[Erati]

Heres what happened.

VS gloves had a incorrect picture displaying 'Effect: Transmute Hammer'

That effect exists only on one item: Vib Gauntlets of Infuse which creates the Vibrating Hammer of Infuse.

The reason why so many keep saying 'you never get the caster gloves back' bc this is what happened...

with the incorrect picture of Shissar gloves displaying the effect that was never on them (Effect: Transmute Hammer), VS's gloves began to become mixed up with the Vibrating gaunlets bc it was believed they had the same effect.

Well that effect only makes 1 item- Vibrating Hammer of Infuse and that hammer also has an effect which always only does one thing - makes Vibrating Gloves.

So in theory if you clicked your Shissar gloves with the Transmute Hammer effect you would enter the Vibrating Gauntlets cycle and thus never see your Shissar gloves again bc no item had the effect "Transmute Shissar Gloves :P".

In reality- the Shissar gloves never had that effect and in fact just a simple item link of an actual pair was impossible at the time. Word of mouth spread rampantly and we are talking about maybe 3-4 sets of gloves on a server by the time Velious was even released probably.

Very few knew the actual truth.

Or it was a bug and only the first couple had the Effect then was fixed after the obvious mistake

but this is a fun thread to read