IDÉES POUR RYZOM

Packers are EXPENSIVE—they cost much more and they consume feed about twice as fast as mounts—and that is fine. Mounts are very inexpensive and that is also fine. However, the value of a packer over a mount does not equal the expense, that is not fine.

Here's the numbers buying 3 of the best packers and taking a journey that requires 1 concentrated bale for a mount which means 2 bales for each packer. I am completely ignoring the bulk of gear and feed in these numbers.

at 50 Fame          Mount Expense  3 Packers Expense   Difference
Purchase Price      5,562 dap      1,501,821 dap       27000% increase
Concentrated Bale   3,337 dap      20,022 dap          600% increase (approx)
Total Bulk          300            1,500               500% increase

Look at the same numbers if I instead hire three young homins (alts) and I furnish them with mounts

at 50 Fame          Mount Expense  3 Mounts Expense    Difference from above
Purchase Price      5,562 dap      16,686 dap          1,485,135 dap decrease
Concentrated Bale   3,337 dap      10,011 dap          10,011 dap decrease
Total Bulk          300            1,800*              300 bulk increase

*Mount bulk + naked alt bulk

Bulk on packers needs to be increased to match the price difference between mounts and packers. I can go further with mounts than I can with packers due to consumption rates and I can actually carry more for much cheaper with a long train of alts. I'm a homin that rides regularly between Zora and Pyr. Please give us some more room on these expensive beasts. 100 more bulk on a packer to equal a train of alts isn't too much to ask. 300 more bulk on a packer isn't too much to ask considering the price.

Sincerely the man behind the keyboard