Got the Hammer

And the value of my digital addons are now threatening to overtake the cost of my pledge - ack. Couldn't resist - mining & forging armor and weapons in RuneScape. The repair bonus is also a nice extra.

 

Did you get all of the Prosperity items? You know you have to get them all or you won't feel complete

 

anyone have any idea how many more prosperity items will be coming out?

I just bought the bundle over the holidays and i'm not sure if i should buy this hammer or if another 5 items will be coming out that might get bundled again later

 

Nice thing is they are putting a system in place to let you "melt" add-on items and put the money into other add-ons or to your overall pledge. Trick is, this won't be in place for a while...

 

Hammer + 1, crafting ftw!

It is slightly irksome that purchasing items individually has worked out more expensive than the bundles, melting is good but unlikely to help with the Holiday items as an example in the next four days.

Oh well, supports game development and that is a good thing!

 

I know, I can't help myself and pretty much have to buy these things as they put them on the store So, I'm looking forward to it in a month or so to "fix" things...

It is nice that they've started adding dates indicating how long something will be available.

 

Oh, there are plenty more coming. Take a look at what might pop up in the store this coming year, based on the skills post:

GATHERING

Mining Tools
- Pickaxe of Prosperity
- Facemask

Forage Tools
- Sickle of Prosperity

Forestry Tools
- Axe of Prosperity
- Fishing Pole of Prosperity
- Taming Collars (Taming Reindeer Call, Taming Turkey Call)
- Saws

Agriculture Tools
- Hoe of Prosperity
- Scythes
- Plows

Field Dressing Tools
- Skinning Knife of Prosperity

REFINING

Smelting Tools
- Crucible & Tongs

Milling Tools
- Saw

Butchery Tools
- Cleaver

Tanning Tools
- Punch

Textile Tools
- Loom
- Needle

CRAFTING

Smithing Tools
- Smithing Hammer of Prosperity

Carpentry Tools
- Claw Hammer

Tailoring Tools
- Needle
- Punch

Alchemy Tools
- Bottles
- Mortar & Pestle

Cooking Tools
- Pot
- Spatula
- Spoon

 

I have a nasty feeling that I will be anything but prosperous...

 

I have the funny feeling that after collecting all those nice tools in Smack's list, the next thought that will come to mind will be " ok, now I need a house"

 

Wonder how much a set of 26 to 30 items would cost?

 

I predict sets based on craft.
Such as Blacksmith Set = Mining Pick, Smelting Tongs, Smithing Hammer.

 

Right, and that's just the one's we know about now. By next year the list could look like this!

DarkStarr's Wand of Amazeballs $25
Chicken Shield of Horticulture $15
New Britannia Alarm Clock (with one application of contact poison "Snooze Button") $25
Fence Post of Stagnation $10
Rustic Dragon's Elixir of Immortality! (Death Mechanics TBD) $15
Broken Wagon Wheel of Broken Dreams $10
Lum's Bag of Magic Bees $10
Craftsmanship Sigil of Redundancy Engraved with the Craftsmanship Sigil and Runic Script that read "Craftsmanship" (Lifetime Sears Warranty not included) $10
i phone 6 $650
Sword Hilt of Incompletion $5
Lum's Self Portrait of Back Talking (Paint by Numbers) $15
Red Dye Number 5 $15
Random Items from Richard Garriott's Pockets $200
Door Knob of Turning $5
Lithograph Copy of Map Reveal #7 Signed by Portalarium Intern #3 $5
Malibu Baron Playset $3800
Oracle Elbow (Limited Quantity 1000) $15

 

I want the POT of Prosperity!! I want the POT of Prosperity!!

So I can have a "cool dude" time!

 

I thought the Hoe of Prosperity was funny, but the Pot of Prosperity rivals it.

 

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this one. Think I'm doing both.

 

Magic Fart Box $1

 

I look at a list like this and I know Portalarium is going to go this route. When I pledged (Knight Founder), I did so to help fund a Lord British game -- not a huckster business model that exploits a consumer's expectations of perceived advantages.

To be perfectly transparent, yes, I had purchased the prosperity 6-pack, but now I am really beginning to question my entire support for this game.

 

I think the trick is to specialize. I really don't like farming or harvesting wild herbs or skinning (dead)animals so am not likely to get any tool sets geared for that purpose. On the other hand cracking rocks with a pickaxe, refining the ore into bars [Runescape] and forging the parts of a bronze metal crossbow then assembling the components (usually buy the bowstrings) is such a rewarding experience for me that I"m willing to buy special tools for this.

For all the rest of the stuff that I either don't really enjoy doing, the regular ingame tools are just fine. People spend ridiculous amounts for the hobbies that they do enjoy, the more so because they enjoy these activities with friends. The real question for anybody is - how much is SOTA worth to you? For me, it's not worth a house yet but as soon as Portalarium delivers on the next major set of goals I"ll be seriously considering upgrading my pledge to Royal Artisan.

 

Ever since they released the first Prosperity item, I expected even more up through launch. But I think most people expect those Prosperity items will go away post-launch. It will be interesting to see if they still sell items that give any advantage whatsoever in the store post-launch. I think it's pretty obvious how everyone here will react and even more so with the gaming public.

But as far as purely decorative items, they can put 1000's of items in there for $1-$5 each and let people show off new clothing for their avatars or pets, and new dishes and spoons for their houses all they want. Or they can try and craft them if they have the time, or buy them in-game from other players. I see nothing wrong with selling purely decorative items.

 

I want a Pipe of Prosperity then, like the hobbits have to smoke ol' toby with!