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While that's all very sensible Vivid, especially in regards to the value based on difficulty to obtain/make, again I point to accessibility-
Any decent top-tier nobleman would still have to save for years if we're looking realistically at what all nobles tend to invest in. Laying off a worker or two isn't going to cut it; if you are of a prestigious noble family, you're going to have balls or other parties. You're going to have lavish dinners weekly for other wealthy guests. You are going to flaunt that wealth, and between that and upkeep you're probably going to be saving for much longer than a couple years' time given your income, assuming the price of a single short-sword is 300k.
Now this is well and dandy depending on the medium to which you take in-game canon. By the above price's logic, Oziach should very well be a tycoon of unimaginable wealth and skill. And again I do point to what in-game has provided us, though it is quite variable: Many sets of runite kiteshields & swords provided at the meager price of 20k. Despite how they were most likely heavily reduced as a sort of charity, it's still an obscene, difficult-to-believe reduction given your suggested prices.
I simply reckon, for runite to be marketable, that it's not so expensive to the point where the wealthiest men in the world would realistically have to save side-funds for years to afford a lone blade.
Any decent top-tier nobleman would still have to save for years if we're looking realistically at what all nobles tend to invest in. Laying off a worker or two isn't going to cut it; if you are of a prestigious noble family, you're going to have balls or other parties. You're going to have lavish dinners weekly for other wealthy guests. You are going to flaunt that wealth, and between that and upkeep you're probably going to be saving for much longer than a couple years' time given your income, assuming the price of a single short-sword is 300k.
Now this is well and dandy depending on the medium to which you take in-game canon. By the above price's logic, Oziach should very well be a tycoon of unimaginable wealth and skill. And again I do point to what in-game has provided us, though it is quite variable: Many sets of runite kiteshields & swords provided at the meager price of 20k. Despite how they were most likely heavily reduced as a sort of charity, it's still an obscene, difficult-to-believe reduction given your suggested prices.
I simply reckon, for runite to be marketable, that it's not so expensive to the point where the wealthiest men in the world would realistically have to save side-funds for years to afford a lone blade.
14-Oct-2013 17:15:27
Spartae
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Any decent top-tier nobleman would still have to save for years if we're looking realistically at what all nobles tend to invest in. Laying off a worker or two isn't going to cut it; if you are of a prestigious noble family, you're going to have balls or other parties. You're going to have lavish dinners weekly for other wealthy guests. You are going to flaunt that wealth, and between that and upkeep you're probably going to be saving for much longer than a couple years' time given your income, assuming the price of a single short-sword is 300k.
When I was calculating a high-nobleman's wealth, I actually did account for him having money left over after feasts and parties, and firing a few workers could save him even 185k per year, if he lays all ten off. That's also not counting any family savings. I guess what it really comes down to, though, is how uncommon you imagine rune stuff being. I've always assumed that no rune item should be easy to obtain no matter who you are. Like, there really wouldn't even be a regular market for it because it's such a luxurious and rare order; they would pretty much all be custom. On the other hand, I've also had some people say 300k isn't enough for rune. Shrug?
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Now this is well and dandy depending on the medium to which you take in-game canon. By the above price's logic, Oziach should very well be a tycoon of unimaginable wealth and skill. And again I do point to what in-game has provided us, though it is quite variable: Many sets of runite kiteshields & swords provided at the meager price of 20k. Despite how they were most likely heavily reduced as a sort of charity, it's still an obscene, difficult-to-believe reduction given your suggested prices.
Actually, in post 1, I said that the prices I picked here have almost nothing to do with shop prices or mechanics because when they were made in 2001 it was for accessibility to players, not for realism.
Any decent top-tier nobleman would still have to save for years if we're looking realistically at what all nobles tend to invest in. Laying off a worker or two isn't going to cut it; if you are of a prestigious noble family, you're going to have balls or other parties. You're going to have lavish dinners weekly for other wealthy guests. You are going to flaunt that wealth, and between that and upkeep you're probably going to be saving for much longer than a couple years' time given your income, assuming the price of a single short-sword is 300k.
When I was calculating a high-nobleman's wealth, I actually did account for him having money left over after feasts and parties, and firing a few workers could save him even 185k per year, if he lays all ten off. That's also not counting any family savings. I guess what it really comes down to, though, is how uncommon you imagine rune stuff being. I've always assumed that no rune item should be easy to obtain no matter who you are. Like, there really wouldn't even be a regular market for it because it's such a luxurious and rare order; they would pretty much all be custom. On the other hand, I've also had some people say 300k isn't enough for rune. Shrug?
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Now this is well and dandy depending on the medium to which you take in-game canon. By the above price's logic, Oziach should very well be a tycoon of unimaginable wealth and skill. And again I do point to what in-game has provided us, though it is quite variable: Many sets of runite kiteshields & swords provided at the meager price of 20k. Despite how they were most likely heavily reduced as a sort of charity, it's still an obscene, difficult-to-believe reduction given your suggested prices.
Actually, in post 1, I said that the prices I picked here have almost nothing to do with shop prices or mechanics because when they were made in 2001 it was for accessibility to players, not for realism.
14-Oct-2013 21:32:32 - Last edited on 14-Oct-2013 21:35:20 by SsVivid
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