Tailoring, weak compared to metalsmithing?Follow

You may be thinking "Wow, it's only the beta, and level 15, complaining a little soon aren't we?"

I'm not crying unfair yet, but I am a little worried. At the moment tailoring is looking somewhat weak to me compared to some other crafting professions like metalsmith and jeweller. I'm also aware that tailoring may not be the only crafting profession with problems, but it is the one I'm familair with and also the one I'm personally concerned about.

A few of the differences between the two include the mat requirements. To make one piece of normal medium leather armor requires 20 medium hides. To make one piece of normal iron armor requires 6 barrow iron ore and 4 medium hides.

Then there is the avaiblability of materiels. Veins contain 1-3 ore, 2 on average, and always have it. Mobs have approximately a 60% drop chance on hides, and only drop 1.

The mastery section of tailoring seems to be rushed as well, with crit items being only a small increase (some slight bonus armor and +3 stats) while crit metalsmithing recipes double the armor value.

And metalsmithing gains extra utility by being able to produce iron tools. Tailoring is currently only able to supply metalsmiths with the leather components needed in some recipes.



I'm not saying nerf this or buff that, but I am concerned, and was wondering if anyone else was concerned about their specific profession. Even if it's not in comparision to another profssion, do you think there may be problems with end game itemization? Perhaps I'm jsut paranoid and with release I'll realise I was foolish and that all my worries were for nought.

Edited, Apr 14th 2007 10:01am by AllegoryJr

Tailoring certain isn't the only craft with problems... Weaponsmithing is a bit of a pain also. Not as bad as tailoring, but at least it sounds like you can actually sell the items. Weaponsmithing is basically making worthless items, and for criting all you really gain is a small DPS boost that in some cases BARELY puts them in contention with quest items, or even drops of yellow quality. Maybe at a higher level it'll get a bit better, and crafted weapons will be more viable. I mean, i'm not asking for all the best weapons to be made by weaponsmithing, but when a level 10 weapon has as much DPS (and no extra stats) as a level 5 quest reward something is up.

Oh don't worry Tomec my goods are just as unsellable as yours. At level 15 and a master journmeyan I'm wearing a statless vendor trash pants and armor drop I found because it's better than anything I can craft. Level 13-15 wolves drop the hides needed for level 10 armor.

Now I realise this has to do the with level cap, but metalsmiths can actually make a profit. Their crit items ARE the best at this level for guardians (who jsut got heavy armor), and even their non crit are pretty good.

Edited, Apr 14th 2007 8:11pm by AllegoryJr