Bitttymacod
Ummm? Am I missing something? I haven't done much in the way of tribal missions, but what I have done they seemed the same as the Overseer missions.
Yes ....
1. To do one round of Tribal missions ... say Hamazans of the Dead Seed, you need 1,079 mats of 10 different types ... and that might earn you 10 nation points on a good day.
2. In doing so, you are mixing kill missions with craft missions which also means carrying enough weapons and armor to accomplish those. Let's not forget needing to carry a tool for EVERY craft skill.
3. On top of that, you have to store the crafts .... so how many packers are you expected to bring with you.... not to mention that some of the craft missions require you to craft 1000+ bulk of crafts.
4. Now for nation points, it doesn't take much T & E at all to bump ya fame up 10 points.
5. And when you do NH, and get the points to spend... all of the other items you can choose from seem like a fair trade ... crystals, picks, cats whatever seem **worth** the number of points you spend on them.
6. So the question is... is it a good idea to make it 20 times harder in T & E to get Tribe Fame Points than Nation Fame Points ? There is certainly possible way anyone would consider buying Wundahmat to level crafting, .... digging is certainly more economical from a T & E standpoint. And I wouldn't want that to change. However, with 0 weight / 0 bulk, Wundahmat is perfect for taking on a dozen or so wildly different craft missions without having to use alts and their pets to accomplish.
7. But as someone who's been here 14 years, I welcome a bit of variability in my day to day visits. And trailing several packers thru a region to collect 100+ mats of 10 types in oddball numbers is ... simply put ... just "totally out of whack". It's like getting from 240 to 241 in OA took an hour of effort, but DA took 20 hours of effort. The unbalance just makes pursuing this activity extremely unattractive which perhaps the reason why so few players have undertaken it.
8. I was always frustrated finding eggs w/ Wuhndamat and always just destroyed them ... and when redeeming points, only thought was, who would be so silly as to waste points on these ? It was only after getting all tribe fames above KoS level and maxing out about half of them that it occured to me that "Hey, maybe this is why they are there?
9. No yes, I understand many folks do Occs solely to get crystals and more so cash ... but if you have no need for those, then what ? Should the fate of all players be determined only be determined by the needs of those who need crystals and dappers ? If they are there, shouldn't they be reasonably priced such that someone would actually spend points that way ?
10. Not saying it shouldn't involve T & E, everything should .... but balance is important. Of all the choices at the vendor, crystals are perhaps slightly under priced but not significantly so ... wundahmat on the other is off the scale by several orders of magnitude. Like fast food joint ..
Hamburget - $2.00
Cheesburger - $2.25
Hot Dog - $1.75
Fishburger - $2.75
Salad - $45
Just doesn't quite "fit"
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