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Hello my fellow Opticrafters. I have a complaint about the protection stone prices. I have only $600 and something and i know many others have much much more. But i am not allowed make a shop because my fellow boss Thewholeloaf. I am not blaming him but if i was allowed to make a shop, business would drop like a sack. I tried to advertise but failed badly. I think prices for protection stones should be significanly dropped. Please answer to my post, my Opticrafters and our amazing mods, please answer.
          Supah_Monkee

The price of protection stones is what it is to stop people from buying lots of them and owning alot of land. They will not be lowered because optical does not want someone owning the entire map.

Of course. But the greatest problem is the people getting griefied. And we can't just hand out protection stones which will never end the grief of opticraft.

You get one free small one when you become a member. Thats not going to stop all grief, but it should help. I only had one ps and my house never got griefed.

The prices of protection stones were a lot higher in the past.
I'd be thankful of the current prices.

Quote from: ryans1230 on July 25, 2012, 02:11:27 PM
You get one free small one when you become a member. Thats not going to stop all grief, but it should help. I only had one ps and my house never got griefed.

Yea but i never got one :[ i appreicate all of the posts.

First... Go mining!  You can sell Iron and Gold at the market  You can get a coal PS with something like a half-stack of Iron Ore (turned into blocks).

Second... The price of the PS was already lowered, it used to be MUCH higher.

Third...  Serious builders seem to be able to afford them, so try harder.

Also voting to get diamonds to sell and doing jobs for people

Quote from: Supah_Monkee on July 25, 2012, 03:30:35 PM

Quote from: ryans1230 on July 25, 2012, 02:11:27 PM
You get one free small one when you become a member. Thats not going to stop all grief, but it should help. I only had one ps and my house never got griefed.

Yea but i never got one :[ i appreicate all of the posts.

I don't think I got one either, strange.

if you typed in your minecraft name correctly when you registered for the forum and you're recognized as a member in-game, you definitely got your free coal protection stone and $500.

as far as the prices go, i don't think they'll be changing very soon- especially coal. $1,500 is very easy to get just by selling resources such as iron to the market. just about every block you break in an iron expedition can be sold to the market (unless things have changed very recently).

however, i'll personally acknowledge that i believe the current economy to be in a bad state. tons of money floating around on a few select people, and the rest dirt poor. the market has been largely abused as it has an unlimited supply of both money and items. we can't get rid of it because there simply aren't enough efficient ways for players to trade money or goods with each other. lets face it, running a player-made shop and advertising on the trade channel is a recipe for failure.

so until we get problems with the current economy ironed out (which won't be terribly soon) you'll pretty much have to sit tight and make due with what you have available.

And if you don't want to be griefed he is my suggestion go to the edge of the map or something and build your home there. I can't guarantee that you wont be griefed but it should help. try to prevent people from entering your home through ur sethome too. Many people just use a simple door trap with a furnace on the top and bottom. Even if you do get griefed we moderator will probably fix it if you ask.