Why are lobbies more popular than cakes???

arembee · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 12:06 pm

I wonder why everybody prefers to buy lobbies or swordies over cakes or pizzas...???

I offer ppl lobbies, swordies, pies, meat pizzas or choc cakes... and every time they want lobbies, sometimes swordfish, but never baked goods. Why is that?

Lobbies heal 12hp, swordies 14hp, whereas choc cakes for example heal 3x15= 45hp!!! Carrying cakes instead of lobbies would save a lot of inventory space. Does anyone have a reasonable explanation for this phenomenon?

Adbot · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 12:06 pm

Dave · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 12:11 pm

Lobbies and Swordies are easy to get, thats why.

T3hfox · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 12:12 pm

You have to eat cakes in 3 bites...

fuzzball · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 12:16 pm

i prefer lobbys cuz whenever i eat one i'm reminded of lobby wars.

i guess other peeps prefer lobbys cuz like what T3hfox said...

arembee · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 12:21 pm

Easier to get? Sure, but if I'm selling all of those items, then it's not more difficult to buy the cake.

Have to eat in 3 bites? Sure, but even one bite heals more than a lobbie or swordie.

So sry guys, neither explanation is quite satisfactory

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 12:57 pm

Cakes cost more? You had more lobs/swordys than you did cakes? Also was this f2p or p2p?

Adbot · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 12:57 pm

arembee · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 1:04 pm

Of course cakes cost more, they heal more and are harder to make. And yes, I had more lobbies than cakes. But neither of these facts could have affected the buyers' decisions, since they were never discussed before everyone chose to buy lobbies.

And why would they matter? What I want to know is why ppl prefer to carry around lobbies when they could carry over 3 times the healing power by selecting cakes instead.

This was in f2p.

Dragon · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 1:11 pm

Cakes are for noobs, simply said.

killerkingxx · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 1:14 pm

dragonrai6 wrote:

Cakes are for noobs, simply said.

Obviously you don't train agility much :roll:

arembee · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 1:16 pm

Thanks for this bright insight, dragonrai6. Care to elaborate on that?

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 1:31 pm

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Of course cakes cost more, they heal more and are harder to make. And yes, I had more lobbies than cakes. But neither of these facts could have affected the buyers' decisions, since they were never discussed before everyone chose to buy lobbies.

The price does play an important role. I would know from the start the cakes would cost more there for wouldn't buy it. A lot of other people don't have a clue that cakes heal more because people don't use them there for they just go for lobs presuming there the best.

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And why would they matter? What I want to know is why ppl prefer to carry around lobbies when they could carry over 3 times the healing power by selecting cakes instead.

I believe the more you eat the cake the less it heals. (Could be wrong there.) Another thing you need to consider is room. People may like to collect stuff from pks/monsters and if there using cakes they will have to drop/eat it to make room..wasting the cake and there money.

arembee · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 1:41 pm

creepybacon wrote:

A lot of other people don't have a clue that cakes heal more because people don't use them there for they just go for lobs presuming there the best.

That's what I presumed at first. I thought ppl are just too lazy to figure things out for themselves (or then just too stupid) and go on believing that the best available food is the one that is traded the most, i.e. lobbies.

creepybacon wrote:

I believe the more you eat the cake the less it heals. (Could be wrong there.)

Wrong you are

creepybacon wrote:

Another thing you need to consider is room. People may like to collect stuff from pks/monsters and if there using cakes they will have to drop/eat it to make room..wasting the cake and there money.

This is absolutely the best explanation so far. Quite satisfactory :wink:

Thx!

Dave · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 2:07 pm

Less people buy cakes because they don't think they are good. Also a lot of people use lobbies because they are easy to fish and hard to burn if you have a fairly decent cooking level.

wildrice · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 2:09 pm

I personally think that the main reason initially prefer lobsters is because they are more commonly used because most people do not have the patience to make cakes (I personally never liked gathering the ingredients). So I believe that if you are used to buying lobsters for food and are offered a choice people will tend to pick what they are used to. If they thought about it more they might see the healing benefits but it is more comfortable for most people to go with what they know.

Just an idea.

arembee · **Posted:** August 25th, 2005, 2:12 pm

1.Wizard.1 wrote:

Also a lot of people use lobbies because they are easy to fish and hard to burn if you have a fairly decent cooking level.

I wasn't talking about finding and making your own food, I was talking about buying food that's ready to eat.