Back when I was new, back in early-early 2001, once I got mage skills to recall around and mark runes... exploring Atlantic, I would find the odd museum along the way. Houses brimming with old rares from before we had Tram. Server births. Special event items. Nothing that was all that common, all locked down around the house to show off in a mighty collection. Granted none of these houses were very small! Even when I came back a few times over, it was like I would always find something new.
Unfortunately, I can't give hard examples... names, locations. The one I remember for sure was in that little clearing between Vesper and Cove, at the cross-roads, just at the magical doorway to Buccaneer’s Den. It didn’t have the BIGGEST collection of rares, but at least I remember that location.
Anyone that knows the Red & Purple town, my personal house is a rares museum in its own right. It's the big house just south of the mall building. The basement, or dungeon, is the main museum, however rares can be found all over the house and inside public viewable containers. Like the old museums, there is no method to the madness. Items were collected over the years and added to the collection. Some very old server births. Some not so very rare items just to share. Some are very special, even if they don’t look the part. As an example, a friend of mine and I figured a way to kill extremely powerful Umbra guards. Blood red axes were the prize and I have 3 in a stack. Do they look special or have special names? Nope! Kind of sad. Many items are from older events, before we got the new generation of Event Moderators. In fact, very few items are from the early days of our EMs. I personally don’t find EM items interesting vs. an old spittoon for example... or an old skull mug. Some items are special rares from other shards. Some items are Asian event items... and these things just don’t happen any more for some unknown reason. Some are oddball gifts along the road. Granted, one could easily have a collection of just new staff (Mesanna made) rares... or just EM event rares. That’s not what I specialize in. Every building (of the 6) in my town has a reason to be. Besides having my main workshop in my personal house, I hope to give people a little entertainment at looking at old and odd items. If asked... I have a few stories. Tis fun!
It makes me wonder if any of the old museums still exist... anyplace. Did they move shards? Did they move from Tram someplace in the vastness of Malas? Did the houses fall and the items were scattered to the winds? This was a day before big deeded items and deeded items never survive a house fall.
Anyone know? Anyone have pictures or information on the old museums of Atlantic?
Thought it would also be a fun topic to share with the community.
Again... no modern EM items. You can see just about everything around Luna city on inactive auction safes. As I understand it, most people only see those as big sale items. Not exactly rares.
Unfortunately, I can't give hard examples... names, locations. The one I remember for sure was in that little clearing between Vesper and Cove, at the cross-roads, just at the magical doorway to Buccaneer’s Den. It didn’t have the BIGGEST collection of rares, but at least I remember that location.
Anyone that knows the Red & Purple town, my personal house is a rares museum in its own right. It's the big house just south of the mall building. The basement, or dungeon, is the main museum, however rares can be found all over the house and inside public viewable containers. Like the old museums, there is no method to the madness. Items were collected over the years and added to the collection. Some very old server births. Some not so very rare items just to share. Some are very special, even if they don’t look the part. As an example, a friend of mine and I figured a way to kill extremely powerful Umbra guards. Blood red axes were the prize and I have 3 in a stack. Do they look special or have special names? Nope! Kind of sad. Many items are from older events, before we got the new generation of Event Moderators. In fact, very few items are from the early days of our EMs. I personally don’t find EM items interesting vs. an old spittoon for example... or an old skull mug. Some items are special rares from other shards. Some items are Asian event items... and these things just don’t happen any more for some unknown reason. Some are oddball gifts along the road. Granted, one could easily have a collection of just new staff (Mesanna made) rares... or just EM event rares. That’s not what I specialize in. Every building (of the 6) in my town has a reason to be. Besides having my main workshop in my personal house, I hope to give people a little entertainment at looking at old and odd items. If asked... I have a few stories. Tis fun!
It makes me wonder if any of the old museums still exist... anyplace. Did they move shards? Did they move from Tram someplace in the vastness of Malas? Did the houses fall and the items were scattered to the winds? This was a day before big deeded items and deeded items never survive a house fall.
Anyone know? Anyone have pictures or information on the old museums of Atlantic?
Thought it would also be a fun topic to share with the community.
Again... no modern EM items. You can see just about everything around Luna city on inactive auction safes. As I understand it, most people only see those as big sale items. Not exactly rares.