[KitKatarine]

Alright, I'd like to try and summarize some key points that have been brought up.

Point 1:

Crafting taxes are incredibly punishing to new players, especially those that want to level up a crafting skill. (I'll try and math out the actual numbers from my experience in a bit)

Point 2:

A murai sink for the richer players that have been sitting on hoards of murai like dragons would be good! But it is unclear WHAT would be a good murai sink. Something that benefits those players without it being a P2W thing.

Point 3:

Crafting has gotten RIDICULOUSLY expensive. In addition to crafting taxes, the cost of materials has more than doubled. For those that craft constantly (such as to maintain a shop) often find themselves doling out thousands of murai that may not necessarily be offset by the purchases (also shopkeeper tax doesn't go to the owner of the shopkeeper.)

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While it's not really warranted, I'll add more input onto this.

ON POINT 1:

Taxes are unnecessary and also HUGELY unfair to new players.

It costs ~510 murai to craft one of everything in tool creation. to get to level 5, you need 1000 exp in total (100 to get to level 2, 200 to get to level 3, etc). There are 40 things in tool creation, and the first time crafting bonus is 11 exp. That still leaves 560 exp, which you have to craft things at 1 exp. The easiest way to do this is with pitfall traps, needing only 2 Ash Wood. At 5 murai per, you're doling out an additional 2800 murai. (More if my math is wrong and you need 1500 exp for a full level up, or need to BUY the wood at a staggering 15 murai per in Dormeho.).

For a new player that's absolutely insane, not to mention you might not have the materials to craft everything at your disposal (looking at you, bands of skill etc).

ON POINT 2:

I don't have anything, really. After furnishing your house, you can basically sit on your pile of money. Something for money to feel useful towards would be nice to have. Something rewarding.

ON POINT 3:

Crafting is super expensive. I'm not necessarily opposed to the changes per se, since it does force people to SPEND murai on crafting materials if they need (for example, I need to occasionally spend ten thousand on casino coins because finding Solid Stones/Sharpening stones in the wild is bonkers.)

IN CONCLUSION:

We tried crafting taxes. They're not working. There's gotta be something else we can put murai towards that doesn't feel like we're throwing money into the aether, or hugely preventing newer players/characters from exploring a craft ICly just because they don't have the funds.

No one wants to door dive for six hours just to chuck half of it away in crafting.