Board Thread:Off-Topic/@comment-25178962-20140830204148/@comment-24108228-20140901210310

I have several hours to kill, and 100% battery on my iPad. What to do with these two things...

Using my 5 cutstone and two handles of any size, I will create a stone hatchet, and a slingshot with 4 cutstones inside. I wait until another new player volenteers to fight, and the moment they enter the arena, I run around to the side of them, and begin to circle them from a safe distance. I equip my slingshot, and land as many headshots as I can until I run out of ammo, or they succeed in getting close to me. I finish them with my stone hatchet, the best weapon of the stone tier by far, and collect my 6 coins. One goes into two more small leaves, one will go into a set of ten berries, three make an apple and the last gets me a large leaves. After my spending spree, I will sit down and start to farm.

Since my prep room has no defined limit, I will make the reasonable assumption that it is a personal admin cave (the exploiter had an entire map to play with). I farm berries for thirst and hunger (yes, it works), and the leaves go into expanding the farm. Apples are done similarly, and I will use the trees to grow my architecture ability so I can make a mill, a lumbermill, and a hut. I go into the audience section of the arena and set down my hut to attract attention. My shop prices will be as following: Handle or Stick (any size): Five for a Gold Coin Apple: Two for a Gold Coin Small Tree Stump: Four for a Gold Coin Small Leaves: Five for a Gold Coin Large Leaves: Three for a Coin Coin

Which clearly tops the ones at the NPC shops. Depending on my income, I may stop at one coin or continue for as long as I have stock. I'll go for worst case scenario and say I only collected one coin from my shop. I would proceed to create my farm for wheat, and start doing things more interesting than berry farming.

I first create a few hen houses using the architecture and farming skill I have (burning off excess to save on collection time), and collect eggs without the ten coin investment that was seemingly intended. I farm feathers, which should sell for much more on the black market (gods need their steel and iron arrows without the farming bore), and add the following to my price list: Feather: Two for a Gold Coin

I sell six to a wealthy gladiator who wants to create some steel arrows for their Yewbeam bow in the event of an emergency (it may be a loss in terms of expenditures-winnings, but it's a lot less expensive than a replacement set of mithril and bluesteel weapons). This buys me a set of six stones. I make a catapult, six quarries, a set of five ladders, and wait for the next large match. When it starts, I catapult myself to a plateau and climb the ladders to get up. I retool them and store them all. I quickly place the quarries and collect as much stone as I can before everyone has been eliminated and the last survivor can climb the plateau without fear of being killed while slowly making their way up. I die, but with no tools, and enough boulders in my backpack to last a long time. I retool my quarries while the winner is basking in their glory, and escape losing them to the exploiter's arena reset.

I make 4 stone wells with some of the boulders, and the water provides me with the liquid I need for dough. This gets me pie, which in turn makes a pretty penny from local gods. I find the wealthy gladiator watching a fight from the stands, and cant resist asking if they wanted to buy some pies. Fortune favoured me at that point however, and they explain their food stocks were desperately low. They gladly buy my entire stock of pie, and I find myself 25 coins richer. This grants me a forge, iron hatchet, and set of bento armour. I'm finally out of the little leagues.

The black market is a good kickstarter revenue stream, however the best way of making a reliable money income is the arena. I wait for the next battle that's around my level. I find myself in a four person free for all, with my iron hatchet, two well loaded longbows, and a full bucket (because it sucks to die of thirst mid battle). The game starts, and I start to fire as many longbow shots as I can at an unarmoured iron spear wielder. I land two headshots, and narrowly miss another one before they get close and my hatchet comes into play. I beat them, and in the other corner of the field a bento armoured iron sword holder defeats his foe. He has low health, and my longbow proves to be the better weapon in long range combat. I emerge victorious, with 12 more gold coins in my bank. My first action is to get myself a steel hatchet to replace my iron one, and I save the rest.

When the next match starts, I find myself pitted against a person with iron armour, slow, but effective. I run away, my bento armour proving very effective when battling long range. I shoot as many arrows as I can, before I eventually run out, and his health is at around a third of it's max. This means he has roughly 120 health remaining. I charge, and land the first hit with my hatchet, doing slightly less than half his remaining health. He responds with a steel sword to the head, almost killing me. I land another torso hit, and dodge to the right as he pulls down his sword again. One last hit settles the match, and a close one it was too.

I leave the arena, and find a crowd congratulating me on my victory. It's a tough life, but it's worth it in the end.