Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-98.154.5.158-20131108053247/@comment-24003266-20131108070206

Depends on ur progress in the game. At higher levels you can have several smiths operating at once (usually 3 or more) and farm materials from higher Adventure stages. Most players grind Snakeskins from Skeleton's Tomb - once ur > lv 30 or so you should be able to get thru the Tomb several times w/ a single knight. Basic armors are only worth 6EP (enhancement points) while Uncommon = 10 EP. By contrast, rare craftables (those crafted by using elements gained from Adventure stages thru Caballero Desert-Hydra Hunter) are worth 24EP so you can see how using these armors would increase your leveling rate. There are also 4 guaranteed 50EP Rare non-craftable sets that you can get thru fusing basic armors using the following combos: fire/earth (olcanic Mantle); fire/air (Flamestorm Finery); spirit/water (Wavecharmer's Mantle); and, spirit/air (Wind Monarch Robes). Super Rare (2*) sets are also worth 50EP, while Ultra Rare (3*) and Legendary (4*) sets are worth 90EP and fusion boost armors = 180EP. All EP values are for matching elements, EP ~20% less for non-matching elements.