Thats funny. I thought brew making would be the lowest paid skill. Too
funny. And here I invested in it thinking, "well i'll be fun at parties.."
heh. Besides I think bards should regenerate faster in taverns, add that to
the petition! Heh.
Yeah, personally I'd rather get my plat the old fashioned way but I'm
curious about the trade skills and such.
Gediprime
Xegony
----- Original Message -----
From: Brendan Daly <samidaly@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Making Money
> From: Brendan Daly <samidaly@...>
>
> If all you want to do is make money,
> yes you can turn change on tailoring, provided you have the pelts.
>
> But baking and brewing are the kings of profit, a skilled person with
> high charisma can make up to 30 plat an hour. I've heard pottery can
> work too, but the only good place for pottery is kelethin.
>
> These are dull and boring and if you are looking for those spells or
> saving for that one item, sure do it. I personally would rather be in
> the dungeon making 5 plat an hour 8) and making items as i need them.
>
> A little brew and goo to eat on the road,
> Samiba Craftsman
>
> --- "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...> wrote:
> > From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
> >
> > You can make money intailoring with a skill of 26 my
> > making patchwork and
> > selling to merchants. Not a lot of money at a time,
> > but even if you buy the
> > pelts from a merchant you will make about .5 gold
> > per success and I get
> > about 75% success so I make about 1/3gp per pelt and
> > can often find a
> > merchant with 30 pelts or more.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: G2 Dan [mailto:drockwell@...]
> > Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 9:51 AM
> > To: eqbards@onelist.com
> > Subject: [eqbards] Making Money
> >
> >
> > From: "G2 Dan" <drockwell@...>
> >
> >
> > Speaking of money and making it, any turn a trade
> > skill into a reasonable
> > profit maker? I have a friend who's been smithing
> > forever and barely makes
> > a dime at it.
> >
> > Gediprime
> > Xegony
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Robert "Nokker" Venters <dread@...>
> > To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
> > Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 10:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [eqbards] Dual Wield (was: Cazic Thule)
> >
> >
> > > From: "Robert \"Nokker\" Venters"
> > <dread@...>
> > >
> > > I stay broke,,, always having to replace my lost
> > banded armor ( I play on
> > > the pvp server ) I just can't wait for my friends
> > to catch up with me in
> > > lvl's so we can go hit Dvinn up for a dirk ,,,,
> > >
> > > I stay too broke to buy combine weapons ,,, and I
> > just haven't been able
> > to
> > > figure out how to make a bundle of money like the
> > rest of you bards ,,, of
> > > course ,, that's not why I play the game ,, lately
> > ,, if I get something
> > > good ,, and a guildmate needs it ,,, it's his ,,
> > >
> > > Nokker <Mysterian Knights>
> > > LvL 19 Bard - Rallos Zek
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: John Kim <kim@...>
> > > To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 10:33 AM
> > > Subject: [eqbards] Dual Wield (was: Cazic Thule)
> > >
> > >
> > > > From: John Kim <kim@...>
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Bard wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Just made 17th Wheeeeee!!! (Any ideas on best
> > weapons to Dual? Since
> > I
> > > had
> > > > > an extra one in the bank I'm using 2 mino
> > axes)
> > > >
> > > > If you've just gotten dual wield, you want a
> > fast weapon in
> > > > your off hand to increase the number of dual
> > wield checks to
> > > > drive up the skill faster. Definitely not a
> > minotaur axe
> > > > (delay 37)? At low dual wield skill level, it
> > will activate
> > > > so infrequently that the damage it does is
> > negligible, so
> > > > don't be afraid to buy a 21 delay dagger off a
> > merchant for
> > > > 2pp (though if you find someone selling a fine
> > steel dagger,
> > > > all the better since it is 19 delay).
> > > >
> > > > Once you get it maxxed out, you want something
> > with a good
> > > > damage/delay ratio, and perferably with a low
> > delay. You'll
> > > > also find that dual wield will often drain your
> > stamina faster
> > > > than you lose hp. Lighter weapons will reduce
> > this effect,
> > > > which is more reason to prefer low delay weapons
> > since they
> > > > tend to be lighter. (I *think* weapon type
> > affects this too,
> > > > as I've noticed more stamina drop swinging a 5
> > lb staff than a
> > > > 5 lb sword.)
> > > >
> > > > You're 17 and still using minotaur axes?
> > Beg/borrow/buy some
> > > > magic weapons - many of the mobs you should be
> > fighting are
> > > > invulnerable to normal weapons, especially
> > undead. For
> > > > combine weapons (can be bought at various gypsy
> > camps), my
> > > > preference is the rapier, spear, longsword, then
> > scimitar
> > > > (scimitar is the cheapest). If you have some
> > friends around
> > > > L20, drop by Crushbone and kill Dvinn for his
> > dirk - it is
> > > > perhaps the best weapon you can get in this
> > level range. I
> > > > make sure *all* my friends have a magic weapon
> > by L15, even if
> > > > it means I have to loan one to them. It is just
> > not worth it
> > > > having half your heavy hitters standing on the
> > sidelines
> > > > playing cheerleader if you get an ice bone
> > skeleton, or fire
> > > > elemental, or any of the other multitude of mobs
> > that require
> > > > magic weapons.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > John H. Kim
> > > > kim@...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
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