Idea for new ID/salvage kit

Tender Wolf

Tender Wolf

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2007

All over Tyria, Cantha, & Elona

The Eternal Night Vanguard [TEN]

R/

As it is, every single ID and salvage kit you get (regular, superior, expert, and perfect) all expire. Why not make one of each that lasts forever? But make it a challenge to acquire of course. So much money is spent toward those ID and salvage kits and not everyone realizes it. In the end, it adds up. So I think there should be one that lasts forever.

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

How about stackable Salvage/ID kits?

Solus Spartan

Solus Spartan

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2007

Australia

[Lawl]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by tyla salanari
How about stackable Salvage/ID kits?
How about no?

I Phoenix I

I Phoenix I

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Elite Lords of Chaos [LoC]

R/

What's next, reusable dye?

/notsigned

ID and Salvage kits give certain benefits, but they are not necessary. Also, if intelligently used, the benefits outweigh the costs.

genofreek

genofreek

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

USA

Jenova's Apocolyptic Remains [JAR]

D/

"LFR to get infinite kit!!!1"

So... no. The goldsink of ID/salvage kits is necessary. Be a bit smarter about usage; don't indiscriminately salvage that Shing Jea crap and see how far your kits stretch.

You can't see me

You can't see me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

P/W

/No.

Just no.

Lady Raenef

Lady Raenef

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Oregon, USA.

Zero Mercy [zm]

W/

My identification kits and salvage kits go down at a decent rate that I know I make probably 10x the amount that I spend on it. Especially with the expert. On a good run, I can go through about maybe...five kits a month? Average is one a month for say, a superior identification. Superior salvage lasts me a long time.

dread pirate fargus

dread pirate fargus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

in bed

X Peace And Love X [PaL]

W/

gold sinks support the economy

/unsigned

I pwnd U

I pwnd U

God of Spammers

Join Date: Oct 2005

in the middle of a burning cornfield...

Scars Meadows [SMS] (Officer)

/notsigned


They are not that expesnive to buy.

MirkoTeran

MirkoTeran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Slovenia

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/

What next? Unbreakable lockpick? .... seriously, cut this crap out.

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

They're gold sinks that don't cost a lot. /notsigned

Phoenix Tears

Phoenix Tears

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2007

signed for stackable kits and nothign else

PS...makign kits stackable won't destroy the gold sink of kits at all >.>

Shadow Spirit

Shadow Spirit

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Chicago

your cat eats dog food [pup]

N/E

Anyway...
/notsigned

It's one of the few needed goldsinks in the game...

CyberMesh0

CyberMesh0

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Charter Vanguard [CV]

N/Me

The amount of gold made off of identifying your typical full inventory of whites/blues/purples/golds far outweighs the cost.

sorry but /notsigned

Diddy bow

Diddy bow

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

Jawsome!!!!!!!!!!!

looking for one :p

A/D

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tender Wolf
As it is, every single ID and salvage kit you get (regular, superior, expert, and perfect) all expire. Why not make one of each that lasts forever? But make it a challenge to acquire of course. So much money is spent toward those ID and salvage kits and not everyone realizes it. In the end, it adds up. So I think there should be one that lasts forever.
The fact that it adds up is exactly the way it is they way it is. Its a money sink which are essential for capping inflation.

/notsigned

Holly Herro

Holly Herro

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Kangaroo-land.

Blades of the Dingo [AUST]

/notsigned

IDing your whole invent then merchanting it.

For salvage kits, getting the armor pieces you find, getting the runes and selling them outweighs it too.

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

Quote:
Originally Posted by genofreek
"LFR to get infinite kit!!!1"

So... no. The goldsink of ID/salvage kits is necessary. Be a bit smarter about usage; don't indiscriminately salvage that Shing Jea crap and see how far your kits stretch.
What if the kit took gold every time it was used ?

Vilaptca

Vilaptca

Pre-Searing Vanquisher

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Since when did the cost for these add up?

I'll often carry 3-4 ID kits, if you ID everything you make at least twice as much off everything you sell to the merchant.

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by bilateralrope
What if the kit took gold every time it was used ?
I think thats the best idea in the thread yet
Would have to be slightly more than normal per useage as your paying for the convienience of not having to remeber to buy more kits

Random Monk

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by bilateralrope
What if the kit took gold every time it was used ?
I'll sign for this.

Minimum 16 gold per salvage and minimum 5 gold per identification; these numbers are the price per use of the Superior kits. Maybe add an extra gold piece or two for the unlimited kit usage, so 18 gold salvage, 6 gold identification. Also, since it keeps the gold sink, I'd say make it available at a near endgame merchant, with a buy price as well. The buy price will make another gold sink and make it so that people will have to decide whether or not it is worth it.

Simath

Simath

haha you're dumb

Join Date: Jul 2005

Moscow

ffs

/notsigned

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

I would agree with a Kit that you can 'refill' by using other kits on them:
- Max uses: 255
- Buy 25 uses kit, use kit on your refillable kit: Kit gets 25 uses.
- Buy 100 uses kit, use kit on your refillable kit: Kit gets 100 uses.
- A kit has 10 uses remaining, use on your refillable kit: Kit gets 10 uses.

But such a kit WON'T be available in shops. It would be a Final Chest drop.
Available only as VERY rare gold drop from Elite Mission and Dungeon chests.

Randvek

Randvek

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Rise From the Ashes [phnx]

W/

I love how everyone talks about how wrecked the GW economy is (see: greens, Z keys, lockpicks, farming nerfs), but if someone suggests infinite identification omg ull riun the ekonomee!!!11 Let's get those problems fixed first before we flame a simple suggestion, ne?