Mobile Forge Etc consideration

[KnitePrince]

I have been humbled.... I, Once upon a time, complained about the price of mobile Forges, tool houses, etc etc.. Very hard for a newer player to afford those things that would do exactly what he needs most, make life and an income a little easier. I have also seen others complain about those prices, so, just FYI.. consider this;
I decided today, to make two or three forges. I mined the Plat/Granite and Platinum Ingots, enough for 4 forges. I traded plat ingots for petrified boards, i spent 1500 tokens each for key rings. I have a 50% chance to make those forges. I failed 4 times in a row.
I mined again, i spent more tokens, I failed three more times. I mined some more, i spent more tokens...
Out of ten total tries, I made One single mobile Forge.
That =
One thousand Five hundred plat Ingots
Five Hundred Petrified Boards
Two hundred Platinum Granite
Ten Keyrings at 1500 tokens each
For all of this effort, time (Over 5 hours) and work, I got a single mobile Forge.

SO! For those of you complainign about the price and availability, there is a very good reason for it. They are very hard to make. I know, I will never again attempt to make one unless someone else is putting in the time and effort to gather the materials. They are hard to find, and hard to buy for a very good reason, I regret my complaints about the cost when i first started, so before you yell, think about it .....

[+Osiris]

Thank you for giving everyone a prospective on how much effort really goes into crafting.

A lot off people just tend to buy, And have no idea about how hard it is to make such things.

[jeffcarley]

Im really glad you posted this im tired of people complaining i wont make free stuff or chrge too much but its a pain to gather the required materials plus the time and effort to gain all the skills. I never mind helping or making item for players that put the effort in to gather resources or trade for the services:)

[fingers]

At 50% chance, without the badluck that affected you, you would have made 5 out of 10 and have easily sold them for 1.5 million, which is great for 5 hours. UO's RNG makes that happen, big streak of badluck followed by big streaks of success. After killing 60 monsterous grizzles without bone drop, i got 2 back to back and like 5 in last 15... Perhaps youll soon make 10 forgers in a row without failing.

[+Neptune]

i do not think the percentage on the tinker tool list is accurate. Seems we discussed this along time ago and found that the actual chance to make was a bit lower than the listed amount... seems more like 33% v/s 50%. Colibri may remember this a bit more accurately, but i do remember it was not the 50% chance as listed.

[KnitePrince]

I dont know about that part of it. All I know is a LOT of time and effort went into trying. 5 hours of hunting could have netted me .5 to 1 mil if i worked at it, so i look at it as not only the lost resources, but also the loss of what I could have made doing other things that are much more lucrative. I know people want these things, but even at 200k they get upset at the price. I've gotten a dozen offers of 75k and 100k, and 150k, which prompted the post, they dont understand how difficult they are to make.
Perhaps one day i will try again and see if my luck is better, for now, i have too many other irons in the fire

[Natilla]

I knew I had read about Coli's testing of this somewhere. I found the link. It's pretty dated info, not sure if it's been changed.
http://www.uoex.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=238

[KnitePrince]

For the record.. I am now 2/28 for succeeding.. i have NO clue why I decided to try to make two more... i have a hair root tickling my brain I think.. I should know by now thay "MY" luck is all bad, and not to try things that depend entirely on luck... i once told my wife, that If i so much as THOUGHT of robbing a bank I would get arrested BEFORE I did it.

[Schwanke]

Sorry cant resist. In a wierd mood. Hope no one gets offended being offtopic..

Your luck could be worse. You could have just gotten arrested for thinking about thinking about it.

Btw, totally love this place. Look forward to being a contributing part of the community. (Besides stupid comments like this.