As it currently stands, a lot of ore is sold to the shops, used for nothing but selling.
My suggestion is to make it so you can forge your weapons with certain ore for a 1-1 increase in dc, 0-1 sc/mc on weapons.
An example would be, you have a GreatAxe, using the crafting npc you can crate a stronger version or the weapon - 1 GreatAxe 5 puri 15+ Silver ore would be forged into a SilverGreatAxe with dc 1-28
Or a MageStaff using the same stuff would become a SilverMageStaff with mc 2-5.
I know strong versions of these weapons were in ace and probably here too, but it would make use of mining and how the current shop ores can be used.
I like how you can make arrows with some of the ores, that was a good addition
My suggestion is to make it so you can forge your weapons with certain ore for a 1-1 increase in dc, 0-1 sc/mc on weapons.
An example would be, you have a GreatAxe, using the crafting npc you can crate a stronger version or the weapon - 1 GreatAxe 5 puri 15+ Silver ore would be forged into a SilverGreatAxe with dc 1-28
Or a MageStaff using the same stuff would become a SilverMageStaff with mc 2-5.
I know strong versions of these weapons were in ace and probably here too, but it would make use of mining and how the current shop ores can be used.
I like how you can make arrows with some of the ores, that was a good addition