According to the cached version of eqtraders.com from 10/28/99 located here, batwings are sold by:

Kathar Firespinner -East Commons
Jeliala Glimmercharm and Tika Shockstep - Erudin
Jeena Firechaser - Kithicor Forest
Hrak - Oggok

The cached version from 2/29/2000 lists the following in addition to the above:
Lysa Truegreen, Zasrin Blueflame - West Freeport

Well, that clinches it.

My question is... if we need to find proof of something before something is changed in a patch to more closely reflect "classic", then how come no one was required to post proof that bat wings were NOT on certain merchants in classic? It's kind of a double standard to take something out on someone's "memory" or "opinion" and then require us to post proof that it in fact should be put back in. It shouldn't have been removed without proof. Not trying to stir shit, just an honest question so something like this doesn't happen again.

I don't answer to you. There's nothing that I can say that will guarantee "something like this won't happen in the future". Have you ever played a game where each and every patch was fabulously perfect?

I said I would add bat wings back to the vendors that needed them... and that it would be done by next patch.

If you're looking for something else, you're reading too far into the bat wings.

Fixed next patch.

Just wondering on what basis bat wings were removed in the first place. I never suggested you answered to me, I apologize if it seemed like that. It's just that in the bugs forum, we've been repeatedly told if we want something fixed, we need to post proof. How did the bat wings get removed if no one posted proof that they weren't on the vendors in Classic?

Plus I am drunk, so if I should just STFU and be happy it will be fixed in next patch, I can do that too. LOL

Thanks Nilbog!

You've got a good point. But don't sweat it, I think it's just a misunderstanding.

One thing I had completely forgotten (perhaps others did too) is that originally vendors did not show how many of any item they had for sale. That was that way at least through Velious and maybe later.

I can remember players occasionally communicating in game or posting on message boards that 'vendor so and so' had unlimited supplies of some item, and then having to be told that they didn't - they just had more than that person had bought. I can also very clearly remember one morning doing my daily vendor mining, finding HQ bear pelts on one of the Everfrost ramp vendors, hitting Shift-buy and realizing that there were still more pelts in her inventory, which meant she had more than a stack; it was a happy day.

Early on, there was no way to know what a vendor had in unlimited supply unless you were the first person to get to the vendor after a patch, or you just bought, bought, bought until you could be certain they had unlimited amounts. And there were not as many places available to share that information (and probably a greater tendency to NOT share when that info provided a significant edge).

Thank you!

I would like to know who the clowns were who were training vendors around so people couldn't buy wings on saturday.