Analysis of current gold chain economics:

[Draconus2004]

at lvl 4 it becomes economical to buff smelters. so if one has 10 lvl 5 smelters u could support 20 total smiths

[soggyshorts]

Cost of letting lvl 2 mines run dry for 300 ore (600 buffed) - 1400 hardwood planks (35gc) +1500 marble (45gc) + 2000 tools (60gc) + buffs for 30 hours to extract ore (20gc).

So 160gc for 300 depo =600 ore. Isn't that the same as 266 per 500?

[Draconus2004]

Cost of letting lvl 2 mines run dry for 300 ore (600 buffed) - 1400 hardwood planks (35gc) +1500 marble (45gc) + 2000 tools (60gc) + buffs for 30 hours to extract ore (20gc).

So 160gc for 300 depo =600 ore. Isn't that the same as 266 per 500?

i have edited things multipletimes, it could be i forgot to update the change. either way, my offers of 250gc for 1k gold ore all expired yesterday, gold ore at .25gc per is not an option anymore

[Armstoll]

Well most gold chainers have only themselfs to blame. Why not say what you mean they fixed the cheat where alot of gold chainers used double and triple mine refills on each other. Now with this fixed maybe the prices that you all jacked up will come around. My former Guild leader was one of these and he expected everyone in the Guild to sell him there coal/BSwords ect to him cheap since with in the guild we should help each other. What it did was favor the gold chainers, We all got half valve for our stuff and there gold went 2x as far. So Boo Hoo

[Artillerist]

I tend to agree with Armstoll, How else did you manage to pay what the going price was for refills without the cheat?

[AThunderBolt]

I think there will be a ripple effect because of these changes - namely the price of hardwood, tools and marble will now go up. Or at least I won't be selling as much of mine as I was now that gold is more difficult to generate, my excess resources will no have to go into building mines and I expect this will be true of other players.

[Draconus2004]

as most new players are shunted to ares and many players have most low buildings to lvl 3 or higher, prices had been falling for a while on building ingredients. until the recent changes i know i was contemplating tearing out all my hardwood and marble, certainly not upgrading it.

[jcleaver]

I did tear down my hardwood chain for the most part; but not because I can buy it. i find enough in adventures and explorers when needed to cover my needs. For the most part means i did keep a couple of cutters and sawmills; but they are rarely if ever actually used.

[soggyshorts]

I tend to agree with Armstoll, How else did you manage to pay what the going price was for refills without the cheat?

Look at the math in the first post. depos were selling around 140 each, so not all of us had to cheat