New Druid Advice from the experts

DeathsSilkyMist · #11 05-14-2025, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How long will it take a low-level Druid (without a ring) to level from 17-22 ... ten hours? The wiki reports list nine players who got their ring in under ten hours, and the majority got it in five hours or less. The less lucky ones needed 6, 8.5, 10.5, 18, or 50+ (!) hours, and there are also reports (all ten hours or less) where no ring was acquired.

Prices tend to be more accurate than the wiki. If Goblin Ring was a 5 hour camp on average for higher level players, that means it is a camp where you make 1000 plat per hour on average.

1000 plat per hour is a great camp. Especially a camp that can be done at level 20 by any caster class, including Mages. For lower levels you would say 500 plat per hour with the 10 hour average. 500 plat per hour is still a great camp, especially for that level range.

If there's one thing I've done a lot of, it's buying and selling things in EC. If people knew of a camp where they could make 1000 plat per hour at level 40 or 500 plat per hour at level 20 with any caster class, it would be permacamped. Trust me when I say P99 plat farmers don't miss stuff like that. Especially a camp that's been around for 10+ years.

Now, take a look at two items like Silver Chitin Handwraps vs. Flowing Black Silk Sash. On green FBSS is 2k, and SCHW is 700pp. In most cases, SCHW is better than FBSS, but SCHW are still cheaper. Why? Because Frenzy was permacamped, the gloves weren't a particularly rare drop, and the market got flooded.

Goblin Ring would have followed the same path as SCHW if it was that easy to get. Like FBSS, the price of Goblin Ring is inflated due to rarity.

Even Fungi Tunic, probably the most popular item on P99, has dropped from 100k to 35k due to supply. Fungi Tunic is almost certainly a more common drop than Goblin Ring, and you need to be high level to do the camp. If Fungi Tunic isn't immune to a price drop due to supply, Goblin Ring certainly wouldn't be.