On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Dave Gaines wrote:

> From: Dave Gaines <dave@...>
>
> > Yes you may get the occasional butthead with money to burn who will throw
> > 100pp+, but I think these people are few and far between-hang in there, and
> > make friends.
>
> I don't think its fair at all to call someone a butthead because they can
> pay more for items.
>
> Pay what you want, lambent stones sell for 3pp in the shop. It is
> a major waste of my wizard's time to sell these for 10-20pp to people,
> when the average HG drops 30pp, why waste 10 minutes moving through zones
> trying to sell for only 7-17pp gain, I could just kill another HG.

It is also a waste of your time to not sell one, kill a hill
giant, and find another one that you can't loot because they
are lore. Somewhere therin, there is a balance which is the
appropriate selling price. These things are nowhere near rare
enought to warrant 100pp. My guild is currently chock full of
them. I've already gotten all the lambent stones I need
(hint: if you convert them to the appropriate lambent gem
stone, you can loot another lambent stone), and I wish people
would just stop asking me if I need any more.

> You have to remember, people that are looting lambent stones are usually
> level 30-45, and most of them don't consider it worth their time
> to sell an item to a player for 20pp.

Consider that lambent stones drop at 25x the frequency (my
estimate) of black pearls. Consider that black pearls sell
for 100-200pp. Consider that black pearls are not no-drop so
you can hoard them until you find a buyer willing to pay a
high price. Why on earth would you expect to get an
equivalent price for a lambent stone?

--
John H. Kim
kim@...