Just wondering what you are all whining about?? Tradeskilling in EQ2 is not that difficult. Go buy all the books you can find 1-9. You can even buy the alchemy and other specific books 1-9, so look around for them. Are you all that pathetic that you cannot figure out how to make a bottle without logging in to some website and getting step by step directions?? Does mommy still hold your pee-pee for you too?? My god, buy the books, and run around the stupid little tradeskill area from bench to bench finding how to make the temper for your new bottle or whatever. Write it down, it is called RESEARCH, or does mommy do that for you too? And if you are REALLY that sick of paying a different specialty class for their combines, than make a second artisan class character, collect combine items for him with your main adventurer, and diversify your abilities by making a few different artisan classes. If you really want it handed to you just wait a few months and buy yourself a nice lvl 30 artisan class account.