| tfung: When doing darksteel picks, set up Fire Moghnancement and keep a bucket close by in case vomiting occurs. I found the losses to be dismaying at first, but eventually, I started making a profit off it. I don't know what the woodworking requirement is to make darksteel picks. All I know is that, at 37 woodworking, I was apparently above the trivial mark(I gained no woodworking skill doing these).
Your experiences with nodowa sound pretty normal to me, though I think they may have altered skill-gain rates when doing risky(trivial 6-10 points above current craft skill level) synths. I think skill gain is pretty much even if you skill up on the same recipe over the course of 10 points of skill(in other words, 56-66 on nodowa should require the same number of synths as before).
Guitarhooligan: Your guess is as good as mine. I've been spoiled by having a decent selection of crafting skills for months. You could probably do alright farming choice items off low-level monsters and doing simple gardening(try growing fire or light crystals or something).
xShagratx: You can actually do iron ingots at 15. You will be taking a risk by doing so. If you can afford it, set up Fire Moghancement(yes, I know it can be expensive). |