I'm just curious, say you have a huge stack of 1000 or more ore, how do you smelt it?

This is valorite I've been hording until I hit 100 real skill (I've actually got 6000 of it to smelt... did plenty of mining before i took my gloves off), and I'm wonder what an effective balance is between time and saving the maximum amount of ingots possible.

I want those reading glasses for my crafter.

That is one tough question. Normally I smelt it all at once. Most of the time I succeed. I have never saved up 6000 either. So losing 3000 in a pop would be really tough to handle. Only thing I can say is: I hope the RNG is good to you when you do smelt

Vepl

Interesting...
I looked again, and I've actually got a pretty massive 6800 valorite ore.

The odds are slightly in my favor, and while I do gamble on occasion I think that's a bit too much to risk.

Then again, it's a big payoff if it works.


But... I'm just going to try about 30 at a time. I have time, so it's not a big deal.

LOL... OMG.

Well, was doing it a few at a time. I failed twice in a row, and said screw it and threw 6600 valorite ore on the fire and failed!!!!

I don't believe it.

Well... back to mining

I have my Fire Beetle with me and smelt it 2 large ore at a time for Agapite and up.

If I were in your shoes, I wouldve done the same. It woulda taken a loooonnnnggg time, but it woulda been worth it...

I smelt my ore as I go using my walking forge (fire beetle) so I have never accumulated more then 36 ore at a time.

I've another question pertaining to mining:
What's with the jewels I've been mining up? What special purpose do they serve?

And I've seen the acronymn GGS thrown around. What's it stand for?

As many characters as I've played in UO, this is the first time I've ever had a haflway decent crafter, and I don't know a thing

GGS is the guaranteed gain system, a replacement for powerhour

http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg...i=&p_topview=1

The gems you are mining are used as ingredients in weapons that were introduced with UO: Mondaine's Legacy (elf gear). A complete list of the gems and what they can be used for can be found at www.uostuff.com .

You would have had a slightly better chance at smelting the Valorite if you'd kept your mining gloves on while smelting, wearing the ringmail gloves would have given your 105 mining (if you donned them with GM mining).

*kicks RNG*

Sorry to hear that Chris686 . I probably would of done the same thing...maybe just a little earlier then you did. When I was trying to get gains I would smelt one ore. Once I hit GM it has been all or nothing

Vepl

That's what I do also, I fill up until my backpack can not hold anymore, then use the walking forge to smelt it. Just mine, and smelt as I go.

Oh, maybe you misunderstood. I mined all that valorite while I was at 95 real skill with gloves on. I continued mining for a while because I wasn't sure I'd spend the extra 5 points in mining, but changed my mined. I did take the plunge with 105 mining

I'm up to 10,000 valorite now! I did the math and it will take slightly over 20,000 ingots to get my reading glasses. Halfway there!