» Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:47 am
I can't imagine why you would want to.
Your ingredient is blocked by an angry mudcrab. You could hit it a few times, begin to level up armor and weapon skills, then grab your material, or you could struggle to survive against increasingly hard opponents.
What happens when the supplies you need are "ON" the opponent? Suppose you need chitin..
Bearing in mind trends on other games I think you'll find you have a very hard and impractical job doing that. Shops usually sell ingredients for inflated prices in online games - this will most likely be the case from the outset. Why? Because there will be a number of people buying hastily to try and level up crafts skills as fast as they can, so they will be willing to pay over the odds. Simple rules of competition. From the outset, it'll really pay to gather supplies and sell them, even if you halt your own skill growth.
As time goes by, the demand for lesser supplies will drop off, and prices will fall. They will remain relatively easy to farm for progressing characters though. Many will resort to farming them for cash. The market will swell and prices will fall. Best time to buy back the supplies you sold and level your skills. Crafters that make the top end supplies will initially get premium prices for them, as those trying to progress at the top end use every advantage they can find. As more people reach those levels of crafting, competition will drop the prices back down again.