103188-questions-about-survivalistoutfitter

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Hey all
 
So I'm still pretty new to all of this and havn't really dabbled in the tradeskills area at all. I'm busy leveling up my Stalker (just got into the 20s) and was thinking about trying out this combo so I can keep myself geared as I level up (I have terrible luck with getting gear, most of the time end up dropping Support oriented gear).
 
Now I've been poking around in a few guides and trying to do some required reading, but there's still a few things unclear to me:
 
1. What determines the level of the gear? Is it matched to your level or somewhat randomized according to the level bracket of the type of gear?
 
2. Is there a limit to the amount of Talent Points you can gain and/or is it possible to complete the entire tree?
 
3. I'm assuming Survivalist levels in the same way Miner does by gathering trees instead of ore, but does collecting leather and such also add xp or do you just get more/better drops from mobs?
 
4. Is it worth it? I've seen quite a bit of negativity surrounding the crafting skills on the forums, so I'm wondering will I be able to gear myself to at least be competent for raids at 50?
 
 
Cheers for any/all replies	
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1.  The level of the gear is set, you can see it ahead of time before you craft it.  The only thing the crafting process changes is the actual stats on the gear.
 
2.  You can get all the stars if you want to, but you don't need all of them to get the tier 7 (final) talent.  Basically you can avoid the hard ones that require PvP or dungeon drops.
 
3.  You get more trophy type kills I believe (the salvage drops).  I think you get some survivalist XP from drops, because I don't remember needing to cut many trees down to level up.  
 
4.  This is a good combo for stalker.  You could also take double gatherer, assuming you switch out to outfitter at 50 so you can get eldan data fragments for elder (research) crafting.  It's easier to just level up with outfitter, but you might be a little short on leather from just normal questing.  My stalker was an alt, so I could just buy the leather with my main, but if it's your first character, then it can be pricey and you might have to farm mats to keep the tradeskill up with the pace of your regular leveling.
 
Some of the crafted items are more useful than others.  Along with the DPS gear that you want during leveling (red chips), some gear will have blue/green chips on them.  Those are for tanking and are usually worthless for leveling.  A lot of the early gear also forces a stat on you, so you can't pump up just brutality (the stat you want), you have to take quite a bit of moxie as well.  It's not bad gear and usually gets better at the later levels when you have more freedom.	
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			So you get XP from killing mobs IF they give you the salvage drop. Seems like every 3-5 mobs or so. 	
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			Thanks for the info :)	
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