overwhelming dragonhides fiasco =)

Bellicosity · Runite~Mon Jul 07, 2007 3:04 pm.

hey, me and my friend theta zero were thinking as we killed brutal dragons, that it would be nice to take advantage of the double green hides dropped each kill and craft while we're there. we left to bank to get alch runes, thread, etc, but then remembered, you have to make leather first >.<

theta, a great ranter as i've come to know, posted a topic on the officials. i'd like it if you could all check it out. thanks

Quick find code: 27-28-546-47060148

take a look, it brings up some good points i think. thanks in advance for supporting on site hide tanning

EDIT: btw, im potatoreaper =)

Adbot · **Posted:** July 6th, 2007, 12:29 am

ryan1 · **Posted:** July 6th, 2007, 9:32 am

I don't like it.

1) Like he said in his post, it would create dragon campers. The amount of people at dragons is already bad enough the way it is.

2) You can't just tan something in a dungeon. There is like equipment and stuff you need to use.

It would, however, be fine if they let you tan in your POH (in the workshop, probly), but then the law runes to telly there and back to a bank would be more price than just walking to the al kharid guy.

sound_proof · **Posted:** July 6th, 2007, 9:34 am

lol tht was a nice thread
i'd have posted and supported but I'm not a member

but the teleport to al kharid is fairly fast now with the free lumbridge teleport we can just cross the gate to al kharid

tanning would also be a free-play addition too right? (for the cowhides) or would it still be members only for all the hide tanning?

when i first started out runescape I think i talked to someone like potatoreaper lol i duno if it was you or not
or it might have been pooreaper :shock:

loll

specterfreak · **Posted:** July 6th, 2007, 9:57 am

yea the whole thing of camping i a dungion with 20 lvl 70 noob rangers while im trying to make a decent income would kill me
besides i dont use the hides i just sell

would make getting hides for people just that much harder

Alex 43 · **Posted:** July 6th, 2007, 8:48 pm

I'm rather disappointed at the laziness portrayed by this player. Runescape's supposed to be a fun and challenging game. It's just no good if making money was that easy, so I'm against it.

I sound like a mod, don't I?

Bellicosity · Runite~Mon Jul 07, 2007 3:04 pm.

don't ever call theta zero lazy. >:[ he's one of the most prominent members of the rants forums with approval rates of 90% plus in all of his suggestions... its not an issue of effort, its an issue of maintaining your training session while getting a nice steady bonus for doing so. think about it a little... if you were planning on crafting your hides, instead of selling, you'd have to kill dragons, then take a 5 minute break every 20 kills to warp to al karid, get your hides tanned, then sew them, then alch them, then make your way back to the cave where someone else has now claimed the dragon you were training on as their own. plus, you've now reset your auto attack, so if you're hunting green brutal dragons like me, it can get very annoying having water fiends, skeletons, and other dragons attacking you while you're picking up your drops, burying bones, etc. its really just convenience, not lazyness. the reason this isnt' in the post is because theta is the one who wrote it, and not me. i'll suggest for him to add it in.

now rewriting that story with an onsite crafting ability, the lad or lass kills 20 ish dragons, gets some cool drops and dragonhides as well. they tan their hides, pay more to tan each hide in the cost of runes, and do the same thing they would do normaly, but without giving up their monster, resetting the auto attack, or having to waste time and teles running off to a tanner or a bank. wins all around.

if they were planning to sell their hides for more profit, then they'd bank anyway, and thats what most players do anyway, because they can't craft with the hides they collect. when you think about it, this really would be a high level update, just not as direct as you think.

besides, in the method i've portrayed as being a dream mentor lunar spell... i dont' think level 70 noob rangers will be much of a problem dude.

the only places that are overcrowded are blues and greens... the weaklings of the dragon family. if you want a cleared area, try red dragons in the level 40 wilderness, black dragons in the evil chickens lair, or brutal green dragons in the ancient cave. those are my dragons of choice, and at only 92 combat, with sub par offensive stats, i can take them down pretty easily with my handy rune crossbow and dragon halberd. none of those 3 locations is ever full, except the evil chickens lair, and thats only occasionally full.

no alex, you don't sound like a mod. sorry. the mods i've seen don't insult the members of the forums, and usually carry a neutral or positive tone to their typing, even when they disagree. gotta work on that a bit.

now if you dont mind i'll be off, i have to add the content and feedback form ere onto the topic on the officials for insight. grr, now theta'll never join rsbandb >.< lol

EDIT: omfg! when'd i become a runite member?!?!? (looks at past posts)

Adbot · **Posted:** July 7th, 2007, 12:35 am

Kenny · **Posted:** July 7th, 2007, 3:45 am

I encourage the idea but you couldn't wield and weapons and you could only carry it in your pack for a limited time only
Best Wishes
Bladekenny94

Warren · **Posted:** July 7th, 2007, 9:21 am

Lol, Alex 43 wasn't really trying to insult anyone. He doesn't like the idea because it makes money making too easy. He wants the game to remain hard and challenging, not become super easy for people who can't be bothered to do hard things.

I think it would be ok to be able to tan hides in your player owned house, if it required a HIGH crafting level to tan and a HIGH construction level to make the tanner. High level meaning an actual high level... like 95.
A tanner in the dungeons who tans for overpriced could also be good.
A lunar spell that tans hides should require a really high magic level, like 98 or 99.

Bellicosity · Runite~Mon Jul 07, 2007 3:04 pm.

rhing is though, tanning yoru own hides in your player owned house wouldn't do anything for the skill. at level 95, what use is being able to tan hides in yoru house!?? there isnt' any,...

if you tan in you house it saves no time over tanning at a tanner. its useless.. . especially if its limited to the oh so very few who can even afford to make it to 90+ construciton and crafting in the first place... you guys arent thinking in a rational way imo...

im all for trying to keep things for higher leveled players, but you, warren, no offense intended, are becoming an elitist, premature at that. to keep the game high leveled you dont' have to make every single update or even every idea be for level 90 + or for combat 110+... you think its helping the game but its just ruining it for uper-mid leveled players that are perfectly capable of doing what the highest players can, with just a little more effort.

what would be the point of requireing 99 magic to tan green or blue hides? there isnt' any. red hides? that could work, but almost nobody goes to red dragons. black dragons, yes. thats worth it, but by that point you can already do everything in the crafting book and its not really worth it anymore... will continue later...

The Killer · **Posted:** July 7th, 2007, 2:04 pm

Look at it this way.

Easy access to green hides = High level crafters will camp for exp = Lower green hide prices due to less demand

Basically by being lazy to tan your hides, the whole dragonhide economy goes down due to really easy access.

Anubis · **Posted:** July 7th, 2007, 2:13 pm

I think a tanning area in the workshop of a PoH is a good idea, as is the Lunar Magic spell.

Personally, I think the latter is the best idea, Say at around 83 magic you're able to tan hides at half the cost.

Being able to tan your own hides isn't a major improvement, there's no need for silly skill requirements like 99 magic.. sorry Warren. XD

The Killer · **Posted:** July 7th, 2007, 2:25 pm

Supertan Leather anyone?

Warren · **Posted:** July 7th, 2007, 7:28 pm

If it went with what I said, I would still use the normal tanner. I don't have those levels and don't want to get them.
When I said the levels it could require, I just put out any high level in my head. Though, I said 99 magic because of how easy it is to train magic at
Pest Control. XD Maybe tanning in your house would be better requiring a level like 85 crafting to tan- thats still a lot of XP to 99. Maybe the same for construction. But if you don't want to get the level to do it, do you really want it that much?

Pat · **Posted:** July 7th, 2007, 8:10 pm

at least it would solve the green dragon autoer problem, cuz it would definitely kill Green Dhide prices.

Lucy · **Posted:** July 8th, 2007, 5:42 am

thorny wrote:

at least it would solve the green dragon autoer problem, cuz it would definitely kill Green Dhide prices.

On every members server its like a sweatshop at all the green dragons.. :roll: