Cheaper Crafted Items
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Topic: Cheaper Crafted Items
Posted By: Arctic55
Subject: Cheaper Crafted Items
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2014 at 03:39
I believe crafted items should be cheaper. Therefore, I urge all of you illrians to help me lower the cost of crafted items, once and for all. Therefore, I am leading the charge to lower crafted item cost.
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 2k each:
Adventurer's Swords
Bone Handled Swords
Scimitars
Marksman's Bows
War Bows
Duelling Spears
Jungle Spears
Tridents
Heavy Platemail
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 10k each:
Barbarian Swords (for the record, I have no idea why they cost so much, but this is a record low from what I know)
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 350k each:
Silversteel Platemail
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Posted By: Brandmeister
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2014 at 04:29
I'm not sure I understand. Most of these items are being sold at a 2x markup from their material costs. Wild dog bone is 700. Silversteel 20k, earth salts 165k. I'd hardly call a 50% profit margin unhealthy or a huge bargain. The proposed sell prices haven't been accepted because they are silly. However, the history shows that realistic buy and sell transactions have happened. For example, I sold a couple thousand reinforced chainmail today at 4000.
I would happily equip crafted items on my hunting troops when the cost of the item is less than the bonus * unit build cost. For example, I'd equip all my elite cavalry with Boar Spears when the item price is less than 36% of 2 spears, 2 saddles, 2 horses, 1 chain, 1 plate. (36% because the elite division doubles the 18%). Even if the item is lost with hunter deaths, that's still more cost effective than using extra cavalry.
Incidentally, barbarian swords are expensive because scaled charger vertebrae are also used for plains spears, which are extremely popular for elite cavalry formations and plains city defense. The vertebrae are themselves costly because scaled chargers don't drop many when they are killed.
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Posted By: Arctic55
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2014 at 04:32
Brand, to answer your question, this post is hopefully the beginning. Until now, all the prices for the items I posted were normally higher.
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Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2014 at 05:02
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there is a trade forum section somewhere that this might fit well in. Not a problem that it is here, but it would be great to use the Trade forum more.
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Posted By: Arctic55
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2014 at 05:19
Thanks Rill for letting me know. I couldn't find it when I was posting, so I decided to put it here. I guess I didn't look hard enough.
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Posted By: Arctic55
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2014 at 21:02
Revised list:
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 2k each:
Adventurer's Swords
Bone Handled Swords
Scimitars
Marksman's Bows
Duelling Spears
Tridents
Heavy Platemail
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 10k each:
Barbarian Swords
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 250k each:
Silversteel Spears
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 350k each:
Silversteel Chainmail
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Posted By: Arctic55
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2014 at 05:58
Revised list:
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 1k each:
Adventurer's Swords
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 1.5k each:
Heavy Platemail
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 2k each:
Bone Handled Swords
Scimitars
Marksman's Bows
Duelling Spears
Tridents
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 10k each:
Barbarian Swords
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 12k each:
Draught Horses
The following crafted items up for sale at the low cost of 250k each:
Silversteel Spears
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Persecuted but not abandoned.
Struck down but not destroyed.
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