News from Fan Faire

[Aldier]

Anyone attending fan faire with any tidbits or teasers they wish to share with the rest of us?

Have heard about the new expansion, Veil of Alaris, with a level increase and standard blah blah of new things but have not heard anything yet about tradeskill things.

Cultural getting extended?
Stat food/drink being improved?
Skillcap increase? (/shudders and already starts to cramp up in his wrist)

[Niami DenMother]

Yes on new cultural. But that was about it on the tradeskill front that was mentioned at Fan Faire. Apparently not many folks asked tradeskill questions in the panels.

[Aldier]

Thanks for the reply. It is too far for me to go to fan faire and from everything I have heard, nothing seems to have been mentioned at all about these tradeskill issues that have been around for a couple expansions.

More specifically on the cultural, will it continue to use slots 7, 16, 17?

[Tanliel]

All I can remember the House Ogre saying specifically was, "Yes, there will be new cultural."

[Nolrog]

I recall reading somewhere that the issue with the skill up forumla was fixed. Plus they've changed the trophies to be a fixed bonus rather than a %, so they don't continue to scale and gain power. Both of those were needed for a cap increase. I thought I read that the cap increase was in the future but not with hte expansion, but I can't remember where I read that (or if I read it at all.) At least the wheels are in motion for that.

There was a get to know a dev feature for Justin Deeb (aka Jansan, the tradeskill developer). I was able to squeeze in a few tradeskill related questions:

Q: Nolrog - Are there any plans for more long and involved trade skill quests (e.g., Coldain Shawl 2.0, Aid Grimmel Earing, etc.)?
A: Nothing in the works at the moment, and no plans. But who knows what the future may hold?

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Q: Nolrog - What was the biggest challenge for you as you started working on the EQ Tradeskills?
A: Dealing with the massive amounts of recipes and getting familiar with the intricacies within each tradeskill. We're talking about a system with a legacy, and catching up on years and years of details and nuances is an on-going process. Needless to say, Ngreth's advice has been invaluable. Thankfully, especially compared to Vanguard, the actual creation and implementation of recipes is much quicker.

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Q: Nolrog - What is the biggest challenge for trade skills for the future?
A: Running out of adjectives for new cultural armor. Well. Actually Chandrok has the toughest part, since he has to balance the stats of the tradeskill items with all the other new items.

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