Spongy Loam ...

dagoo7 · 04-28-2006, 02:20 AM

See that are t7 Adept III rares are being changed to "spongy loam" in next update. Couple questions/issues:

Not much of a harvester so was wondering which nodes actually drop said loam.

Also, initially thought this might be a good thing by spreading out the rares and maybe getting our rares cheaper. However, the broker on my server currently has spongy loam going for 25-40% more than the already pricy moonstones. Can we expect these prices to come down or are we gonna be paying for this change ...

SageGaspar · 04-28-2006, 03:12 AM

You're going to be paying, unfortunately. There's Norrath's Greatest No-Aggro-Possible Moonstone Repository and Clearing House on fear-tainted isle, no such luck for hard rocks.

Tarya · 04-28-2006, 11:03 AM

Spongy loam is from ore while moonstone is from stone. And so far I've had far better luck finding moonstones than spongy loams - and I harvest everything for my crafting or for my guildies. So I'm on a harvesting spree again - in case I find a moonstone I have it made immediatelly to an adeptIII. Spongy loams I save up then. If I get lucky finding these heh

Sanamien · 04-28-2006, 11:25 AM

SageGaspar wrote:You're going to be paying, unfortunately. There's Norrath's Greatest No-Aggro-Possible Moonstone Repository and Clearing House on fear-tainted isle, no such luck for hard rocks.

How about the two stonesetter house-thingies on temple grounds? grey at 70 and quite a large pop of ores.

Keyh · 04-28-2006, 02:24 PM

I think it's pretty funny that we sat there and cried that we wanted acrylia (which were cheap) to be used for our adept iiis and they made the loams (which are more expensive than moonstones) used to our adept iiis. I've harvested probably 1 loam, 3 moonstones, and 5 acrylia clusters since KoS O.o. So yeah, we got the short end of the stick there.

Severed Ha · 04-28-2006, 05:31 PM

I think the funniest thing about all this is the fact the Jewelers already work with both Moonstones and Acrylia.. and nothing from the Loam(for final product IE.. Rings, bracelets and such) and yet.. they have to use Spongy Loam for our Combat arts/Abilitys...

I believe that they should just make it so that ANY of them can make an Adept 3. Acrylia, Moonstone and Spongy Loam. None of them class specific. That way we wouldnt have any fighitng of who gets what and the prices would be normalized in the long run. As it stands now Spongy Loam just sucks to get seems rarer then anything else.. I can harvest for a couple hours currently it seems and find 3-5 acrylia maybe a Moonstone.. and no Spongy Loam.. then again I really dont need all that much Ore or Loam in the first place for my Alchemist so that may just be the RNG going for me there. /shrug

SageGaspar · 04-28-2006, 05:45 PM

Sanamien wrote:
SageGaspar wrote:You're going to be paying, unfortunately. There's Norrath's Greatest No-Aggro-Possible Moonstone Repository and Clearing House on fear-tainted isle, no such luck for hard rocks.
How about the two stonesetter house-thingies on temple grounds? grey at 70 and quite a large pop of ores.

I could be wrong, but I think there's only something like 1/2 to 1/3 as many as there are in that tiny little area on Fear-Tainted. I will have to give that a shot some lonely morning, though, but it seems like there's always someone on my server camping every harvesting spot, hehe.

Luk · 04-28-2006, 06:08 PM

SageGaspar wrote:

I could be wrong, but I think there's only something like 1/2 to 1/3 as many as there are in that tiny little area on Fear-Tainted. I will have to give that a shot some lonely morning, though, but it seems like there's always someone on my server camping every harvesting spot, hehe.

we call them bots SMILEY

SageGaspar · 04-28-2006, 07:30 PM

Licit wrote:

SageGaspar wrote:
I could be wrong, but I think there's only something like 1/2 to 1/3 as many as there are in that tiny little area on Fear-Tainted. I will have to give that a shot some lonely morning, though, but it seems like there's always someone on my server camping every harvesting spot, hehe.

we call them bots

Naw, actual honest-to-god real life people, believe it or not.I still see the bots working T6, I think they're lazy and haven't quite caught up with the levelling yet SMILEY

Luk · 04-29-2006, 03:26 AM

SageGaspar wrote:

Licit wrote:

SageGaspar wrote:

I could be wrong, but I think there's only something like 1/2 to 1/3 as many as there are in that tiny little area on Fear-Tainted. I will have to give that a shot some lonely morning, though, but it seems like there's always someone on my server camping every harvesting spot, hehe.

we call them bots

Naw, actual honest-to-god real life people, believe it or not.

I still see the bots working T6, I think they're lazy and haven't quite caught up with the levelling yet

ours are all sitting at 70 now. They all sit in grey zones harvesting, so can't even play with them anymore

SageGaspar · 04-30-2006, 09:25 AM

Licit wrote:

SageGaspar wrote:

Licit wrote:

SageGaspar wrote:
I could be wrong, but I think there's only something like 1/2 to 1/3 as many as there are in that tiny little area on Fear-Tainted. I will have to give that a shot some lonely morning, though, but it seems like there's always someone on my server camping every harvesting spot, hehe.

we call them bots

Naw, actual honest-to-god real life people, believe it or not.I still see the bots working T6, I think they're lazy and haven't quite caught up with the levelling yet

ours are all sitting at 70 now. They all sit in grey zones harvesting, so can't even play with them anymore

The funniest thing I saw actually was I went on the PvP server and rolled a warlock and decided to check if there were any others.I came up with a list of 10, 6 of them were in the same zone with funky names at the same exact level. Either someone came up with a hell of a warlock gank squad or there's already botter teams at high levels on PvP servers.Six warlocks must be a sight to see though, hehe. Just imagine how fast you could burn through grouped mobs...

Scort · 05-02-2006, 11:23 PM

Scouts got screwed in a HUGE way, yet again.What the [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] was the reason to move scouts to the highest priced rare there is? It was just plain stupid.ALL classes should use acrylia.So, not only do casters have the cheapest repair cost, now they will have the cheapest spell cost too. So [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn]ing [Removed for Content]

04-28-2006, 11:03 AM	#3
Tarya Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 91	Spongy loam is from ore while moonstone is from stone. And so far I've had far better luck finding moonstones than spongy loams - and I harvest everything for my crafting or for my guildies. So I'm on a harvesting spree again - in case I find a moonstone I have it made immediatelly to an adeptIII. Spongy loams I save up then. If I get lucky finding these heh __________________ Moonbell lvl 70 Swashbuckler/Carpenter Iriwen lvl 70 Warden, lvl 60 Tailor Infinity on Lucan deLere

04-28-2006, 11:25 AM	#4
Sanamien Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 124	SageGaspar wrote:You're going to be paying, unfortunately. There's Norrath's Greatest No-Aggro-Possible Moonstone Repository and Clearing House on fear-tainted isle, no such luck for hard rocks. How about the two stonesetter house-thingies on temple grounds? grey at 70 and quite a large pop of ores. __________________ Bellany 71 Swashbuckler

04-28-2006, 02:24 PM	#5
Keyh Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 294	I think it's pretty funny that we sat there and cried that we wanted acrylia (which were cheap) to be used for our adept iiis and they made the loams (which are more expensive than moonstones) used to our adept iiis. I've harvested probably 1 loam, 3 moonstones, and 5 acrylia clusters since KoS O.o. So yeah, we got the short end of the stick there. __________________ If they ever come up with a swashbuckling school, I think one of the courses should be laughing, then jumping off something.- Jack Handey

04-28-2006, 05:31 PM	#6
Severed Ha Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 128	I think the funniest thing about all this is the fact the Jewelers already work with both Moonstones and Acrylia.. and nothing from the Loam(for final product IE.. Rings, bracelets and such) and yet.. they have to use Spongy Loam for our Combat arts/Abilitys... I believe that they should just make it so that ANY of them can make an Adept 3. Acrylia, Moonstone and Spongy Loam. None of them class specific. That way we wouldnt have any fighitng of who gets what and the prices would be normalized in the long run. As it stands now Spongy Loam just sucks to get seems rarer then anything else.. I can harvest for a couple hours currently it seems and find 3-5 acrylia maybe a Moonstone.. and no Spongy Loam.. then again I really dont need all that much Ore or Loam in the first place for my Alchemist so that may just be the RNG going for me there. /shrug __________________ Severedeye 70 Swashbuckler Permafrost Severedalchemy 56 Warden(64 Alchemist) Permafrost Varity of other Severed----- characters.....(aka Alt-Aholic) AA lvl 30. Pick Pocket.. Wis 4-4-4-6-8 Str 3

04-28-2006, 05:45 PM	#7
SageGaspar Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 964	Sanamien wrote: SageGaspar wrote:You're going to be paying, unfortunately. There's Norrath's Greatest No-Aggro-Possible Moonstone Repository and Clearing House on fear-tainted isle, no such luck for hard rocks. How about the two stonesetter house-thingies on temple grounds? grey at 70 and quite a large pop of ores. I could be wrong, but I think there's only something like 1/2 to 1/3 as many as there are in that tiny little area on Fear-Tainted. I will have to give that a shot some lonely morning, though, but it seems like there's always someone on my server camping every harvesting spot, hehe.

04-28-2006, 02:20 AM	#1
dagoo7 Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 157	See that are t7 Adept III rares are being changed to "spongy loam" in next update. Couple questions/issues: Not much of a harvester so was wondering which nodes actually drop said loam. Also, initially thought this might be a good thing by spreading out the rares and maybe getting our rares cheaper. However, the broker on my server currently has spongy loam going for 25-40% more than the already pricy moonstones. Can we expect these prices to come down or are we gonna be paying for this change ...

04-28-2006, 03:12 AM	#2
SageGaspar Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 964	You're going to be paying, unfortunately. There's Norrath's Greatest No-Aggro-Possible Moonstone Repository and Clearing House on fear-tainted isle, no such luck for hard rocks.

04-28-2006, 06:08 PM	#8
Luk General Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 897	SageGaspar wrote: I could be wrong, but I think there's only something like 1/2 to 1/3 as many as there are in that tiny little area on Fear-Tainted. I will have to give that a shot some lonely morning, though, but it seems like there's always someone on my server camping every harvesting spot, hehe. we call them bots

04-28-2006, 07:30 PM	#9
SageGaspar Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 964	Licit wrote: SageGaspar wrote: I could be wrong, but I think there's only something like 1/2 to 1/3 as many as there are in that tiny little area on Fear-Tainted. I will have to give that a shot some lonely morning, though, but it seems like there's always someone on my server camping every harvesting spot, hehe. we call them bots Naw, actual honest-to-god real life people, believe it or not.I still see the bots working T6, I think they're lazy and haven't quite caught up with the levelling yet

04-29-2006, 03:26 AM	#10
Luk General Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 897	SageGaspar wrote: Licit wrote: SageGaspar wrote: I could be wrong, but I think there's only something like 1/2 to 1/3 as many as there are in that tiny little area on Fear-Tainted. I will have to give that a shot some lonely morning, though, but it seems like there's always someone on my server camping every harvesting spot, hehe. we call them bots Naw, actual honest-to-god real life people, believe it or not. I still see the bots working T6, I think they're lazy and haven't quite caught up with the levelling yet ours are all sitting at 70 now. They all sit in grey zones harvesting, so can't even play with them anymore

04-30-2006, 09:25 AM	#11
SageGaspar Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 964	Licit wrote: SageGaspar wrote: Licit wrote: SageGaspar wrote: I could be wrong, but I think there's only something like 1/2 to 1/3 as many as there are in that tiny little area on Fear-Tainted. I will have to give that a shot some lonely morning, though, but it seems like there's always someone on my server camping every harvesting spot, hehe. we call them bots Naw, actual honest-to-god real life people, believe it or not.I still see the bots working T6, I think they're lazy and haven't quite caught up with the levelling yet ours are all sitting at 70 now. They all sit in grey zones harvesting, so can't even play with them anymore The funniest thing I saw actually was I went on the PvP server and rolled a warlock and decided to check if there were any others.I came up with a list of 10, 6 of them were in the same zone with funky names at the same exact level. Either someone came up with a hell of a warlock gank squad or there's already botter teams at high levels on PvP servers.Six warlocks must be a sight to see though, hehe. Just imagine how fast you could burn through grouped mobs...

05-02-2006, 11:23 PM	#12
Scort Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 255	Scouts got screwed in a HUGE way, yet again.What the [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] was the reason to move scouts to the highest priced rare there is? It was just plain stupid.ALL classes should use acrylia.So, not only do casters have the cheapest repair cost, now they will have the cheapest spell cost too. So [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn]ing [Removed for Content]