One, Two, Proficiencies!

[SerinaNight]

So, I've been noticing that even with our lower number we still end up with 'clashing' proficiency goals. I figured we should make a thread planning for the actual game. Now, you don't need to decide what your going to Master or anything, but knowing what everything is at least interested in would be very helpful for planning once we finish Alpha/Beta and get into the real game. If everyone could list the proficiencies they're interested in, maybe the ones they want to actually pursue, or even if they're stuck and don't know what they want! That way, we know what people are thinking and can coordinate and discuss. Here are mine! ((Here were mine more specifically, I edited them in the updated list.))

Interested:
Cooking
Gathering
Farming
Handicrafts
Commerce

Planning:
Alchemy
Leatherwork

Will Do:
Husbandry

You don't need to list them like this, it's just an example.
Now, this might seem like a lot, but it's unlikely that once the real game comes around I'll be investing my time in all or even most of these. The only proficiency I will absolutely be doing is Husbandry, because I love it. Other then that, I was planning on Leatherwork and Alchemy, (especially Leatherwork, I really enjoy it) but I'd be willing to let someone else take that if that was their main goal. I listed things I was interested in, Like Cooking, Farming and Gathering since I'd be either doing those for the things I need (Alchemy, Husbandry, Leatherwork...) but I'd have the mats. I added Handicrafts and Commerce since I've found those are relevant. We didn't really have anyone doing Handicrafts (plus Husbandry needs it here and there) and Commerce is useful for selling my Leatherwork failures (and successes) and eventually higher Alchemy goods. Now, obviously other things sound cool, like Larceny and Composition, but that's more personal, I don't think I'd do that for the guild itself unless it came up and we needed someone.

I imagine once the game hits, we would need people with one (maybe two at most) things they focus on until we get our high level proficiencies. At that point, we won't need as much labor since we'll just be crafting, not leveling. While some might, and others might want to have the same proficiency as someone else, this way we know. We won't take Handicrafts just because we don't think anyone else did, we'll just take it because we want it.

TL/DR: Please list the proficiencies you're interested in, plan on doing, or will do not matter what because screw it you love the idea, once that game hits! That way we can discuss who does what and what people are planning on/want to do.

I'll update this post as others do, so we know who wants what in one post.

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UPDATE

SerinaNight
Interested:
Gathering
Farming
Handicrafts
Commerce
Composition

Planning:
Leatherwork

Will Do:
Husbandry

Mahi
Interested:
Farming
Gathering
Fishing
Commerce

Planning:
Machining
Handicrafts

Will Do:
Alchemy

No Interest:
Husbandry
Leatherwork
Tailoring
Metalwork
Cooking

Other:
Will farm mats (Mining, Logging, etc.) for others

Teti
Interested:
Fishing

Planning:
Farming
Gathering

Will Do:
Cooking
Husbandry

Other:
Plans on settling in Solis
Has two accounts, will focus on land close together
Working on Cooking after getting land set up
Will focus on Banana trees for guild runs quickly

Tekashiro
Planning:
Commerce
Fishing

Randseba
Will Do:
Carpentry
Construction
Logging

Jahlon + Wife
Planning:
Farming
Gathering

Will Do:
Logging

Other:
Wife plans an aqua farm at launch
Will start crafting later

NinjaMouse
Interested:
Mining
Fishing
Farming
Gathering

Other:
Might switch Mining for Farming/Gathering

Unislash
Planning:
Alchemy
Metalwork

Will Do:
Fishing

Dusk Dusk
Will Do:
Farming
Gathering
Mining
Logging

No Interest:
Metalwork
Handicrafts
Leatherwork
Tailoring
Alchemy
...etc. (all "Crafting" skills)

Other:
Will have large farm and aqua farm
Will decide between garden and workbench
Will place in Temperate zone
Will only do Metalwork and Alchemy if they need it
Plans to sell to guild at large discount or IOU if they have mats

Lianlee
Planning:
Leatherwork
Farming

Other:
"Carpentry is a PITA."

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Alchemy
Will Do:
Mahi

Planning:
Unislash

Interested:

No Interest:
Dusk Dusk

Construction
Will Do:
Randseba

Planning:

Interested:

No Interest:

Cooking
Will Do:
Cooking

Planning:

Interested:

No Interest:
Mahi
Dusk Dusk

Handicrafts
Will Do:

Planning:
Mahi

Interested:
SerinaNight

No Interest:
Dusk Dusk

Husbandry
Will Do:
SerinaNight
Teti

Planning:

Interested:

No Interest:
Mahi

Farming
Will Do:
Dusk Dusk

Planning:
Teti
Jahlon + Wife
Lianlee

Interested:
SerinaNight
Mahi
NinjaMouse

No Interest:

Fishing
Will Do:
Unislash

Planning:
Fishing

Interested:
Mahi
Teti
NinjaMouse

No Interest:

Logging
Will Do:
Randseba
Jahlon + Wife
Dusk Dusk

Planning:

Interested:

No Interest:

Gathering
Will Do:
Dusk Dusk

Planning:
Teti
Jahlon + Wife

Interested:
SerinaNight
Mahi
NinjaMouse

No Interest:

Machining
Will Do:

Planning:
Mahi

Interested:

No Interest:
Dusk Dusk

Metalwork
Will Do:

Planning:
Unislash

Interested:

No Interest:
Mahi
Dusk Dusk

Printing
Will Do:

Planning:

Interested:

No Interest:
Dusk Dusk

Mining
Will Do:
Dusk Dusk

Planning:

Interested:
NinjaMouse

No Interest:

Masonry
Will Do:

Planning:

Interested:

No Interest:
Dusk Dusk

Tailoring
Will Do:

Planning:

Interested:

No Interest:
Dusk Dusk

Leatherwork
Will Do:

Planning:
SerinaNight
Lianlee

Interested:

No Interest:
Mahi
Dusk Dusk

Weaponry
Will Do:

Planning:

Interested:

No Interest:
Dusk Dusk

Carpentry
Will Do:
Randseba

Planning:

Interested:

No Interest:
Dusk Dusk

Larceny
Will Do:

Planning:

Interested:

No Interest:

Commerce
Will Do:

Planning:
Tekashiro

Interested:
SerinaNight
Mahi

No Interest:

Composition
Will Do:

Planning:

Interested:
SerinaNight

No Interest:

[Mahi]

Great idea for a post.

I will absolutely be doing Alchemy day one.

I will likely look at Machining or Handicrafts down the road, and do whichever is more interesting/profitable. If one was needed in the guild, I'd be willing to do that for the greater good. I'll probably want to build ships and other things, so I might lean Machining.

I like farming and gathering (ie planting of any kind).

I will probably fish to have an excuse to sail more.

I will end up with commerce, mining, and some carpentry in the course of gathering materials and trading, but only commerce actually sounds fun to me.

I do not have any interest in husbandry, armor making of any flavor, or cooking. I would gladly farm mats for other people so that I never had to do those things.

[Teti_AA]

I have been struggling with finding what I want to specialize in. I've been looking into a few to check them out. I like being on the water and the thought of fishing sounds like fun but I've not explored it fully. I'm currently leveling up Cooking because I have enough farm space now to supplement my daily needs. It's using up so much labor though so I don't really have room for much else after. Of course cooking seems to go hand-in-hand with Husbandry. Which I haven't gone much into... GAH! If I get my other large farm space this weekend, I'm gonna use it for Husbandry and see if I can make them both work together.

At launch I'm still not sure what I should go after. I'm open to suggestions obviously. I plan to acquire a small farming empire in launch assuming I can get the space close together. No more running around to plots everywhere!

[Tekashiro]

Im planning on Mastering Commerce and Gathering :p

[Tekashiro]

Meant Commerece and Fishing

[Randseba]

I'm mastering carpentry/construction and leveling logging. I can use any and all logs, even if you're just sending them to me to turn them to lumber.

If you're going to mail me, please write the amount of logs you're sending me in the mail, and whether you want them back.

[Teti_AA]

It's decided finally. I've been toying with Cooking for a few days now and I've looked more into it and the high end cook food is definitely worth the investment. So I will be specializing in Cooking/Husbandry with Farming/Gathering on the side. This will require a few large farm spots, a house and eventually an aquafarm too. If I've been able to secure multiple large farms in this overcrowded Alpha server all together in a small space... I am confident I can do the same in the launch servers.

I will base my operations out of Solis. It's Arid which is probably the least favorite of the temperate climates which increases my odds of achieving my goal but the extra time for harvesting/gathering is not so much that it'll detract me. I work full time and I get up early enough to do my gathering/farming before work.

It feels good to have a purpose and idea of what I want now. =)

Chef Teti   

[jahlon]

My wife and I usually specialize in Gathering first and then crafting later.

She will be doing an Aqua Farm at Lauch so that we get the Green Coral that we need as a whole. Since each one yields 2-4 and you need nine for a Farmer's Workstation, 1 person at launch can cover this.

I will be specializing in Lumber at Launch. I imagine I can generate between 600 and 900 logs each day for the first few days if all goes well. I also know a few good places for illegal farms, so that will help.

[NinjaMouse91]

so far I like mineing an fishing, have only done bait so far but sport seems like it will be fun an I like mining b/c I can move around alot an everyone needs stone an ores + the gems and arcume ore go well with making lures.

[Unislash]

So far in Alpha I've basically been doing all my tradeskills solo. It'll be nice to have help from the guild in release!

No matter what:
Fishing

Planning:
Alchemy
Metalwork

[SerinaNight]

Updated the first post with everyone here! Let me know if I missed something!

[Teti_AA]

Since I will be going into launch with two alpha accounts my primary starting focus will be securing multiple land close together. I will probably not focus on cooking at all for the first two or three weeks. I will be working on get enough gold early on to reserve land space. I will try to plant banana trees as soon as possible for the guild nana runs.
I am finding I enjoy being a land owner and having a labor mule for the secondary account. I think I'll be able to help the guild out with our farming needs, especially early on.
I tend to do well with it, even tracking harvest times so that I can harvest the most I can each day.
I'll be farming yew as well. We're going to need a lot of wood early on.

[Dusk Dusk]

Ok, I’m guessing I will be the odd man out on this. I really don’t like any of the Crafting disciplines (and normally don’t on most games). I may do metalwork out of necessity and make basic potions but I wouldn’t call it an interest.

I will however be doing as many gathering disciplines as I can get my hands on… and I’m happy to share some of my mats for a large discount or an IOU as long as I have them. (Ask quickly before I sell)

Interested (but not really):
Metalwork
Alchemy

Will do:
Farming
Gathering
Mining
Logging

Other:
I will have at least a big farm and an aqua farm
Debating on a small or a workbench
Any Temperate zone works

[SerinaNight]

Okay, updated again!

These are good things to know for when the game comes out.  

So, Dusk, generally most people are pretty free with their professions, so if you need Metalwork/Alchemy and our people who do it are on (and either you or they have the mats, it depends) they'll pretty much be cool with crafting for you if you don't want to deal with those skills.

Also, no worries about being the odd man out! Mahi refuses to do all the armor crafting skills too.

[Lianlee]

Planning on doing Leatherworking and Farming mostly. Carpentry is a PITA.

[SerinaNight]

Okay, updated again.

I also added a new section for all the Proficiency(s) themselves, so we can see what isn't on people's lists. Let me know if I missed something or made a mistake anywhere.

[NinjaMouse91]

I may switch mine to farming/gather and fishing. I like being able to plant bundles and just give away that stuff an keep the worms to fish an that makes enough money to keep the cycle going, an we seem to have a lot of people that want to mine also.

[SerinaNight]

I put that up in there for you Ninja.

[NinjaMouse91]

Thank you Serina!

[Tekashiro]

I will focus on hosting multiple trade runs so I can make the packs for everyone so I caj level commerce. As well as I will be doing gathering/farming/husbandry for mats for packs. All rare items from said prof will be donated towards the guild.

[Tekashiro]

Also to note I will do composition and I will do commerce. U have me set as planning.

[Seiarryu]

I'll be training Handicrafting on my little healy-alt, Cortillaen. I've got enough Rose bundles to last me till the apocalypse, though I could use people's help in harvesting them to save my LP for the crafting. I'm working on setting up a chest so I don't have to be on for someone to accept the harvested goods, and I'll leave bundles in there for anyone who feels like replanting when they're done.

[Angelisa]

am doing handicrafts, and gathering

[Zanzibar]

I will do Metalworking and Weaponry i beleive.
Planning on master 16 professions total

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