Weapons - how to choose crafted weapon from customer point of view

[Agnar D'Shar]

<p>Hi - I would like to ask a tradeskiller to make some mastercrafted weapons for me, but I don't know the range of weapons they can make!</p><p>My 54 fury is looking for a sword and shield with +WIS, and preferable STR and AGI too. Is there a list of weapon recipies I can look at somewhere to select the weapons I need?</p><p>Brag</p>

[aardda]

<p>From a weaponsmiths point of view, the range of crafted weapons within a tier isn't that great to begin with, and the choices are quickly reduced given a few requirements.</p><p>First, for the dps of the weapon. The dps of all dual wield weapons are the same, all 1-handed weapons are equal, as are all 2-handed weapons. In this instance you say you want to wear a shield, therefore you will be going for a 1-handed weapon. This reduces the options by around 66%</p><p>Next you have the damage type, either slash, pierce or crush. There are maybe 2 choices in each category.</p><p>In the 1-handed slash category, you have the options of an axe or a sword with the stats pretty much identical. If you are deciding on a sword due to certain AA lines, then you really only have a single choice and the stats are whatever you get on it.</p>

[FoxRiverRanger]

Brag@Antonia Bayle wrote: <blockquote><p>Hi - I would like to ask a tradeskiller to make some mastercrafted weapons for me, but I don't know the range of weapons they can make!</p><p>My 54 fury is looking for a sword and shield with +WIS, and preferable STR and AGI too. Is there a list of weapon recipies I can look at somewhere to select the weapons I need?</p><p>Brag</p></blockquote>You can look on the broker for the level 32 and 42 versions, the stats will scale up but at least you can see which stats are on the weapon.  Or you can ask a crafter in game.  Many of my commission customers ask about the options available to them and I feel it is a part of the service.  I have also on occassion crafted free versions of their requested weapon in Maple or Ash if they really want to see what the item will look like, not that a sword will have a lot of mystery.

[NiamiDenMother]

I actually started up a set of charts before my stepmom passed away recently, to help folks see the progression of weapon types and stats, but a) my weaponsmith is one of my babies  (3<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> and b) I was only tackling info on the common crafted weapons for the moment, not rares. It is a mess at the moment, but it may give you a feel for the items available in the lower tiers, so you know what to aim for in the upper tiers.  <a href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/article_page.php?article=g83" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Temporary Weapon Progression Chart</a> I'll be asking for help on filling in the blanks over on my forums - I find it too hard to track much of anything here on the official forums due to random chaos.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Illmarr]

<p>Yesterday I saw someone ask in crafting channel for a T7 weaponsmith to make them 2 dual wield weapons. I think I asked them 10+ questions before I found out they wanted a piercer and a slasher, weapon type unimportant with respect to Acheivement choices, and that Int and Agi were a priority, with Str after that. They finally got a Xegonite rapier with Int, and a Flachion for the slash with Str and Agi.</p><p>Your 54 Fury would want a Scimitar. Out of the slashing choices useable by Druids, the scimitar is the only one with Wisdom (And Intelligence) on it. Then you'd need to find a Woodworker to make a buckler for you for your shield.</p>

[Truls]

Ilmaaaaah@Lucan DLere wrote: <blockquote><p>Yesterday I saw someone ask in crafting channel for a T7 weaponsmith to make them 2 dual wield weapons. I think I asked them 10+ questions before I found out they wanted a piercer and a slasher, weapon type unimportant with respect to Acheivement choices, and that Int and Agi were a priority, with Str after that. They finally got a Xegonite rapier with Int, and a Flachion for the slash with Str and Agi.</p><p>Your 54 Fury would want a Scimitar. Out of the slashing choices useable by Druids, the scimitar is the only one with Wisdom (And Intelligence) on it. Then you'd need to find a Woodworker to make a buckler for you for your shield.</p></blockquote>Actually key on that Acheivement issue.  Many AA's (at least in the scout classes) have specific weapons that need to be used in order for the skill to work ... if you are choosing an aa with a weapon requirement then a lot of your decison will be made for you <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.

[Barbai]

I was actually trying to find out what kind of stuff the weaponsmiths at tier 6 could create knowthing that nearly all of them did the same dmg I was hoping to atleast find one with a better  look then the standard sword and dagger and general bard stats int, agl,str that sort of thing to be really dissapointed that it came down to basicly eithier a dagger or a short sword  the same kind of weapons I as an armorer could make for any lvl 10. I was hoping that there would be much more variety at that kind of tier.