Drop and Spawn Rates

I have another (not necessarily better) idea: instead of increasing supply, decrease demand. Limit players to 1 or at most 2 professions so they have to specialize, and maybe use a greater variety of resources. As it is, EVERYONE picks up every withered tree root they see. But if your only profession is pharmacist, what do you want with a log, other than just to sell it? I'll bet you wouldn't be able to sell it for much after a while. Basically, Less Blacksmiths, less demand for pig iron; less pharmacists, less demand for Salvia root, etc. People could focus on 1 or 2 professions and actually LEVEL them.

I have to disagree with you guys the reason the prices are so high is because they are so rare and in demand it's simple economics (supply and demand)

You don't have to buy them you could go get them yourselves (or get them and sell them)

If no one buys them the prices will lower
if they have competition the prices will lower
as long as people are willing to pay that price then they'll stay that price
if they increase drop and spawn rates there will be no economy

Also remember that the servers are still in an "infant" stage meaning it really hasn't had a chance for the economy to evolve and grow

I came from oracle where the normal price for hay (green grass) was 10k

while yes I'd rather pay less for hay but then would i want to sell my items for less?

no obviously not

there are ways to make money u just have play the game and figure it out

I think life in PW will probably be a lot easier if spawn rates are increased, but unfortunately, things don't work that way. You can expand your pet bag and your bank safe by buying things with real money in the cash shop. The hay quest and the banker quest are free alternatives. In a lot of other "free" games, not spending real money is simply not an option, so I think it's already a great thing that the game is allowing us an alternative. But those alternatives are tedious, and that's how things work in cash shop games, otherwise the cash shop items would be pointless. It's a choice between time and money. Perfect World Online has been running for many years in many countries, so apparently this system works for this game and so it is probably not going to change anytime soon.

Knowledge is power though, and sites like these that tell you mob drop-rates and material spawn locations are very helpful:
http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/

I'm guessing that your characters' level(s) must be very low at the moment. If you don't want to spend real money, then my advice to you is to be patient. You don't have to start crafting right away. Quests always kept me well-supplied with equipment until I have enough mats to level my crafts (I've played Blademaster, Cleric, and Veno). Finding mats is easy when you know where to look and you should manage your resources wisely when you want to level your crafting skills. Crafting arrows and bullets are a waste of materials imo. If you're getting 3-5 hay per 100 kill, you're probably killing the low level turtles. You'll be able to get ~20 hay/100 kill if you wait until level 22 or 30 and farm rinodrake megaliths and antelope pups. A golem and a sawfly will do fine for venos until then and beyond. It's much easier to earn money in higher levels, and Venos have a reputation for being the richest of the classes.

Even after the economy settles down, some people will always try to sell things for ridiculous prices. Shop around for good deals.

Also, eventually most people will specialize in one or two production skills, because leveling them all beyond level 4 is very tedious.

LOL....WOW...."Shake my head"

Anyone who "agree"
I hope this is your first MMO so you "newbs" complain about these things.

1. I grind for 1 hour non stop, I get close to 30 hays (Look at the shop, how do you think people get their hay??? ok NOT like you 20 hours for 5 hays, go lvl up)

2. You obivious do NOT know what "all mobs" drop. do NOT know that some things are NOT necessary at low lvl

3. Craftsmanship is "expensive." You can lvl up wihout being one. If it is sooo easy then, NPC shoud NOT even sell weapons...since you are just make it.

4. You are NOT going to say pig iron and wood cost 10K a peice when all the shops in Archo sell them for 1 to 2 the most. You maybe just look at "ONE SHOP"

WOW, what can we say, you are new, that's why term is made "newb"
NOW, I gave you many advise like go find mobs who has better hay drop...so don't be complaining about "he just call me a newbT_T"

moshpet wrote: »

Then there is the 'economy' issue. Already I am seeing such inane things as 2 pig iron going for 20k... 1 hay going for 100k... and so on...

You need to look around a bit more then, I see those people as well and I see that they never sell anything. I also found 20 Mirage stones in traders yesterday for 25k each, more proof that the economy is not based on the people who are not selling but on the peope who are. Take a good look in the auction house, the only thing I saw over 100k were molders that no one will buy because they are low level gear.

neoray wrote: »

About logs and iron, they are really too less. I'm still lvl 1 in all but alchemy 'cuz I can't find the needed resources,
and I'm soon lvl 20. And I don't want to spend all day just running around to get resources instead of lvling.

There is your problem. If you are not willing to go out of your way to gather resources then you probably are not going to have many. It is indeed wonderful to level near resource nodes since you can get resources with no effort, but if you want to get any serious amount of resources you are going to have to look for them. Crafting comes at a sacrifice. You have to be willing to either spend some time gathering the items you need or be willing to pay others that do the work for you. Crafting nodes already respawn pretty quickly (I have never sat there with a watch and I tend to lose track of time when playing games, but I am guessing somewhere between every 15 and 30 minutes). If you really need a particular resource and you are totally unwilling to take the time to look around then just level up right where a resource that you need spawns. If you spend a little time scouting an area before you start hunting you can plant yourself right on a resource node and grab it every time it appears.

bael wrote: »

The drop rates don't get much better at 30 still pretty bad my personal view is add a npc that sells level 1 mats only the rest you must find my issue isn't so much the finding it its the time it takes to find the right amount..

The cash shop sells all the crafting materials except for jade (which you can buy from shops anyway) and apothecary ingredients. I do not know why they decided not to bother with apothecary ingredients, but if they are there I have not found them yet.

Skyewitchy - Heavens Tear wrote: »

I am glad some of you don't mind spending your money on a BETA game that will most likely get all characters deleted when it goes live.

Characters were wiped in closed beta. This is open beta, and there will be no more wipes. This has been said by Xarfox many times, and you would know this had you searched around.

I have a level 22 veno, and i have had no issues with running around and killing with just 2 pets.. it doesnt make the game any easier if u have a third pet.. instead if the first 2 die just revive and heal them..