Artisan Archive

Scerek.. I made this post a few days before that change went in.

I was just congratulating myself on having posted something that got implemented (not that I believe they did it because they read this post..).

I probably should have just left this on page 3, nothing people hate more then someone blowing their own horn .

Artuk

I must confess I did grin to myself when I saw the patch notes with this change in them (having been part of this discussion) but to be fair I still stand by what I said - I think this will create more problems than it solves

It basically green-lights grinding (moreso because of the xp bonus) and while I'm sure theres a database saving to be had, as well as not having to scroll through lots of 'junk' items on the bazaar I also believe this will had an adverse effect on the economy.

It will enable players to reach higher crafting levels than they would have in the same space of time, creating the same kind of cut-throat competition in the elite crafting professions as we've seen in the artisan space - while this may be good for consumers its ultimately not a good thing (some people are already complaining there are not enough money sinks in the game)

It will see a decline in the production of items from the artisan space - now this may turn out to be a good thing, allowing those artisans who wish to concentrate on quality over quantity to actually have a market. Personally I dont think this will happen because everyone on the Artisan ladder seems to be heading for an elite profession. The result of this is that new players will find it hard to obtain the most basic equipment (because no one is actually producing it)

But since they've done it now we'll have to wait and see.....

I agree, it will promote more grinding. But I think that artisans at lower levels trying to make a living might actually be benefited now, since grinders are practicing, those who are producing quality items might be able to be noticed with less junk on the bazaar.

I still think practice is silly, grinding is easy enough but now we get bonuses for it as well? Well, if it helps server stability, I say go for it, but Ahazi is still laggy every night.