Alchemical base update...

[Jaweebelow]

Am I missing something or does it really take 5 gold bars worth to make a single heavy boot lining? This seems to be a very unbalanced update if this is the case.

[Vip]

Are you on a private server? Single player? Official Server?

On an official PvE server ...

1 Alchemical paste with no alchemist = 1 gold dust, 2 silver dust, 2 ichor.
Hardened leather with a T4 named armourer costs = 2 leather, 1 thick leather, 1 Alchemical paste and 2 oil.
Hardened leather with no armourer costs = 5 leather, 2 thick leather, 2 Alchemical paste and 5 oil.

1 Perfected heavy boot lining with a T4 named armourer costs = 11 Hardened leather, 4 Elephant Hide, 2 Twine.
1 Perfected heavy boot lining with no armourer costs = 23 Hardened leather, 8 Elephant Hide, 5 Twine.

10 gold dust = 1 gold bar.

11 gold dust for a boot lining with a named T4 armourer
46 gold dust for a boot lining with no armourer.

Maybe try to capture a T3/4 armourer for cheaper costs?

Edit

T3 armourer needs 17 hardened leather for 1 perfected boot lining = 17 gold dust.

[Jaweebelow]

I appreciate your lengthy, in-depth response however my point was less about the number 5 specifically and more about how it didn't previously require any gold to make this stuff. And now you will need a fair amount of gold bars to build a set of armor (which previously required none).

I find this to be badly balanced in a way because gold is found mainly by chance (I know there are places it will spawn but these spots are very limited). So everything that requires alchemical base now requires gold which just feels a little ridiculous to me. Maybe some recipes will see tweaks in the future to follow this change, maybe not. I just felt it was quite a drastic change.

[Namhaid]

Originally posted by Jaweebelow:

I appreciate your lengthy, in-depth response however my point was less about the number 5 specifically and more about how it didn't previously require any gold to make this stuff. And now you will need a fair amount of gold bars to build a set of armor (which previously required none).

I find this to be badly balanced in a way because gold is found mainly by chance (I know there are places it will spawn but these spots are very limited). So everything that requires alchemical base now requires gold which just feels a little ridiculous to me. Maybe some recipes will see tweaks in the future to follow this change, maybe not. I just felt it was quite a drastic change.

I'm not sure if they've changed the recipe, but it definetly required gold dust before. I farmed lots of them a couple months ago and it was 1 gold and silver dust and 1 ichor with an alchemist, can't recall what it was before that since I was lucky and found 500 on a bearer thrall.

It's also worth noting that you can actually farm gold in the volcano, it drops from mining obsidian nodes, you don't get a lot, but enought to not depend on random loot.

[Jaweebelow]

Ah that's good to know I haven't been up there yet lol, maybe I saw the difference in cost at station with t4 thrall and station without. Thanks again for responses guys.

[Willow Rivers]

A good way to get Alchemical base is to kill Bearers and loot the supplies pack. You can get 500 alechemical base from them. We have not crafted any alchemical base and have thousands in a chest for our crafting needs.

[sycoman2]

Originally posted by Willow Rivers:

A good way to get Alchemical base is to kill Bearers and loot the supplies pack. You can get 500 alechemical base from them. We have not crafted any alchemical base and have thousands in a chest for our crafting needs.

On the server im currently playing on ive never made any alchemical base.
My lvling base was near the black galleon, by the time i was finished with my campaign of pirate genocide and ready to make my permanent base up north i had over 4000 alchemical base and 100s of coins.

[Jaweebelow]

Originally posted by Willow Rivers:

A good way to get Alchemical base is to kill Bearers and loot the supplies pack. You can get 500 alechemical base from them. We have not crafted any alchemical base and have thousands in a chest for our crafting needs.

Yeah I've started doing this now too, seems to be a good way to get a few things. Cheers for the tip.