more that it sells for less of a loss than vendoring any profit is just a bonus. It my rare sales that bring in the profits that really finance my crafting.
During todays crafting i bought some yarrow and made some T1 rare armour, and although i vendored most of what i made for exp i did retain a few peices to fill out my new and shiny rosewood boxes.
After forking out for the boxes i hit the broker looking for root, pelts and carbonite, i already had some but i knew i would need alot more to make any kind of leveling possible today, and i wanted to look for them nice and early.
My time as a crafter have taught me to always look for ( hard to get or expensive ) raws as early in the day as possible or very late at night as most harvesters return home after a day of harvesting putting there stuff up for sale just before bed. If you wait to long all the cheap stuff sells and by the time prime time hits the only raws left are very expensive.
Ive manage to grind out 2 levels today hiting 24th level but not without a price, todays crafting has cost me, and from the money I had this morning im down to 6g. I realise this sounds bad but im not the type to harvest i hate it with a passion i never intended to harvest all my raws, ill do it when i have no other option. It cut's into my profit margins with out a doubt however i make comman stuff with the perpose of leveling and i accept a loss on it when i vendor, when i sell this stuff via the broker im still not that consern with it it's sold for a profit as such, more that it sells for less of a loss than vendoring any profit is just a bonus. It my rare sales that bring in the profits that really finance my crafting.
During todays crafting i bought some yarrow and made some T1 rare armour, and although i vendored most of what i made for exp i did retain a few peices to fill out my new and shiny rosewood boxes.
posted by leiela at 8:53 AM
2 Comments:
I must say I am really enjoying this :) I am new to EQ and just got started on newbie island myself. This is the main reason I thought EQ2 would be great for me and my husband to play. We both love to tradeskill and its nice to know its possible to tradeskill and not do all that grinding! I played EQ for 3 yrs and I hate grinding out levels and such, and LFG is a real pain!
Thanks so much and I look forward to your future posts :)
Chlone-Monk 9th level AB
Great little blog, keep it up! I've been toying around with the idea of starting a pure crafter myself, and after reading through this, you've inspired me to give it a try. Anyways, I'm off to create my new toon. Keep it up.
-Darren
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