[CF-Devel] Money issues

[Tim Rightnour]

On 30-Oct-02 Mark Wedel wrote:
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        I tend to find that big money makers at low levels is all the +1 and +2
     
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      occasional +1 of lythander or what not) armor and weapons.  So cost of
     
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      scrolls 
     
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      and wands could be reduced without much effect.
     
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        But yeah, if you get less for that +2 armor, means you are just as far away
     
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      from buying that +2 shiled (if that's what your after).
     
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        Reducing value (and cost) of armor/weapons does have some advantage in that
     
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      money and gems found in the dungeon is now more valuable.  Also, the delta
     
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      buy/sell could be decreased.
     
     
I think Mark described it much better than I did.  I don't mean to drop the
value of everything, just the more common, and useful stuff.  What this would
mean is, that when you find a particularly valulable item, say a ring, where
you get 100plat.. you can afford more scrolls than you could have before.

Also.. if the price of weapons and armor in the shops drop, then a player might
actually be able to afford a decent set of starting equipment with what we give
him to start.  (which, I feel should be more)

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a warrior, to be able to get himself
a decent set of armor, and a nice stick to wave around, to start out with. 
When he finishes the newbie training ground.. he should be able to afford a
full set of armor, and quite possibly a +1 sword.

Perhaps the price to identify should be dropped as well.  I mean really.. who
uses those beyond like level 5?

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        The artifacts being talked about are those from the lib/artifacts file. 
     
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      Things like artifact cloaks and rings show up rarely in all cases.  So if you
     
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      were looking for one, and found one in a shop, you may end up buying it.
     
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        I would note that having larger numbers of some of the more commonly
     
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      random items could help drain some money.  Often, I know I may be needing pro
     
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      fire/cold potions, and would be willing to buy a whole bunch, but the shops 
     
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      don't have any.
     
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        But that probably won't make much difference for low levels..
     
     
What it will allow IMHO, is a few things:

1) Low level players may want a particular item, say a special ring, or a
certain cloak, or crown.  They can save up for it, and actually have a shot at
buying it.

2) Mid level players can look for that one particular peice of equipment to
round out thier arsenal.

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