Good news,
I am now at 47.5 Master Armorsmithing. I should be able to make Dread Plate within hrs if needed.

Bad News
Requires 120 str.

To make a complete set, without fails (I will be at 75%) is:
2350 Gold... (no longer a problem with t-maps giving 5-20k in 30mins)
168 Ingots (over 1k in the bank)
61 Leather (over 5k)
14 Veilron Ignots (15 in bank. How close are we to smelting these)
10 Neithal Ingots (3 in bank. Again how close are we on smelting?)

On the Leather Working side, I have mastery, and able to make Spiked Leather. Requires 110 dex... There is one set in the clan bank, and can make more, just don't know the demand??

The cost for a spiked set of leather is:
950 gold
420 leather
24 Ingots
14 Sel Leather (57 in bank, and able to make more)

I think that we are well equipped as a guild to make all but the highest gear. We can use more essence of all types. This is going to be harder now that the mines do not drop as much. But the treasure maps are dropping a ton right now, along with 5-10k (yes 1000) per small map. Upto 20k for lrg maps. Now fishing has a benefit other then just prowess and useless fish.

I am beginning to think more about the market side of this game and how it will evolve after release. Is anyone interested in trying to building a marketing plan, along with a flexible price list that we work off of. This could be used for doing more trade with other guilds, and helping build alliances for defense, and more rapidly gaining the resources we need for crafting.

All in all, having fun, looking forward to what this game will bring next. I like the pace, even at 10fps.

Morlander is the only one that I know of currently that can wear Dread. Most of us are in Plate, soon to be FP & Dread hopefully.

For Val to get beyond Selentine Ingots she will need to work through a good portion of our Selentine Essenses. I would like to see if a group can go out sometime this weekend and find a mob that drops more because they have scaled back what drops from harvesting.

The only way we can advance is if she can use what we have now.

id love some yes please
i have a small collection of rare ingots from dune shapers in my bank but the veliron and selentine ingots ect can be looted as for essences not so solid
the nethial is a bit harder to come by honestly the treasure maps seemed the best income for rare resources i have seen yet past having a mine

Great progress guys.

i dropped my stash of rares i have farmed into the clan bank we have a few pieces of dread in the clan bank start with those and try to fill out a set from there val can make vel ingots and is grinding to make neth atm
id really like to have a set or 2 for sieges

I am up to Neithal Ingots now!!! Ground my way there... now to farm more of those essences i used up so others can get there too

120 str, damn ... i respec'd str to dex. But thinking about a switch to ele to give it a whirl.

The str-to-dex warrior switch is very nice.