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Originally Posted by The Grindstone
Alas, poor Hardcore, I knew him, Casual: a fellow of infinite patience, of most excellent farming: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how elusive in my imagination it is! My crank creaks at it. Here sat that nose that I have whittled I know not how oft.
I still have the touch. (Economy)
Something that I haven't had to do in a long time is Barter, beg, scrape and borrow to get a deal on something. WoW's economy works in such a way that it's basically not necessary. You want something, go do dailies. that's pretty much all there is to it. Aion's economy is in that delicate, frail state where half of the people out there wants the world and noone can afford it.
The other half of the people, however, live pretty well within their means.
I wanted the Noble Durable Steel Breastplate pretty bad, because A: it looks better than the other Lv 10~19 chestpieces and B: the stats are good.
Well, the only one on the broker had a value equal to my gold supply at the moment. Breaking yourself in a game where you can have to drop hefty sums of money on transit fees unexpectedly (Teleporting between Sanctum and other zones, flightpath costs) is hazardous to your sanity, so I elected to not do it.
But that BP just kept taunting me. So I whispered the guy who posted it to see what I could manage. Sure enough, he was farming his ass off, but his connection was lagging and causing him issues, so he wanted to get out of harm's way and I gave him a good excuse.
Here is where I need to explain how Aion's crafting system works for the unaware. It's not terribly dissimilar to WoW's crafting system, except there's a chance of failure. Also, when you craft something, there are two possible outcomes: a "normal" craft, and if you "Crit" or "Proc" at the end of your normal craft, you can make a "Rare" version. The odds are somewhere around 1 in 5.
In this case, the recipe is for "Durable Steel Breastplate" and the proc is "Noble Durable Steel Breastplate." I gathered mats, met him in Sanctum, and I only had mats for 3. Like the mighty jormungar, there were not one, but two procs. Giving me a regular BP, but also a Noble Steel BP to wear, and one to sell.
All for the cost of travel fees as I had all the mats sitting in my bank. I tipped the armorsmith generously for his time and travel expenses, too.
http://na.aiononline.com/characters/Triniel/Alent
The other half of the people, however, live pretty well within their means.
I wanted the Noble Durable Steel Breastplate pretty bad, because A: it looks better than the other Lv 10~19 chestpieces and B: the stats are good.
Well, the only one on the broker had a value equal to my gold supply at the moment. Breaking yourself in a game where you can have to drop hefty sums of money on transit fees unexpectedly (Teleporting between Sanctum and other zones, flightpath costs) is hazardous to your sanity, so I elected to not do it.
But that BP just kept taunting me. So I whispered the guy who posted it to see what I could manage. Sure enough, he was farming his ass off, but his connection was lagging and causing him issues, so he wanted to get out of harm's way and I gave him a good excuse.
Here is where I need to explain how Aion's crafting system works for the unaware. It's not terribly dissimilar to WoW's crafting system, except there's a chance of failure. Also, when you craft something, there are two possible outcomes: a "normal" craft, and if you "Crit" or "Proc" at the end of your normal craft, you can make a "Rare" version. The odds are somewhere around 1 in 5.
In this case, the recipe is for "Durable Steel Breastplate" and the proc is "Noble Durable Steel Breastplate." I gathered mats, met him in Sanctum, and I only had mats for 3. Like the mighty jormungar, there were not one, but two procs. Giving me a regular BP, but also a Noble Steel BP to wear, and one to sell.
All for the cost of travel fees as I had all the mats sitting in my bank.
I tipped the armorsmith generously for his time and travel expenses, too. http://na.aiononline.com/characters/Triniel/Alent
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