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From: <kim@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Re: Langeseax

> From: kim@...
>
> On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Jason Rochelle wrote:
>
> > Langeseax and dragoon dirk ahve same stats right? so why was one worth
> > 100 plat when the other was worth 20? (dirk has been going back up
> > recently, it seems to be rather rare)
>
> The 1h Langseax is slightly better, 6/22 vs. 6/23 for the
> dirk.

Actually the Langseax is 6/23..so with the added DEX/SV on the Dirk it is
the better weapon.

> The dirk had an incorrect treasure table entry and
> D'vinn was dropping it every time for about two months.
> Since D'vinn spawned about once every 20 minutes, that was
> about 50+ new dirks added to the world every day. With such a
> huge supply and fixed demand, the price plummeted to 15-30pp.
> Ever since it's been fixed so he drops it about 1 in 10 times,
> the price has slowly been going up.
>
> The Langseax is the product of a rather involved quest that
> takes a couple hours to complete. Also, a key NPC in the
> quest is often killed since he sometimes carries an item for
> another quest.

Another Langseax quest NPC in Everfrost is getting whacked more often now
too.

> I've often seen Palgin or Basil walking
> around in WK, and not killed them because the quest is so
> involved and I think they only spawn when someone initiates
> that part of the quest.
>
> So the price difference on these two is mostly a result of
> supply.

This is true..and the supply of Langseax on my server is huge and getting
larger every day...causing the price to plummet.