Mystery Mastery Books or alternate way to unlock lvl 30 skills

So you want to eliminate the harshness of skillbook rng and alleviate the grinding necessary to reach 155... by introducing more RNG and a system where players still need to grind for something like lottery tickets?

 

Mastery Books are pretty affordable these days. Doing APQ or hunting high value scrolls (e.g. Helmet INT 30, Claw ATT 30) for a few days should get you enough money to buy most books. Triple Throw is only like 30m right now, compared to I think over 100m a year ago (maybe even higher?). The only two books that are very expensive are MW20 and Genesis. MW is non-essential, and if you're a Bishop, you are a money-making machine.

I'm not sure what the implications of implementing Mystery Mastery Books would be on the economy of the server. I think more ways for getting money into the hands of newer players would be really nice (as the server is rather difficult for newer players for a multitude of reasons), but MMBs would probably drive down the cost of HT books even more, which is a pretty big problem for veteran players, as high level attackers are heavily reliant on the sales of HT books to make money.

The grind is rough, but best of luck!

 

1 Year Ago these were the HT book prices now.
HTP+Egg: 180m
MW20: 900m
Gen30: 275m-300m
TT30:160m-180m
Blizz30:160m-180m
Zerk30:180-200m
Meteo30:160m-180m

HT Book prices now.
HTP+Egg: 90m OR 15-20apples (omegalul, rip attackers dont get paid for the run if buyers pay with apples)
MW20: 230m
Gen30:160m
TT30: 25m
Blizz30: 25m
Zerk30:20-25m
Meteor-3m (free)

(with these prices for books, its pretty hard for attackers, who do NOT have mages to fund themselves), nobody wants to go on a 2hr HT run and get a 2.5m split , because book prices are so low now. Hopefully xmas event brings in alot more new players and continue to 4th job. HT Books arent the issue. Lack of new players staying is the issue. **in my opinion, if i were the new players out here, I'd insta buy those low lvl books before it shoots back up, IF it does**

My guild ran HT when we were all lvl 140 (its kind've dumb to do this, but we didn't care), we enjoyed the challenge. Its not hard grinding to 155,
if you kill zakum daily (even just doing zak arm runs is the best)
Run pap twice a day (decent amount of exp if duo)
Run Krexel twice a day (braindead easy boss, it just sits there and exp is amazing for 135-155)
Grinding at Petris (Mage at the top, attackers on the bottom)
Grinding at Shaolin Temple 3-4F / 5-6F (with a mage on the right side, attackers on the left
Grinding at Shaolin Temple 7F (grinding with 2 attackers)

you cannot say books are "overpriced" when the price has dropped DRAMATICALLY.
Only Reason MW20/Gen30 are still expensive, is because MW20 is an amazing buff/Gen30, is because there are more bishops on the server.

Most people APQ now, and trade in apples for books/htps.
Apples sell pretty good now, for a PQ thats under 15minutes
APQ is a great way to make money, just selling the apples.

I do understand the struggle of players who do not own a mage, who can't sell leech to make mesos.
in the end, hope the economy gets better on here, but i DO UNDERSTAND the struggle of non mage players