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small harbor Apr 19, 2023, 8:16 PM

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Runecrafting is a pitiful method of generating runes, as a lot of people know already. The introduction of Protean Essence has dinged it even further, by providing a method besides Runespan to train the skill that doesn't make one hate existence. My proposal is that we make a new item; refined essence.

Essentially, it's a stackable rune essence that is used over time instead of all at once. The experience and runes per hour probably should be lower than if someone used traditional runecrafting, but being able to use it passively would make it MUCH less soul crushing than doing those runs for the same amount of time.

Creating it would take two methods; one involves using the Protean essence (and would be basically free from there; don't want to obviate Protean essence right off the bat), and the other involves using various other in-game resources to transmute normal essence into refined essence. Possibly involve one of the lesser used Invention componets?

orchid carbon Apr 23, 2023, 11:21 AM

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just farm a lot proteans

small harbor Apr 23, 2023, 5:27 PM

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Protean essence has shanked RC rune generation even further than it already was, I'm wanting to have a non-MTX AFK method of using the skill that gives benefit outside of the Runespan.

primal stump Apr 23, 2023, 11:23 PM

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I think this can be solved without creating a new item.

What if the unstable essence from runespan shop would have two modes like the dwarven tools: a resource mode with double runes made but no xp gain and a research mode with no runes made and xp gain? (The second one already exists for this item).
This would be a good way of making runespan grind a bit more worth and a way of differentiate untastable essence from protean. Since it can only be obtained via Traveling Merchant or runespan, it doesn't come into the game in big quantities.

small harbor Apr 23, 2023, 11:34 PM

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That'd help with producing runes with the skill, but it's not an afk method of producing them I think.

primal stump Apr 24, 2023, 1:49 AM

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Yeah, it's low effort but not afk, I think the max of afkness is about a minute. But they could make it more afk if they increased the amount of essence you can use per click making it 3-4mins worth of essence.

tacit steeple Apr 29, 2023, 7:53 AM

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Using proteas wouldn't work as ironmen can't get them. I like the idea overall. Having to run bloods is tedious.

small harbor Apr 29, 2023, 4:06 PM

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I'm thinking two methods, one that uses proteans as a component and one that does not. The former is included so that the proteans themselves don't get obsoleted. The latter would be the intended main method.

#AFK Rune Essence.