The most EXPENSIVE item in GS.

[Rathgar]

What is the single most expensive item in GS? Is it a DB, a claidhmore, or some piece of fluff?

[BriarFox]

Depends on the mood of the moment? Maybe the spirit longbow, of the things that have been sold lately. There's some junk out there that hasn't seen the light of day in awhile that might beat it, though.

[GSMeureii]

The self mana zealot claidhmore was well into the 100's of millions. I don't really know the exact total, but I know it was a lot.

[fallenSaint]

Your bountiful knowledge of the Monk class is clearly priceless to all players of Gemstone.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

I would say Thailor's staff pre-imbed nerf and pre-charge nerf for a single item. Maybe the red armor pre-padding nerf.

Probably one of the unique multi-room homes/workshops pre-enchant nerf.

Now I'd guess it depends on who you ask. In my uber-item days, I had armor, containers, dbs, fairly nice collection of weapons and other toys. I thought then, and probably still think, that the original elemental bows are way up there.

Sadly, nerfs have crushed the value of just about everything.

[Drew]

Yeah I would have said thalior's staff or red armor back in "the day". Nowadays it's not so clear. There are a number of very nice items that haven't seen the auction block for ages so it's hard to put a fair value on them, although the spirit longbow certainly seems to be a good choice.

[Jahira]

"A chipped brick"

[kookiegod]

I still find Thalior's staff to be quite useful.

Gives my rogue archer 905, 507, 508, 913 which with 30 ranks of AS, lasts him an entire hunt.

Could do the same with my empath and eventually will with my ranger. Nice extra set of spells.

There was a padded set of full plate somewhere with self mana 107, was pretty nice for a warrior.

The zealot claid was awesome, owned that for a while. I'd consider changing around my ranger for that one. Heh.

Guess it depends really on what your needs are and what strikes your fancy at the time.

Oh, Lucos's whistle (and 'alive') disk is pretty awesome. Too bad its attuned, and anyways, he wouldn't sell it for any price. Ditto for Blade's self mana haste sword.

Cross-realms teleporters are fairly expensive too.

~Paul

[Fallen]

I imagine the Steel Weaponry would fetch a fine price on the open market.

[StrayRogue]

Red armour was over 200 million last time I checked (years back).

Thal's staff, naturally, but remember Thal's eye as well. That would rank in the hundreds of millions easily. The original elemental bows were awesome and expensive too (before they made a hundred rubbish clones of them).

The keep brig had a hefty price tag.

[Fallen]

Red armor was the damage padded stuff? Tsin sold that some time back for not that much money at all. Warriors don't like damage padding these days. Can't fathom why, especially as you can add HCP on top of any suit of armor. HDP would stack with the existing damage padding as well.

[NocturnalRob]

Sadly, nerfs have crushed the value of just about everything.
clearly that shit would crush everything in its path.
http://thetruthfulman.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/nerf_gun.jpg

[StrayRogue]

Red armor was the damage padded stuff? Tsin sold that some time back for not that much money at all. Warriors don't like damage padding these days. Can't fathom why, especially as you can add HCP on top of any suit of armor. HDP would stack with the existing damage padding as well.

Red Armour was valued that high prior to GSIV and prior to the damage padding nerf/randomization. Since then it was pointless as it wouldn't protect from falling/flares/crits/CMs etc. I recall Blueland had it for a long time.

[Drew]

Didn't consider the self-mana haste sword. Hmm. That would probably be it as far as the most expensive item if it ever saw the auction block.

[AnticorRifling]

Didn't consider the self-mana haste sword. Hmm. That would probably be it as far as the most expensive item if it ever saw the auction block.
I don't get why, haste imbeds are hella easy to come by.

[Fallen]

I don't get why, haste imbeds are hella easy to come by.

People love self reliance. That is why DB items cost a ton while you could just get a pocket wizard for a fraction of the price and receive way more benefit.

[StrayRogue]

Mana was never a problem in those days (neither was DS tbh).

[kookiegod]

Forgot about the steel weapons...and the eye, does Neimanz still have that?

I guess the biggest issue with the high price tag items is twofold...

1) The people who are using the steel weapons, e-bows, staff, haste sword, etc., generally are not selling them for any price.

2) What does come up for sale generally isn't for silver or trades anymore (there are exceptions, a lot of em actually, bought a Lirion bow recently for coins, and some people do a lot of trading, Ondreian, Lucos etc.), but a fair amount is currency, and for prices that really aren't supported in today's GS (less people, less buyers), let alone today's RL economic conditions, e.g. Caryn's inventory, while exceptional, isn't selling.

I guess the good thing of the economy, GS (and all other games) are a cheap investment compared to a lot of other activities in the current clime before the eventual turnaround.

~Paul

[Methais]

What is the single most expensive item in GS? Is it a DB, a claidhmore, or some piece of fluff?

My penis.

[AnticorRifling]

My penis. And at 100m an inch it's going to set you back 200m.

[NocturnalRob]

And at 100m an inch it's going to set you back 200m.
if you round up

[Methais]

And at 100m an inch it's going to set you back 200m.

If only my post count were as high as yours.

[StrayRogue]

Neimanz never had the eye. Just some alter he was always trying to sell for 10mil.

It belonged/s to Speaker.

[Methais]

What's the eye do? I vaguely remember it.

[StrayRogue]

An unwardable/undodgable hit that opens a bleeder, stuns and forces target to knees. Loads of wicked scripts. You have to remove your own eye to even wear it.

[Danical]

soulblade?

The one that does 1+ HP and spirit deaths the creature.

[kookiegod]

That hasn't left Enegue's hands since he acquired it for a lot of reasons.

~Paul

[Danical]

Well, yeah, nor should it.

But as far as the most "expensive" item, I would think that would be it.

[kookiegod]

True, be the most expensive piece of fluff of all time.

Heh!

~Paul

[Methais]

I wanna see Enegue's laser goggles in action.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

I sold the haste sword for 250m in a massive trade which included the greater vambraces. I think while it's pretty neat, I'd rather have a cross realms item or a true elemental bow. I'd even value the incredible crit padded golvern plate I used to have more than the sword, if I had to pick between the two. Basically I value just about never dying versus being able to kill quickly.

[kookiegod]

Yah, can't disagree Tayvin, but how it goes.

FWIW, I own 2 bows, one Lirion version, one Uska version. Both have their up and downsides, but they aren't the orginals for sure, but they pretty damn good regardless.

~Paul

[SHAFT]

What about the +47 claidh weighted mattock Tsin had? Am I wrong for thinking it was in the 400m area?

[kookiegod]

That is a bad-ass weapon, i dunno whats become of it.

I think he told me he sold it to someone along with the 10x vhcw holy handaxe, but I haven't heard of them again.

~Paul

[AestheticDeath]

My penis.

I was going to say my penis too! Damn you for beating me.

1.) Stop making stupid and pointless threads.
2.) It's been made before, and probably by you. Go search for it.

and shaft, yeah it was priced up there, but I don't recall if it ever sold for that.

[Asha]

I love you hating the thread but getting in on it twice in one post.

[AestheticDeath]

:P

[Asha]

lol
It's like spot-the-ball but spot-the-nips staring at your avatar.

[Drew]

That hasn't left Enegue's hands since he acquired it for a lot of reasons.

~Paul


Enegue says he hasn't swung it since 1997, who knows if the thing even works?

[Drew]

I sold the haste sword for 250m in a massive trade which included the greater vambraces. I think while it's pretty neat, I'd rather have a cross realms item or a true elemental bow. I'd even value the incredible crit padded golvern plate I used to have more than the sword, if I had to pick between the two. Basically I value just about never dying versus being able to kill quickly.




From my perspective I only play one character (my ranger) and I don't have much interest in playing any others so I don't usually start up other characters to use new items. So to me if it was a choice between spending my coins on the haste sword or golvern plate I obviously would pay more for the sword. Granted, this isn't really helping figure out what the most expensive item is, but if I were in the auction I'd be bidding the sword up and I wouldn't bid at all on the plate class items.

[Asha]

Out of complete interest Drew, what was that shit you swung and hit my character with when he was like 20 levels above yours and broke his head?

Lightning maul or something with quake?

[Drew]

That was probably when I owned the stormhammer. The special maneuver isnt' very level sensitive.

[Asha]

Yeah. That kicked my head in.

[Drew]

You probably were more than 20 levels higher than him at the time too, I always lie about my level because I never hunt and it's pathetic :)

[Asha]

I lied about being merely 20 levels above. It's pathetic being nailed.

[thefarmer]

The "Evil Eye" eye was one of the top 5 nifty items I always wanted.

[Belnia]

As I remember it, the eye has no roundtime for the user. And since it has no warding, you could RT lock someone with it provided there was an empath there to heal the victim, though that would be all sorts of mechanics abuse.

[Askip]

<< Basically I value just about never dying versus being able to kill quickly. >>

Same here.

I no longer own DB items because DS is not a problem. However, TD is another story, even for a pure. That's why my favorite item is my 5x Opals self-charger. It's silvers value though is probably not what it should be, now that 219 scrolls are being Infused.

:D

[kookiegod]

Its still sad the perm opals got locked out along with a 4x claid and whatever else he had.

<lights a candle>

~Paul

[Asha]

Can't they remake them? We know they're lost but can't they honestly make an auction item of his shit I can win automatically?
They always said everything was property of Simu. Are those items really gone?

[Tolwynn]

Was that Michaelous? Took the Belt of Kai out with him too?

ffs, they should at least reintroduce that lost gear in the next auction or something.

[AestheticDeath]

lol
It's like spot-the-ball but spot-the-nips staring at your avatar.

I made sure to take those out of the pic before using it! But try all you want. I know its fun.

[Asha]

Still goin. Post more. :D

[Asha]

Yah kai belt too.

[Rathgar]

Why won't they crit weight above heavy any more? Is this just one of Warden's edicts of nerf, nerf, and nerf some more till the game gets boring or what?

[Drew]

Was that Michaelous? Took the Belt of Kai out with him too?

ffs, they should at least reintroduce that lost gear in the next auction or something.


Yeah it'll come back as an enhancive item that can only be worn by monks in voln. :club:

[phantasm]

The highest you can crit weigh with pp's is heavy, this takes what 6 years?

So it would be a bad idea to have merchants running around giving out better.


They should flip this sitatuion, and have merchants do more heavy weighting, and let PP's be used for very heavy on up.

It makes sense to me, so I'm sure it will never happen, or even be considered.

[thefarmer]

You can't crit weight with points

[kookiegod]

Why won't they crit weight above heavy any more?

The last permanent crit weighter (outside of the simply amazing Varulv, who did it, but only on player forged weapons, and a small number (and damage weighting , the also amazing Bazar on items from his own shop)) was in 1997 or so, when the eel skin items were released. Can't remember the merchant now. Was in the tree spirit area.

Was the only one I ever saw. Robert assures me they were more common pre-1996.

Since then, weighted weapons have been generally auction/raffle/some merchant release type only.

~me

[Danical]

The belt of kai was phenomenally retarded for Halflings, BGs, and FGs but awesome giants because, as I'm fairly certain, it worked off your base body weight.

I think i got an extra 14 lbs or something while a giant had 118ish.

[Drew]

The belt of kai was phenomenally retarded for Halflings, BGs, and FGs but awesome giants because, as I'm fairly certain, it worked off your base body weight.

I think i got an extra 14 lbs or something while a giant had 118ish.


Yeah, it kinda worked exactly for who it really didn't need to. It really seemed to be an exercise in weird coding. I still have the +15 STR bracer which works ok for me.

[Fallen]

Hah. That vid is priceless, Drew.

[StrayRogue]

As I remember it, the eye has no roundtime for the user. And since it has no warding, you could RT lock someone with it provided there was an empath there to heal the victim, though that would be all sorts of mechanics abuse.

It has a chance of failure however.

[StrayRogue]

Why won't they crit weight above heavy any more? Is this just one of Warden's edicts of nerf, nerf, and nerf some more till the game gets boring or what?

Because it is Balancestone (or Mediocrestone) IV, depending how you look at it.

[Jace Solo]

What about one of the self mana haste swords?
Doesn't that go for near priceless?

[Jace Solo]

Oh, hobbit beat me on the haste sword. Pretty awesome.

[aesir]

This haste sword business, can't you just grab a few imbeds for like 10k and have all the haste you want anytime?

[Belnia]

The belt of Kai lowered your encumbrance by 4 levels. Since each encumbrance level is based off your total carrying capacity, it provided a much greater benefit to larger races.

Besides, halflings suck. Play a dwarf! You get the small size without the crappy encumbrance issues and still get great spirit regen and some TD bonuses!

[aesir]

The belt of Kai lowered your encumbrance by 4 levels. Since each encumbrance level is based off your total carrying capacity, it provided a much greater benefit to larger races.

Besides, halflings suck. Play a dwarf! You get the small size without the crappy encumbrance issues and still get great spirit regen and some TD bonuses!

A dwarf hurler would be insanely awesomely cool. I can just see my dwarf packing 12 javelins and throwing them rapid fire at flying critters. Plus bypasses the whole can't aim for the head thing.

[ZeP]

This haste sword business, can't you just grab a few imbeds for like 10k and have all the haste you want anytime?

I started to post that constantly imbedding haste would be too cumbersome but actually if something holds 80 or 90 mana you could get 13 to 15 charges in it. Use up one or two per hunt and replace them while resting. If you have a seocnd account so you don't have to log out to make them while resting then maybe it is not so bad.

[Farn]

Besides, halflings suck.

I will end you.

[Izzy]

Besides, halflings suck. QFT

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

The belt of Kai lowered your encumbrance by 4 levels. Since each encumbrance level is based off your total carrying capacity, it provided a much greater benefit to larger races.

Besides, halflings suck. Play a dwarf! You get the small size without the crappy encumbrance issues and still get great spirit regen and some TD bonuses!

Halflings rule. Besides, we got a nice kicker with the transition to GS4 of +5 to STR bonus, maxing it at I think 10 now! Honestly, that was one of the best things in the conversion if you ask me :)

<3 Halflings, even with encumbrance issues. (thought I typically do not have issues as I have uber light stuff)

[aesir]

I carry around 10 haste imbeddeables which a friend makes for a reduced rate. Each haste rod holds like 10 charges of haste. I almost never run out of haste when needed epsecially since I put a macro in so interchanging rods and sorting them is almost instant.

[SHAFT]

The last permanent crit weighter (outside of the simply amazing Varulv, who did it, but only on player forged weapons, and a small number (and damage weighting , the also amazing Bazar on items from his own shop)) was in 1997 or so, when the eel skin items were released. Can't remember the merchant now. Was in the tree spirit area.

Was the only one I ever saw. Robert assures me they were more common pre-1996.

Since then, weighted weapons have been generally auction/raffle/some merchant release type only.

~me

The ketch merchant. Also had the translucent spidersilk backpacks and the translucent white broadswords. My very first merchant. I was stoked.

[Mr. Dallas]

The ketch merchant. Also had the translucent spidersilk backpacks and the translucent white broadswords. My very first merchant. I was stoked.

And blinking fish-eye rings - my first merchant also.

D.

[SHAFT]

And blinking fish-eye rings - my first merchant also.

D.

I still have my backpack and my fisheye ring. I used the white braodsword for a while and had the razor-sharp skinning knife too.

[Valthissa]

Wasn't there a necklace that gave the wearer spirit strike on every swing (a COL item and had some downside maybe?) and the pouch (seymour?) generated a lot of mana but it received a nerf, I think

C/Valth

[Drew]

The pouch has been nerfed multiple times but it's still pretty good.

[StrayRogue]

The COL necklace would randomly strangle you to death.

[NocturnalRob]

The COL necklace would randomly strangle you to death.
maybe you should have gotten your ass back in the kitchen and made it a fucking sandwich.

[kookiegod]

Seymour is still around, and not for sale at any price.

(and no, I don't have it._

~Paul

[thefarmer]

I know who does!

[TheLastShamurai]

The COL necklace would randomly strangle you to death.

Thats awesome.

[NocturnalRob]

Thats awesome.
does anyone have a log of that occurring?

[TheLastShamurai]

does anyone have a log of that occurring?

A really evil necklace looks at you and says, "Is Wayne Brady gonna hafta choke a bitch!?"

[Adequate Picker]

I believe, from the reliable sources that told me, David Whatley had a friend who wanted to play GS but not take the time to learn anything. So David had a GM make a rod for the friend that when waved gave the friend 3 hours of every defensive spell from across all spell circles.

I have mentioned it to a few GM's over the years...in passing..and they would just grin.

Who knows.

[Deadelf]

Dont forget that Thalior had two eyes, I've forgotten what the other one did now its all getting sort of fuzzy in recent years. The red armor used to look different and had been Clanner armor, Berrs if I recall.

Personally Warden ruined Gemstone for me, anytime I wander back the first thing I note is the same things that were on my list of unacceptable mechanics changes are still the same things that quickly start to piss me off.

Id Enegue's spirit sucking blade if it still works, the mana pouch Seymour before down tweaks, Zealot claidhmore, Sorrow or Kree's spirit sucking blade would be on my top item to own list if I were still playing. There was a third spirit sucking blade but I dont recall if it was the late Sagan who owned it or someone else. Anymore I'm just starting to forget to much.

[kookiegod]

Jim,

You've forgotten more about GS then most except a few know.

Heh,

~Paul

[Deadelf]

By becoming fuzzy about so much Paul, it makes it easier to always recall things more fondly. :)

[Methais]

I believe, from the reliable sources that told me, David Whatley had a friend who wanted to play GS but not take the time to learn anything. So David had a GM make a rod for the friend that when waved gave the friend 3 hours of every defensive spell from across all spell circles.

I have mentioned it to a few GM's over the years...in passing..and they would just grin.

Who knows.

This is obviously fabricated.

David Whatley has no friends.

[GSMeureii]

Just curious as to where my white shaalk claid would fit on peoples list there. Wether it be overall, or top claidhmores left in the game.

[GSMeureii]

And I think Khariz has the claid weighted mattock....and a certain someone that owns a blue vultite claidhmore has contacted a certain someone about a trade in the recent past. Makes ya wonder what is out there......

[Durgrimst]

And I think Khariz has the claid weighted mattock....and a certain someone that owns a blue vultite claidhmore has contacted a certain someone about a trade in the recent past. Makes ya wonder what is out there......

There are more than 1 claid-mattocks out there, I believe Thundermin has one, Tsin sold the +47 one, Khariz has one, and another person on these boards that is an ambushing ranger uses one as well but I won't say his name.

Edit: I might be mistaken but I think it is Thundermin that has the 'troll femur' or something like that, nad there are actually 2 of these that are claid weighted mattocks.

[GS4_HappyTimez]

Just curious as to where my white shaalk claid would fit on peoples list there. Wether it be overall, or top claidhmores left in the game.

Eh. Lots cooler stuff out there.

Also:

I have it on good authority that in both major festivals of this year, monk-specific items will be released. Expect stuff on the level of the red armor, the Onar sheath, the Thalior staff, AND the eye(s).

[Durgrimst]

Eh. Lots cooler stuff out there.

Also:

I have it on good authority that in both major festivals of this year, monk-specific items will be released. Expect stuff on the level of the red armor, the Onar sheath, the Thalior staff, AND the eye(s).

I am glad that you just learned about these items, so now you talk about them...

[GS4_HappyTimez]

I am glad that you just learned about these items, so now you talk about them...

Not that it's really any of your concern, but I've played GS for 16+ years. So don't tell me what I have seen and what I haven't. Note that the Onar sheath (personally my favorite item ever created, but not relatively expensive) was not even mentioned in the above. Not that I expect you to know what I'm talking about after it was ruined by Neimanz/Smurgeus, etc.

But yea, monks are THE future. You'll see.

[Durgrimst]

Not that it's really any of your concern, but I've played GS for 16+ years. So don't tell me what I have seen and what I haven't. Note that the Onar sheath (personally my favorite item ever created, but not relatively expensive) was not even mentioned in the above. Not that I expect you to know what I'm talking about after it was ruined by Neimanz/Smurgeus, etc.

But yea, monks are THE future. You'll see.

I just peed myself with excitement, I have already bought myself a monk outfit so I can RP IRL while I RP a monk IG. It will be sweet!!

[Widgets]

Not that it's really any of your concern, but I've played GS for 16+ years. So don't tell me what I have seen and what I haven't. Note that the Onar sheath (personally my favorite item ever created, but not relatively expensive) was not even mentioned in the above. Not that I expect you to know what I'm talking about after it was ruined by Neimanz/Smurgeus, etc.

But yea, monks are THE future. You'll see.

Join Date: Oct 2008

[GS4_HappyTimez]

Join Date: Oct 2008

Really? You think join date has to do with how long someone's played GS? Really?

Also: I know the shaalk claid (you even posted on it recently, if I'm not mistaken). It's not that big a deal. Nice, yes. Legendary? Heck no.

[diethx]

Join Date: Oct 2008

He might be full of shit, but that has jack to do with how long you've played GS. :P

[kookiegod]

The Onar sheath was the inspiration for the hurled bandolier weapons.

<shrug>

Just saying. :)

~Paul

P.S. It was cool, but very limited and not very useful as it was in a post breakage GemStone.

[Widgets]

He might be full of shit, but that has jack to do with how long you've played GS. :P

I know that much, but regardless...We all know he's a tool :)

[diethx]

I actually think he's hilarious.

[Durgrimst]

I think he's legit.

[Widgets]

I actually think he's hilarious.

Yea? Yea? Well....I think....I think...I think your face is hilarious! Yea take that!

Could be worse, but he's right up there with Rathgar and the others...

"My secret GM insiders told me this and that."

Fuck, if I had GS inside secrets, I'd likely know what shit to save and buy up etc wouldn't ya think?

Not do nothing but talk out of my ass

[diethx]

Yea? Yea? Well....I think....I think...I think your face is hilarious! Yea take that!

lol

[Warriorbird]

I find the pretend secrets mixed with the not pretend ones pretty entertaining.

[Androidpk]

Wasn't there some armor made out of dragon scales? Brig I think.

[Drew]

Onar sheath did what?

[oldanforgotten]

1) Enegue's lifestealing blade -when set, flared a spirit death on anything it hit, limited usage though as far as I know (don't know/remember) what cooldowns it had.
2) Jesh's whoopin stick - flared for 2x the wielders level in AS bonus, although with a level limit of 100, and a couple similar themed items made, I'm sure its not worth the same.
3) Thalior's eye. Automatic hit, no roll, no nothing, hit like unbalance if I remember correctly.
4) Either of the spirit sucking blades.
5) Nighthawk's workshop (the only workshop in Teras), making enchants pie, especially with Silkie and slaves constantly filling the pool with mana.
6) Thalior's imbed staff.
7) Waldo2's 4x AB helm, the only AB item I know of that ever existed.
8) The key to darkstone/teleportation painting.
9) The self mana 130 staff.
10) The original coraseine weapons (only 2 or 3 of them out there), air flares even when the swing missed, and could cause death on a complete whiff, aka the killer of more GM event bosses than anything else.

[oldanforgotten]

then again, nothing was ever as great as the original meditation beads while they still worked.

[Methais]

7) Waldo2's 4x AB helm, the only AB item I know of that ever existed.

What's AB?

Darkstone key got nerfed after Tsin got it btw :(

[Rimalon]

Attack Base, I assume?

Like Defensive Base (DB), but for AS?

[kookiegod]

1) Enegue's lifestealing blade -when set, flared a spirit death on anything it hit, limited usage though as far as I know (don't know/remember) what cooldowns it had.

Covered...

2) Jesh's whoopin stick - flared for 2x the wielders level in AS bonus, although with a level limit of 100, and a couple similar themed items made, I'm sure its not worth the same.

I mentioned this, Greg...was Jesh, right. He was recently seen around plat again.

3) Thalior's eye. Automatic hit, no roll, no nothing, hit like unbalance if I remember correctly.

Covered.

4) Either of the spirit sucking blades.

Covered.

5) Nighthawk's workshop (the only workshop in Teras), making enchants pie, especially with Silkie and slaves constantly filling the pool with mana.

Zero value now as a workshop other than owning a private residence, considering they sold at auctions for 100m+, are still highly prized.

6) Thalior's imbed staff.

Covered, I own it.

7) Waldo2's 4x AB helm, the only AB item I know of that ever existed.

Not sure AB even works anymore. Zelnorn has replaced it in GS4 as an AS boosting metal on armor/weapons.

8) The key to darkstone/teleportation painting.

Covered. Dionket owns both.

9) The self mana 130 staff.

Never heard of this one. Cool. :)

10) The original coraseine weapons (only 2 or 3 of them out there), air flares even when the swing missed, and could cause death on a complete whiff, aka the killer of more GM event bosses than anything else.

Dunno if that wasn't fixed a long time ago. Is a few out there still, I know Iashara has one, I'll check with her on it to see if that still works.

[Ardwen]

The red armor was owned by Arma Jim, Berr had some warchief stuff that I utterly forget the details on, at the height of damage padding a warrior of like 50 or more that wore it was pretty much impossible to kill via melee. Wore it for a couple of years back then it was absolutely insane.

To be fair the Key to Darkstone was nerfed before Tsin owned it as well as when he owned it, the paiting was nerfed when he had it though.

Best item I ever had though was a simple pin, tapped it raised all of your stats 10, rubbed it gave you 1500 xp, turned it granted 250 or so gold, of course the pin was far from legal having come from some GMs locker, Wadsworth and I wound up in the lounge for a week while the GMs looked into fixing us after we reported and turned the pin in. Theres also an unlimited no mana no skill check spirit strike pin out there.

[conair4022]

post more stuff that i could never have and could never afford. I live vicariously thru you!

[Deadelf]

Ah ok was Armageddeon another Clanner warrior. See what did I say about my memory going. :) Oh and how can we forget those original coraseine weapons and they could indeed kill you even if they missed. hmm Gah Im trying to recall his name ...oh Cemb he and I used to screw around with one where we'd bet to see who it would kill first him or me. ie: if it would flare and kill me or reverse flare and wax him. lol

Also about hmm 15 or 16 years ago there was this chain based armor if I recall, might have been brig based armor anyhow it gave both crit and damage padding at the same time. Vorzheva a ice age rogue owned it and I recall her raising non stop hell when the GMs nerfed it. High padding of both types as I recall, since I used back out alot of that stuff the hard way, way before the warrior asses verb ability.

[oldanforgotten]

I mentioned this, Greg...was Jesh, right. He was recently seen around plat again.

I heard the same. To me, his legacy will never be about the whoopin stick, but rather that he was the only one to ever figure out how to escape the consultation lounge, sent a couple GM's into a frenzy on that one too, one of the faster bugfixes I've seen implemented.

[Stanley Burrell]

Briars.

[Stunseed]

< Also about hmm 15 or 16 years ago there was this chain based armor if I recall, might have been brig based armor anyhow it gave both crit and damage padding at the same time. Vorzheva a ice age rogue owned it and I recall her raising non stop hell when the GMs nerfed it. High padding of both types as I recall, since I used back out alot of that stuff the hard way, way before the warrior asses verb ability. >

It used some verb, and suddenly stopped working. Boy was she pissed, I remember hearing it a long long time ago....I think it was brig, too. No promises on that.

[Asha]

How much do you hate this guy.
Just walked past him.


He appears to be a Half-Elf.
He is tall and appears to be time-worn. He has aimless, yet captivating baby blue eyes and very soft, tan skin. He has extremely high, spiked crimson hair with a multitude of ivory, skull-shaped beads woven into it. he has a hideous scar cutting through his shadowy eyebrows, jutting down his cheek like two crossing bolts of lightning.
You can hardly recognize him covered in all that soot and ash!
He has a tattoo of a sinister silver viper coiled around his neck and rearing up upon one cheek, and a tiny black chaos blade tattoo on his ankle.
He is in good shape.
He is holding an incredibly viscious sacred titanium-spiked maul in his right hand and some red armor in his left hand.
A thick layer of volcanic ash and soot covers some light rags, a veil iron inset elven quiver, a vestment, an elemental bow of lightning, a glowbark heavy crossbow, a masterful suit of titanium-spiked black alloy chain, a shrunken halfling head, and a hammered gold ankle cuff.
>n

[Stretch]

How much do you hate this guy.
Just walked past him.


He appears to be a Half-Elf.
He is tall and appears to be time-worn. He has aimless, yet captivating baby blue eyes and very soft, tan skin. He has extremely high, spiked crimson hair with a multitude of ivory, skull-shaped beads woven into it. he has a hideous scar cutting through his shadowy eyebrows, jutting down his cheek like two crossing bolts of lightning.
You can hardly recognize him covered in all that soot and ash!
He has a tattoo of a sinister silver viper coiled around his neck and rearing up upon one cheek, and a tiny black chaos blade tattoo on his ankle.
He is in good shape.
He is holding an incredibly viscious sacred titanium-spiked maul in his right hand and some red armor in his left hand.
A thick layer of volcanic ash and soot covers some light rags, a veil iron inset elven quiver, a vestment, an elemental bow of lightning, a glowbark heavy crossbow, a masterful suit of titanium-spiked black alloy chain, a shrunken halfling head, and a hammered gold ankle cuff.
>n

Neimanz?

I hate him for misspelling vicious.

Also, the e-bow would be totally sweet if it wasn't a dumb short bow.

[Asha]

Yeah Neimanz, I had no idea the bow was a shortbow :(. Not that bad considering it's lightning plus the RT changes.

[Asha]

also

he has a hideous scar cutting through his shadowy eyebrows, jutting down his cheek like two crossing bolts of lightning.
Doesn't work

[kookiegod]

Wonder which one of the crossbows he has...

The lightning bow is great, except for use in Nelemar, then useless.

He's definitely got a nice collection of high end items.

~Paul

[Asha]

i think ive seen him use a transporter cloak[?] before too

[thefarmer]

Tsin has the cloak now

[waywardgs]

What was the "seymour" pouch, or whatever it was called?

[SHAFT]

Yeah if I could get one of the coraseine weapons I'd come back to play. I've never seen one in action but they looked to be the coolest weapons ever.

[Ardwen]

Seymoor ate items to provide a mana pool for the user, originally it was fairly infinite so a mage with it could enchant at idiotic rates. Tedra took some brig from 0-7x for me in about an hour and a half one night. Not sure what the current limits are on it though, but it was fairly close to one to one conversion of the mana value of the items it ate. As in put in a ruby amulet Seymoor eats it for 40 now 60 them mana times number of charges, junk wands duped and fed into it and with a private workshop a wizard was pretty much an enchanting machine.

[aesir]

My only question to all this:

WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THIS COOL STUFF?

Did the entire game get one giant nerf sometime ago?

[waywardgs]

Fun was sacrificed at the altar of Balance.

[Ardwen]

Lots of cool items are still out there, hidden in places like my locker, or paul's etc etc.

[Danical]

Whatever happened to Irathra's Goblet or something that would restore your Spirit by putting white flasks in the Goblet then drinking it?

That bitch would wrack all day long and pumped out all kinds ET'd stuff.

[Ardwen]

most of the items Irathra et al owned were lost when she was banned, including the meditation chimes and the spirit vial.

[Deadelf]

In the pursuit of the all important mythical goal of "Balance" many fun and unsual items bit the dust or were nerfed into uselessness. Hence my view that Gemstone is now Vannilastone. A large part of the magic for me over the years was collecting neat items and Dev Staff's constant pursuit of said balance ruined that fun. :(

Nice to hear that Gregs back btw Paul, he was one of the top ten fellow old timers for me to meet with at simucon 2002. His sense of humor and ability to down hard booze was quite impressive, made me feel like I was back in the service again hanging out with him. lol

Irathra/Aanalar etc took alot of nice items with him when he was banned, one of our bigger losses of top end items sadly.

[Fallen]

Was it a lifetime ban?

[TheLastShamurai]

If they ban someone for life they should totally gank their shit and auction it.

[Fallen]

If they ban someone for life they should totally gank their shit and auction it.

This. Or, they use all the items ever taken from lifelong bans and make 1 merchant event out of it. I would go to that.

[SHAFT]

This. Or, they use all the items ever taken from lifelong bans and make 1 merchant event out of it. I would go to that.

Everything would be nerfed before it was sold or auctioned anyway. You know, the sake of balance.

[TheLastShamurai]

This. Or, they use all the items ever taken from lifelong bans and make 1 merchant event out of it. I would go to that.

That is probably this years Ebon Gate :).

Anyone else notice that the new treasure system has made 90% of the "Auction" items from Ebon Gate 06 and the last Promise obsolete? Should be interesting this year.

[waywardgs]

I thought Aanalar sold out. What was he banned for? Always was fond of that grump.

[thefarmer]

Aanalar and co were banned after the package sale.

[septus]

I think Aanalar was part of the whole duping ranger rods and selling them to the pawnshop for mega money.

Speaking of nerfed items.. Was Dart's Crystal ball ever nerfed? or The thingul diamond? Is that thing still around?

[SHAFT]

If they held a new auction I'd come back and play. I know I'd walk away with something cool.

[Ardwen]

Crystal ball was indeed nerfed, basically all items that allowed unlimited crossrealms transport were nerfed to one degree or another. Thingul diamond was nerfed as well though not nearly as drastically as many items, still has the best static item effects there are too. Nothing like making the owner like stark raving mad.

[Joseph]

Nothing like making the owner like stark raving mad.

There is still another item around with the same effect. But honestly the only item that I could think of that would make me "omg I really want to play again" would be "a multicolored patchwork cloak" unfortunately I know exactly where it is, and I can not get it (or the rest of the things in it) back.

[Stanley Burrell]

including the meditation chimes

...You're serious?

Sometimes people image-link a picture of someone holding their head with a hand, in great frustration, with the caption "facepalm."

However, I am getting tired of that shit, so I shall post this instead:

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/6541/dbgzmirr62soxxabxwjku5qzh5.jpg

Good day sir, and may you continue not to sit around all day at the Silvergate Inn, Black Table.

[LMingrone]

The most expensive (valuable) item in GS is me.

Kidding aside, reading through the other posts, Thalior's stuff was very impressive. Him and Spike are the two people that got me hooked on GS.

As an aside....I remember Thalior posting on either the Genie or AOl boards saying he spent $15,000 just on GS when it was on Genie. DAAAAAAAAAmn. I might have a skewed memory, but dammmmmmmmmm.

[TheRoseLady]

I heard the same. To me, his legacy will never be about the whoopin stick, but rather that he was the only one to ever figure out how to escape the consultation lounge, sent a couple GM's into a frenzy on that one too, one of the faster bugfixes I've seen implemented.

Jesh might be one of the most colorful characters I ever met in Gemstone. Aside from the consultation lounge, he stole more than one merchant display and sold the goods from the "tree" or whatever it was that he picked up.

His deck of cards was pretty amazing. I still have very fond memories of being in TSC, he would get a bunch of folks to join then pass out drinks with one card. I'm pretty sure that one of the GMs killed him with Bubba carrying a mop. Funny the things that you remember.

[nub]

Aanalar and co were banned after the package sale.

What was the package sale?

[conair4022]

Aanalar lifetime ban? thought his name went of the ways of demonic and he can't get the name back, is now the reverse name guy who keeps reminding us what his name used to be

[Deadelf]

The most expensive (valuable) item in GS is me.

Kidding aside, reading through the other posts, Thalior's stuff was very impressive. Him and Spike are the two people that got me hooked on GS.

As an aside....I remember Thalior posting on either the Genie or AOl boards saying he spent $15,000 just on GS when it was on Genie. DAAAAAAAAAmn. I might have a skewed memory, but dammmmmmmmmm.

Yeah that sounds about right, I know I spent right around 10k from 1992 to 1996 on GEnie myself. I dont think that Lewis was pulling anyones leg when he mentioned those numbers at all.

No way in hell I'd pay that sort of amount these days! lol. Thank goodness for monthly flat fees and no more 6.00 an hour or 12.95 an hour for prime time usage GEnie days or the 2.00 an hour additional fee I paid because I had to use a sprint net node to access GEnie. <mutter>

[Deadelf]

Aanalar lifetime ban? thought his name went of the ways of demonic and he can't get the name back, is now the reverse name guy who keeps reminding us what his name used to be

Pretty sure Aanalar/Irathra got a life time ban. Aanalar's original player sold the wizard out years ago for a damn nice amount of cash. As a bit of trivia Aanalar originally had one "a" in his name back in 93'ish I'm wanting to say. Analar and then he either rerolled, fried his Visa as was common back then or what ever I forget what he told me as to why he did that.

Cemb also had a ton of very nice items if he's still around.

[diethx]

Cemb also had a ton of very nice items if he's still around.

Ahaha all Nanna's hooker-wear with the shrunken male heads and shit.

[Deadelf]

lol! Gotta love Nanna's hooker gear. Always made me chuckle when I'd look over at her. Anyone know if he's still playing or not?

[kookiegod]

I haven't seen him in 2 years or so Jim.

The Silver Gryphon debacle pretty much did him in.

~Paul

[Drew]

What was the Silver Gryphon debacle?

[Chimera]

The gryphon debacle didn't "do me in" but it did cause me to become somewhat more bored with the game. The night they threw me out of the gryphons we also lost Kali, so bad memories from that, and all the other people I've been friends with in the game and lost to real life problems. I'm still active, but haven't been playing much at all cause of real life junk. Nanna ain't a hooker, she's a dominatrix. lol

[phantasm]

If anyone in this thread has quit gemstone with nice gear on their characters, please send me a PM and I will look after said gear for you until you return.

[LMingrone]

10) The original coraseine weapons (only 2 or 3 of them out there), air flares even when the swing missed, and could cause death on a complete whiff, aka the killer of more GM event bosses than anything else..

That's the item I've been asking about for a while. I believe mine was nerfed, because that's the only reason I could think of for selling it. It was (one of) the shape shifting one. I guess the GMs weren't fond of MAing a hasting mage, rogue combo. And it could flare on missed hits, which was cool.

Also had a wand that was nerfed. The thing casted random offensive spells from all circles when waved, and If remember correctly, originally your CS or bolt AS would match even if it casted an out of circle spell.

Problem with it was it casted mass effects spells like meteor swarm A LOT. It started off as a self recharging wand too, ending being brought down to a re-chargable that has a high chance of exploding during recharge. Damnit.

[Chimera]

Oh yeah, and almost all of Nanna's stuff she's worn like the sheath, and mask, are quest items, most of them created during the ice age. I created her because I had so many powerful and interesting female oriented items that I aquired over years of playing the game. So stop bad mouthing her, she's not in the same class as some harlot that's playing gs to get her jolly's out or something. And yes I did alter some when I was playing her to fill her character in, and buy some, but most of the ones that she gets ragged on for are GM items. lol

[Chimera]

I just finished my psych final exam. It's called fundamental attribution error, internal explanation. lol

[Methais]

Oh yeah, and almost all of Nanna's stuff she's worn like the sheath, and mask, are quest items, most of them created during the ice age. I created her because I had so many powerful and interesting female oriented items that I aquired over years of playing the game. So stop bad mouthing her, she's not in the same class as some harlot that's playing gs to get her jolly's out or something. And yes I did alter some when I was playing her to fill her character in, and buy some, but most of the ones that she gets ragged on for are GM items. lol

One of my funniest GS moments involved Nanna, just after I saw Tales For the L33T for the first time.

It went something like this:

[Solhaven, North Market]
There's a huge fucking invasion going on and there's shit all over the place.
You also see 47832409432 invasion mobs.
Also here: Arkans

>prep 435

Your spell is ready.

>cast

Nanna just arrived.

You cast Major E-wave and pwn everything in the room!

* Nanna drops dead at your feet!

* Nanna just bit the dust!

Arkans whispers, "PWNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111"

[AKOE!]

Neimanz?

I hate him for misspelling vicious.

Also, the e-bow would be totally sweet if it wasn't a dumb short bow.


I wonder how many years that's been misspelled? hehe

[Chimera]

One of my funniest GS moments involved Nanna, just after I saw Tales For the L33T for the first time.

It went something like this:

[Solhaven, North Market]
There's a huge fucking invasion going on and there's shit all over the place.
You also see 47832409432 invasion mobs.
Also here: Arkans

>prep 435

Your spell is ready.

>cast

Nanna just arrived.

You cast Major E-wave and pwn everything in the room!

* Nanna drops dead at your feet!

* Nanna just bit the dust!

Arkans whispers, "PWNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111"


Nanna was fighting against the perversion of Sheru, and for Solhaven, so unless you were one of the idiots who were trying to sack the town, I don't know why one of your favorite memories is pwning one of your fellow town defenders. Is that the kind of person you are? roflol

Nanna was killed dozens of times during that invasion, including by the perverted Luukos himself, for preaching against the alliance in his temple, your kill doesn't even rate. lol

[Methais]

Nanna was fighting against the perversion of Sheru, and for Solhaven, so unless you were one of the idiots who were trying to sack the town, I don't know why one of your favorite memories is pwning one of your fellow town defenders. Is that the kind of person you are? roflol

Nanna was killed dozens of times during that invasion, including by the perverted Luukos himself, for preaching against the alliance in his temple, your kill doesn't even rate. lol

It was funny (to me) just because of everything that was going on at the time, mainly on my end, and the Arkans whisper just topped it off, probably because I was still laughing at Tales For the L33T. Anytime I see Nanna around, that incident pops into my head and gives me a quick laugh.

Don't feel too important though, because it didn't even really matter that it was you in the log. It could have been some random person and been just as funny at the time. That random person just happened to be you on that day.

I don't remember what I was actually doing there, I was just running around killing stuff that was trying to kill me and you just walked in at the wrong time. Accidental kills are usually the best anyway.

Killing someone in GS takes no skill and is nothing to brag about. I wasn't exactly presenting it as a l33t kill in my post, which seems to have sailed over your head, because GS is apparently pretty serious for you.

[diethx]

Is that the kind of person you are?

Duh.

[Alfster]

I wasn't exactly presenting it as a l33t kill in my post, which seems to have sailed over your head, because GS is apparently pretty serious for you.

Gs is serious business, yo.

[milesalpha]

Pretty sure Aanalar/Irathra got a life time ban. Aanalar's original player sold the wizard out years ago for a damn nice amount of cash. As a bit of trivia Aanalar originally had one "a" in his name back in 93'ish I'm wanting to say. Analar and then he either rerolled, fried his Visa as was common back then or what ever I forget what he told me as to why he did that.

Cemb also had a ton of very nice items if he's still around.

If you can believe it, the nitwit got busted cheating. That's what I get for selling to a 16 year old kid. I rerolled for two reasons, I had chosen a lousy spell path (back in the one spell a level days) and I wanted to be the anti-Thalior so I followed a much more anti sorceror path. Now if I could just get the name back...

[Stanley Burrell]

Which SGH had the bottle of Jack Daniels?

Edited0rzmageddonlolbrielus111one!wun: Or the old school Warrior GM: With "a backwards Yankee cap."

[Chimera]

It was funny (to me) just because of everything that was going on at the time, mainly on my end, and the Arkans whisper just topped it off, probably because I was still laughing at Tales For the L33T. Anytime I see Nanna around, that incident pops into my head and gives me a quick laugh.

Don't feel too important though, because it didn't even really matter that it was you in the log. It could have been some random person and been just as funny at the time. That random person just happened to be you on that day.

I don't remember what I was actually doing there, I was just running around killing stuff that was trying to kill me and you just walked in at the wrong time. Accidental kills are usually the best anyway.

Killing someone in GS takes no skill and is nothing to brag about. I wasn't exactly presenting it as a l33t kill in my post, which seems to have sailed over your head, because GS is apparently pretty serious for you.

Yeah, whatever. I spent like half my life in gs, so I can't say it's unimportant as you seem to be able to do, even after I'm no longer playing actively, and no longer addicted as I clearly was, the times I had there are memories I do cherish, even the bad ones.

You're right, gs isn't about being l33t like wow or something, and it's never meant to be that way, despite some people wanting to treat it like that. Which is why I didn't get what you were saying in your post. I think to others, and you have to admit, to me, your post was clearly written as that you were happy at pwning Nanna, as that was the sentiment and response it was posted with. Certainly Arkans was. Do you watch Athenewins? He'd laugh his ass off gs'rs role playing in a text game.

[Danical]

Yeah, whatever. I spent like half my life in gs, so I can't say it's unimportant as you seem to be able to do, even after I'm no longer playing actively, and no longer addicted as I clearly was, the times I had there are memories I do cherish, even the bad ones.

You're right, gs isn't about being l33t like wow or something, and it's never meant to be that way, despite some people wanting to treat it like that. Which is why I didn't get what you were saying in your post. I think to others, and you have to admit, to me, your post was clearly written as that you were happy at pwning Nanna, as that was the sentiment and response it was posted with. Certainly Arkans was. Do you watch Athenewins? He'd laugh his ass off gs'rs role playing in a text game.

I'm almost 100% certain Arkans would have said what he did regardless of who died.

I'm almost 100% ceratin Methais would have lol'd regardless of who died.

I'm not sure why you think you're a unique little snowflake.

[SolitareConfinement]

I'm not sure why you think you're a unique little snowflake.

he is the same decaying matter as everything else

[Danical]

he is the same decaying matter as everything else

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Methais]

I'm almost 100% certain Arkans would have said what he did regardless of who died.

I'm almost 100% ceratin Methais would have lol'd regardless of who died.

I'm not sure why you think you're a unique little snowflake.

:yeahthat:

As evidenced by:


Don't feel too important though, because it didn't even really matter that it was you in the log. It could have been some random person and been just as funny at the time. That random person just happened to be you on that day.

[Jesh]

I heard the same. To me, his legacy will never be about the whoopin stick, but rather that he was the only one to ever figure out how to escape the consultation lounge, sent a couple GM's into a frenzy on that one too, one of the faster bugfixes I've seen implemented.

Has to be the funniest thing that ever happened to me in GS over all those years (decades...???)


Jesh might be one of the most colorful characters I ever met in Gemstone. Aside from the consultation lounge, he stole more than one merchant display and sold the goods from the "tree" or whatever it was that he picked up.

His deck of cards was pretty amazing. I still have very fond memories of being in TSC, he would get a bunch of folks to join then pass out drinks with one card. I'm pretty sure that one of the GMs killed him with Bubba carrying a mop. Funny the things that you remember.

Haha, free drinks was great :)

[peam]

Edited0rzmageddonlolbrielus111one!wun: Or the old school Warrior GM: With "a backwards Yankee cap."

Almost positive that was Kuromaku.

[peam]

There was a third spirit sucking blade but I dont recall if it was the late Sagan who owned it or someone else. Anymore I'm just starting to forget to much.

Do you mean that Sagan/Sayzor is dead in real life?

If so, that sucks. He pulled my teenage ass into the consultation lounge back in the day for doing some mightily dumb ass things and threatened to call my parents.

Now, I'm pretty sure that he didn't have access to that information, but it scared me into being a nice little GemStone player.

[kookiegod]

Unfortunately, it was reported that Sagan/Sayzor passed away from complications of whatever he was sufffering from a few weeks back.

He was a heck of a guy, I learned a lot from him.

~Paul

[kookiegod]

Almost positive that was Kuromaku.

You'd be correct.

He came back for a few months a couple years ago with a new GM name, fixed one of his old systems thats still being used today, and quietly slipped away again.

~Paul

[Michaelous]

just out of curioisity who has the now wonderously crit padded 5x golvern plate?