I have always felt like the ores in this game should have a greater purpose. Mithril, Dark crystals and materials for wedding rings are still utilized, but crafting in this game, save for the ITCG equipment, is worthless. That makes majority of the ores really worthless in comparison or a one trick pony. The greatest consequence of HP washing in my opinion is that it's not new player friendly, at all. You want to play the game, you want to have a character you've invested in capable of doing all the content of any other character of your same class/level. HP washing puts a bridge there and requires intense funding or dedication to a new character. So instead of trying to re-invent the system, and discourage new players that don't want to invest into new characters, let's utilize unused assets. Make ores a tradeable commodity to exchange for HP increases that are similar to what an AP reset would do. I would imagine it take some tinkering to find a fair exchange rate, but the effort to farm these ores should be equivalent to what it would cost to get AP resets. I would imagine a stack of 10 of forged gems should be equivalent to 1 AP reset. Ores will gain a value that encourages players to farm in different locations, adding a little variety in the training schedule AP resets still would be an accessible commodity, although their demand would go down, it be a direct NX to Meso conversation so I believe it would still be the preferred option New players can play their characters to a certain point and when/if they decide, can utilize in game resources that a common enough commodity that progress isn't hindered by boss hunting or voting. I'm aware there are currently options in game to gain NX but I believe field bossing for such a minimum amount of NX, in addition to feeling your vote contribution is being sucked out immediately is discouraging new players. Most people don't want to restart a character; ore hunting adds an organic dynamic option to maximizing the potential of your character.
So how many gold and adamantite ores do you have? f3 Jk, I like the idea to even out the playing field a little with ores! Honestly would be nice since pretty much everything except mithril/steel and a few crystals are worth anything worth selling. Would be nice to get some use for others apart from quests and niche crafting.
Trade 5 of every available type of crystal and plate for a medal that awards 20k HP for 24 hours, so newcomers can boss.
This idea sounds pretty cool. Maybe make a new ore that requires you to forge together a moon stone and a star rock to make an all new kind of object? Collect enough of those objects and you can trade it in for rewards towards hp? Idk, the idea could be fleshed out but I'm on board with the prospect of making ores useful!
This is actually a good idea! If you make it a star rock/moon stone combination then all ores will pretty much gain equal value, save for really common leeching spots.
Still not great for new players who might not know about HP washing and might not want to play with a large amount of base INT. But I would be down with an NPC that gives you HP for ores?
