LordGordon Report post Posted April 17, 2006 Ok, I got a whole host of things returned in my search for clothes and tunics and dye and such, I don't THINK this has exactly been suggested before so here goes. Both of these ideas came from watching braveheart, theenglish soldiers in particular; for those who haven't seen the movie, go watch it!! The english soldiers wear red tunics with what looks like animal skin hoods which spread across their shoulders; there are variants made of leather and chain mail too. So far the harvesting and manufacturing and alchemy skills are all intertwined, to make iron bars you need to harvest ore, coal, red roses, red snappdragons, sulfur, turn those into fire essences and mix. The iron bar can then be turned into aromor, swords, clothes etc, making full use of all of the three skills for maximum gain. My idea will bring some new elements, some new items and more inter mixing of the skills. Coloured Tunics are my first idea; sort of like a poor mans fur coat only without the fur or the coat. They would essentially replace the torso coverings, leg coverings could still be worn underneath if possible, if not it could replace those too I suppose. Items: 5 thread 6 cotton 2 leather 2 dyes Needle Cotton is obviously harvested from the cotton plant; then taken to an NPC where it can be spun into useable cotton, for a small price; 5 harvested cotton per piece of useable cotton, 5gc for the processing per piece. The Dyes on the other hand require a Mortar and Pestle; one colour of flower depending on the colour of dye; red roses for red, black roses for black, blue, yellow, white etc or another plant perhaps is substitutable. Mix that with some water or something and voila, coloured dye. This could also introduce bukets for mixing things like this or dyeing the clothes. The hoods on the other hand would seem to be easier. Leather Hood; 6 pieces of leather 12 pieces of thread 2 rat tails Needle Animal Hood 8 Rabbit Furs 3 Pieces of Leather 18 Thread 2 Rat Tails Needle Chain Mail Hood 4 Iron Bars 4 Pieces of Leather 8 Pieces of Thread Hammer Needle This would essentially replace the helms and alternative forumlae could be worked out for Steel and Titanium if this would to be implemented. I hope you all like the ideas and I could find a screen cap I'm sure to illustrate this better if you prefer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sbarstow Report post Posted April 17, 2006 (edited) The Dyes on the other hand require a Mortar and Pestle; one colour of flower depending on the colour of dye; red roses for red, black roses for black, blue, yellow, white etc or another plant perhaps is substitutable. Mix that with some water or something and voila, coloured dye. This could also introduce bukets for mixing things like this or dyeing the clothes. Sounds like Ultima Online... The hoods on the other hand would seem to be easier. Leather Hood; 6 pieces of leather 12 pieces of thread 2 rat tails Needle Already in the game and the take much less material...3 leather, 4 thread. Although it's not really a hood but a helmet. Animal Hood 8 Rabbit Furs 3 Pieces of Leather 18 Thread 2 Rat Tails Needle Chain Mail Hood 4 Iron Bars 4 Pieces of Leather 8 Pieces of Thread Hammer Needle The new helms are cool sounding, I wouldn't mind seeing them in the game. Edited April 17, 2006 by sbarstow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordGordon Report post Posted April 18, 2006 Found this reference pic to better illustrate what I mean, just incase it wasn't as clear as I thought. Mostly I meant what the guy in back is wearing but I like the whole thing the guy in front has. http://www.propmasters.net/images/bravehea...sscreenshot.jpg Also, I have no clue what Ultima is, presumably a game but hey. I just think we deffinately need more variation on whats available; make us more unique, sort of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roja Report post Posted April 18, 2006 I already have tunics planned Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vwpro Report post Posted April 18, 2006 (edited) i was thinking u talked about fur+chains style..that would rock lemem find pic Edit/ could only find the boots lol..well u get the idea Edited April 18, 2006 by vwpro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TriMoon Report post Posted April 18, 2006 I especialy like the dye'ing posibility... Mix that with inter-mixable colors, from individual plants, to create your own color, and it would rock About the reference to UltimaOnline: That game had/has a lot of good things, i dont see why it would be bad to be inspired by good ideas of other games... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sbarstow Report post Posted April 18, 2006 There is nothing wrong with being "inspired" by other games...we just don't want to become those games. We also SHOULD not want to rip off ideas from other games but alter them to fit EL appropriately. If my memory serves me correctly you could buy a tub of dye in UO for like 10k or something and it was EXTREMELY rare. If we are talking about manufacturing/alching our own dye...that would be a nice little EL twist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordGordon Report post Posted April 18, 2006 Manufacturing it is totally the way to go, buying something like that just makes things too easy; sure you should probably be able to buy it somewhere but the possibility of manufactuing it is more appealing, to me at least; course my manu sucks right now but oh well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ortak Report post Posted April 18, 2006 If we are talking about manufacturing/alching our own dye...that would be a nice little EL twist. If implemented, wouldn't it make more sense to be a potion thing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordGordon Report post Posted April 19, 2006 I suppose it could be classified as a potion more than anything else yeah, it seems as though this is taking off, me pleased I hope this does actually happen but at least people like the idea, even if it doesn't thats something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordShato Report post Posted April 26, 2006 The Dyes on the other hand require a Mortar and Pestle; one colour of flower depending on the colour of dye; red roses for red, black roses for black, blue, yellow, white etc or another plant perhaps is substitutable. Mix that with some water or something and voila, coloured dye. This could also introduce bukets for mixing things like this or dyeing the clothes. Sounds like Ultima Online... The hoods on the other hand would seem to be easier. Leather Hood; 6 pieces of leather 12 pieces of thread 2 rat tails Needle Already in the game and the take much less material...3 leather, 4 thread. Although it's not really a hood but a helmet. Animal Hood 8 Rabbit Furs 3 Pieces of Leather 18 Thread 2 Rat Tails Needle Chain Mail Hood 4 Iron Bars 4 Pieces of Leather 8 Pieces of Thread Hammer Needle The new helms are cool sounding, I wouldn't mind seeing them in the game. yea the helmets would be cool...the ones el has now seem kinda plain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
