WoW!
You have certainly been very helpful to all of us. Thanks so much.
Sugarbritches....28 lvl Mage,,Karana
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From: <RosePike@...>
To: <EQ_Tinkering@onelist.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 3:44 PM
Subject: [EQ_Tinkering] As promised, how I got from 102 to 148.
> From: RosePike@...
>
> Fellow Tinkers,
>
> I come before you with open arms and open log books
> to report the history of my tinkering. Please
> forgive my verbosity for I am a quiet tinkering
> gnome wizard that spends much time muttering to
> himself. :o)
>
> I made each of the following in order until it went
> trivial. Flameless Lanterns, Standard Bow Cams,
> Spyglasses, and finally Stalking Probes. This of
> course got me to 102 skill. At no point did I
> attempt an item until every lesser item was
> trivial.
>
> On a side note, I have always sold Spyglasses for
> 80pp and have sold well over 100 of them but lost
> count. I've sold 18 in a night before. I have
> firmly established 80pp as the going rate on Povar
> through endless auctioning in all manner of zones,
> be it newbie, mid-level, or LGuk/SolB. Spyglasses
> are a great way to help finance Aqualung attempts.
>
> /auction Selling tinkered Spyglass with unlimited
> charges of Telescope (like binoculars). Great for
> pullers! 80pp. Use it to spot that rare wandering
> spawn!
>
> /auction Selling tinkered Spyglass with unlimited
> charges of Telescope (like binoculars). Great for
> pullers! 80pp. Use it to spot naked newbies!
>
> etc.
>
> Of the below Aqualungs, I painfully, over many
> weeks, sold all of the first 30 I produced. I
> charged 500pp for each and barely covered costs.
>
> /auction Selling a tinkered Aqualung with 50
> charges of waterbreathing (half hour RL each) for
> 500pp (merchant pays 190pp, so 310pp net). To
> compare, 50 EB potions costs 600pp and do not
> stack! Declare your independence from EB casters!
> Support the trades!
>
> /auction Selling a tinkered Aqualung with 50
> charges of waterbreathing (half hour RL each) for
> 500pp (merchant pays 190pp, so 310pp net). To
> compare, 50 EB potions costs 600pp and do not
> stack! It's winter, help the fish keep their
> scales!
>
> etc.
>
> When tinkering Aqualungs, I got a wis suit from
> a plat level enchanter friend. I would get these
> buffs from a 44+ enchanter (/who all enc 44 50):
> wis/int/str/cha. Since I am a wizard, I could
> go to them while being bound at the tinkering
> merchant or the Ak'Anon bank as the mood struck.
> I would replace int gear with wis gear until my
> int (with buff) was 199 and my wis was 132. I
> never bought or sold with a cha less than 100. By
> the way, cha over 100 is the same as cha 100.
> Also, pay a plat and get a SoW...speeds things up.
>
> Tries Successes Failures Skill Increases
> ----- --------- -------- ---------------
> 6 4 2 0
> 10 4 6 3
> 20 10 10 3
> 30 12 18 6
> 38 29 9 7
> 24 16 8 4
> 16 11 5 6
> 52 46 6 6
> 40 31 9 10
> 10 7 3 1*
> ----- --------- -------- ---------------
> 246 170 76 46
> 100% 69.10% 30.89% 18.70%
>
> * Was trivial on the 3rd try of this batch.
>
> After the first 30 successes were sold, I sold
> my Runed Cowl for fort knox to a level 50 wizard
> and converted all the items into cash. Along
> with what I already had, this got me a nestegg
> of 17kpp. I did the last 180 tries of Aqualungs
> by selling the successes back to the merchant.
> This cost me 12.5kpp to reach the trivial point.
> If anyone on Povar has a spare Runed Cowl, I
> would be very thankful. :o)
>
> Given that my cost-with-failures per Aqualung is
> now 270pp, Rebreathers are 966pp per try. I will
> now charge the public 400pp per Aqualung. The
> Rebreather will cost the public 3000pp or trade
> equivalent.
>
> Given just those prices, 7.5 Aqualungs can be
> bought for the price on one Rebreather. That's
> 187.5 RL hours under water. And that doesn't
> count the fact that the Aqualung, once used, can
> be sold to a merchant for some plats to help buy
> even more Aqualungs for the same net cost as the
> Rebreather.
>
> There's no question in my mind that the Aqualung
> is a much more economical solution and the
> Rebreather is just nice for those people with too
> much money. To put the final nail in the coffin,
> Aqualungs can be activated from the inventory
> but Rebreathers must be worn in the head slot.
> For the average caster with a Runed Cowl or tank
> with a massive helm, this is a real pain.
>
> Finally, I thought I'd share my broader trade
> skill experience.
>
> Trade Skill
> ----- -----
> Baking 142
> Brewing 143
> Pottery 146
> Smithing 138
> Tinkering 148
> ----- -----
> Total 717
> i.e. I'd be level 50 by now otherwise lol
>
> I finally have some Brownie Parts, so Birthday
> Cakes are next. And I heard fletching was easy
> to master... Who needs to reach 50 anyway? lol
>
> Flintnilf Ironori
> Level 42 wizard of Solusek Ro
> Master Baker/Brewer/Potter/Smith/Tinker
> Squire of Dark Valor
> Povar Server
>
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