Returning Player

[Payneal The Great]

<p>I am returning to EQ2 after a very long time. My character is only level 72, and i am missing the latest expansion. As i come into the game, my goals are different, crafting primarly. I have a 32 sage so far and my plans are to run my own crafting shop, and here are my questions;</p><p>1) Can i reclass to something different than sage?</p><p>2) In AoC i could create very basic html files, and then send a link to people in a /tell When they clicked the link it would open up a info box to a full blown armor shop with all my armor stats and prices. Now i know you can bring up html pages in EQ2 if the file is located on your PC, but can i send the html scripts to people in a link so they can view my shop? If not, what is going to be my best alternative to advertise my shop in game? This is actually a biggy for me, people in AoC just love browsing my shop to admire it =)</p><p>3) Does the economy even flow enough to have a active shop, and make some plat?</p><p>4) Probably the most important, what trades can actually run an active shop and make a bit of plat since EQ2 has been around for so long? Do enough people roll alts (Antonia Bayle server) to support the economy? I am leaning towards armorsmith because it seems most natural.</p><p>5) I never messed with secondary skills, whats the way to go here?</p><p>Thats basically it for now, i have not even gotten in game yet. Thanks in advanced for any help, and i cant wait to see you in game =)</p>

[Payneal The Great]

<p>I forgot to switch personas, i wont be playing pvp in eq2.</p>

[Zehl_Ice-Fire]

<p><cite>Deadli@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I am returning to EQ2 after a very long time. My character is only level 72, and i am missing the latest expansion. As i come into the game, my goals are different, crafting primarly. I have a 32 sage so far and my plans are to run my own crafting shop, and here are my questions;</p><p>1) Can i reclass to something different than sage?</p><p><span style="color: #cc99ff;">Yes, talk to the guy in the TS faction house of your home city</span></p><p>2) In AoC i could create very basic html files, and then send a link to people in a /tell When they clicked the link it would open up a info box to a full blown armor shop with all my armor stats and prices. Now i know you can bring up html</p><p><span style="color: #cc99ff;">Absolutely nothing like that in EQ2. You can have an afk message with your info. Best way to advert, save some text with what you do, copy it into appropriate level channels, esp 1-9 (people on  low alts will often be in that one) a few times a day.</span></p><p>3) Does the economy even flow enough to have a active shop, and make some plat?</p><p><span style="color: #cc99ff;">Yes but it greatly varies server to server and by tier, and is VERY subject to change.</span></p><p>4) Probably the most important, what trades can actually run an active shop and make a bit of plat since EQ2 has been around for so long? Do enough people roll alts (Antonia Bayle server) to support the economy? I am leaning towards armorsmith because it seems most natural.</p><p><span style="color: #cc99ff;">Yes, there are still plenty of alt a holics, ESP on RP servers, I have an alt on Lucan and I made some very nice gold selling T1 and T2 YES THATS RIGHT T1 & T2 cloth armor! (appearance slot I'm guessing) It is not the most terribly useful TS but there are adornments and there are probably less armorers than other TS classes (WS & Tailor are also least common).</span></p><p>5) I never messed with secondary skills, whats the way to go here?</p><p><span style="color: #cc99ff;">I'm not sure what you mean, your sub class skills? Don't need them anymore, you will easily max your skills as you level and push buttons.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc99ff;">Random leveling tips: Make all your first pristines, try to only make first pristines with vitality, at level 20 do TS writs after you run out of pristines even without vitality, and use eq2traders website often.</span></p></blockquote>

[Payneal The Great]

<p>On #5 i was reffering to transmuting and tinkering, which is best for running a shop? So if tailors are rare, and an make money, i am going to have trouble deciding between tailor and armorsmith.</p>

[Anordil]

<p>Tailors may also make cloaks which generally sell nicely (especially at lower levels) and bags. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Zehl_Ice-Fire]

<p><cite>Deadli@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>On #5 i was reffering to transmuting and tinkering, which is best for running a shop? So if tailors are rare, and an make money, i am going to have trouble deciding between tailor and armorsmith.</p></blockquote><p>Oh der <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. If you can find a friend who transmutes you are far better off tinkering for personal use, there are a few items you can sell, and transmuters can sell their transmuted things at high levels for nice profit but leveling is grueling. Tinkerers only have a few items that sell well for trickle profit (harvest tools, shiny finder, sometimes portable tables), but if you adventure it is infinitly useful (FD, res, call of tinkerer, manastone, healstone).</p><p>You have to check your server population, tailors may be not so rare everywhere like on an RP server where many people would want the level 1 appearance outfits they make. I'd ask around in channels for which tradeskiller people seem to have the hardest time finding when they need stuff. This can also vary a lot, someone may have an 80 tailor but maybe they aren't so fond of crafting so they only break it out for their guildies.</p><p>I don't make much on my tailor, but I don't try that hard to, too hard to keep up on 6 crafter markets. T1 & T2 rare stuff sells because some people are lazy or hate crafting that much lol.</p>

[Payneal The Great]

<p>Thats very good advice, i will ask around my server a bit.</p>