Carbonite Bars - Metalworking

[Geblac]

I just dinged lvl 20 jeweler :D , so I went to do something in my specialty. I see the Carbonite bar on my list, and decide to try those. I head to the workbench, since I have been refining electrum there, and it tells me to go to the forge. Okay, no problem, I make iron bars there, too.

When I get to the forge and begin the process, the metalworking reactions start, and catch me off guard. Then I check the recipe and see it's not artificing/runecraft, it's metalworking/weaponsmith.

?????

I know it's not a mistake (the recipe). However, we haven't worked with anything since tin that way. What's the chance of making these pristine quality without metalworking skills near our artificing levels?

I have a guildie that is a weaponsmith, so it wouldn't be a huge issue. But it is going to hinder me if I can't make this stuff top quality, isn't it? At least make me dependent?

[Kargan]

I get pristines probably 20% of the time, give or take. It doesnt bother me at all because nothing I make requires a carbonite, feyiron, etc, product as the primary component - so quality doesnt matter. I believe there may be a few recipes for professions outside of Jeweler that require primary components we make of these materials, in those cases I simply state that if I make the bars there's no guarantee on quality. If they provide the bars, then they will get back exactly what they provide in terms of quality.

[Geblac]

That's probably true. I guess I got used to making pristine (for pride and xp), leveling up, and didn't consider the fact that a lot of what we make doesn't need to be pristine, even the things we sell to others. There is a "stigma' out there, though, that pristine is best, and can sell better. I know better now, but alot of others still don't. Hell, I won't worry about it. It just freaked me out, since I was expecting to pull off carbonite bars, np, after dinging.

[Torval the Harvester]

Welcome to the life of an armorer. Our bars use metalworking also (the weaponsmith skill) and while we have tier two reactions as outfitters it's still a problem. And those bars ultimately go into the materials that are our primary components. That, and even the interim stage for our primary components uses metalworking. :(

I'm told it's a bug. Iron bars for jewlers use artificing. Then carbonite use metalworking again? It seems wrong. I anticipate a fix, though I'm not entirely holding my breath it will be soon.

Hope that helps.

[Liandra]

It is a pain. Personally i am of the opinion that if the recipie is in my book, it should use my skills. /sigh

[septimus]

/nod.