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reg consumption chance is too darn high?

Discussion in 'Release 35 Feedback Forum' started by Sire Lancelot, Oct 30, 2016.

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  1. Sire Lancelot

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    wow guys reagent usage has gone up to the point where it's not viable to use magery? I seem to be using about a 1k in regs for a 1 hr session in the
     
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    In my experience prices on NPC vendors haven't gone up from what they used to be. However, the factor of supply and demand may make the price in a popular place go up, so you may have to shop around.

    Some price comparisons from past releases:
    In R21 Morton the Alchemist in Ardoris charged 5g for Corpse Wax, Garlic, Nightshade, Serpent Scales, and Spider Silk.
    In the same release, William the Reagent Trader in Owl's Head charged 20 g each for the same reagents.
    In R32 I saw William charging for Black Pearl/Sulfurous Ash 8g, Corpse Wax/Spider Silk/Serpent Scales 6g, Garlic/Mandrake/Nightshade 4g
    In R35 Eretria Moonglow in Aerie is today charging for Black Pearl/Corpse Wax/Serpent Scales/Spider Silk/Sulfurous Ash 6g, Garlic/Mandrake/Nightshade 4g

    I personally prefer to harvest my own reagents. This means "wasting" a lot of time in low level scenes that give me very little exp and no valuable loot, so from a financial and levelling-up standpoint it would make more sense to purchase the reagents. However it is a choice I made for role-playing reasons.
     
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    Sorry ill re-phrase this - I meant cast usage seems to be using a lot more?
     
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    Oh, I apologize - I agree that reagents are being used up very fast. I haven't got any statistics to underscore my personal impression though.
     
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    The title should be changed to the reg consumption chance is too darn high.

    At this point I stack up -x% reg consume chance gear along with COTO potion to help out. I also use less AOE spells on single target since they could eat up the reg almost every other cast.
     
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    I have the bottom floor of my 5 story row basement filled with medium planter beds plus the limited front yardage of my blue tiled row house. Planted mandrake on most of them and am now adding garlic. Was thinking this was just a supplemental supply but am now wondering whether this will be necessary in tbe long run. Water, Life and Earth are my main magic trees and am just now reaching the 2nd tier on my avatar.
     
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    Title changed! I think it;s crazy for a mage to have to rely on COTO potions to be viable... Guess it's back to the sword?
     
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    I've been stocking up the COTO at around 1250 - 1300 GP (I have not bought any with real money yet). It's actually saving me a lot of money overall. I used to pay about 800 GP for every time I made 1k - 1.5k GP. Now I can make about 100k with one COTO potion playing 1-2 hours each night for a whole week. Also getting some reg reduction staff or wands also help too.

    I also pay more attention to the spells I use (avoid using AOE if attacking a single target, use fist spells for close range, etc). I have yet fall back to any melee weapons at this point.
     
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    Good tips Sire!
     
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    Things that help mitigate reg costs:
    1- Raising the skill generally has the added benefit of less chance of reg use.
    2- Stack stuff !
    ;)
     
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    Appreciate your tips Sir.. Stack spells?
     
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    Absolutely guy.
    You didn't realize that ?
     
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    Yes just checkin...
     
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    Every patch it seems a few more increases 0n different spells sneak in.
    I'm only able to play with a reg-free deck now, anything else I operate at a loss.
    Its pretty stupid.
     
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    I am pure mage, mostly using earth spells and two wands. I have no problems at all with reg usage. I buy a few sulfur ash and mandrake after every outing but other than that my usage is low. I am adv lvl 70 and use earthquake and earth punch mostly. I usually collect 1500-2000 gold worth of weapon drops and gold in less than an hour of very casual play while collecting resources. Then I hit the nearest town and sell my loot and buy maybe 10-15 of the regs mentioned above at 4-6 gold each. So umm maybe 200 gold in regs per outing that makes 2k, meh seems fair.
     
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