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[mochiii]

I understand back in October 2020, @Realism mode got the plank making price reduced for EIM/GIM/Realism accepted in this thread https://www.alora.io...-spell-cheaper/ but i want to further talk about the reasons why and how to ​implement this feature into the game in other ways.

 

Along with my own train of thought i did my best asking around other community members on their opinions on how we can approach the reduction of price for plank making, but before i get into that i want to talk about why i think it so high in the first place. 

With everybody besides EIM/GIM/Realism having a increased gold earning on Alora it is very easy to accumulate vast amounts of gold and to equal how much gold we gain as a individual and how much things cost things had to be evened out to accommodate for this amount of "cash flow". I understand the other reason why its so high to create this other forms of "money sink" to take gp out of the community to not break to the eco(im not very knowledgeable but this is the best way i look at it correct me if im wrong).

 

From speaking to the community we gathered 3 directions we can take:

• Reduce every bodies plank cost by 30% (not just EIM/GIM/Realism)
• Reduce for IRON modes only by 30%*
• Make Varrock Elite diary perk reduce cost by 30% (@gonzo7 suggestion)

*In regards to ironmen game modes the gp that gets collected most of the time does not enter the "normie" trading circle and is typically used for own gain like buying runes/making potions etc.. So for any iron that needs to make planks they shouldn't take a big hit to their bank that's meant to help keep the "eco control" for trading and overall server economy

 

 

 

Personally, i think this will greatly benefit accounts who are trying to train construction especially ironmen who have to majority of the time make the planks themselves. Please take the time to take this into consideration i do think this is a good step forward and by even mentioning 70% 50% and other amount of reduction we came to the conclusion as a proper median the 30% reduced from all game modes not effected so far is a fair amount for not just the 3 game modes, but all irons even normies if suggestion 1 and 3 are considered.

 

[beans n cake]

Support this. Making planks on GIM is still a money sink and I have uber. Having lower level donor where you can only do 2/3 planks costs ironmen a majority of their cash stack.

[Real Alan]

@Omicron 's reasoning for not reducing prices for ironmen / hardcores

I felt like this would be an important thing to consider before looking at your 3 options

From speaking to the community we gathered 3 directions we can take: Reduce every bodies plank cost by 30% (not just EIM/GIM/Realism) Reduce for IRON modes only by 30%* Make Varrock Elite diary perk reduce cost by 30% (@gonzo7 suggestion)

Feedback
Option 1: reduce for everyone by 30% - ambiguous
If you want to reduce everyone's plank make cost by 30%. You'd have to further reduce EIM/GIM/Realism's cost to make up for their reduced coins from caskets. Does option 1 suggest applying the 30% reduction to just those who missed out last time (normies/iron/hc/classic) or a further reduction for all game modes by 30%? Please clarify!

Option 2: reduce for irons (including hardcores?) only by 30% - no support
Correct me if I'm wrong, but ironmen and hardcore do not receive reduced coins from caskets. Why should they alone get a 30% reduction?

Option 3: Varrock elite diary perk - partial support
I like the idea of having a 30% reduction perk through diaries, but a varrock diary perk should be limited to varrock.
The perk should only reduce prices at the varrock sawmill–not at woodcutting guild sawmill, the priff sawmill, or plank make spell. If players want that, they should be required to finish the kourend & kebos diary (for the wc sawmill), the western provinces diary (for the priff sawmill), and the entire achievement diary (for plank make spell).

[mochiii]

Thank you for your feedback @Real Alan, just to clarify when i say "irons" im talking about all the modes as a whole.

 

My post wasnt in comparison to why those 3 games modes got a reduction, i was just adding it as extra information to what was applied months ago and why.

[Arosa]

Considering the "Incense burner meta" has been patched and planks are the way to train construction I guess I SUPPORT this suggestion to reduce the price for plank making.

[strudelle]

we dont have the choice anymore on how training construction other than making planks, so 100% support on reducing planks price for irons to

[rip joey]

Yeah this fits the whole rebalancing the construction skill, also you are a plank

[Omicron]

I really like the idea of reducing the plank cost through achievement diaries, specifically the Varrock diary, since it only has 4 perks total. I'll make the appropriate changes to reflect this.

Your suggestion has been accepted.