cultural smithing question

[elwing]

Born on qeynos, so I can definitely make the qeynos cultural, but I can also do the freeport one...

[kuuky]

Ok so I am currently 195 smithing skill. 1-175 wasn't bad at all. 176-195 damn I blew thru 12 stacks of leather padding for them 20 points(Making fine plate visors). My wisdom is about 210 give or take 2 (I'm at work) and I would like to get to 220ish before attempting the platinum set. So is 20 skillups from 240 combines normal? Should I increase my wis to 240ish or max it? At what skill lvl is it ok to stop fine plate and go to the platinum set comfortably? I still need to gather a few more things but I got enough stuff to start cteating it I just don't want to rush it and waste the mats. Ty in advance for any info here as you all have helped immensely already.

[Kich867]

Originally Posted by Naethyn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Blacksmithing is based your STR.

I was always under the impression blacksmithing just allowed you to take your STR into account, but it's STR / WIS / INT whichever is highest.

http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/ar...p?article=g256

[elwing]

Nope... All tradeskill can use int or wis, in addition smithing can use STR, a few other tradeskill can use other stat, but I am unsure which. What is certain is that only the highest count, meaning smithing will use your higher stat, be it int, wis or str... Since smith are frequently melee, str is an obvious choice... Also FOS is long lasting and gives a major boost, past 180 I would definitely recomand to cap str to 255, with cheapo str gear and fos it's easy for most melee, for pure int caster int might be better if you have good gear, the same goes for wis caster, through given the number and potency of str buffs, even for them str might be a good choice...

[elwing]

Yes, true... Unsure about tailoring, but I think most others are just int/wis

[elwing]

Originally Posted by kuuky [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So is 20 skillups from 240 combines normal?

Yes, it's pretty much the norms at these skill levels.
Eqtraders advanced calculator is pretty much exact from experience... Just don't forget that these are statistics to expect, the eq RNG is a notorious fickle beast...
http://eqtraders.com/calculators/ski...r=130080000000

[Tnair]

All tradeskills use the highest of WIS or INT to determine chance to get a skillup, unrelated to chance of skill success.

Smithing uses STR, and Fletching and Poison Making use DEX, to additionally raise your chance of successful combines. Successful combines also have a higher chance to raise your skill than failures.

[kuuky]

Well according to that calculator I have a very slight chance to skill up at 255 as I do my current 212(confirmed). Its really slight so I will just plod on as I am as further wis upgrades are very costly at this point. In addition I am way over the number they are giving me. 9-10 per skillup and I'm at 12. RNG I guess. BTW can anyone confirm a zone to forage Rain water in? I have been in most of the karanas and nothing. I tried farming the gnolls of BB and nothing, I got 2 from the Highkeep gnolls but it was very rare.

[elwing]

9-10 is not significantly different to 12 with a so low sample... Particularly with a rng that frequently award nultiple skillups in a row while having frequent dryspells of 60 attempts...

[Swish2]

It comes out at 33.33% (recurring of course) chance of survival.