> Fix. Randomly put the good stuff on different High level mobs. Then
> have them appear randomly in their zone. Simple. (maybe not to
> program but that's not my problem) Why does only the avatar (?) get
> the ruby Breastplate, and doesn't he ever go to the bathroom, or take
> a stroll around his domain? Visit his friends or check out why his
> guards are letting these hoards of uptight homicidal maniacs into his
> throne room... This would add a random element to the location of the
> item and mob and would make camping at least a little less attractive.
> I HATE camping.
>

Agreed, camping is terrible. It breeds all the worst parts of EQ,
killstealing, wallflower wizards, dropping trains on people. Your above
solutions all would help, but I still believe the major solution is to flood
the world with alternative items. If every dungeon had 3 clones (same lvls
of critters, and roughly equivilent treasure tables) of it, with a few
subtle differences of it, we'd see a much better situation. Sure Cazic's
great for 27-30+ and you can pull out rubicite, but if there were 3 other
27-30+ dungeons that had opalite, emeraldite, and sapphirite, we'd at least
have 1/4th the people in all the dungeons.

> My current solution: Adventure, explore, and hang out with my friend
> who has a nose for Plat. No exploits or cheating, he just knows where

The unfortunate thing that will eventually happen is slowly starting to
occur already... plat is becoming more & more devalued. Most high-end items
currently can only be traded for other high-end items & not bought at all.
Jewelcraft is helping ward this off a little bit, but we desperately need
more uses for plat at higher levels....