The Ultima Addiction

Tailoring Diary

**Note** I took note of resources rounded to 10 as I removed piles. I did recycle everything and because I put the scraps back in the pile the numbers shown are off by a few but not much. Also I could have used far fewer resources doing this... the following is an account based on the shortest time working largely outside burst hours.

* Power or Burst Hours denoted in red with a trailing asterisk

Day One:

35.5 - 42.0 | Skirts (650 Cloth)
42.0 - 51.8 | Cloaks (1620 Cloth) *
51.8 - 54.0 | Leather Gloves (200 Leather) *
54.0 - 58.0 | Leather Gorgets (310 Leather) *
58.0 - 62.3 | Leather Skirts (420 Leather)
62.3 - 66.8 | Leather Shorts (1210 Leather)
66.8 - 70.5 | Robes (2230 Cloth)
70.5 - 71.2 | Leather Tunic (500 Leather)

Not bad for a days work. Today really pissed me off because I transported 11k leather and got to 68 off part of it when GL dropped and reverted to when i was moving the packhorses. Needless to say, logged on to 0 tailoring and my 8 packhorses gone with no leather that I spent all morning collecting.

I managed to get 3k more hides and do it over again but this time i did skirts and cloaks to start and save that precious hides for my power hour. The first time i did it i ate up 2k hides making non recycle-able shoes and ... well thats just dumb, spend 4k on the cloth.

Day Two:

71.2 - 74.6 | Leather Tunic (1125 Leather)*
74.6 - 79.3 | Oil Cloth (300 Cloth)*
79.3 - 82.8 | Oil Cloth (650 Cloth)

I like this oil cloth business alot! Cloth is so light and gains are good considering. My friend was working lore on a boat and wanted me to cut bandaids for him... so i set up a macro in UOA to make 50 oilcloths and cut by type 50 times. He supplied the cloth ... i gave him bandaids. Killed 2 birds with one stone and had some company too.

Day Three:

82.8 - 92.9 | Oil Cloths (4420 Cloth)
92.9 - 94.6 | Studded Legs (2120 Leather)

I got very sadistic today... oilcloths eat so little I just decided to dedicate my 2nd computer to making them all day long and see how it went. I started when the server came up and just began tailoring away.

Some of you may think thats crazy but ive been playing for a long time and remember when certain skills made this process look like a walk in the park. Some of you know what im talking about... standing in feind room all day dumping mana and active meditating all day ... 10+ hours ... for a whopping .1 gain.

I also noticed something I found very interesting when I was doing the oil cloth spree. I am beginning to think there is a little variant of the Seige RoT system in the normal shard code (or at least GL). I think this because around every hour on the hour I would gain anywhere from .4 to 1.0 back to back in a matter of minutes... anyone else see anything like this?

At 92.9 I was about ready to fall asleep having been up all night before... I decided to eat up 2k leather I had in my box, save PH for tommorow and call it quits. (I could have GMed if I would have stayed awake :)

Day Four:

94.6 - 95.8 | Studded Legs (1560 Leather)*
95.8 - 99.1 | Studded Tunics (7890 Leather)
99.1 - 100.0 | Studded Tunics (1180 Leather)*

Well... I spent a few hours in prep for today... gathered about 4k hides and logged on my tailor. After my initial PH was over I tried some oilcloths... an hour went by with no gains and I decided it wasnt worth it. Not long into my outside of power hour gains on tunics i realized i needed more hides so I commissioned some friends to kill the polar bears around ice and bring me hides while another friend loaned me 2k. Steady gains for 4 hours from 95.8 to 99.1. PH Hit and I was GM from 99.1 in under 30 minutes... YAY!

Overall Observations:

Oilcloths rule and make useful bandages later!! (Hides are faster though)
29 GM Tinkered Sewing kits were used
15,390 Hides used (Approx 500 cows, 100 bulls, and 500 polarbears were ruthlessly slaughtered and dismembered)
10,995 Cloth used (No sheep were harmed)
Leather is too damn heavy!
UO Assist is awesome!
Gore should have won
Too much coffee is bad for your nerves.

Thanks to:

Arkain, Tylanna, Charon, Padilla, Lacer, and the VnG crew for all the help with company and hides and stuff.

Thanks everyone for your help, guidance, and input!

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GM Tailor, Miner, Tinker - Great lakes