I won’t delete it this time, and a price comparison
I’m tempted to delete my last post, but I won’t. I just want to be able to convey some of the concerns which I have, and which apparently I am not alone in having. Others seemed to have expressed these, mostly in-game.
I don’t want to bash on the publisher Aeria, and I don’t want to bash on the developer, Sanrio, and I don’t want to bash on the GMs of either of those organizations, so please don’t take it that way.
I was just in-game trying to work up some more money, and am still (even after playing SEA and ID) unsure what the best way to make money is. Mining and stunning monsters usually gives items that sell from 1-3 gold a pop, so even at 50 a stack, that’s no more than 150 gold for a full stack of stuff. And we all know, the stuff you sell now is the stuff you will immediately need for the next quest.
A single piece of Iron Ore sells for 4. You need four piece of Iron Ore to make two pieces of Fine Iron, which sell 6 gold each, so four Iron Ore net you 12 gold if you turn it into Fine Iron. But those four Iron Ore would sell for 16 if you sold them as raw materials. You will lose 4 gold if you turn them into Fine Iron.
To unfortunately compare this to other games, most refined products usually sell for more than the raw materials.
September 4th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Mining crystal vein (the most consistent source of money) will earn you about $2-3k an HOUR consistent mining.(!!) ‘Cooking’ stuff doesn’t really bring in cash either unless you make umbrellas or wands and so on, and I calculated the profit-per-drop item used for making them and they’re still not that profitable.
Farming is not that profitable either after you buy seeds and stuff although red onions and things sell for about 7 apiece.
I think by now after ID and SEA they Must be aware about the money imbalance thing :) hopefully they are working on it.