I picked up the Tinkerer school this weekend as it's one I've never done before. I'm having a tough time so far though. First of all, everything requires bronze bars to make. But you get no xp for making the bronze bars, only for turning them into gears or other gadgets. So, the xp you would get in other schools from processing raw materials is gone.

Then, there are only 2 trainers that I've found, and they don't seem to be very near resources, making the crafting quests they give out fairly tedious to complete.

At this point I just want to be able to make a full set of flaxen cargo armor. Does anyone have tips on how to get up through those levels in Tinkerer fairly quickly? Is there some secret to it that speeds things up?

Thanks