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It makes me curious as the digsite is level 60-67 based, but you need 98 Archaeology for soapstone.
External link →It makes me curious as the digsite is level 60-67 based, but you need 98 Archaeology for soapstone.
External link →Not anymore!
Technically materials aren't level locked, only the sites you access them are. We decided to allow soapstone to be obtained at the levels here in the Senntisten digsite. So you will find them in the excavation spots at the levels needed to access the spots.
With soapstone being moved to a lower level for first access will the level requirement be reduced for the material cache be reduced as well? Or will the cache still be locked at 98?
And if the level for the cache is reduced, will that also reduce the xp from it?
I don't believe the material cache has changed.
I can see that as being a slight issue for irons then. They could wind up with artifacts they have no way of restoring.
Its not uncommon to need to stop at material caches because you dont get enough of everything restore them. This could wind up with irons either destroying damaged artifacts or having a bank slot or two eaten up until they’re able to go to the cache.
I understand that the game isn’t balanced around irons but it seems like poor design to force players to either wait 30 levels until they can do it themselves or buy items from the grand exchange
So archaeology balancing is based around assuming material caches aren't used. The caches offer a definite convenience advantage, but aren't vital to complete it. This can mean wastage at the lower levels (of getting rid of excess artefacts or imperfect storage) but it's still entirely possible to get everything you need from the excavations at the digsites.
Obviously, my standard disclaimer of "we'll keep an eye on how things go and make any changes we feel are necessary" still applies. We don't feel that it's currently necessary to adjust the material cache and indeed not doing so creates a convenience unlock at the higher levels, however we can always change that should player experience show us that we need to.
I could be wrong, but I think this is the issue that I'm having. My archaeology level is 80 so I can access the new site and mine each of the excavation points.
The issue is that I can't use my soapstone. I can't deposit this one material into my storage at most of the deposit spots, but I can at the deposit point by the first excavation point. When I check my storage or try to repair artifacts using soapstone, it says that I have 0 in storage.
I'm not aware of this issue happening for anyone else, could you submit a bug report and include as much information as possible including as clear steps to reproducing this issue as possible. We'll take a look once we have all the data.