Just an FYI about the new Artisan's gear in Mor Dhona

[Ulathskullsplitter]

Finally getting all my crafts to 50 and was hoping this gear would allow skipping the melding of the i 55 gear. I was planning on buying the turn in items only to find out you cant. So no matter what you still have to fully meld 1 set to make turn in items yourself to get this set. Getting into endgame crafting is just so daunting and expensive.

I really just want to make my own stable brooms. So maybe that's the set I'll meld and use it to get the artisan set for all my others and see where I go from there.

[Bloody]

So no matter what you still have to fully meld 1 set to make turn in items yourself to get this set. Getting into endgame crafting is just so daunting and expensive.

You don't need anywhere near maxed melds to do 2* synths, especially with the ability to get HQ versions of the i70 materials that used to make it hard to get HQ items for the first master books. Go all HQ i55 on one class, goldsmith works great to make/meld your own accessories. I had 2 aetheryte rings with 3 craft in them, 4 craft in my offhand, no melds in my body pieces when I started doing 1* crafts. That should also be enough stats to do 2* crafts, but if not slap a few +4s in your body slots, and once you get the books making the tokens is easy, though pricey on your shard count. Make yourself 10 tokens to get your artisan primary, then make the 20 tokens you need (much easier now with higher craft/control) and load up on the i70 Artisan's gear.