Post by fayt on Dec 29, 2013 20:54:09 GMT -5
Where is the Armorsmithing Guild?
The Armorsmiths Guild is Located in Limsa Lominsa, and is Headed by H’Naanza.
What do armorsmiths craft?
Battlecraft Gear
[*]Gladiator / Paladin Shields
[*]Tanking Armor (Gladiator / Paladin) (Marauder / Warrior)
Fieldcraft Gear
[*]Alchemists Alembic (Main Hand)
[*]Culinarians Skillet (Main Hand)
Components used by other crafting classes
[*]Ingots, Rings, Rivets, Plates
What classes should be Armorsmiths?
Gladiators (Paladins) and Marauders (Warriors) would benefit most from Armorsmithing. It’s a pretty narrow crafting class, which doesn’t offer much to others. They do craft the main hand arms for the most general crafting classes, Alchemist and Culinarian.
Again, every crafting class benefits / relies on other crafting classes for components, so it’s never truly useless to train Armorsmithing(or all crafting classes)
Armorsmith skills
Every Crafting (Disciple of Hand) class has 14 skills, 11 of which are common among all of them, while three are unique to each class. Below are the Armorsmithing only skills.
Armorsmith Skill Discussion
Rapid Synthesis: at 250% synthesis efficiency, it’s the strongest progress raising skill. However, it also has the worst success rate (70%). Rapid Synthesis works well with steady hand (Increase success rate by 20%). Even then, this is pretty situational. I’d rather use a Brand skills without relying on Steady Hand, than have to risk using this.
Brand of Ice: Like any ‘brand’ skill, this is almost always better than any generic synthesis skill. As a cross-class skill, this of course depends on the element of the item you’re crafting. Use it if you the item you’re crafting is ice element. (Determined by shard used?)
Piece By Piece: This one is a bit strange. Piece by piece can complete any progress bar for 45 CP. It is ONLY USEFUL if you need 4 or more synthesis steps to complete an item. Even then, it has to better than 3 “Brand” type synthesis skills to be worth it. Very situational, only practical for extremely difficult progress bars.
Brand of Ice is probably the best of the bunch here (Having access to all brands is very useful). The usefulness of Piece By Piece is yet to be seen, but still seems lackluster. Same goes for rapid synthesis.
The Armorsmiths Guild is Located in Limsa Lominsa, and is Headed by H’Naanza.
What do armorsmiths craft?
Battlecraft Gear
[*]Gladiator / Paladin Shields
[*]Tanking Armor (Gladiator / Paladin) (Marauder / Warrior)
Fieldcraft Gear
[*]Alchemists Alembic (Main Hand)
[*]Culinarians Skillet (Main Hand)
Components used by other crafting classes
[*]Ingots, Rings, Rivets, Plates
What classes should be Armorsmiths?
Gladiators (Paladins) and Marauders (Warriors) would benefit most from Armorsmithing. It’s a pretty narrow crafting class, which doesn’t offer much to others. They do craft the main hand arms for the most general crafting classes, Alchemist and Culinarian.
Again, every crafting class benefits / relies on other crafting classes for components, so it’s never truly useless to train Armorsmithing(or all crafting classes)
Armorsmith skills
Every Crafting (Disciple of Hand) class has 14 skills, 11 of which are common among all of them, while three are unique to each class. Below are the Armorsmithing only skills.
Armorsmith Skill Discussion
Rapid Synthesis: at 250% synthesis efficiency, it’s the strongest progress raising skill. However, it also has the worst success rate (70%). Rapid Synthesis works well with steady hand (Increase success rate by 20%). Even then, this is pretty situational. I’d rather use a Brand skills without relying on Steady Hand, than have to risk using this.
Brand of Ice: Like any ‘brand’ skill, this is almost always better than any generic synthesis skill. As a cross-class skill, this of course depends on the element of the item you’re crafting. Use it if you the item you’re crafting is ice element. (Determined by shard used?)
Piece By Piece: This one is a bit strange. Piece by piece can complete any progress bar for 45 CP. It is ONLY USEFUL if you need 4 or more synthesis steps to complete an item. Even then, it has to better than 3 “Brand” type synthesis skills to be worth it. Very situational, only practical for extremely difficult progress bars.
Brand of Ice is probably the best of the bunch here (Having access to all brands is very useful). The usefulness of Piece By Piece is yet to be seen, but still seems lackluster. Same goes for rapid synthesis.