sorry... but what?? the rakata bracers/belts do not require armormech/synthweaving to WEAR, any guild that is anal enough to REQUIRE biochem for applicants/members should have required you to already go armormech/synthweaving, heck even artificing, to get your "BIS" belt/bracer/relic(s) before swapping to biochem, considering how cheap and fast swapping tradeskills is. nor is hardmode/nightmare mode difficult enough in this game to require any one tradeskill.
there should be no absolute headrunner for tradeskills - biochem is very much "viable" it's just not the only option now.
