Does cutting Gems ever increase the QL?

[Autocratt]

Does anyone know if it is possible to increase the QL of a gem but having a person with high mech eng cut the gem? Thanks!

[Warlock]

Originally posted by Seraphfirst
Does anyone know if it is possible to increase the QL of a gem but having a person with high mech eng cut the gem? Thanks!

Dont know if it raises the QL, but cutting it does raise the selling price

[CratroX]

i believe it's the same Ql, but as War says, it increases the price pretty decent

[______________Tarage]

No, cutting it does not raise the QL. I can get my ME over 1150, and have never had a gem's QL increase.

[______________Inanis]

When we are on this subject, is it possible to polish gems? I have seen in a few tutorials that you "cut and polish it and you end up with a perfectly cut and polished gem which can be put on a gold filigree ring set with a perfectly cut and polished gem".

[Maximilian]

-> Inanis: Polishing and cutting is combined in one process in AO. Self made rings require a multi step process.

To get a 'Metal*' Filigree Ring you have to extract and melt down some jewelry (almost all type of rings and bracers can be used), use a wire drawing machine on the molten metal and then a generic ring template. (for detailed description please refer to The Workshop)

* Silver/Gold/Platinum

Now you can add any gem to it, preferably cut before (exception Blue Pearl by Conner and Silver Onyx). For cutting (and polishing) you need this device: Jensen Gem Cutter. Now you simply combine the two and have your self made ring. Silver is not worth the effort (was changed recently ), gold so lala, and Platinum I can't tell you, but sells best.

Limiting skill is Mechanical Engineering (ME) and you need about ql x 5 to combine ring and gem. Nice detail, determining ql is the filigree ring, so you can boost the value of the end product a bit by this.

So long,

Max(imilian)

[________________Jica]

QL won't increase even if you have insane ME, which is the base skill for this process.

Making a filigree ring though increases QL by 1 from ingot to ring state is my experience.