Fan Faire April 2006 write up, part 1

[KyrosKrane]

I honestly can't answer your question with any certainty, Ozadar. Our discussions didn't get that specific. Based on what I saw in Alchemy, though, and what happened when the partial changes for Tailoring went in, my call would be to use up what you already have. Trivials for many items will be lowered, so those skillup paths may vanish. New items may be added, or trivials for other items adjusted upwards to compensate. Ngreth has made it clear that he doesn't want people to hoard supplies, so I wouldn't expect a pre-announcement of the specific changes either.

[KyrosKrane]

People are missing what I meant by the bazaar ports. I specifically meant that getting around inside the bazaar by using the ports to and from the red/blue halls was far too laggy. You would run over the port pad, pause a second or three, then port over to the hall -- facing the return port pad. If you were on auto-run, the lag would usually mean you ran over the return port pad before you could control your movement. Again, it would lag, and you'd go on your merry way thinking you were fine. A few seconds later, the server would catch up, notice that you ran over the pad, and helpfully port you right back out. Then you'd have to start the process all over again.

Compare that to the ports in, say, Erudin. The instant you come into contact with the port stone, you immediately move to the destination. Even if you're on autorun, there's no danger of you running right back to the return port stone.

[Ikken]

My apologies Kyro - the first person understood it dead on (hence the 'can't they read a map' comment). I misread it.

I just remember the mention of using the unused doors in Guild Hall to link to Bazaar, and that post jogged my memory of it. Sorry.

-Ikken

[Ngreth Thergn]

Ngreth has made it clear that he doesn't want people to hoard supplies, so I wouldn't expect a pre-announcement of the specific changes either.

Mostly because rarely am I going to name specific items that are changed (it causes price gouging) nor what the new item will be (price gouging and hoarding)

With that in mind... I don't want people Hoarding... because they could "loose" alot of cash by hoarding things that could possibly have no other use.

So I give general warnings such as I did for alchemy, that most people headed

[Ozadar]

Thanks KyrosKane! Starting to ramp up tailoring and smithing now after a small diversion into baking and pottery. I'll probably use the rest of my stockpiles in both smithing and tailoring with minimal farming after that and wait for the change since I'll likely not make it past 250 before then. Just don't want to get caught with my robe down. That would be an ugly sight.

Ozadar of the 70th Corpse
Tradeskiller of Zek
Member of 1450 Club

Baking - 252
Brewing - 250
Fletching - 202
Jewelry - 253
Pottery - 242
Smithing - 227
Tailoring - 209
Research - 200
Fishing - 200

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