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Thread: CU Mangling Food & Drink?
But it will be interesting to see if the mind stats will be buffable at all, if they are then we will have a bigger market than before, as with ents loosing mind buffs, there will be no others apart from spice.
Another thing to consider is that even if Brandy, Ahrisa and Canape were completely removed, but the other foods and drinks remained relatively similar, we'd still have plenty to sell.
I'd wager that foods like Synthsteak and Exo-protein will be as attractive as ever, if not more, and with Ranged professions getting some more power, accuracy bonuses like Citros Snow Cake will have a big market.
In fact, one positive side effect, if Brandy *is* removed or rendered less important, would be that people might buy other drinks! If the "states" like Intimidate, Stun and Dizzy have similar effects under the new system, then Ithorian Mist and the other state defense drinks will be useful.
O.
FantasticPlastic wrote:
Exactly. We just don't know enough to say, either way, right now.
Another thing to consider is that even if Brandy, Ahrisa and Canape were completely removed, but the other foods and drinks remained relatively similar, we'd still have plenty to sell.
I'd wager that foods like Synthsteak and Exo-protein will be as attractive as ever, if not more, and with Ranged professions getting some more power, accuracy bonuses like Citros Snow Cake will have a big market.
In fact, one positive side effect, if Brandy *is* removed or rendered less important, would be that people might buy other drinks! If the "states" like Intimidate, Stun and Dizzy have similar effects under the new system, then Ithorian Mist and the other state defense drinks will be useful.
O.
Not sure about your server but synth, exo protein wafers, the dodge foods, the def drinks don't sell anywhere near what the others do. Basically the game system forced folks to buy food and drink to participate in mid to high level content. With the changes I'm not sure that will be the case. If it isn't made to where folks have to have them, we will see a large drop in sales.
I actually sell Garmorrl, Ithorian Mist and Deutronium-Pyro as well.....they move very slow right now. I do agree with brandy being removed...assuming it isn't change into something useful then it might let some folks experiment with foods they normally wouldn't use.
We're not being totally gimped, especially as blair has only said that ents won't e able to buff mind, he did not say it won't be at all unbuffable.
Eaca wrote:
BoH will be totally useless. It should probably be taken out of the game, with any existing BoH converted to mando wine.
Message Edited by Mr_Continuity on 03-22-2005 06:03 PM
Higginsis wrote:
Synthsteak is my biggest selling seller, my 3rd being citros.
We're not being totally gimped, especially as blair has only said that ents won't e able to buff mind, he did not say it won't be at all unbuffable.
I would put my sellers in this order:
Ahrisa, Brandy, Canape, Bivoli, Steak, Pie, Vrcupti,Port and Cake, Vegie, Sauce, Citros.
I would lose my top 3 for sure, however they could easially be replaced with 3 new CU ones. I guess it all depends on how much they worked food up. The worst case scenario would be for them to simply remove all the obsolete foods and not bother replacing them with anything. Even then the stomach would be empty for other foods to come into use.
Message Edited by Meplorium on 03-22-2005 04:49 PM
MeciniaLua wrote:
FantasticPlastic wrote:
Exactly. We just don't know enough to say, either way, right now.
Another thing to consider is that even if Brandy, Ahrisa and Canape were completely removed, but the other foods and drinks remained relatively similar, we'd still have plenty to sell.
I'd wager that foods like Synthsteak and Exo-protein will be as attractive as ever, if not more, and with Ranged professions getting some more power, accuracy bonuses like Citros Snow Cake will have a big market.
In fact, one positive side effect, if Brandy *is* removed or rendered less important, would be that people might buy other drinks! If the "states" like Intimidate, Stun and Dizzy have similar effects under the new system, then Ithorian Mist and the other state defense drinks will be useful.
O.Not sure about your server but synth, exo protein wafers, the dodge foods, the def drinks don't sell anywhere near what the others do. Basically the game system forced folks to buy food and drink to participate in mid to high level content. With the changes I'm not sure that will be the case. If it isn't made to where folks have to have them, we will see a large drop in sales.
I actually sell Garmorrl, Ithorian Mist and Deutronium-Pyro as well.....they move very slow right now. I do agree with brandy being removed...assuming it isn't change into something useful then it might let some folks experiment with foods they normally wouldn't use.
The sales of those I mentioned are pretty healthy, but the other part of my thoughts was this:
One of the aims of the CU is to make combat even harder against high-level mobs. So it stands to reason that players will be looking for an edge even more so. Another thought is, if the CU brings more PVP because it's more balanced and easier to get started (without waiting 20 minutes for buffs etc), that will mean even more use for the PVP-centric foods.
O.