Forum: Frequently Asked Questions

Hopefully this will answer all those people wanting 12, 15, 20-slot bags: Link to original 7-25-2006 post on EQLive Link to 12-01-2006 post on EQTraders

By now, some of you may have noticed a new icon at the bottom of every post, that looks like quotation marks, and the tooltip reads "Multi-Quote this message". This is a way for people to quote multiple posters in thread in a single reply. Let's say you have a long thread and want to respond...

Folks ask this question rather frequently these days, whether asking about EQOA, Star Wars, DAoC, World of Warcraft (WoW), whatever. This site is pretty much a fulltime job for me, and I have no plans to branch out to make a site for any other game at this time -- nor to add other EQ game...

There are several reasons that we do not track the tribute on items: Tribute is more subject to change than the other attributes on most items, and we already have a hard enough time getting updates on item info. The spell and item database Lucy already tracks tribute values on all items in...

I will not. I spent two weeks asking the community how they would like to see this feature. When it came to it, only 0.56% of the community even bothered to answer an anonymous poll. Adding a pricing feature to the recipes in the game would be a monumental amount of work. With so little...

This is a General F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions) Document about tradeskills in general. For questions about a specific tradeskill, please see the linked FAQ's below; Alchemy (Forthcomming) Baking Brewing Fishing Fletching Jewelcraft

Stats, and how they impact tradeskills, have been the subject of much debate, pet theories and urban legend. Over the years we've received several conflicting/changing reports on the effect of stats when tradeskilling. Here is the most recent information we have. The basics INT & WIS whichever...

Q: How do I get a cool picture or text to show up at the end of my post? A: Those pictures or text tag-lines are called "signatures" or a ".sig". The ".sig" name comes from UNIX systems where a file named ".sig" could be automatically appended to your outgoing e-mail or USENET postings. What...

Q: Is there an EQTraders chat channel in-game? A: Sort of. To join in: /join serverwide.eqtraders:eqtraders Please note: The channel has a password, so you must use the password to join. to autojoin:

Q: What sort of success rate should I expect? A: To answer that, I've taken a re-cap of the success rate discussion and posted it here. Thanks Ishwar for the the summary. For those with difficulty remembering the order of operations: Percentage = (skill - (trivial*.75)) + 51.5 Q:...

EQ Traders allows you to add an Avatar to your posts. Avatars are the images listed on the left side of the screen next to a person's name and posting information. Rules for using Avatars Only one image can be displayed at a time, its width can be no greater than 100 pixels, a height no...

Q What do '>' and '&lt;' mean? A Many trivials are listed using Greater Than ( > ) and Less Than ( < ) symbols from basic math. The word trivial is implied in each listing. Note that when these symbols are used, it means that someone at the listed skill attempted the item, and reported in on...

Various tradeskill items require "vials of ___ mana" (viscous, clear, purified, distilled, cloudy). Here's a brief rundown of what they are, where they can be found, and what material components are needed: The appropriate mana spell must be cast by an enchanter who has the material components...

Q: Can I have more than one trade skill over 200? A: Yes. You can have one of the basic trade skills above 200, up to 300 skill. The basic tradeskills are: Baking, Brewing, Tailoring, Smithing, Jewelcraft, Pottery, Fletching. You can also raise a Class Specific skill: Poison Making...

This text was originally written by Mewkus to be an explanation of Geerloks, but has been expanded to include other +tradeskill items. Q: What are geerlok tools? A: Geerlok tools are items that can be equipped in your primary slot that increase one of your tradeskills by 5%. There is a...

Below are several of the more common tradeskill-related abbreviations that you'll see here on the EQTC boards: BD - blue diamond BFT - blessed Faydark thunderbolt ( BS - black sapphire. (While this is commonly used in a rogue community to mean backstab, MOST of the time around here, you'll...

Oftentimes, folks come in here asking for prices on tradeskill items, and it almost always stirs up a hornet's nest of argument and debate. EQ Traders Corner is NOT in the business of setting prices. Prices vary from server to server, based on all sorts of factors. You will have to watch your...

While there are many regular visitors to the message boards that you'll become acquainted with if you visit here often, there are a few names you should know: Niami DenMother, aka DenMom, 'Mum, etc. - owner/administrator for http://www.eqtraders.com and the message boards. Make sure you know and...

I've formalized my sewing kit FAQ a bit more and put it into the proper format of a real FAQ file. Here is how it presently looks. Feel free to add comments and info in responses to this message. I will update the FAQ as additional info arrives. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...

(**reposted by the DenMom, credit goes to Froni for translating and transcribing this information**) ... and of course to the player behind Brodder Foamymugs, who originally wrote brewing diaries that were then adopted by VI and turned into actual in-game recipes I learned Gnomish to read these...

More definitions will be put in place as time goes on, but here's a quick sampling of some terms in common use on these boards: cultural tradeskill: any recipe that is race-restricted so that only persons of one race may craft the items. Cultural sewing kits and forges are not fooled by...