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Pre-skyhold you can get tier 2 weapon schematics in val royeaux (they dont have masterwork slots though). Also, I think there are armor schematics there too, so if you want you could grab those. Might allow you to skip out on hissing wastes as there isnt a huge difference in armor rating between tier 2 and tier 3 heavy armor IIRC (assuming you are still using silverite)