Talk:Feather plucking/@comment-26868758-20150808134116/@comment-12339215-20160620164250

Hi AzuraHawke,

It may be a little late, but to answer this question, this method in itself is just a good (though tedious) process for early money, trade fame and exp.

When you take all the skills it does offer a good basis for late game with 3 production skills aswell as side skills.

Accountants skill is not neccesary if you are not a trader, but that haggling button is actually really handy. though it might safe you 10k here or there, once the value of your goods becomes higher, so is the amount of money you can get or safe through haggling, it definitly is worth your time when trading.

The storage skill is great for adventurers and merchants alike, since it protects cargo from plunder and slows the durability reduction from items while sailing.with the recipe book it also allows you to process Items which you get with the procurement skill (adventurers!) into luxury trade goods, which have a high base price.

Cooking is the basic skill to get regardless of your class, everyone needs vigour food. and once you hit R7-8 you start to get into the 50+ vigour food recipes which you can actually sell to other players. also some foods have side effects like vigour relieve and scurvy recovery etc. livestock trading is also a nice skill that goes with cooking. in general having a high cooking skill and one or two recipe books is always profitable.

lasty Sewing. this skill is where all the additional sails come from. also at High ranks (10+ at least) you can make rare clothing equipment with this skill (does require rare books though). also this skill allows you to make fine fabrics from cheap materials, making it a good source of money on its own early on and late game you can make a few specialty goods with it.

My advice for anyone who starts out and got these skills: get procurement and fishing, and once you got money focus on grinding sewing, storage and they are worth it (especially with cooking its nice to have procurement, need to burn through all that excess vigour food you make some way)