A miscellaneous artefact that summons rats or greatly increases the number and chance of rats appearing when ratting? I guess it would be like the Rondo ability in harmonics, though I'm not sure how effective it is.

From HELP SHOPOFWONDERS

For ~180 credits, you, too, can make 200 more gold an hour.

I had a feeling I had seen it before, but didn't see it in HELP MISCARTEFACTS

I'd like to see it made an artefact, if it's ever removed from the Shop of Wonders.

With this and a Painter's Palette you would be unstoppable.


Srsly if the artefact maybe put 25 rats in a room, then that would be something worth looking into. Erm... no not even then now that I think about it.

It's one of the discontinued wonders.

I wonder why...

Didn't know that. I don't keep up with the wonders. It would be nice to see for 10-25 credits or some such. A sort of 'newbie artefact'.

That sounds good enough.

I think they were actually planning on giving some decaying versions of this away for worldgame prizes, but it never happened.

Congratulations in the Great Hunt! You've killed the biggest, baddest creatures, and more of them than anyone else! Here, have this rat attractor. Now you can experience the opposite end of the spectrum!

Somehow, I don't see that going over well.

I was actually thinking more along the line of foozles and such...but I would have 'd if that would have happened.

silly Trevize

I think making this a "newbie artefact" sort of thing would be awesome. Do it.

That would be really cool but then from an in-game perspective aren't artefacts suppose to be rare magic items? The kinda things newbies wouldn't have access to?

No, just really expensive items. There's a static shop that always has several of everything and people are running around with every conceivable one. Sort of ruins the mystique.

It's also a pet peeve.

yeah

There are plenty of rare magic items in the game. Artefacts just aren't one of those.

yes please plus greatly increases the gold dropped by denizens.

R1ng 0f th3 R4tt3r l00tor.

Beya has proven himself unfit for survival.

I would love to see some sort of panpipe that summons something different then rats. Maybe a bunch butterflies that are ridiculously difficult to capture or something but still worth a bit of cash. I'd imagine some people would probably use it to 'Butterfly Bomb' popular and crowded areas but still....

...or maybe summon some random denizen. Forgive the crossover, but something like a Dead Branch from Ragnarok Online. Use it and you get something random from anywhere in the land. Obviously, not any of the sentient denizen like....Lord Z or Taug or something. More like rats, drakes, manticores, the odd sidhe...ect ect. Usable for a limited amount of times per month, or something.

Bureaucratic tone: "Interesting idea, but our coders have better things to do now. Like looking for that groundwatch bug. Next."

What's the groundwatch bug? I missed it?

It's so utterly basic I refuse to BUG it. One of the first things I tried when I read on announce they implemented it.

Hmm, first thing I tried was FLY-GLANCE GROUND ? second thing was FLY-GLANCE DOWN ? I did wonder if it worked from within trees, I haven't checked that yet...

Groundwatch, not glancing. Anyway, back on topic!

On topic, if the rat pipes are (re)created, please make them so that the rats don't follow the person with the pipes, and that the pipes don't work in a room with people. I forsee spammy troubles.

You grab hold of a nearby branch and swing nimbly up into the treetops.
In the trees above Beneath the Sycamore trees.
The stars twinkle in the clear night sky.
You see exits leading southeast and northwest.
GLANCE DOWN
You realise that there is nothing downwards for you to glance at!
GLANCE GROUND
Beneath the Sycamore trees.
The stars twinkle in the clear night sky.
You see exits leading southeast and northwest.

Sorry, but that's not the bug.

Instead of making this an artifact, how about making it a higher end enchantment?

Hm. If I were an administrator what reasons could I come up with to not create an artefact with the sole purpose of generating gold and reducing the need to purchase credits.

I can't think of anything.

Similar idea. Silver fishing pole of Kastalia. Makes it possible to catch up to 10% big bait fish in rivers and lakes. 650 credits.

Golden Ticket artefact... improves your chances of winning a lottey by a kazillion. Someone suggest a credits price?

Level 1 increases chance by 2% - 500 credits.
Level 2 increases chance by 5% - 1200 credits.
Level 3 increases chance by 8% - 2500 credits.

Again, it would be nice to "summon" more rats with an artefact. Also it would be nice if we will loot more gold when hunting with this artefact. And last it would be nice if we can use this artefact when fishing, 3x nibbles, etc... pwease!

I predict a 'bug fix' instead. Rats were actually meant to yield 5 gold for baby rat, 10 for young, 15 for grown and 20 for old. Black rats weren't meant to exist at all.