Aion Riftshade

Hello. What was it like with the professions in Aion? I think you could only have a master profession at LvL 500. Could I then do a second profession at LvL 499 or does the second profession only go to LvL 400??

From 2.0 patch notes:

Crafting

1. The Master level of Crafting has been introduced.

• When players' crafting skill reaches 499, they can become Masters by completing a quest and paying Kinah to the specific teacher NPC.
• Master crafters can boost their maximum skill level to 549.
• Only one discipline can be mastered by a player.

As I recall initially a character could max out all crafting skills, but after the change, only one could be maxed at a time. I'm unsure if this happened before or after the Master crafts arrival.

I distinctly remember a version where you could max out one craft at a time only and would need to abandon it to max out a different one. Maybe this applied to Master crafts, or perhaps just reaching level 499, not sure now.

I had various Master crafts spread across multiple alts and never relinquished any to learn another, nor heard of anyone doing so. I'm not completely sure, but I believe giving it up meant forfeiting Master levels permanently and relearning was necessary, with no simple switch on or off.

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Yep, found it, seems like the master crafting skills were firstly capped at 449:

https://legacy.fanbyte.com/wiki/Category:Crafting_%28Aion%29

"You can totally learn all six professions, aside from the fee to get a new trade (2,904 ), but you can’t advance a second craft beyond 399 (Expert=400) until you’ve Mastered (449) one crafting skill. Once that’s done, you can choose to Become Expert at a second craft. But mastering more than two crafts isn’t possible."

Check out info on whooping crafting levels here:

Crafting info

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