Curse

The Shadow · Aug 23, 2006, 08:45 PM // 20:45

NOTE: I did use the search feature and found a previous posting that was made several months ago, but not very well visited. I figured it was time to resurrect, what I think is, a great idea.

This is one thing that seems to elude me. Anet has made material traders (both regular and rare) available to us for our guild halls. Yet, they do not have a material crafter for us to buy.

I would like to see a material crafter available to us. The crafter would be able to provide the services of crafting things such as:
leather
steel
parchment
glass vials
ink
maybe even damask (etc)

I won't go as far as asking for the material crafter to create the natural or uber-rare materials such as:
monsterous fangs
monsterous eyes
deldrimore steel
jade
amber
ecto
shards (etc)
Aside from just being ludicrous (crafting natural items), it may lead to unbalancing the game/destroying the game economy.

The only thing that would concern me is that more and more people would be running around with rare materials, which could drive down the price at the traders, and possibly "ruin" the economy on a handful of rare crafting materials. But, on the other hand, if people are crafting rare, that would drive up the price on some common crafting materials (wood, iron, glittering dust, plant fibers etc).

Okay, okay... apart from the obvious 1 time money sink (cause everyone would get one... lol), it woud be very useful to us players as well.

The Shadow · Aug 23, 2006, 09:49 PM // 21:49

wow... maybe there was a reason that archived post wasn't well visited...

oh well... I still think it's a good idea.

Loviatar · Aug 23, 2006, 10:00 PM // 22:00

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Originally Posted by The Shadow

wow... maybe there was a reason that archived post wasn't well visited...

oh well... I still think it's a good idea.

were you aware that it costs MORE to craft a lot of those than just buying it?

steel just for an example

Terra Xin · Aug 23, 2006, 10:01 PM // 22:01

There used to be a vial of ink craze, that market is dead now...

The Shadow · Aug 23, 2006, 10:12 PM // 22:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loviatar

were you aware that it costs MORE to craft a lot of those than just buying it?

yeah... I am aware of that. But, for people (like me) who are horde common and rare crafting materials for guildies and friends, a GH NPC would be nice.

sykoone · Aug 23, 2006, 10:17 PM // 22:17

But for the things that are cheaper to craft than buy, it's easier to zap to your hall than track down the proper crafter. I like the idea myself.

Markaedw · Aug 24, 2006, 03:24 AM // 03:24

/signed,

Parchment is a pain to run to Sardelac then back.

Stone Reaver · Aug 24, 2006, 10:20 AM // 10:20

I think it makes the armor crafting process a lot more personal and imerssive if you have to track the crafters down. I see your point, and it's a good and valid idea, but I disagree.

/notsigned

bilateralrope · Aug 24, 2006, 11:07 AM // 11:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loviatar

were you aware that it costs MORE to craft a lot of those than just buying it?

steel just for an example

For most of the time it does. All the material crafters do is ensure that the price of a rare material will never be more than a fixed ammount higher than that of the materiel used to craft it.

samifly · Aug 24, 2006, 11:16 AM // 11:16

Neat Idea, i think.

tijo · Feb 05, 2007, 02:05 AM // 02:05

I like it, im getting tire of running to material crafters for d. steel and e. leather or parchement and vellum for example.

draxynnic · Feb 05, 2007, 03:00 AM // 03:00

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Originally Posted by bilateralrope

For most of the time it does. All the material crafters do is ensure that the price of a rare material will never be more than a fixed amount higher than that of the materiel used to craft it.

Although, as previously mentioned, that can have a knockon effect - if the demand for a particular rare material is high enough, that can lead to a rise in the price of the components as people use them to make the rare material.