The item must be fortified before imbueing. So a good crafter working with something that is sure to sell will fortify the item then imbue it.It is true that imbued items cannot be fortified. However, consider that certain items take less durability hits than others. Imbued jewels, for example, are likely to last a long, long time. Sell a ring with 1/3, 15 hci, 15 dci, and a bit of di...somebody's going to buy that.
I'll also use imbued armor for my mages/archers, as they don't typically take much damage.
Would I buy an imbued melee weapon? Hmm...only if the price is right.
I have only used powder on my bow ! unless I have to use frags or hard to get ingredients I dont bother with powder !I'd fortify top-of-the-line items, but there's a tier of relic-free mid-level gear that's relatively easy to replace, so you don't need to expend powder on it.
my jewel got 5 durabilty off within several hits when I was taming some creatures (forgot what but very low intensity activity). I think maybe I was just unlucky but other parts didn't really get much of a hit compared to the imbued jewel. (glove 2 dura decrease and shoulder 2 as well and that is it)It is true that imbued items cannot be fortified. However, consider that certain items take less durability hits than others. Imbued jewels, for example, are likely to last a long, long time. Sell a ring with 1/3, 15 hci, 15 dci, and a bit of di...somebody's going to buy that.
I'll also use imbued armor for my mages/archers, as they don't typically take much damage.
Would I buy an imbued melee weapon? Hmm...only if the price is right.
that's funny I noticed the same thing ! seems to be 2 camps and they are directly opposite each other and both swear to one side or the other!If it was a week or so ago, there were issues from excessive equipment damage (though weapons had twice the problem), that have been reduced.
Also, it's amazing that over here, you have people wondering about the viability of selling imbued items, where I have 1-2 posts a week on UO Craftsman of people insisting that Imbuing has made crafting totally obsolete, even when the fact is repeatedly shown that a runic can make things impossible to do with imbuing...