Friday, January 15, 2010

Reagent Insanity

Just can't stress it enough.  We all know the difficulty of finding the right quantity of reagents for a specific task.  Especially the Dragonspyre ones where we'll need either blood moss, black lotus or black pearl.  Trying to find them all is just a genuine PIA to collect.  Just like I'd say about farming:  "That's what it's about:  patience, perseverance, and determination."  Without these, I would never gotten my Spiderkeeper hat, Malistaire robe or Kraysys' shoes along with especially Hoarder's Shockblade.

Luckily, I'm over onto the Crimson Bookcases.  Thankfully, only 2 of each item is to be made for each Crafting task over the 5 before the update.  Already gotten one of them done and can't wait to collect the rest of the reagents, get the Master Artisan badge and have a clean plate.  But, as before, it's a pain to manage.  Thinking on this earlier tonight, I was wondering if KI would have a garden-like option set up for those owning at least one house.  Maybe have a few at any given time per wizard.  That is, let each player choose the size, product to grow, etc.  The yield, say 10-20 each reagent per three to six hours.  This way, keep the old harvesting method active during "cooldown".  Who knows, it could be nice to do that instead of strictly harvesting them separate.

Another option is to buy things off the Bazaar in bulk instead of one at a time.  Just today, I cleaned out their stock of mist wood, ore and mandrake just to have enough for the transmutes.  Long story short, something like a reagent garden in a character's home, buying items in bulk at the Bazaar and lighter quantity for each transmute would help us all a great deal.

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