Change junk loot to tradeskill feedstock

[Haenir]

Economic stimulus package 2015.

Change the following drops:

Cloth Armor ----> Silk Scraps
Silk Armor ----> Silk Scraps
Leather Armor ----> Leather scraps
Chainmail Armor ----> Iron / Copper / Silver fragments
Platemail Armor ----> Iron / Copper / Silver fragments
Basic Weapons ----> Iron / Copper / Silver fragments
Mastercrafted Weapons ---> Dalium / Mithril fragments
Ethereal Weapons ---> Ghostmetal fragments?​

Possibly add higher-end drops like warpmetal fragments on lore-appropriate mobs (e.g., rust machines)

Add following tradeskill recipes:

3x silk scraps = silk swatch
3x leather scraps = wolf skin
9x leather scraps = bear pelt
3x iron / copper / silver / dalium / mithril fragments = iron / copper / silver / dalium / mithril ore
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Edit: simplified recipes

 

[DodoBot]

Hmm. I like this. I don't think there are a lot of people doing the mining thing at this point, and it would give newbies a potential side business as they leveled up without forcing them to farm or pick at walls all day for fun. I guess it just comes down to dev time and priorities.

 

[donfolstar3]

For new people and alts this would be a huge boon since I am guessing these scraps/fragments would be stackable? It takes about 20 minutes in Blackburrow/Warrens/Warpstone to either: everyone runs out of bags space or you stop looting the armor. Constant vendor breaks or forgoing loots at those low levels when you need it most- booooooo. Also, anything that helps tradeskillers slaving away with EQs archaic system is super. Haenir's idea seems like a slam slam (which is a slam dunk combined with a grand slam).

 

[ynnear]

good idea

 

[Daffie]

A Grand slam >>>> slam dunk
A hockey or soccer goal is closer but still doesn't cut it.

Maybe a 'perfect slam'. Perfect game (bowling) and grand slam.
Or even a 'hole slam'. A hole in one and grand slam (plus some wierd sexuall connotation...)