Tradeskill Trophies In Everquest
A Statistical Study of the Trivial of
Tradeskill Trophies in EverQuest
By KyrosKrane Sylvanblade
Copyright ©2005 KyrosKrane Sylvanblade. All rights reserved.
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1. Table of Contents
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Abstract___________________________________________________________ 3
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Introduction _______________________________________________________ 4
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Description of the problem ___________________________________________ 7
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Changes in 2004 __________________________________________________________ 7
Item Trivials and Difficulties_________________________________________________ …show more content…
Four additional tradeskills are restricted to certain races or classes; these are poison-making, tinkering (the highly unpredictable art of making magical contraptions), alchemy (potion making), and research (the creation of new magic spells).
The player will typically start a tradeskill attempt (called a “combine”) by deciding which item he or she wishes to make. Then the player has to collect the necessary components.
Some components are sold by vendors in unlimited quantities; others have to be collected from defeated enemies or through the completion of quests; yet other components have to be crafted using tradeskills (this is referred to as “subcombines”).
Once a player has collected all the necessary items, he places them in a “combine container” – this is a tailoring kit for tailored items, a forge for smithed items, an oven for food, and so on – and clicks the “Combine” button. The game then runs a complicated formula that determines whether the player is able to complete the combine successfully
(yielding the desired item), or whether the player fails the combine (usually resulting in
Tradeskill Trophies in EverQuest
By KyrosKrane Sylvanblade
Copyright ©2005 KyrosKrane Sylvanblade. All rights reserved.
Page 1 of 36
1. Table of Contents
1.
Table of Contents ___________________________________________________ 2
2.
Abstract___________________________________________________________ 3
3.
Introduction _______________________________________________________ 4
3.1.
3.2.
3.3.
3.4.
3.5.
4.
Description of the problem ___________________________________________ 7
4.1.
4.2.
4.2.1.
4.2.2.
4.2.3.
4.2.4.
4.2.5.
4.2.6.
4.3.
4.4.
4.4.1.
4.4.2.
5.
Changes in 2004 __________________________________________________________ 7
Item Trivials and Difficulties_________________________________________________ …show more content…
Four additional tradeskills are restricted to certain races or classes; these are poison-making, tinkering (the highly unpredictable art of making magical contraptions), alchemy (potion making), and research (the creation of new magic spells).
The player will typically start a tradeskill attempt (called a “combine”) by deciding which item he or she wishes to make. Then the player has to collect the necessary components.
Some components are sold by vendors in unlimited quantities; others have to be collected from defeated enemies or through the completion of quests; yet other components have to be crafted using tradeskills (this is referred to as “subcombines”).
Once a player has collected all the necessary items, he places them in a “combine container” – this is a tailoring kit for tailored items, a forge for smithed items, an oven for food, and so on – and clicks the “Combine” button. The game then runs a complicated formula that determines whether the player is able to complete the combine successfully
(yielding the desired item), or whether the player fails the combine (usually resulting in