On Tue, 5 Oct 1999 John.Curry@... wrote:

>
> Giving away banded.. doph.. the poor blacksmiths who spent all that time
> learning the craft so they could be undersold by someone giveing it away.
> makes me sad. We surely do have a diffence of opinion. 10-15 levels with

This is more a problem with the lack of item sinks than
anything player-controlled. Items do not wear out. So when
someone upgrades, their old items are still as good as new.
It is inevitable that banded armor will reach the point where
the supply balances with the demand at a price point lower
than what it costs a blacksmith to produce, because the supply
is forever increasing.

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John H. Kim
kim@...