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Um, wouldn't that be a "mobster"?

Entropy: Not sure what the failure rate was. I didn't keep track. I did get some full runs per feasting pot, but got some full run failures too (i.e. all failure/success for 1 feasting pot.) Based on what I have left for cinnabar and energy ess, the lost ingred amount was pretty low. I'm alc 37... If I was just unlucky, then maybe it's worth another shot, but even at 5k ea + all of the harvesting time for the cinnabar, + the harvesting/alch'ing for the energy ess + feasting pots....Ouchie. I can pretty reliably make 3k FE to buy 1k mercury in an afternoon, so I can't see how this would reward a DIY effort without huge harv/alc levels. The really weird part is that I was doing this just because I like making my own consumables. I was making 1k spirit ess.... LOL I just went to the magic shop and they are only 9gc each. That's 1gc less than the mercury alone!?! Guess I'll be buying those from now on ;-) Maybe raise the alch level for mercury to keep us humble n00b's out of trouble? I saw the alc 25 requirement and thought \o/ I can make mercury! Alternatively, how about setting a basic ROI on tools so that the break counter doesn't start until a set usage amount? Say 1k, or 500, or whatever, for an Alembic? Just an idea... I haven't used the "I Eat Dead Ppl" perk or tried turning green (red ;-) from mushrooms yet, so maybe I'm missing some savings that would make it more cost effective. Toying with the idea of spending the PP's on IEDP, but just spent 2 and they are starting to come pretty slowly at OA 56. Don't want to sound whiny, just observations/suggestions/ideas. If you leave it as is, I'll wait til alc 50 or 60 to try it again. I enjoy EL a great deal. Kudo's and a big thanks to you, Roja, and all of the developers for the best free game out there. Schmurk: Thanks, I appreciate the offer. I may take you up on the offer and try a couple more in the future, but I'm out of gc for the time being (....um, actually for a while....). I fished around on market and did get a couple of quotes for 5k (where were they last week?!... ;-)

Thread has been quiet for a while, but I just finished my effort to make my own mercury for 1k spirit essences (leveling up magic skill...): Cost for this project: 2 PP's for nexus (mining Cinnabar) 20,000 for Cinnabar Mining book. (paid for by the lilac bush) 20,000 for Mercury Extraction book (paid for by hauling coal) 30,000 pages worth of "reading". 2k Cinnabar (no gc, harvested myself.) 1k Energy Essence for Mercury (no gc, I harvested ingred and made these...) 7k for 1st Alembic. Broke after 610 mercury (305 uses) 3.5k + EFE for 2nd Alembic. Broke after 290 mercury (145 uses) Throw in another 3k - 4k for feasting pots etc, and a weeks worth of time. My opinion: The XP from harvesting cinnabar was good, but, it's so slow that I think I could have done better going for straight XP with many other things (I'm harv 47 btw.) The ore doesn't have very much value on the market... The XP from making mercury is very good. Unfortunately I didn't get much of it.... I could have spent the 54k on something more durable (CoL, ess for getting the magic XP, etc).... At 7k I doubt I'll buy another alembic unless they become more reliable, so the 20k invested in that book is probably wasted. Unless a market forms for cinnabar ore (doubtful, it's 1.5 - 2 gc right now ) that 20k is also now lost. Overall, I'm dissapointed. DIY stuff should be rewarding... P.S. To those of you who say I was just "unlucky" with those two, your probably a traveling alembic salesman....

How about being able to "charm" animals/monsters so that they follow/fight with you like summoned creatures do? Edit: could also be used to "charm" away someone elses summons....=-)

How do you catch a unique rabbit? Unique up on it. How do you catch a tame rabbit? Tame way.

I have a very similar problem. Machine just reboots while playing EL. I do suspect it's heat related. P4 3.2Ghz, 2Gb RAM, Radon 9500 with latest new drivers, Win 2k (fairly clean with all sp's and updates.) Yeah, I know... time for a new video card. My door fan had died some time ago. Replacing it and giving the machine a thorough cleaning stopped the problem for a while (was 2 or 3 reboots a day.) During the winter months the dust grue grows VERY powerful. Even new computers can be affected pretty quickly. Shut it down, unplug it, (.. and take a picture of the inside in case you accidentally unplug something and your not familiar with the inner workings.) and clean it out with a low powered computer dust vac. Alternatively, take it to a shop for a cleaning (don't let them sell you anything ;-)

Tested... Seems fine. 7 pp's returned. Perk not listed with #list_perks.