Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-25411747-20140720214414/@comment-24108228-20140720223221

Smithing levels are simply a way of stopping people from jumping from stone to mithril. In actuality, the smithing experience you get from making steel mix is high enough to start making steel tools.

If you want high smithing, make some steel, and make a set of spare tools. It gets you to level 10 without any difficulties at all.

Also, you clearly haven't met the new map. Much better design. Chromium is now on the same islands that you would want to inhabit, and therefore if you know the locations, you can collect loads. Whenever I settle at rockshard to get steel, I always leave with a smeltery and lots of spare chromium.

Plus, slow means weak. If I can outrun you by 5 walkspeed, all I need is a stone spear to kill you. If I can outrun you by 13, I hardly need to try.