http://forum.shardsofdalaya.com/showthread.php?t=22198&highlight=reagent&page=2
Conversely removing the summon: peridot spell would also work, and act as a needed cash sink.-Cyzaine
I think a step further would be a better idea, as it stands now,
A druid apoligizes when they only have PotG
Half a group doesn't need BoA because they have RBoA
KEI Vs JB
All of these things being so easy to get casted on you whether it be through buffbots or just hitting someone with the right guild tag up, makes the lower level stuff unwanted,
I understand that many Relic buffs have such insane duration because raids last along time,
What I suggest is this, remove the summon gem lines, sure, that would be a great money sink
But go a step further and make a more expensive semi-rare droppable only set of gems or other items needed to cast Relic buffs something that isn't impossible to attain, but requires energy and effort, as a money sink with this you could require the "Rough Diomond" or w/e to be cut by a jeweler npc and he charges <Insert PP Amount here> to do it
Hell, even make them no-drop so the character casting the spell has to actually go out and get some XP instead of being perma in Athica or Sadri the real player owning him having quit years ago and is nothing other then a buffbot
The chance at loosing lots of platinum and time on reagents you have to go farm would help keep people from just botting out there toon to anyone.
A semi-rare no-drop reagent from every 55+ zone (or w/e) in the game would be a needed platinum sink (The need to have it cut by a npc that charges)
For the lower spells, maybe the same item for the higher ones could be "cut" into multiple pieces to still help mitigate buffbots and act as a platinum sink,
Conversely removing the summon: peridot spell would also work, and act as a needed cash sink.-Cyzaine
I think a step further would be a better idea, as it stands now,
A druid apoligizes when they only have PotG
Half a group doesn't need BoA because they have RBoA
KEI Vs JB
All of these things being so easy to get casted on you whether it be through buffbots or just hitting someone with the right guild tag up, makes the lower level stuff unwanted,
I understand that many Relic buffs have such insane duration because raids last along time,
What I suggest is this, remove the summon gem lines, sure, that would be a great money sink
But go a step further and make a more expensive semi-rare droppable only set of gems or other items needed to cast Relic buffs something that isn't impossible to attain, but requires energy and effort, as a money sink with this you could require the "Rough Diomond" or w/e to be cut by a jeweler npc and he charges <Insert PP Amount here> to do it
Hell, even make them no-drop so the character casting the spell has to actually go out and get some XP instead of being perma in Athica or Sadri the real player owning him having quit years ago and is nothing other then a buffbot
The chance at loosing lots of platinum and time on reagents you have to go farm would help keep people from just botting out there toon to anyone.
A semi-rare no-drop reagent from every 55+ zone (or w/e) in the game would be a needed platinum sink (The need to have it cut by a npc that charges)
For the lower spells, maybe the same item for the higher ones could be "cut" into multiple pieces to still help mitigate buffbots and act as a platinum sink,