>In the past I would make 100k per hour theoretically (through calculating math bases on what i was earning), and after a few days it was down to 50k per hour.

I could make 50k in an hour in a capped hunting ground with a level 98/99 monk. A decent profession should be able to out loot that easily.

>Which is better if you are 1x? Survival or First Aid?

I prefer to .5x both, but I believe survival gives a few more benefits, it also tends to be more expensive

I went 1x Survival, 2x First Aid, and 1x Perception.

Does Trading help raise skin values? I skin nearly everything I hunt.


Tanivar Somakre

"Healing, you want it, you shall have it."

Survival vs FA? Aside from extra survival perks if you live in a cold area, if we are just talking about skinning effectiveness, it depends to a certain extent on what profession you are. FA is dirt cheap for empaths, so I went 2x with mine.

"So, what does that green line on the graph represent?"
"Oh, that's the projection of a hypothetical offspring from a union between Sauron and Cruella de Ville; we use that as a baseline for determining character alignment."

I think it's actually a lot of extra silver. 2x trading at cap should result in a 25% boost to buying and selling most items.

~Taverkin

>You will see additional benefit for every 12 points of Trading bonus and Influence bonus (combined) that you have.

>-- Robert


Just got three ranks of Trading to get started with the available ptp and have 30 bonus INF points to go with it. A couple 12's in there :)


Tanivar Somakre

"Healing, you want it, you shall have it."

>I think applying the same penalty to skinning things you can't learn from that is applying to looting things you can't learn from is rational, fair, and would better balance the treasure system.

Know what else would be cool? If capped skins came anywhere close to the value of skins that are lower level.

For example, triton radical spines in Nelemar are worth up to like 400 coins according to Jeril, who is 2x survival and 2x first aid, triton magus hides go up to about 1k, yet aivren skins (83 I think?) are worth up to like 2500 or somewhere in that range, and me with my 1x survival can frequently skin giant fog beetles (35 I think) for up to 1500 coins a pop.

Stuff around the Lake in Solhaven (centaurs and either fenghai or pra'eda, forgot which) go over 1k, coyote tails around 500 or so, etc.

Cerebralites on plane 4/scatter, I get maybe 100-200 coins for. Granted I'm only 1x survival, but I seriously doubt a fully trained skinner gets much more, and certainly wouldn't break the 1k barrier.

Crawler teeth are slightly better than cerebralite skins, etc.

So if you really wanna make good money skinning, just go farm the crap out of aivrens, fog beetles, and centaurs, and other equally easy stuff with 0 risk as opposed to skinning stuff that can 1 shot you for a fraction of the value.

I really don't get why fixing the treasure/skin system still isn't anywhere near the top of the priority list, and is instead apparently somewhere in the mid to low tiers of RSN.

~ Methais

Mid-range might present more risk, but this is likely a result of the fact that level 100 extends endlessly into the post-cap. I've had 2 years to accumulate additional skills. 2 years of hunting the same area. And all of the additional gear/silver I've acquired. The monsters I hunt may be more dangerous, but I probably die less often hunting them than I did hunting at the mid-range. However, post-cap players should not be penalized for the decision not to develop new and more challenging content to accommodate them. We're already being penalized by being forced to hunt the same 3 areas for so many years.

We need post-cap goals. We need a new area every now and then to raise the bar for the increasing number of post-cap players. And in the mean time we need to be given the opportunity to earn loot appropriate to the highest levels of the game. The current design is a bit of a slap in the face.

~Taverkin