Colossal Ancients as a Service

If someone can afford to pay 1 Ist pr. kill, then they can definitely afford to make a smiter xD

But idk man, you can try

Schinzilord wrote: 2 weeks ago

Andre3d wrote: 2 weeks ago

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Thanks, this is concerning. Will be transparent about this bug.

I like the idea. Maybe a more efficient way to do this.

1. You go and do the Uber Ancients, and you get 3 jewels, one from killing a different ancient last.

2. You ask for 1 Statue Set + your price (e.g. Ix Ist) for the relevant unidentified jewel (whichever ancient they wanted killed last - but you already have it). Tell them it's a 50/50 chance.

3. You get payment, they get the jewel.

4. You repeat uber runs to ensure you always have 1 of each of the 3 jewels.

No need for them to wait, no need for you to come in/out of games, no need to deal with the "no drop" bug.

Thoughts?

Lasiter wrote: 2 weeks ago

If someone can afford to pay 1 Ist pr. kill, then they can definitely afford to make a smiter xD

But idk man, you can try

They can, but sometimes people want the jewel without doing the work. Setting up new smiter, learning the skills, basic stats, gearing, levelling up.... Many can't even be bothered to level up 20 levels unless it is in an online multiplayer game...

So whilst perhaps they can afford to make a smiter, many won't bother. I think there is a market...

AardvarksAdvance wrote: 2 weeks ago

I like the idea. Maybe a more efficient way to do this.

1. You go and do the Uber Ancients, and you get 3 jewels, one from killing a different ancient last.

2. You ask for 1 Statue Set + your price (e.g. Ix Ist) for the relevant unidentified jewel (whichever ancient they wanted killed last - but you already have it). Tell them it's a 50/50 chance.

3. You get payment, they get the jewel.

4. You repeat uber runs to ensure you always have 1 of each of the 3 jewels.

No need for them to wait, no need for you to come in/out of games, no need to deal with the "no drop" bug.

Thoughts?

This is a really good idea, I thought about the naive version of getting statues for a specific unidentified jewel, not a random one from a specific ancient. In my idea, without going into the probability, one would run out of jewels pretty fast. I think the demand on lightning/cold is higher than on poison etc.

But in your idea the risk is shifted towards the buyer. And here they gamble without feeling that they are part of the game. They could blame that they always get the wrong one etc.
If they are part of the game and standing on the summit, they could not blame the seller.

Lasiter wrote: 2 weeks ago

If someone can afford to pay 1 Ist pr. kill, then they can definitely afford to make a smiter xD

But idk man, you can try

Valid point, but maybe some people just have a full Statue Set, but are not wealthy and do not have time and Wealth to build a smiter. I will extend the payment option to include 2 statues.

Schinzilord wrote: 2 weeks ago

Hi! Do you think there is a market for colossal ancients as a service (CAaaS)?

Many people have statues in the stash, but no char or resources to farm the ancient jewels.

I think like this:

1 Ist rune is the price per run. You provide me the full statue sets and which ancient I should kill last, you get unidentified jewel back. Obviously there is a 50/50 chance which jewel drops per ancient, this is your risk.

What do you think? Maybe I have to adjust prices, but I would start with 1 Ist.

All softcore non-ladder.

On CN server this services are widely available.
For colossal Ancient price is A2/A5 statue + 1 any other statue
As mentioned above, ppl who have Ist and statues usually can afford to make smiter.

Also keeping not yet identified stones in your stash (you need to remember which ones where) can s treamline the process: you just trade Stone for statues and farm missing Stone later.

PS. I have smiter, have statues and keys for ubers but prefer buying stones or torches. Not sure why, personal preference.