Merchants: era rules for merchant items (research requested)

[soronil]

Originally Posted by nilbog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Plate Armor Molds - I see comments made on the spreadsheet these are for Fine Plate Armor. When was it added?

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.games.everquest
Tons of posts about banded in this news group from 1999. No mention of fine plate until:

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....4/S0R9F9Smf4AJ
9/25
This person conflates cultural armor with fine plate armor (they say cultural but they want black fine plate) . This is the oldest reference i could find to fine plate armor. the rest of that discussion is about fine plate.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....o/CeJHLqJ7IVMJ
9/27
Completely different thread about fine plate. OPs words suggest FP was new at this time.

Probably too strong of a conincidence that the first 2 things I could fine both happened within a week of the September 2000 Epic Weapons patch that overhauled tradeskills. I believe cultural smithing and fine plate were added at the same time.

Things that should be tagged this patch:
Ikthars Fine Steel Skin (vendors... how to book)
[Small/Large/""(Medium)] Plate __ Mold (vendors)
Leather Padding (recipe. Only used for Fine plate / cultural)

And it seems like dyes were the same patch, but based on the vendor i visited, it seems like these may already all be flagged correctly for green (not sure about all the ground spawns like Evergreen Leaf, Permafrost Crystals, Jack-O-Lantern Fungus, Sarcoscypha Fungus)