Syesta
I get that Gaia needs goldsinks, and badly. I was looking at the Alchemy stuff, since I haven't really done so yet. So, I have everything I need for this one thing.. Except a Toggle. So, the first thing I wonder.. Where the hell do I get one? Whatever. Check the MP.. It's like, 50k or something. About 40. I'm looking.. And I just keep asking myself what the point is. I get that they seem to make interesting items, but it seems like you need to jump through hoops to actually get the item. It seems like another one of those keep the rich people richer type things, since you need like, 20 of one item. And, of course, there's also like, 1-10k charge to craft it. I'm just wondering, since it seems like if you want to level it at all, you need to pay insane prices. It's a sweet concept and all.. But what? o_o
Actually, Alchemy is great for making rich people poor.
xp Unless you're crafting something really rare, like maybe the first one ever, the components + formula + crafting usually cost more than what you're selling it for. I'm currently trying to sell a "Amethyst Silver Princess Tiara" for 750K. Sounds like I'll be rich, right? Except that formula needed 3 Electrum at 250K to 300K apiece, plus 50K for the gold version of the tiara, plus however much I spent for 50 zOMG "silver", plus 60K to craft, and, oh yes, 700 gold for the formula, lol! So that at least was cheap. But you see I'm not even breaking even? And if you pick the wrong formulas, or if you really really want to make a certain particular item, you can find you need components that cost 400K to over a million, just themselves.
But... it's kinda fun. I like doing the planning for how to advance while losing as little as possible, weighing each formula against another for how likely they'll be to craft, watching the marketplace and trying to buy as low as possible, etc., etc. I've been on Gaia since 2003. This is the most complex game they've given me.
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