Tinkering is Profitable

[Pugs]

yes yes i snatched this form elce where but it is very good info and i think we could make a mack for it or it might cost to much per fail not sure.

Tinkering is Profitable
Prerequisites - for best success rates and best prices, you will need:

* A level 16 or higher gnome with...
* 154 or higher skill in Fletching
* 143 or higher skill in Tinkering
* 105 or higher Charisma

This is a three-part recipe. Each item is listed along with the vendor purchase price for characters with a high charisma.
Firewater (50 tinkering)
0.010p Flask of Water
0.062p Gnomish Spirits
total cost = 0.072p, sell back = 0.067p
Shaped Ashwood Recurve Bow (148 fletching)
see note Planing Tool have to buy once for 10.709p, but item is not consumed
0.010p Hemp Twine
15.749p Ashwood Bow Staff
total cost = 15.759p, sell back = 14.952p
Tinkered Catapult (135 tinkering)
15.759p Shaped Ashwood Recurve Bow as made above
0.072p Firewater as made above
1.049p Metal Twine
7.349p Gears
7.349p Sprockets
total cost = 31.578p, sell back = 38.095p
Net Profit per Successful Combine = 6.517p

NOTE: This is almost certainly a bug in the eyes of Sony. They will eventually fix this. Enjoy it while you can. It still works as of March 2005, even though it was /bug reported to them many months ago.

 

[Mikiky]

"NOTE: This is almost certainly a bug in the eyes of Sony. They will eventually fix this. Enjoy it while you can. It still works as of March 2005, even though it was /bug reported to them many months ago."

What sort of a toss would report this as a bug? IMHO, something that requires a number of combines (and the chances of failure in combines is still there) should be able to be sold at a small profit for the effort involved. This is my BIG gripe about SOE and this is the reason I like to find all these little ways to get back at them for these decisions After all, they have no qualms about taking my RL money from me even though they'll keep nerfing the game until we wont be able to differentiate between a melee and a caster... <sigh> I'm so disillusioned by big corporations... their profits always come first, god forbid that we could make some profits too !!
That said, if exploits are found, I believe that they should be used wisely, and not in a way that flooded the servers with all that excess plat not so long ago..... /steps of soapbox now