XP from crafting actual items

[Ciaro]

Sherrjo, I wouldn't jump the gun with any comments about Xp ;-) being only level 6 the curve starts jumping up quickly.

One thing I would like to see is more crafting quests where you would use real items, whether you farm them yourself or buy on the exchange. This in turn would get you more xp than a WO, possibly an item reward, and it would take resources off the market.

WOs as they are, work out pretty well. Just have to bounce around outposts to get plenty of different faction gains.

[Fyrestrom]

Originally Posted by Rithrin

I suppose, I just think the whole thing wasn't planned out very well since you max your skills at about 25% through a crafting level, and then spend the rest of the time just grinding. Pure grinding...

Grinding is only grinding if you treat it that way. If you rely only on the Taskmaster's standing in the crafting area of your city you will miss a whole source of XP and adventure. I am talking about other not so obvious taskmasters. There are many spread all around the world. Some of them are even quest givers that require you to travel and perform work orders to get the items needed for the quest.

They are great XP, at L10 I got 10% from doing one part of the quest. The adventure started in Leth Nurae and had me travel to Tursh and Bordinar's Cleft to gather the items to finish the workorder/quest I was given. I had to do 1 work order in each location to secure the materials to complete the original Work Order in Leth Nurae.

Will it seem like a grind if you stand in one place repeating the same thing over and over? Sure, but that's your fault not the games.

[Breltik]

Yup if you risk it and travel around to find quest npcs, you will end up getting rarer recipes and more xp from the special work orders and quests they give.

[Rithrin]

Well, I've found some interesting crafting quests. But I've been throughout Tursh, BC, Three Rivers, and Renton Keep, still not enough of the unique WO's to get me even half a level.