Blacksmithing question.
December 1, 2008 – 11:25 pmPosted by: Baltique
I just got my blacksmithing to 400 and learned the socket bracers and socket gloves recipes. I was curious to find out if there are any other available socketing recipes, so I searched wowwiki and came up with a socket for a one handed weapon. Unfortunately, there was no additional information on it. Is this recipe available for Blacksmiths to do? If so, do you have any idea where to find it?
One Response to “Blacksmithing question.”
Blacksmiths get to add sockets to their own bracers and gloves. They also get to create Belt Buckles to sell to others, to add a socket to belts. The Socket One-Handed Weapon never made it into the game in a way that could be used, it was just seen in the game files. I’m not sure whether it even made it into beta or not, but I don’t think it did. I think they decided not to use that one and go with bracers/gloves instead, because all of the profession-unique ‘enchants’ overwrite real enchantments from enchanting. Would you really pass up something like Mongoose as a tank/melee for one more gem? In some cases sure, but most of the time you would just laugh at that and go get the real enchant instead of some +stamina gem.
Bracers/Gloves you’re pretty assuredly gonna go for the gem, since its a clear +stat upgrade over an enchantment. Weapons are a little more varied and unique. You can’t get something like Mongoose in a gem unless it’s a metagem, and being able to socket multiple metagems would be absurd considering how good some of them are.
By Barberousse on Dec 1, 2008