A Question of Style Quest

[uggy]

Part of the quest is have a production value of 1200/12hr of Gold. Reward is 1040 XP. Now work out what its going to cost, you need 2 gold smelters one at lvl 3 one at lvl 4.work out the cost of building them and then upgrading to lvls 3/4. Then they need buffing to achieve the goal. Its just not worth it, I think someone at BB seriously miscalculated this one or maybe meant to type 120 per hr and mistyped an extra 0. :confused:

[stefanceltare]

I would have to agree... sounds more like 120 is the right value

[Dangermouse69]

i just completed this quest but i only have a gold production value of 452/12hrs

[Damnrightson]

I know a few guildies of mine managed to complete with well under the required amount, could be bugged or just triple output buffs.

[MutantKid]

Just to point out that you can build a few lev 1 gold smelters, ( 1 guy I know had to build 7 ) and buff them to get the required amount. It'll still cost u tools marble and hardwood but u wont have to upgrade, then just knock em down for a quarter resources back.

I have a lev 5 gold smelter and even with an exo basket on I still had to build an extra 3 lev 1 smelters and buff them. Unfortunately it all costs more than the actual reward for completing the quest but that's the price to pay for clearing it from your quest menu!

[Dangermouse69]

i've only got 2 level 2 smelters and applied aunt irmas basket on them both. i logged out for a bit and when i logged back in it popped up saying i had completed the quest even though my gold production was at 452/12hrs

[Juhana_III]

Haven't done this myself yet, but if you really do have to get as high as 1200/12h, just use a bunch of level 1 smelters. It'll be much cheaper as they only cost hwp/marble/tools. And if you don't have licenses, just temporarily take down some mines.

[lordgrubbinton]

to the people who completed the quest with out reaching 1200/12hr, could it be that all ur gold production(ore coin bars) added up 2 1200/12hr and thats why u completed. Kinda makes the quest easier to complete and explains the wording?

[BobLurker]

The quest is tough because it leads you into the advanced book building quests. Anyone building the advanced paper mill and ornamentalsmith will/should have a well developed gold production system. It's a gateway to those advanced buildings.

It's one of those quests you just have to leave until your island is ready to do it. I could build 3 more level 1 smelters, buff everything and finish it, but what's the rush when I currently don't have the 6,000 granite needed to create the buildings that will be next on the quest line?

I think it's not a mistake. I think some people just need a little more patience about completing it. :)

[Gerontius]

Why do you need gold for the advanced science buildings?

[BobLurker]

Why do you need gold for the advanced science buildings?

You don't. :) You need an advanced economy, that's what I was pointing out. The ornamentalsmith actually uses titanium ore, but since we don't have (yet) titanium mines I think (my opinion, not fact :) ) they substituted gold production as an indicator.

I can sort of understand people being anxious to complete any quest they are given - it's an OCD thing for me ;) - but some quests just have to be done when one is ready, and this is one of those. If people want to build enough buffed lvl1 gold smelters, then fine, but then they will just be presented with quests to build advanced paper mill and ornamentalsmith and those WILL require 6,000 granite.

Anyway, back to the point... :) I don't think the 1,200 in 12 hours rate is a mistake, I just think it's a high hurdle to clear before opening up the next quests.

[Juhana_III]

So does ore and/or coins add to it, or is it just 1200 bars/12h that we need?

[Juhana_III]

Hmm, actually coinages will use more production value of gold (bars) than they'll give (coins), so I guess you should pause them for this quest in any case.

Assuming it's indeed net production value, and not just gross production.

[Dorotheus]

must be 1200 in 12 hours like it says, I personally have produced at least 3 times that since the quest opened up.

[Juhana_III]

Apparently, ore production doesn't help. So I guess it's just gold bar production you need.

At the moment I have +628 for bars and +614 for ore (1242 - 628 for smelters) -> total of +1242, but doesn't work for the quest.

[Larili]

Oh dear some are not going to be too happy, they must have changed the question of style quest during the last maintenance and dropped the gold to 60 ore /12hr cos I just completed it at that level...no need for all those smelters, glad I left it alone :)

[Sto_Helit]

Oh dear some are not going to be too happy, they must have changed the question of style quest during the last maintenance and dropped the gold to 60 ore /12hr cos I just completed it at that level...no need for all those smelters, glad I left it alone :)

Well, looking on the bright side - the figure has been changed. Looking on the less than bright side - it has been changed after some people have done the quest.

[lordgrubbinton]

u dont need to use smelters. i did mine with mines