# Terrible state of silver ore/bar right now **URL:** \ **Category:** Wicked Feedback\ **Created:** [May 5, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/terrible-state-of-silver-ore-bar-right-now/10636 "2024-05-05T23:53:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Kixao](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/kixao/32/5020_2.png) [@Kixao](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Kixao)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/terrible-state-of-silver-ore-bar-right-now/10636/3 "2024-05-06T00:23:12Z")
Lol. There’s atleast 4 or 5 threads that I’ve seen personally on this very forum criticising the change since the patch went live 😛 Here’s a few links to some of em 😃 Edit: I’m adding more threads as I see them 😛 > [@Blacksmith bars selling no more? why?](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/blacksmith-bars-selling-no-more-why/10216): > > I can understand blacksmith does not sell bars when its not upgraded but… why have you removed the bars when is fully upgraded now? All this type of games, dark souls saga included, gives to you this option when you take care to upgrade the blacksmith. If you remove this from the game… is useless to upgrade the blacksmith. Totally. > [@Silver Ingots are a problem!](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/silver-ingots-are-a-problem/10129): > > Since the latest patch, it’s now pretty much impossible to make progress towards upgrading your gear, two silver mining nodes on the whole map or VERY LOW drop chance from the crucible. It’s a very dumb decision to make at this stage of development, I’d understand if nodes readily available to be mined, the grind doesn’t bother me, the lack of resources does! Ingots need to be returned to the blacksmith vendor until more nodes are available… > [@Upgrading armor will take insanely long after the last patch!](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/upgrading-armor-will-take-insanely-long-after-the-last-patch/10073): > > Don’t get me wrong I love the 1st big patch it has many improvements But since certain materials were already rarer than hens’ teeth not being able to buy at least some of them from vendors is going to be a big problem. For instance every single upgrade for a piece of level 3 armor I need 10 silver bars. I think it’s about 30 to 40(!) bars per item to get it fully upgraded. I know of exactly one or two silver veins in the whole game I can farm from time to time when they are not depleted of … > [@Vote : Post-Patch 1, are upgrading gear times too long for you?](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/vote-post-patch-1-are-upgrading-gear-times-too-long-for-you/10122): > > As i commented [in this post](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/upgrading-armor-will-take-insanely-long-after-the-last-patch/10073/13), i think it’s good to collect as many opinions as possible on this question. After Patch 1, refined materials can’t be purchased anymore, as the team would like us to use the crafting mechanics. In general, Is the amount of time required to get the raw material and refine it too long in your opinion for upgrading your gear (especially tier 3, that requires a lot of refined material), or do you think it’s well balanced as it is ? [poll](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/vote-post-patch-1-are-upgrading-gear-times-too-long-for-you/10122/1) What do you think about the tim… > [@Silver and beyond ingots are unsustainable/time wasting gameplay loop](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/silver-and-beyond-ingots-are-unsustainable-time-wasting-gameplay-loop/10574): > > Please reduce higher end crafting times. 30 minutes for one silver ore is getting ridiculous. I realize that you want things to have weight and importance but there’s a line between weight and wasting our time. I enjoy playing but I can’t just pop into a dungeon, have some fun, then come back to my finished silver ore. Five hours to smelt up ONE UPGRADE for a weapon? As someone who played an embarrassing amount of Everquest/P99/Project Quarm I understand weight and intention in a game. I could … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/terrible-state-of-silver-ore-bar-right-now/10636)._