Originally Posted by
Bakthi
Mezraq also uses Bloodwood Lumber, so it's a super extra lucky synth now, although Bloodwood is certainly more reasonable to obtain.
The issue with Khroma is that it basically only materializes when people are specifically going for it. Orichalcum Ingots come from KS and god fights that people do anyway. Wootz Ore comes from Dynamis, which people do anyway. Even Bloodwood sort of comes from Assault, since a ??? box can appraise into a Soulflayer Staff now.
If you're mining Mt. Zhayolm, you're doing it for Khroma. If you're doing an ISNM, you're probably going after the Khroma. If demand for Khroma magically dies down, supply isn't going to stay the same, because why would people bother to do most of that crap anymore? Yoichi's Sash?
I feel like the price of Khroma will not easily go down, but could easily go up. If it had a slightly higher drop rate from Einherjar (exactly one time reported on BG? Calculate that percentage), or dropped every once in a while from a Salvage megaboss, things would be looking up.
Also, the artificial price history changing thing is not something I'd do with an account I cared about.
Keep in mind that I have a completed Salvage body (1 body, 1 head, 2 legs, 1 feet). Yes, I'm aware I can do it; I have. Several others in my LS have. That doesn't mean I think it's entirely reasonable. I don't even believe lowering the cost barrier would exactly flood the servers with completed pieces; there would still be people who couldn't afford it, and there would still be plenty of people who sucked too hard to succeed at Salvage.