I may have to adjust my answers in a while; I'm guessing.
I don't know that I need "payment" at all, although getting the raw materials that have to be bought at vendors would be nice. I didn't check many foods because I don't have a couple of the higher cooking skills; I'm focusing on getting the long-time skills first. (1 more week to T'port 5 finishing. Woot. Then maybe I should get Engineering so I can do that construction-y stuff.)
I have a houseful of OMGSTUFF!!! and have reached the "so... what next?" part of the game. I've explored every place publicly accessible (except 4 of the new dinosaur innards), and a handful of secret/hidden places. I have no quests available; I expect to get a few more as I learn skills, and whatever ones get added to the game, but otherwise, I'm directionless. I have enough IMG to start a tower but I'm not sure there's a point yet. (Also, I can't build wall parts.)
Having a *reason* to make drinks and foods would be great. Since I get iMG for making them, as long as they don't cost currants, I'm mostly fine. Drinks/foods that take oils, beer, honey, birch syrup... those I can't resupply from the homestreet routes.
(OTOH, maybe getting paid something for them, currants or trade, will keep me motivated to make & donate. I dunno. Right now, I'm ready to just throw stacks of drinks and supplies at Glitchwidth, because apparently I'm horribly lonely and was tired of wandering around all alone with no purpose.) (Payment in "helpers to rebuild the herb garden in my back yard when it breaks" would be awesome. I can't make boards; I've been buying them at auction.)
Things we might do: Party gatherings with lots of stacks of low-value foods, for mid- to high-level players who haven't eaten them in a while (or ever) so they'll get IMG from eating them.
Tinkertool loaning so everybody doesn't need their own 2nd Tinkertool to repair their first one.
Ferrying: Dropping in to say "I'm going to Nottis to harvest ice" or "heading to Kloro for quoin-hopping" and offering to bring others along. (I will never get tired of the sharding parties in Madhur Hathur, lag be damned.)
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I don't know that I need "payment" at all, although getting the raw materials that have to be bought at vendors would be nice. I didn't check many foods because I don't have a couple of the higher cooking skills; I'm focusing on getting the long-time skills first. (1 more week to T'port 5 finishing. Woot. Then maybe I should get Engineering so I can do that construction-y stuff.)
I have a houseful of OMGSTUFF!!! and have reached the "so... what next?" part of the game. I've explored every place publicly accessible (except 4 of the new dinosaur innards), and a handful of secret/hidden places. I have no quests available; I expect to get a few more as I learn skills, and whatever ones get added to the game, but otherwise, I'm directionless. I have enough IMG to start a tower but I'm not sure there's a point yet. (Also, I can't build wall parts.)
Having a *reason* to make drinks and foods would be great. Since I get iMG for making them, as long as they don't cost currants, I'm mostly fine. Drinks/foods that take oils, beer, honey, birch syrup... those I can't resupply from the homestreet routes.
(OTOH, maybe getting paid something for them, currants or trade, will keep me motivated to make & donate. I dunno. Right now, I'm ready to just throw stacks of drinks and supplies at Glitchwidth, because apparently I'm horribly lonely and was tired of wandering around all alone with no purpose.) (Payment in "helpers to rebuild the herb garden in my back yard when it breaks" would be awesome. I can't make boards; I've been buying them at auction.)
Things we might do:
Party gatherings with lots of stacks of low-value foods, for mid- to high-level players who haven't eaten them in a while (or ever) so they'll get IMG from eating them.
Tinkertool loaning so everybody doesn't need their own 2nd Tinkertool to repair their first one.
Quest-buddy coordinating. Feat-buddy coordinating.
Ferrying: Dropping in to say "I'm going to Nottis to harvest ice" or "heading to Kloro for quoin-hopping" and offering to bring others along. (I will never get tired of the sharding parties in Madhur Hathur, lag be damned.)