Tonics, bells, and other novelties like that are just for fun. They don’t have any practical use in the game, nor do they give anyone an advantage in the game. I don’t know what you mean by “realistic usage of their gathering tool,” though. They aren’t attained through gathering.
Okay, what about permanent banker, merchant, TP contract? They are practical and they are not priceless. The price assign to an item is base on the realistic amount of use they will get from that item through their entire playing career.
That’s a fair point. It’s still theoretically an infinitely priceless item, but as far as this is a conversation about practical matters, you’ve got me. We don’t live in Theoretical Land.
Well, if we want to get technical, even in “theoretical land”, you are still incorrect. Something is priceless only when it can’t be measured. As long as something is measurable, it is no longer priceless. In this case, it is not priceless because time is not infinite, nor is the lifespan of this game.
In a bulk sum, perhaps. But, the design of an unlimited-use gathering tool is still to provide an unnecessary convenience to the rich, as if their time were more valuable than those who have a hard time letting that amount of money go. People who have 10g (or presumably, 30g for a full set of tools) to just throw away like that don’t need an easier time in this game. They have their gold to get them by, and can probably just buy whatever they need.
This is a rather weak argument. I sincerely doubt at the pricepoint of 10g, it serves as a convenience to the “rich”. Even under such assumption, how exactly does this impact the ability of the lesser financial player to mine? Are we to suppose to do away with gem because it provide an unnecessary convenience to the player with the deeper wallet with those boosts, BL Kit, bag slots, bank slots, etc? It serves well as a luxurious, item and a gold sink as it in no way negatively impact any player from their current situation.
If that’s true, then there’s no reason for this tool to begin with, since they wouldn’t need it.
You know, there are people who have alts who they just park in front of rare or high-demand gathering nodes. They log in, harvest, send to collectibles, and log out. We don’t need to make it simpler for them to do that.
There are plenty of people out there farming, and they are far from rich and would certainly buy this item. I’m rather confuse, you seem to hate capitalism but at the same time promotes capitalism. You do realize that those players doing that contribute to the decrease of the overall price of crafting items right? Which, in general, benefits the majority of the players in this game.
I’ve skimmed the argument that a 10g perma-tool would act as a gold sink.
This is false.
Gold-sinks are suppose to last long-term, where as this would be a short-term benefit.
Over time, the mats you gather would far outweigh the cost.
There ARE people have used gathering tools over 25,000 times. I know people who enjoy farming to this extent. Notably: One of them farmed 5000 candy corn during the halloween event.
And that’s only in 6 months. In 2 years, this suggestion would pay for itself and become a contributor to inflation.
Every once in a while, some guy eats more than their moneys worth in a buffet, but the majority don’t. In the grand scheme of things, the restaurants generally profits.
