04-09-2007, 09:40 PM
Quote:Much needed, but Skinning will still probably be the weakest gathering in the game by far.
And the reason is there aren't really many consumables that use leather. Sure the kits get replaced at about the same rate as enchants, but the leather isn't the limiting factor on those, the primals are. The drums get used up as well, but again the primals are the high value in those. Some of the eng items use leather but generally not in a consumable. It's not like alchemy where herbs are sucked down at huge rates. It's not even mining where jewelers are chewing ore up for gems. Most of what leather is used in is for one off items. You make it you are done you never need to get leather again and LW doesn't even need as much normal leather as smithing needs ore. LW is still more limited by the need for primals or specialty leathers.
Give LW more consumables and skinning becomes more valuable. Heck make a few drums that don't take LW skill to use. Didn't smithing get some consumables? The wards or whatever and they already had the sharpening stones. Make some stuff like that that needs leather.
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.