Hell, you guys probably don't even remember back this far, but I'm trying to grind up my rogue's poisonmaking and maybe make a run on the Grandmaster Seal since recent hunting left me with jacinths and black sapphires coming out of my ears. Enough to make an attempt on a seal anyway.
So my rogue is at about 172 or close enough to grind out some more Calcium rot. Past that, my idea was Dilapidating Ash (triv 183) which uses Soot Hemlock. Annoying to farm but still easily farmable in the SolA or if I get lucky on merchants. Then Monk's Hood Aconite using Wolf Bane from Splitpaw to 194 and finally Stiffening Ergot to 200ish using Heartsting Venom Sacs from Field of Bone. I also stumbled upon a couple stacks of tares lichen for Amnesic Lolium (triv 234) which I can at least grind some with though I have no illusions of reaching 234 on it.
I've heard that after 200, it's cheaper to go to stanos and buy advances than to try to keep grinding. True? Anyway, I was just curious how you guys got your poisonmaking on up there. According to an EQ Dev comment on EQTraders, DEX is used in Poisonmaking as a 3rd trait (like STR in smithing) so I've gone that route and have a decent DEX kit, my +5% Poison gizmo and graba Harnessing of Spirit before starting. My DEX isn't capped, but it's around 230-235 before I get started. I might keep my eye out for more cheap, high return dex gear.