Tinkering is not "worth it" because really there is very little of any thing
useful you can make. Unless you want to make cams for bows. Instead of calling
the skill tinkering and making it seperate they should have just incorportated
it into fletching and then it would have been much more "worth it."
"W. Simmons" wrote:
> From: "W. Simmons" <wsimmo01@...>
>
> > I went ahead and talked to a gm and a bunch of higher level gnomes. From
> > the high levels gnomes I got the impression that tinkering was a complete
> > and total waste of time. In fact one told me he didn't do it because the
> > skill sucked and it wasn't worth it.
>
> Since when were ANY of the trade skills "worth it?" I don't think what
> drives people to learn skills have anything to do with making money (at
> least not since they nerfed pottery) it's some other sense of expanding
> their character. No one makes any money on any of the skills and yet
> people still do them for several reasons. In fact my character right now
> is working on baking, tailoring, blacksmithing, and jewlcraft. I'm
> losing lots of money but I'm having a great time. When I reach 16, you
> better believe I'm going to work my tinkering. Just because I can. So
> don't try and tell me that tinkering isn't "worth it."
>
> -Orevin Gnomish Enchanter and Slayer of Mummies, Karanra server
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