Jenarie wrote:Reposting a slightly edited version of what I posted in last thread since it got lost in the arguments and never saw it adressed...
I think it is a bad idea although if it were to use a rarish (like the imbue material) item I could live with it.I'm skilling up my provisioner at the moment... she's about to hit 66 [now 70]. During the previous tier, I got bored with writs and decided to make some stuff to sell. I put up a stack each of about 5 different types of food/drink - the good ones 5hr with stats etc. I made sure to check the broker first and only picked items that were either not on the broker or were on the broker at extremely high prices. A few sold right away but I'll have the rest for a very long time because someone came along behind me and made several hundred of each item and placed it up at less then I'm willing to sell. I'd be totally ok with it if someone had come along behind me and placed another stack or three but several hundred to me means most likely botter mass producing.Since botters don't care about xp, I think tying xp or faction to it would be the worst possible downside... since it doesn't at all affect the people who are already mass producing items. The only way this would work in my opinion is if the stack cost more to make then making it 2 at a time does now. Botters wouldn't be interested in that but people making food/drink for themselves and friends might feel that the extra was worth the time saved.I'd still prefer it not be changed at all but if it does change really think it needs to be higher cost.
Bulk recipes would help fight botters. If real people can fill the demand in less time, botters won't sell as much. Either they'll drop the prices so low that nobody makes any money making food or they'll move on to more proffitable persuits. I think both would happen.