it also needs wood,coal,charcoal,etc. to burn the logs and you need to spend money and time to get those

 

Thank you for the unnecessary, giant bump.

 

So would you rather have numerous threads regarding the same issue, instead of a user spending the time to see if a thread of the same nature exists before they create their own?

To my knowledge, a thread is considered open unless locked/deleted by a moderator or if the thread deals in issues that have already been settled.

Now, to the original subject matter of the thread:

I have to agree with Arius about the wood ---> charcoal relationship, but I fear that there may be more math involved than has been shown. If charcoal has its price raised, would using sticks as a fuel source to smelt charcoal be a way to exploit the price raise? How could we balance the price of other fuel items (sticks/wood [and all other wood products besides crafting benches, if I remember correctly]) to ensure that it does not become overly profitable?

 

Yes I know, it's been awhile since this was commented on, but I feel like I should add onto this.

True, wood is raw charcoal ore, but it's also sold at the store. With the logic of it being ore, shouldn't that mean ALL ore should be sold in raw for at the store?

Also, charcoal used to be just as much as coal, $1. Some people abused this price by simply buying mass amounts of wood at the server stores and simply smelting it and selling. Massive profit, from next to no work. This was why charcoal was reduced to what it is now, to stop that unfair profit.