The Rambling Midget wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:17 pm
Cybernet21 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:44 pm
It's not like the people who got the addy payed for it,they just mined it.
I am genuinely staggered by the ignorance of this attitude, and I'm going to stop there because that's about as politely as I can possibly say it.
They paid for it in time, resources, and risk. Going to these places is not free and carries a high chance of death or even a party wipe. It's not unusual to expend thousands of GP worth of magical items, and charges, and healing supplies
per character in order to reach an adamantine deposit, which might only provide 1-2 chunks of ore, or might not even be there at all. It could take half a dozen trips to these dangerous places in order to mine the materials for a single suit of armor, the profits from which must be split between the many participants, after having been partially lost to expenses. This is Business 101.
I suggest that you round up a party, just once, and go out to mine some adamantine yourself so that you can learn to appreciate the hard work done by your benefactors.
Supply/demand economics also factors into the equation the buyers. Does it aggravate you that prices are so high for Addy nuggets? Yes? Don't buy them. It's only a difference of +1. Take it a step further... do not -EVER- purchase from any shop that sells Addy nuggets at absurd prices.
Take this to others IG. Play out your frustration at the situation and sway more people to your side.
As a player, I find it extremely aggravating that the cost of this end-game gear is so astronomical that you can't break into end-game gear until you are already doing end-game content... and by then... well if you're already doing it... why bother?
If no one buys it at those prices, then the cost comes down.
BUT... this isn't normal economy... this is game economy. It costs you nothing to *NOT* set your prices so astronomically high because you KNOW eventually there's going to be some rich char who just doesn't care how much it costs, they're going to purchase it anyway. That's why this is *NOT* economics 101. This more like Economics 466. This is senior-level economics. The factors are not simple supply and demand because this is not a manufactured goods/naturally occurring resource market. This is man-made. This is the Fed decides to raise interest rates, or to print more money... and that isn't simple. This is complex. Sorry.
And it's not like it's a naturally occurring substance that can physically run out forever. The supply of this material is controlled ultimately by Dev's. They are the gatekeepers. If they open the floodgates, and suddenly Addy veins are spawning in the first level of Bloodmoon Caverns, you'll see the prices drop because suddenly it's not so rare.
If the price is as high as it is, it is because the Dev/DM team allow it to be so.
A plea to them with a good case could sway them to rethink it... and some hearty well played and consistent RP of aggravated consumers who refuse to support such prices might grease those gears.
When it comes right down to it, the extra +1 AC won't break you... it might make your life a little more difficult... but ultimately, remember, it's about the journey!