Forge cost overpriced?

[Arhat]

Is it just me or is the forge cost too high? 150-200 stars for neglible abilities e.g. +1 purification or corruption sounds like a bad deal. I rather clone or destroy for that amount, or save the stars for other service.

What is your opinion on this? Do you use forge service to customize your dice?

[Bumc]

You want to clone something that is already forged.

Minor bonuses are often overpriced, but forging a single risky die into draw 2, refresh and other big sides and copying it 2-3 times is the easiest way to go pretty much win the game with infinite turns.

[Blazikasu]

If you think serenity is bad dice face you're out of your mind.

[Sador]

Forge removes a negative effect of your choice, gives a positive effect of your choice and can make various dice that are normally quite risky to play significantly stronger or more consistent. It's really quite good.

[Xuande]

In the specific case that you're looking to multi-forge and multi-duplicate one specific die, its underpriced. I wouldn't mind seeing the price increment +50 per forge on the same die to discourage forcing a thin deck, similar to how Duplicate increments +50 per use and +100 per Act. Its not the only viable way to play (at least not at difficulty ~7-6 where I'm currently at), but it is often the most viable if you can secure early funds or a strong Risky die early to use as the base.

If you're not seeing the value here, consider a die that has two powerful damage-dealing sides mixed with a variety of utility (Light Shield, Draw, Reroll, Discard, etc) and more damage. Now consider a deck of around 8-12 total dice where 3-4 of them are all this same die. That's what a typical forge-heavy run is capable of.

In the general use case of buying because you like the effect or want to negate a specific negative die effect, its overpriced, but because there's other places to go as alternatives to forging (certain random events aside), its not an issue.

[kasnavada]

I don't think +1 is overpriced, as +1 faces can be enhanced. That's of course only valid if the character is capable of enhancing. Maybe the prices should change depending on which character you're playing.

[Silyon]

I visit the Forge all the time. It's the best way to trim down a bloated dice bag. But actually forging, rarely and only if I've picked up a risky dice with a really painful bad face, like 4-5 self-corruption or 3+ Area corruption. With that, what I replace it with isn't half as important as making that face gone.