Professions Preview: Wield the Tools of the Trade

Originally Posted by Ielenia

I won't lie. As a blacksmith, those "tools of the trade" sound pretty... no, VERY underwhelming, to be honest. The "indestructible" affix is practically useless, and making it a "chance" makes it even worse.

And one-hour cooldown on repairing ONE piece of equipment? Yeah, that's nice... what about the other eight pieces of gear on my character that need repair? I'll still have to see a repair NPC. Yes, it'll lower the price of repair bills... but by a negligible amount, considering the amount of gold the game currently throws at you. As for the other items:

The Leatherworking item looks ridiculous, since it prevents you from benefiting from ACTUAL bloodlust/heroism/time warp.

The Jewelcrafting one looks alright, to be honest, though I never felt the need to remove a socketed gem, really.

The Enchanting item looks interesting. Extra enchanting mats is never a bad thing.

The Alchemy one looks... weird? "Transmute the sphere into another object"? What object? What effects would it gain? Is it random?

Upgrading Gear.
switching main stat gem around.

And so on.
I could properly have saved close to 100k if I had that one from the start.
And when you sim your chars at some point on some classes secondaries switch around. That's roughly 1k gold per gemmed slot (your server prices may vary)

Agree enchanting is awesome.
And the rest is kinda useless.
Also could have been nice if there was for harvesting professions. like you skin faster, mine faster, mine more etc etc.

Originally Posted by Saphyron

Upgrading Gear.
switching main stat gem around.

And so on.
I could properly have saved close to 100k if I had that one from the start.
And when you sim your chars at some point on some classes secondaries switch around. That's roughly 1k gold per gemmed slot (your server prices may vary)

You have to be a jewelcrafter to have the JC's "tool of the trade" item, and if you're Jewelcrafter, you're more than likely have uncut gems in your gem bag, so there is no real loss of gold, there. It'd be nice if you could remove gems from other people's gear, though.

I also wonder what's the cooldown on the item's 'use' feature is.

Also could have been nice if there was for harvesting professions. like you skin faster, mine faster, mine more etc etc.

Especially since the Tailoring item does allow you to find more cloth around Zandalar/Kul'Tiras.

Originally Posted by Brenz

How do you find eso crafting better than ff14 though?

Just find what you can do with it in ESO better personally. Deconstructing stuff for materials and even getting materials from the deconstruction that can be used to improve gear is a big one.

Better, then selfie patch!

Originally Posted by Phailzôr

What does it mean to mend a tear in the fabric of time? Is that actually useful or just flavor?

It is a soulstone- like effect.