Spells: Enchant Spells (Cultural Armor)

[Treats]

The Velious spdat that I have from February 2, 2001 doesn't list any other component for Enchanting a Velium Bar.

Enchant Velium
Summoning Enchanted Bar of Velium


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Classes: Enc (L44)

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Requires 22098 as a reagent

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Skill: Alteration
Allowable Targets: Self

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Resistance Check: None

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Mana Required: 200
Spell Duration: Instant
Casting Time: 6.0 seconds
Spell Recovery: 2.25 seconds

[Nirgon]

I dropped a spell file for Koros if you want that. It's a few months before Luclin and a result of one of the last patches I think, it's the straight dope too.

[Ele]

Caster's Realm has some comments indicating that enchanting mithril did indeed require Blue Diamonds. The linked page is a screen shot post-patch, but the comments come months before hand and show evidence that Blue Diamonds were required:

http://web.archive.org/web/200107251...ll.asp?Id=1416

FORGET THIS SPELL, By Bowynn (3/7/2001)

With the implementation of blue diamond jewelry this spell is effectively worthless. Not only is Blue Diamond jewelry implemented, but each metal makes a DIFFERENT piec of jewelry meaning a person can basically wear EIGHT pieces of blue diamond jewelry, Head, 2 earrings, 2 bracers, 2 rings, and a necklace.

DISAPPEARING DIAMOND, By Rhiannan crystalweave (1/28/2001)

Someone asked earlier if the diamond is just needed as a component to cast the spell or if it's consumed? It's consumed! I was called upon to cast this spell and the diamond said, 'Buh-bye'. As far as where you buy the spell, it's sold in the Felwithe casters guild by the vendor who sells the tiny daggers if memory serves me correctly. I bought all 4 of the new enchant spells and all were sold by vendors you wouldn't expect.

DISGRUNTLED ENCHANTER, By Bette (1/28/2001)

The fact that these diamonds usually sell for around 250, and 3 bricks are required for an enchanted elvish chain tunic. In addition to the difficulty in requiring a temper. Wouldn't one say 4int 4wis 2sv mag is kinda shabby for the amount of time and PP put into the armour enchanted mithril can make? My guild has been working on suiting our elvish officers in these tunics. Being that we're a low-mid level guild a 4int 4wis tunic is a very nice peice, but at the level that it's accessible its both useless and extremely expensive, which makes selling it a prohibative trade at best.

54TH ENCHANTER, By Yazz of prexus (1/28/2001)

Memmed this, casted it and we now know you need 2 items.
1.)A large brick of Mithril 2.) A blue diamond.

As for where this drops, I have no idea.

Enchanted Admantite same thing:
http://web.archive.org/web/200107251...ll.asp?Id=1418

SPELL COMMENTS
WAY TOO EXPENSIVE REAGENT, By Shaniallon of mithaniel marr (3/12/2001)

I feel this reagent is way too expensive after the new jewlery came..
Blue diamonds are like 2k now, so a tunic of imbued adamantite would be 6k per attempt, is this really the meaning? SMR is like 5k now, and is a better deal for a caster.

[Ele]

EQTraders identifies Enchant Mithril as requiring a blue diamond as a component in this February 23, 2001 snapshot for "Enchanted Elven chainmail"

http://web.archive.org/web/200102231...g_high_elf.htm

(large mithril bricks are enchanted using the level 49 enchant mithril spell. This eats a rare drop blue diamond as it's material component. The enchanted bricks are then formed into mithril rings using the recipe provided above)

http://web.archive.org/web/200102041...s/darkelf.html
February 4, 2001 snapshot from EQTraders

Enchanted adamantite requires blue diamond as part of enchant adamantite

enchanted adamantite chain requires, enchanted adamantite. The enchanter must enchant the bricks before you forge them into rings (This spell eats a rare drop blue diamond as it's material component)

Trivial: imbued arms >185

http://web.archive.org/web/200104121...hing_human.htm
April 12, 2001 snapshot of EQTrader Human cultural armor

(Note: enchanted large bricks of HQ ore are made using the level 49 enchant steel spell. It eats a rare drop jacinth as it's material component. The enchanted large bricks are then formed into various enchanted rings, folded sheets, etc. as listed below)

[SirAlvarex]

All of a sudden the oddly overpowered Elven cultural armor makes sense.

[nilbog]

Will nerf this when I get time..

Obvious question is: what to do with all the existing cultural armor, if anything?

[quido]

Rename it and make it statless like with BD gear, then setup custom combines requiring the statless pieces and the constituent gems!

[Frieza_Prexus]

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

Rename it and make it statless like with BD gear, then setup custom combines requiring the statless pieces and the constituent gems!

^^^^

[SirAlvarex]

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

Rename it and make it statless like with BD gear, then setup custom combines requiring the statless pieces and the constituent gems!

That...actually makes sense.

[Treats]

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

Will nerf this when I get time..

Obvious question is: what to do with all the existing cultural armor, if anything?

I thought about this awhile ago the only solution I could come up with would be to reimburse every piece of armor on the server with the components it took to do the combine (Minus the gem of course).

This way if you still wanted the cultural armor piece you would have all components and just require the gem. I'm sure some of the assholes of the server would charge you to perform the combine though. Perhaps implement an NPC in EC for a limited amount of time that would take all of the components and the gem to reward you with the item combine.

Jeremy's idea is pretty good too, make the cultural armor statless for a limited time and then implement an NPC in EC that will give you the stat armor for that plus the gem. After awhile just empty the statless armor from the database.