nailbat.us

You've got it.

I knew I'd never remember to switch to an alt to run missions to support my crafting so I kept the mission skill and dropped the gathering one for slicing. It actually took me switching things around a couple times to get where I was happy. Fortunately, I did that before I got too ...

Just like the other tradeskills, despite the level listed on the quests there is no level restriction on actually taking them. You could skill to slicing 400 and never gain another point of XP. I had slicing capped around level 34.

I've been leveling Underworld Trading on companion gifts along with ...

The trick with slicing seems to be to never run an augment mission unless you're actually trying to get augments and to run bountiful and rich lockbox missions even if they are lower level than your current top skill rage.

I've also read, but cannot in any way personally verify yet, that currently ...

There is definitely still money in the mid-range of the skill. I'm pretty bad about remembering to run crew skill missions but it definitely helps cover expenses while leveling. Slicing also kept me from getting terribly frustrated when I accidentally bought a couple expensive items from a vendor ...