Crystallized Sulfur & Saltpeter drops in TSS?

[Ravanta Suffer]

Why do you think that is expensive?

It takes 3 saltpeter and 2 crystallized sulfur to make an aqua regia.

It takes 1 saltpeter and 1 crystallized sulfur to make a vial of muriatic acid.

153/5 = 31 plat ceiling on saltpeter and sulfur.

79/2 = 39.5 plat ceiling on saltpeter and sulfur.

Since most solutions require a vial + regia, what we have is:

153 + 79 = 232 platinum per combine, not counting the various gems and of course the very cheap, and very easy to make in bulk vial of pure waters.

I LOVE THIS CHANGE. I will never have to buy saltpeter and sulfur again, and even for a person making solutions to skillup, they now have an EXACT ceiling of plat to pay for it. And I don't think they will be competing with the people who are doing research for profit either, so it's good for them for another reason.

Is ceiling spelled right? That looks wrong to me.

[Astroshak]

I do research with my necromancer alt. My main is a ranger, and I found it incredibly easy to just run around slaughtering PoI mobs for Saltpeter. Crystallized Sulfur was a tad harder to find a good camp spot for, simply ebcause it drops everywhere in low quantities. I eventually settled on Dulak's Harbor, pulling large trains of mobs and HoA'ing them to death with Headshot.

This change has no impact upon me, unless the sellback on muriatic and regia makes it worthwhile making the stuff to dump on vendors.

[Zacatac]

This change has no impact upon me, unless the sellback on muriatic and regia makes it worthwhile making the stuff to dump on vendors.

No, it will not be viable to sell the stuff TO a vendor. It's only there to make it an option of spending money vs. farming large quantities.

[Sukrasisx]

Why do you think that is expensive?

I guess it depends on what you consider expensive. As I mentioned earlier, until recently my Buyer was getting a steady supply of saltpeter at 15-20pp and sulfur at 1.5-2pp. So by being willing to spend the time on subcombines I could make Aqua Regia for about 60pp, Muriatic for 25pp, etc.

I wouldn't mind if the new vendor items just offered an option to people rich enough to use them. But the supply of saltpeter/sulfur has dropped off so sharply that it seems hardly anybody is bringing them around any more.

Ah well, all mostly moot now. I finally managed to ding 243 research last night, making an order of solutions for someone. (Though why he wants the Paper solutions is unclear since near as I can tell the recipes to use Paper haven't been discovered yet.) That burned through all my saltpeter; I had to buy Oil of Vitrol and Aqua Fortis to finish the orders, but he was paying well enough to make it worth my while.