Running the Issue from Rhotae today for Mavea the Thorn.
First problem I note is in balance economy-wise since the update to prices. She asked me to acquire 8 one-handed swords. The total quest income would be 4,068 denar. With the cheapest swords on the markets in the nearby settlements being the falchion at 498 denar, simply buying and moving the goods would net a margin of 84 denar profit. When the bribe potential is factored in, this would be a net loss of 1,000 denar.
In terms of raw profit margins, looting enemy parties for their swords will still offer over 500 denar per sword sold, unless they're absolute garbage (which don't actually seem to drop, for me at least, with enough regularity to reliably complete the issue in the timeframe). So the player would be better off not taking the quest and selling looted swords on the open market.
The third option is smithing, which I'm going to guess? is the intention, since for a net cost of about 300 denar (I was frustrated and didn't keep accurate track) using resources sold at roughly average market value (yellow price listings) I could then make the swords, pay the bribe, and walk away with around 5-600 denar profit.
Which leads me to the second problem:
Player Crafted Weapons a) do not get tracked in the quest log of the issue, and b) are not removed from the inventory on completing the issue.
So plus! for me since once I'd sold her the 8 garbage swords for 4k I could then go to the trade tab and sell them again for another 560.
First problem I note is in balance economy-wise since the update to prices. She asked me to acquire 8 one-handed swords. The total quest income would be 4,068 denar. With the cheapest swords on the markets in the nearby settlements being the falchion at 498 denar, simply buying and moving the goods would net a margin of 84 denar profit. When the bribe potential is factored in, this would be a net loss of 1,000 denar.
In terms of raw profit margins, looting enemy parties for their swords will still offer over 500 denar per sword sold, unless they're absolute garbage (which don't actually seem to drop, for me at least, with enough regularity to reliably complete the issue in the timeframe). So the player would be better off not taking the quest and selling looted swords on the open market.
The third option is smithing, which I'm going to guess? is the intention, since for a net cost of about 300 denar (I was frustrated and didn't keep accurate track) using resources sold at roughly average market value (yellow price listings) I could then make the swords, pay the bribe, and walk away with around 5-600 denar profit.
Which leads me to the second problem:
Player Crafted Weapons a) do not get tracked in the quest log of the issue, and b) are not removed from the inventory on completing the issue.
So plus! for me since once I'd sold her the 8 garbage swords for 4k I could then go to the trade tab and sell them again for another 560.
