Generally speaking, the only way a caster can get a new primary is if they raid. As a father with a 1 year old and working constantly, the moments I do have to play EQ, I cannot raid.
Now, every other piece of equipment, I can buy, make, or quest... but not the primary.
As a wizard who has invested a lot of time in tradeskills (all 300), AA's, etc., I would like a quest which requires all of the skills I have worked hard on to make or get a primary which is not exactly a 1.5 or 2.0... but certainly an upgrade to the 1.0 I got 5 years ago and still have.
Since most are 1hb for us int casters. A shaft which has to be fished out of a given lake using fishing, honed using fletching, then combined with a certain metal which makes the shaft magical. A staff head inlaid with only the finest jewelcrafted jewels, imbued with researched items, and combined in a pottery kiln with enchanted metals. Then the spirit of a given animal which can only be gained through the baking of certain parts of it, then combining the 3 in 1 final forgery combine. For a nice twist, make the combine take 5000 mana from the person to imbue the power of the staff.
THAT would be a weapon worth making!!!
Now, every other piece of equipment, I can buy, make, or quest... but not the primary.
As a wizard who has invested a lot of time in tradeskills (all 300), AA's, etc., I would like a quest which requires all of the skills I have worked hard on to make or get a primary which is not exactly a 1.5 or 2.0... but certainly an upgrade to the 1.0 I got 5 years ago and still have.
Since most are 1hb for us int casters. A shaft which has to be fished out of a given lake using fishing, honed using fletching, then combined with a certain metal which makes the shaft magical. A staff head inlaid with only the finest jewelcrafted jewels, imbued with researched items, and combined in a pottery kiln with enchanted metals. Then the spirit of a given animal which can only be gained through the baking of certain parts of it, then combining the 3 in 1 final forgery combine. For a nice twist, make the combine take 5000 mana from the person to imbue the power of the staff.
THAT would be a weapon worth making!!!


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