As the release of Green approaches, I've been checking rules applied to various prekunark content.
Starting with Kunark development, we have used a rule system to 'lock' items, spawns, merchant items, etc to eras. Eras are defined by months, essentially spanning march1999->december2001.
Before major content releases, I've occasionally asked for community collaboration and research to help with verification. Most* code and content should already be ruled and working as intended, but undoubtedly, we will miss something.
In a recent
bug report, user Dolalin reported that the 'Going Postal' mail delivery quests were not implemented until May1999, months after initial release. These have now been corrected.
If not previously addressed, players do not know if rules exist for various quests, npcs, etc. Do you know of a similar quest that should be locked behind an era rule? Perhaps it is an item for a quest that didn't drop until the quest was later introduced. There is really no 'wrong' way to go about this, so feel free to inquire, and we will verify.
If you wish to assist in this endeavor, this thread will serve as a working list. I will monitor and verify replies, and hopefully discover and correct unknown/unruled cases.
Thanks!