Leather - Needs to drop more often >.<

[wolfgang784]

I was wondering if there is some way that Kainzo could increase the drop rate on leather, like make cows drop at least 1 every time. EVERY class almost needs leather now, and lots of it. Cows are hard enough to find half the time, but then you kill 3 or 4 sometimes without getting even 1 leather and needing 24 for a full set of armor. I can find 24 iron in like half an hour, but leather.....dear god lol. Also, blacksmiths need leather for repairing things too.

EDIT: Even better, a cauldron recipe could be made that gives leather. That would be good as hell for alchemists to sell and get lots of leather into circulation at reasonable prices because you didn't just spend 3 days getting the leather.

So is there anyway this could be done? Increasing the rate? Changing the minimum drop amount? What are everyone's thoughts about it?

 

[AudieMurphy135]

I agree.

There's a bukkit plugin called DropBonus that can allow for this, although I think it may already be installed, since coins drop from mobs. Maybe Kainzo could increase the leather drops a tad. *crosses fingers*

 

[pyrokinetic]

+1

 

[wolfgang784]

We need more posts/opinions/support so Kainzo decides to help the squishy classes out =D

 

[Psychokhaos]

I agree with this, leather is a pain to gather.

 

[AussieDingbat]

If leather was easier to get, I'd be able to start wearing leather armour, so this suggestion sounds good to me.

 

[Rofii]

I predicted that leather would become more valuable than iron about 3 weeks before the map wipe... that's why I was buying leather stacks for 16c/stack on the old map (before the wipe was announced).

I think both ideas are good ones... increase the drop rate AND make a cauldron recipe for it.

 

[Alator]

Alchemists are the only source of chain0mail. I'd be wary to also make them the best sources of leather. Yes, they are there to make stuff for players, but cornering the market on the armors a majority of the players would use wouldn't be smart. Yes to drop increase, no to cauldron recepie.

 

[Kainzo]

We're going to increase leather drops on cows via Ecocreature.

 

[Dazureus]

waitwaitwait... Alchemists make chainmail? =/ Seems very much like the realm of the Smith to me. Maybe just create a Produce Chainmail command, and have it consume less iron than normal plate mail?

 

[Kainzo]

up to 75%

 

[Brutalacerate]

Ah very nice. See folks, suggest something with some sense and you may just get what ya want!

 

[Airbus101]

this was a great change, still scarce I'm paying 24c a stack for leather but as a repairable item this drop should be revisited in future when economy gets on its feet.