Thief and the Last Stand

[noodles355]

I'm fine with that comparison. When I run out of Cannon Shells, I'll go get more, when you run out of Omphalos Bullet (intentionally or accidentally), you'll go get more.

Are you serious?
Getting more Cannon Shells: Running to AH, buying more. If none on AH: Synth.
Getting another Omphalos Bullet: Joining Akvan group and hoping you get lucky and it drops again. I'm personally only 0/50ish on the Bullet.

If you really think that is comparable then I have nothing to say. Except to possibly advise other posters that you are completely batshit insane and to not take anything you write seriously.

[Zirael]

Are you serious?
Getting more Cannon Shells: Running to AH, buying more. If none on AH: Synth.
Getting another Omphalos Bullet: Joining Akvan group and hoping you get lucky and it drops again. I'm personally only 0/50ish on the Bullet.

If you really think that is comparable then I have nothing to say. Except to possibly advise other posters that you are completely batshit insane and to not take anything you write seriously.

A single character can put 7 items on Auction House at a time. Even if a single crafter devoted himself to make Cannon Shells, he can sell 35k to 70k (depending on server prices, see below) worth of bullets at a time when it costs 63k to make those 7 stacks. So it's a -28k to +7k 'profit' for doing 14 synths (depending on server). It's a T1 synth at best too. And they sell slow, because only Thieves would use them for situational things. Situational as in: you buy those 7 stacks of bullets of that crafter (84 bullets total) to fill in 7 of your inventory spaces and then 10min into event you're like "Sorry guys, ran out of ammo, gonna warp and buy more." Oh wait, check the item availability again (your server and mine below). At the same time the same alchemy crafter could be doing Orichalcum Bullets, selling for 60k to 70k/stack (assuming no HQs at all, cost to make: 25k to 35k; net profit for selling 7 stacks: ~ +245k, net profit for selling 7 pouches: ~ +2940k). Noone will make Cannon Shells for Thieves' situational uses to provide constant reliable supply. Is that so far away from getting your ammo from VW? Maybe yes, maybe no, depending if you have Alchemy friend or not. Which brings me back to warping out every 10min of an event to restock my ammo. If none is left on AH, waiting a day or a week (literally, check the pics as it stands now) for more of them to show up, or getting mats and shouting for Alchemy 94+ (with subs) crafter, or dropping my party/alliance and logging to mule to craft them, as I'm Cooking100 already (doing 14 synths for 7 stacks takes ~10 to 15min, then sending them over). EVERY 10min of an event.
You're calling me dumb? You obviously didn't think it over further than your nose's end. And you're trying to glorify me your hurdles of getting 1 Akvan drop..? Really?