Quote:
Originally posted by skyler87
I'd like to see some actual reasons why alchemy items shouldn't exist, not just here people complain about them because they don't have them.
|
It is my understanding that the alchemy ingredients neccessary to make such items were removed in order to balance the economy, since things like miths were being mass-produced and sold off to the shops at phenominal prices...
It is also my understanding that the consequence of removing ingredients but not the items already created has not only caused further imbalance in the economy, but imbalance between players too. As you say, people have to pay "an arm and a leg" to get one of these items, whereas when they were alchemabalizablebleble, you could buy one for 2k plat or so (or so i've heard, i might be wrong about that o_o). This messes the economy up because platinum is -still- worthless, and now you have to trade vast amounts of other items just to get the odd one. It also creates an imbalance between players because not only are there a small few people walking around with items far superior to that of the other players, but there is slim to no chance of the other players ever getting their hands on one of their own due to them being "an arm and a leg".
Leaving the items in the game but taking out the means to create them has caused further imbalance, and this is one reason why they should be removed, imho. It doesn't make much difference to me personally, i couldn't give a crappo about melee fighting anymore. Prayers and relics is what i'm after o_o