A friend of mine just got asked for a Pneumatic Prototype Limb.

None are for sale. Only 4 are in galleries.

I know that Item Hunter is supposed to be challenging, but asking for impossible to obtain items isn't right.

I think that this quest should be given a complete overhaul and change what it is that he asks for.

Asking for items that may very well exceed the value of the weapon that you get at the end of the quest doesn't make sense.

It makes things very disheartening when you only have a few quests left to go and you're forced to restart because the item is literally unobtainable.

Reevaluating the sP prize amounts when you start getting into Level 50+ so that the amount you get compensates better for what you pay out would be nice, too

The weapon is going to be completely worthless if they change it so everyone can finish it. There's no reason for this. It's been too easy to obtain recently and I would support making it harder o-o

No not everyone would be able to finish it. The price of items wouldn't change, only asking for unobtainable items would.

Not everyone can afford to pay millions for the items that Chase asks for. There will still be plenty of resets. Asking for impossible items, however, is nuts.

I've been trying for the last 3.5 years to finish Item Hunter and haven't been able to. There's something that needs changing.

Not everyone is supposed to be able to get every item. If you can't afford to pay millions for the quests, don't expect to win a prize worth like 200m. It was worth 500+ before this madness started where a bunch of people were able to complete it for pretty cheap.

This experience isn't enough to warrant a total revamp of the game in my opinion.

Tbh it's up to luck (and your bank) how much it's gonna cost you to finish. There's a Swashbuckle sitting in trades right now for 150m. At that price it's probably not even worth it to go for level 100 unless you get really lucky with the items you're asked for

This is all the fun of Item Hunt.. the luck, the stress when you click start.. to think twice before you buy or to click reset.. and to find out that there's none in SS and only 1 in galleries..

I don't know, maybe I'm crazy, but I like the game as it is! difficult, challenging and yeah sometimes impossible.. so please don't take the magic out of this game.. the Swashbuckle is a nice gift, but not something to die for, you can spend less and buy it for 150m tbh instead of playing the game..

NononononoNONONO DON'T TOUCH IT!!! Item Hunt is how I make most of my income here. I don't care if I never win it, I don't care if I'm playing it wrong, I don't care if I have to restart it over and over until the heat death of the universe. Don't change it. Please.

Technically the change OP is asking for would only help you make money. The levels that you actually make decent money on wouldn't really be affected by making Chase not ask for impossible (or very difficult to find, however you want to word it) items, he mainly does that closer to the end.

Why on earth would item hunt need to be easier, granted I've failed twice in the low 90's recently, but not everyone is supposed to be able to beat the game. And quite frankly, the game has been FAR too easy lately with the pricing data being, well, non-existent. The top prize has more than halved in price because of it.

Aside from that, IH helps rarer older items that not many people really want hold their value, which is really a necessity.

...ah. Sorry, you're right. I saw the words "complete overhaul" in the OP and panicked. You'd think I'd know better than to do that by now...

Still don't think the game needs to be changed though.

suggestion to make a Wolfie Hunter instead

I'd be in favour of taking things that literally aren't available out of the game, though I'm not sure how that would even be possible. I'm not even advocating for a price cap or anything (I'm tempted to because, well, this is me we're talking about) but it's just unfair when you can't even weigh your options about whether to buy something or not because it doesn't exist to purchase. It's one thing if you get the bad luck to be asked for a 100 million+ item, but if it's just "There are none of this item available!" it's like "excuse me while I throw this computer out a window".

Your usual disinterest in money and being challenged brought to you by strange. ¯(ツ)/¯

It's already set so it doesn't ask for items that have fewer than x copies on site (although idk what the cutoff is). The limb may seem particularly rare, but it's a wearable and a weapon, so there' no telling how many are sitting in people's wardrobes and armories.

Item Hunt needs to be buffed again.

You get something impossible? Tough luck, try again

It's completely random like that for years.

Try again, and better luck next time? Many people have a better shot at completing IH recently. You get achievements and an awesome forum title in addition to the weapon, as well the satisfaction of completing it.

This can't even be.

I spent over 300 million sp on my runs to get my win on Item Hunter and now I'm working on another one because I'm apparently a sadist. It has always been one of the most frustrating and difficult tasks/goals onsite. Always. How do you think the users who were asked for a Swashbuckle on Level 100 felt about having to decide between borrowing one, turning it in, winning, and having to immediately turn their new Swashbuckle over to the person they borrowed from, or FUCKING LOSING BECAUSE CHASE ASKED FOR A SWASHBUCKLE LIKE THE BASTARD HE IS? It's how he rolls, it always has been. This shouldn't be news.