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Thread: casks vs glasses
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therealrosh
Wed Nov 24, 2004 11:02 pm
#1
does anyone actually use glasses for anything?
I would like to see casks take more resources to fill, sorry but it seems silly that I use the same resources to make casks of brandy as i would to make glasses of brandy.
If this is an old issue, im sorry for bringing it up again, but this is something i would like to see addressed, if its a useless schematic, get rid of it, or make it useful, but right now, there are casks, and casks, and of course, casks, no barrels, no small glasses, no large glasses, just casks.
seems silly to me.
Mayor_Woosh
Wed Nov 24, 2004 11:07 pm
#2
Glasses dont require trim and glasses use less crystal to make.
therealrosh
Sat Nov 27, 2004 9:47 pm
#3
I realise they require different materials to make, im just wondering what use glasses are? if it takes the same resources to make drinks that fit into casks, why would anyone buy glasses?
Mayor_Woosh
Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:49 pm
#4
A beginning chef would be wise to use glasses. Your out of pocket expense would be lower. You dont have to buy (or make) trim, and you use less crystal. Then you can turn around and sell your brandy (or what ever drink you make) a tad cheaper.
They are good in a pinch I suppose also, if you have an order and no trim.
Ylara
Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:45 pm
#5
Glasses are good for low quantity drinks. Ie mandalorian wine. Using a cask gets me one or two charges more, which is not really worth it, considering the price. So I uses large glasses. On brandy, the difference is much bigger, so I use casks.
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golfingtx
Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:00 pm
#6
Never used glasses myself because I knew anything made with them wouldn't sell for the same reason I wouldn't buy them myself...Everyone wants the best out there and regardless of the cost....they will pay for it.
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MaliaMing
Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:56 pm
#7
I've actually found a use for both small and large glasses, but not on any kind of large scale.
Every so often I get a customer that wants a special order of decorative drinks. Since quantity doesn't matter, I just put whatever grind quality resources into it, leave out the additive and use a small/large glass for looks with less expense. Aside from that, I haven't found any large scale, practical uses for them.
On a totally unrelated note (and since I've found chefs to be the most helpful anyway) do any of you have any idea why my WYSIWYG post editor is gone now? I have the box checked in my options but I've stil had to code any colors into the post by hand. Feel free to WFN me now...lol.
Every so often I get a customer that wants a special order of decorative drinks. Since quantity doesn't matter, I just put whatever grind quality resources into it, leave out the additive and use a small/large glass for looks with less expense. Aside from that, I haven't found any large scale, practical uses for them.
On a totally unrelated note (and since I've found chefs to be the most helpful anyway) do any of you have any idea why my WYSIWYG post editor is gone now? I have the box checked in my options but I've stil had to code any colors into the post by hand. Feel free to WFN me now...lol.
CasualMaker
Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:46 am
#8
golfingtx wrote:Never used glasses myself because I knew anything made with them wouldn't sell for the same reason I wouldn't buy them myself...Everyone wants the best out there and regardless of the cost....they will pay for it.
I disagree: not everyone can afford the best. And quite often "good enough" is fine, especially when the seller isn't trying to got near-top-of-the-line prices for it.
Ikooga
Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:34 am
#10
MaliaMing wrote:
I've actually found a use for both small and large glasses, but not on any kind of large scale.
Every so often I get a customer that wants a special order of decorative drinks. Since quantity doesn't matter, I just put whatever grind quality resources into it, leave out the additive and use a small/large glass for looks with less expense. Aside from that, I haven't found any large scale, practical uses for them.
Thats exactly what I do as well. Everything I try to sell goes into casks. Deco drinks or RP drinks I usually use small glasses.
Really if I sell it... what are 5 or 10k more costs?
If I would start selling brandy in 9 or even 6 quantity, for only slightly less than others sell 18, hell the customers would never come back after they accidently bought it, because 18 is the standard, noone really watches that when buying. They'd be pissed because they feel I would have cheated them, and yeah, they'd be right.
So I would have to price it at a third of the cost... So I rather spend the 10k more for Casks and make three times the money.
There are one or two drinks I think, that always come in a single dose, no matter what you do, I think (might be wrong here, never acually done that drink), here a small glass would make sense.
But even for Mandalorian Wine or so. Either you price it at half/a third of the Cask price or its simply ripping your customers of.
On a totally unrelated note (and since I've found chefs to be the most helpful anyway) do any of you have any idea why my WYSIWYG post editor is gone now? I have the box checked in my options but I've stil had to code any colors into the post by hand. Feel free to WFN me now...lol.
You're using Firefox or any other browser instead of the IE?
Seems the board only supports the WYSIWYG editor for IE, and no other browser... hope they change that soon, but you get used to it
Message Edited by Ikooga on 12-07-2004 02:35 PM
Numen
Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:45 am
#11
For decoration drinks I use small glasses. I get so few requests that it isn't worth keeping casks around for it. Its very easy to make 100 small glasses though.
For all other drinks I use casks.
The simple reason is cost. The extra gemstone/trim is so much lower in cost than the 2x quality flora and 2x additives that would be needed to make the total 3x quantity. I have a hard enough time stocking a few things, I don't want to be stocking thing with small glasses all the time.
It is more upfront cost that is why I can see it being useful in certain cases. But with the amount of credits I spend on creature resources a week spending an extra couple hundred k on gemstone is barely noticeable. I need to go shopping for additve water every now and then as well so I just shop for gemstone at the same time.
siovhan
Tue Dec 07, 2004 11:27 am
#12
Blue Milk. Its the best container for this item. You make small batches based on available resources. Keeping a crate of glasses around works great. This is usually all you need to keep your vendor stocked with the milk.
Ikooga
Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:49 pm
#13
siovhan wrote:Blue Milk. Its the best container for this item. You make small batches based on available resources. Keeping a crate of glasses around works great. This is usually all you need to keep your vendor stocked with the milk.
Uhm, you do realize that a Blue Milk with small glass and Blue Milk with Casks need EXACTLY the same resources if you don't consider the container?
Just that the Cask one has 3 times the charges, but you don't need more milk
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