We're looking for sP sinks, aren't we? Why not let us smelt more than once per day? At least during this event. I was going to toss more sP at the Recycle Beast, but it wouldn't let me. It seems like, at this point, it's more necessary to get rid of sP than items, anyway.

HEAR HEAR! I accidentally chose to smelt 100k because I thought it was a one time thing and not a marathon >_>

Seriously. When I realized it was a group effort I wanted to go back and smelt more, but NOPE.

I'm hoping it's just an oversight.

100k and 500k donations count as the same thing for the goal, and they set the goal knowing we can only do this once a day. so I don't think they will change this.

While I'd like to be able to smelt more too, theoretically they know how many people are participating in the plot and made a doable goal?

It'd be cool if we could do it like, five times a day and no more for the duration.

Maybe they just wanted to buy some more time till we can proceed with the next step^^' But yes, I would also like to smelt more than once per day (if only for the duration of the event)

"Hey, when's the next plot step?" "Oh, once we all smelt enough sP, it'll go up."

Totally agree with this.

Also, does anyone know why we can't smelt more than once a day... in general? Like... why limit us? Is that to prevent people throwing all their money in one day to buy certain items? Because I don't understand... why... that would be a bad thing? I mean, that would be a huge sP sink... and more utilized too. Because I tend to forget about smelting even though I WANT to do it.

it's probably so people still turn in items to the recycle beast, not just sP

I think the plot will still progress, but these goals will be here too for us to do

That's possible. I honestly thought it was the condition for the next step to happen, though.

Nope, it's a condition for extra prizes at the end, mentioned that here :)

Ah, okay. That's cool (but boy, do I hate when things just get mentioned in random threads and not somewhere obvious where I might actually see it, lol).

I can see that being the case, but item recycling would still be cheaper... and in some cases, significantly cheaper. I would think it is kind of like the MKBs and the direct buy TC slots. Is the direct buy easier? Yes. Cheaper? Not necessarily... and really, donating items is far cheaper/better in the long run. But at the same time, why limit people if they would rather throw all their sP in the smelter? If people want to recycle items only, that's fine. But if we want it to be a more effective sink, more times per day would be nice.

I guess it comes down to which sink they would prefer the recycle beast to be - item or sP.

I just know that, for me, I forget. So, me dropping a few mil on one day is still better than my once-a-month-if-I-am-lucky-and-remember 500k smelt and/or 2-3 items I might have on my account at the time. Then again, I'll probably forget about the smelter again once the plot is over, so I will just go back to not caring either way. lol

and that's why this page exists =) and there are always users that will answer your questions because they saw the posts or someone answered their questions.

it's far far far less convenient though, I am sure quite a few people would pay a little bit more just because of the convenience factor.

I would have to agree that it's probably better that there is a limit on smelting just so people don't always take the easy way out. It helps the price of items increase when people feel the need to buy them in order to get recycle points. Just another way that Subeta helps boost their economy on here a bit :)

I have a couple of ideas for this that would still promote the donation of items to the Recycle Beast.

1. A random event that let's you smelt an additional time, much like the extra Wizard quest buff.
2. A day once a month/six months/year where there is a higher limit/no limit on smelting.
3. More items in the shop, revamp the old ones. Encourage us to build up this currency.

I'm actually against more smelting; The whole point is that the recycle beast is trying to take /items/ out of the system. You can usually get a recyclable item for 2.5-4k (less if you're clever)

EDIT: I like 's suggestions