Velium Weapons ---> Velium Ore?

[karisun]

I think I read somewhere on the boards about the possibility of turning velium weapons from giants, etc into velium ore, similar to breaking fine steel weapons into ore.

Was this something that was going to go in or something that someone was wishing for?

Thanks,

K

[Scuzz Zilla]

This is something Taht i believe they said "we shall look into this it definately looks doable"

[Aalar]

I figure it will happen now that I am all skilled up in tradeskills. I cannot recall the hours spent in Velks farming velium

Aalar

[Nolrog]

I think I read somewhere on the boards about the possibility of turning velium weapons from giants, etc into velium ore, similar to breaking fine steel weapons into ore.

Was this something that was going to go in or something that someone was wishing for?

Thanks,

K

It's on the top 10 list of issues that I submitted (based on a lot of feedback from people here.) Weather or not it gets implemented (or how soon), though, is another question. There's a lot that goes into even a simple change like this, such as evaluating the economic impact of such a change, and ensuring it does not create any plat duping exploits. I'm expecting some feedback on the issues a week from Friday. I'll post it on the main site when I get some.

[Astroshak]

All they'd have to do would be to use the same recipes as for Fine steel to HQ ore. The velium weapons sell to vendors for the same amount that FS does, they sell the velium weapons for the same amount they'd sell FS weapons, and I believe that velium vendors for at or a little less than HQ ore. So a plat duping exploit would be hard for me to believe.

Each server's economic impact would be harder to evaluate, but I doubt it'd be all that significant, there would at best be some more velium available in the bazaar, presumably for a little less than it is now. Forged Velium weapons aren't exactly in any sort of demand, and there's already enough velium in the bazaar that someone making the armor for the shawl wouldn't have to do much velium camping anyway.

Of course, it'd also make sense, given the mines in Thurgadin and Crystal Caverns, if the dwarves living in those two zones had a vendor selling the stuff.