Socket Items in TC

03/29/2006 07:47 LustsDesire#1
I have heard allot of these rumors about how to make sockets in tc ":20" right after maint and allot others well i thought i'd share my thoughts and how i have made mine...

Heres one thing if you use <and most of us do< the tc trick to up your items quality in tc for instance i take a high lvl elite junk item (for instance a elite war helm) throw 5 mets in it (if they all fail) then put a db in the item i wish to improve quality .. now if for some reason the db fails (WHICH IT DOES SOMETIMES) buy up 5-10 lvl 10 boots or lvl 1 ring or wtvr u want to socket and throw 1 meteor in each ... this is how i got 2 of my first 5 sockets.

i've made over 20 sockets in tc and i dont use a time thing or right after maint thing.. i just put 5 mets (1 met in each pair of lowest lvl of the item) i hear about people burning hundreds of mets in tc and lets face it obviously if ur burning that many mets ur doing something wrong .. sorry.. but heres my facts/stats
5 mets a day on each char < past 2 months<

(All of my sockets where lowest lvl possible of that item and i only put 1 met in each :example: all my soc boots where lvl 20 1 soc)

6 pairs of 1 soc boots
2 one soc tao cap
3 one soc neckys
4 one soc attk rings
5 one soc earrings
3 one soc dex rings

<might be off by 1 on some just a rough guess off top of my head<


None of us can be absolutly sure the BEST way to make sockets i only know what works for me and SPAMMING METS IS NOT THE BEST

Following are just some little things about my char(s) for those who feel it may help them in some way.

Here is another little tid bit my char that has created the most sockets does not pk but does fight allot in arena/jail ... someone told me this could have something to do with it so i thought i'd add it in.... Another thing is that the char that has made most sockets (10+) is a rb 2nd best is a non rb water .. and mines 24/7

All my sockets came at night time EST (the end of my day usually before i go to bed but at completly random times at night)



Heres another little thing for you ..... lets face it if ur in a server thats been around for a while u got a water factory there.. heres what you do find the factory that has donated the most dbs.. like for instance i bought a rb wat-troj from a factory of bulkbuyers anyhow i left the char on the bulkbuyers email.. and this char has made more socs then any of my other chars. yea sure buying a rb is a risk or wtvr but isnt 5-10 dbs for a rb that even if you use only for socket making worth a few sockets? pays for itself first time... its something to think about.. it increases your chances greatly in my opinion.
03/29/2006 08:57 SmartGuy#2
o.0

Ill try this later, seems interesting.

To me the Coordinates things and lag thing dont make sense to me, but the time is something i also beleive in.
03/29/2006 12:28 ajcbrown#3
5 mets a day... take like a freaking month to make the sock ? i duno bout this but worth a try
03/29/2006 13:39 tester#4
its random, I have made alot of socks to, just spam

When i say spam i dont mean spam 200 in 1 go.

take 3 metscrolls, open 2, get 5 items all the lowest level use 3 mets on each item, open the third metscrolls get 5 items all the lowest level use 3 mets on each item. If you fail to get a sock leave and come back later, If you do keep going til you use the 30 mets then do another 30. I have found that 3 socks is about the most you can make in 1 maint (I never can make more than that) If your luky you will get 3 socks in less than 100 mets.

Another thing is spam mets fast, dont do it slow or get distracted by chat.
03/29/2006 13:53 omega02#5
smart guy i like ur avatar lol
03/29/2006 17:06 Farto#6
how do you get 5 mets a day?
03/29/2006 18:04 kiom#7
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Originally posted by Farto@Mar 29 2006, 17:06
how do you get 5 mets a day?
Are you sure you asking that ?
Maybe you want edit it a little ?

EDIT: As for the trick, have to try it. With my luck it will fail as usual but hey its just me.
03/29/2006 19:18 nickel#8
as you said on each char. so how many chars u use?
03/29/2006 21:26 LustsDesire#9
My mets usually come from bluemouse quest/ and i use 1-5 chars a day depending if i have alrdy made a soc ornot
03/29/2006 22:59 grim#10
sockets happen when u sucefully upgrade items ... thats why spamming mets on supers high level is a waste of money , since the mets all fail.

Im pretty sure that every x sucefully upgrades in tc someone will get a socket.
Thats why people use mets on normal and ref items till lvl 60 because thats the level where mets start to fail.

The time , location to get sockets are false since my friend got 2 sockets and it wasnt nowhere near after maintenace or close to maintenance and was on different hours.

bottom line : buy items from the npc met the items up till they fail then drop the item and start again with a new item.
03/29/2006 23:06 LustsDesire#11
i only put 1 met in each item like 1 met in lvl 10 boots then go to another lvl 10 boots 1 met repeat...
03/29/2006 23:33 nahui#12
did i get it right?
1.you throw 5 mets in an elite or super high lvl item which should fale and if they fale you throw a db in it(it fails ;) )
2.then you get level 10 boots and throw a met in them,if no sock, you take other boots and try it again,for example with 5 boots
3.one of this boots get a soc?

here is my question,what if the boots upgrade to lvl20?
03/29/2006 23:58 Feaj#13
Nice method better then spamming :D
03/30/2006 00:03 LustsDesire#14
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Originally posted by nahui@Mar 29 2006, 23:33
did i get it right?
1.you throw 5 mets in an elite or super high lvl item which should fale and if they fale you throw a db in it(it fails ;) )
2.then you get level 10 boots and throw a met in them,if no sock, you take other boots and try it again,for example with 5 boots
3.one of this boots get a soc?

here is my question,what if the boots upgrade to lvl20?
no... ok here i want to make unique 2 soc club elite to sell and make profit... so i take a junk item (i.e.) elite warrior helmet lv 90+ put 5 mets in it (if they all fail) i put a db into my unique 2 soc lcub and it will become elite 8/10 times if i get unlucky and it fails then i just throw 1 met in lvl 10 boots then 1 met in another pair of lvl 10 boots and so on and so on because i have a higher chance of socketing due to failing a db just like i had a higher chance of the quality of the club going up due to failing 5 mets

BUT ur luck goes down as the boots lvl to 20 so basically there is no point in spamming to many mets in boots.
03/30/2006 13:48 ~Athena~#15
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Originally posted by LustsDesire+Mar 30 2006, 00:03--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (LustsDesire @ Mar 30 2006, 00:03)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--nahui@Mar 29 2006, 23:33
did i get it right?
1.you throw 5 mets in an elite or super high lvl item which should fale and if they fale you throw a db in it(it fails ;) )
2.then you get level 10 boots and throw a met in them,if no sock, you take other boots and try it again,for example with 5 boots
3.one of this boots get a soc?

here is my question,what if the boots upgrade to lvl20?
no... ok here i want to make unique 2 soc club elite to sell and make profit... so i take a junk item (i.e.) elite warrior helmet lv 90+ put 5 mets in it (if they all fail) i put a db into my unique 2 soc lcub and it will become elite 8/10 times if i get unlucky and it fails then i just throw 1 met in lvl 10 boots then 1 met in another pair of lvl 10 boots and so on and so on because i have a higher chance of socketing due to failing a db just like i had a higher chance of the quality of the club going up due to failing 5 mets

BUT ur luck goes down as the boots lvl to 20 so basically there is no point in spamming to many mets in boots.[/b][/quote]
what if u upgrade the club successfully? still spamming mets to do soc?