ajsuk wrote:Yeah, thats a point... for the trouble getting/making them they don't last to long eh...
I' d go as far as to say that it makes some tool materials rather unwanted for. Is it all the trouble worth to negotiate deals and sometimes pay very handsomely for an OP tool material that may break in a week or less? (talking about really dedicated foragers/crafters here)
It comes to a point imo where only Rubarn and Egiros become a lot more valuable, since they are so much better than the other tool materials. The higher rate of hp loss on these OP tools (and event tools for that matter) adds to it all.
Someone that wears out a foraging tool in 2 to 3 days can just destroy it and buy a new one; at that point, what' s 1k a tool going to do to your wallet?
But would it be worthwhile to invest a lot of time and resources in a foraging tool that breaks faster and benefits you with just 5% of no harmfull action? (given you' re not that clumsy to gas or explode yourself all the time

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Put that up against an Egiros tool and you know what you' ll want to invest in and in what not.