Hi everyone, I'm starting this thread in regards to a conversation I had with Manticore a couple of days ago and it was he that urged me to post something as to get some sort of community involvement, essentially to see what all of you think.
Now as many of you know I am a resident of Treasure Trove on Atlantic, Ez to my right, Tomas across from me and our newest resident Suzzy to the west of me. I've always been very proud of our guild and the dedication we have to our community, but i'm getting off topic. The point of this thread is a question i'm asked every so often, Are Sewn by and Made by items rare? I myself really only collect the footwear with those two tags. But my question is do these items have a place in the community. I think they do because it isn't as if I can just go down to the tailors and order up a pair of boots Made by Smurfette or Sewn by Jethro. Not to mention all of the variables, boots Made by Coll [Exceptional] (blessed), I don't know about the rest of the community but i've only seen a few pairs in all my time with that tag. Sewn by boots that are double blessed, very very hard to come by. Obviously this applies to other forms of clothing as well, I just have always stuck with footwear because when I first started collecting finding a pair of shoes with mods was obsenely rare and I could still hunt and wear my shoes/boots/sandals without taking up any armor space. My solution to this is something that would be a point system to match Manticores point system, respectively. A few examples I have in mind are as follows:
Boots Sewn by Frank (blessed) would count as one point as they are easily the hardest to find in my opinion.
Shoes sewn by Little Richard, now these would be considered as would any sewn by clothing as just that, sewn by clothing. In other words it would take 5 pieces of these to equal one point.
Shoes Made by Crickett [Exceptional] (blessed) although these are made by they are once again extremely hard to come by and should recieve one point as well.
Boots made by Urd [Exceptional] a common misconception with made by items is that the [Exceptional] in brackets is some sort of special tag. It is not special at all in fact, that is just the way the game at the time showed that the item was exceptionaly made. In fact in all my time i've never seen a Made By item that did not have [Exceptional] in brackets. So these pieces like the normal sewn by pieces would require 5 pieces to equal one point.
Suits! If you own an entire suit of made by or sewn by armor, all by the same character, all the same type of armor than that should be 1 point as well.
Now these are all just ideas and i'm very curious to see what you all think, especially to speak with collectors of the same type of items. I know names are a big factor when it comes to these types of items but i'm just thinking in terms of a point system. Thanks!
Athelas [Treasure Trove] Atlantic
Now as many of you know I am a resident of Treasure Trove on Atlantic, Ez to my right, Tomas across from me and our newest resident Suzzy to the west of me. I've always been very proud of our guild and the dedication we have to our community, but i'm getting off topic. The point of this thread is a question i'm asked every so often, Are Sewn by and Made by items rare? I myself really only collect the footwear with those two tags. But my question is do these items have a place in the community. I think they do because it isn't as if I can just go down to the tailors and order up a pair of boots Made by Smurfette or Sewn by Jethro. Not to mention all of the variables, boots Made by Coll [Exceptional] (blessed), I don't know about the rest of the community but i've only seen a few pairs in all my time with that tag. Sewn by boots that are double blessed, very very hard to come by. Obviously this applies to other forms of clothing as well, I just have always stuck with footwear because when I first started collecting finding a pair of shoes with mods was obsenely rare and I could still hunt and wear my shoes/boots/sandals without taking up any armor space. My solution to this is something that would be a point system to match Manticores point system, respectively. A few examples I have in mind are as follows:
Boots Sewn by Frank (blessed) would count as one point as they are easily the hardest to find in my opinion.
Shoes sewn by Little Richard, now these would be considered as would any sewn by clothing as just that, sewn by clothing. In other words it would take 5 pieces of these to equal one point.
Shoes Made by Crickett [Exceptional] (blessed) although these are made by they are once again extremely hard to come by and should recieve one point as well.
Boots made by Urd [Exceptional] a common misconception with made by items is that the [Exceptional] in brackets is some sort of special tag. It is not special at all in fact, that is just the way the game at the time showed that the item was exceptionaly made. In fact in all my time i've never seen a Made By item that did not have [Exceptional] in brackets. So these pieces like the normal sewn by pieces would require 5 pieces to equal one point.
Suits! If you own an entire suit of made by or sewn by armor, all by the same character, all the same type of armor than that should be 1 point as well.
Now these are all just ideas and i'm very curious to see what you all think, especially to speak with collectors of the same type of items. I know names are a big factor when it comes to these types of items but i'm just thinking in terms of a point system. Thanks!
Athelas [Treasure Trove] Atlantic
