New Marketplace Items: Green and Red Citizen's Clothing Crates & Clawed Wand of Surprises

[Amnerys]

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/content/en/news/banners/newerbanners/station_cash_banner.jpg" width="400" height="150" /></p> <p>Shades of green and red are this week's hottest fashions. Personalize your look even more with these new Citizen's Clothing Crates. Or if you're really tired of the same old look, take a gamble and see what the Clawed Wand of Surprises will do for you!</p><p><a href="http://everquest2.com/news/read/092010/3672" target="_blank">Read More</a></p>

[spekao]

<p>The article for the new items says the wand of clawed surpirse is available for 100SC but in game it's listed as 200SC.</p>

[Xalmat]

<p><cite>spekao wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The article for the new items says the wand of clawed surpirse is available for 100SC but in game it's listed as 200SC.</p></blockquote><p>Indeed.</p>

[Amnerys]

<p>Oops! Sorry about that. Typo fix incoming.</p>

[Tyrus Dracofire]

<p>hey!?? on the claw staff pic, i saw armadillo and gargoyle in background along with pets/creatures.</p><p>where that from? i dont see any in pet shop.</p><p>those armadillo and gorgoyle look cool somehow, is there a way to get them?</p>

[Xalmat]

<p><cite>Tyrus@Butcherblock wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>hey!?? on the claw staff pic, i saw armadillo and gargoyle in background along with pets/creatures.</p><p>where that from? i dont see any in pet shop.</p><p>those armadillo and gorgoyle look cool somehow, is there a way to get them?</p></blockquote><p>The Clawed Wand of Surprises turns you into those illusions. Every time you cast it, it will place a new illusion on you.</p><p>The house cat is my personal favorite.</p>

[KerowynnKaotic]

<p>Dear Art Dev who's making the Citizen's clothing ..</p><p>Hiya!  How are you?  I am fine .. but .. I am a little sad.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Why you ask? Well, because I'd like to buy and use the Citizen clothing but I don't like the boots!  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/136dd33cba83140c7ce38db096d05aed.gif" border="0" /></p><p>They look horrible on my fashion concious self.  I dream of having "<a href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/images/articles/update/T2CCTranq.jpg" target="_blank">Pirate Boots</a>" in all the colors of the Rainbow that can be worn by a level 1.  But, so far it has been only a sad, sad dream.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/c30b4198e0907b23b8246bdd52aa1c3c.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Do you really think that if I stood by the Wishing Well in Rivervale and threw a platium coin in and wished my hardest that my dream would come true?  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Well, I'll try but it would sure be a lot easier if you just made me up a seperate pack full of matching "<a href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/images/articles/update/T2CCTranq.jpg" target="_blank">Pirate Boots</a>" that will complement the current (and future) Citzen clothing selections!  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Signed with Love and Devotion,</p><p>- K!  XOXO  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/499fd50bc713bfcdf2ab5a23c00c2d62.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Senya]

<p>Now these prices are more like it!  This is fluff, with fluff prices, and I'll be buying a set..or 2. =)</p>

[Gaige]

<p>Those pirate boots are hideous :O</p>

[Suprchik407]

<p>Doesnt Heirloom mean I can share it among alts?</p><p>It made me attune and it wont go in shared bank. Am I musunderstanding the Heirloom tag somehow?</p><p>Also, it would be nice if the illusion persisted when zoning and that it didnt get 90% hyena and armadillo.</p><p>I mainly want the cat (which after 30 trys I still dont have cast at least once), tiger and ugly ostrich.</p><p>So far I get mostly Hyena, armadillo, badger and beaver, then the wolf once, rust monster 3 times, Kolrat three times, tiger once, ostrich once.</p><p>Been trying again and got once the flamey dog and finally the cat. I think the RNG on what illusions get cast need a tweaking. Otherwise Im pretty much going to be a Hyena as it seems to be the default for me.</p><p>1.- make Heirloom as tag initially says</p><p>2.- castings persist on zoning</p><p>3.- more balance of illusions casting order</p><p>PS- Going back looking at whats supposed to cast (illusions wise) I havent once gotten these- bat, winged lion, gargoyle, hawk, owlbear, polar bear. </p><p>At the trouble it is to get the illusion we want I would say at this point to sell the wands for each type of illusion. Im not going to sit there and spam the cycle until I get the one I want, If it ever comes up at all. I seem to be missing almost half of whats available to cast.</p>

[KerowynnKaotic]

<p><cite>Gaige wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Those pirate boots are hideous :O</p></blockquote><p>I ain't saying they are the bestest, I'm just saying they look better than the shoes that make it look like the pants were made by a dyslexic tailor!  Or, just ran out of material .. either or.</p><p><cite>Absynthe@Nektulos wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>*snipped*<p>1.- make Heirloom as tag initially says</p><p>2.- castings persist on zoning</p><p>3.- more balance of illusions casting order</p></blockquote><p>#1 - </p><ul><li>*IF* it says [Heirloom] by iteself .. it can be passed back and forth and still be used by all characters on Account.</li><li>*IF* it says [Heirloom] [Attunable]  .. it can be passed back and forth - but - only until it is actually used on a character, at that point it becomes Attuned to that Character and that Character only. </li></ul><p>The Citizen's Clothing line (and most all other SC purchased items) are [Heirloom] [ Attunable]</p><p>#2 -  Since it produces a random Illusion it will not persist through the zone.  It's basically like Casting it again, without the casting time.  Many multiple choice Illusion items in game have this problem.  It can't be fixed without a lot of work and even then because it's random it still might not be able to be fixed.  *shrug*</p><p>#3 - Now that is something I wish they'd do for all their Random Illusions Items.  Make it more not so Random as Ordered.  Though, we'd still get the illusion reset (or advanced in the case of an Ordered Illusion Buff) upon Zoning but at least you'd know exactly how many Casts it would take to get to your favorite Illusion.  /feedback?</p>

[TorrynWoodsrunner]

<p>Once again I will take some time out to commend SOE on continuing the trend with the Citizen's Clothing packs. 300SC for a collection the size and scope of the Citizen's clothing truly idealizes the concept of a micro-transaction in my eyes. The price is reasonable, and the package contains what I feel to be a fine value for the money. You can expect my support via purchase of these items sometime in the near future.</p><p>Likewise with the new Clawed Wand. Even at 200SC, the price for the item is reasonable, and the amusement factor is definitely present.</p><p>Once again, I'd like to beseech the folks who run the marketplace to reconsider the prices on other items of this type. Reducing the current armor set prices to 200-300SC would certainly entice more folks like myself into picking them up, as they would certainly reflect a better value at that price point, and line up more with the recent Citizen's Clothing packs. Likewise, a reduction in price of the individual clothing items to the 100-300SC range would make them more enticing as well.</p><p>In any case, kudos on the new Citizen's Clothing, here's looking forward to more!</p>

[TheSpin]

<p><cite>Absynthe@Nektulos wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Doesnt Heirloom mean I can share it among alts?</p><p>It made me attune and it wont go in shared bank. Am I musunderstanding the Heirloom tag somehow?</p><p>Also, it would be nice if the illusion persisted when zoning and that it didnt get 90% hyena and armadillo.</p><p>I mainly want the cat (which after 30 trys I still dont have cast at least once), tiger and ugly ostrich.</p><p>So far I get mostly Hyena, armadillo, badger and beaver, then the wolf once, rust monster 3 times, Kolrat three times, tiger once, ostrich once.</p><p>Been trying again and got once the flamey dog and finally the cat. I think the RNG on what illusions get cast need a tweaking. Otherwise Im pretty much going to be a Hyena as it seems to be the default for me.</p><p>1.- make Heirloom as tag initially says</p><p>2.- castings persist on zoning</p><p>3.- more balance of illusions casting order</p><p>PS- Going back looking at whats supposed to cast (illusions wise) I havent once gotten these- bat, winged lion, gargoyle, hawk, owlbear, polar bear. </p><p>At the trouble it is to get the illusion we want I would say at this point to sell the wands for each type of illusion. Im not going to sit there and spam the cycle until I get the one I want, If it ever comes up at all. I seem to be missing almost half of whats available to cast.</p></blockquote><p>Well I'm not going to get into how marketplace items should be tagged, because that's not what this thread is about, but I can tell you a little bit about different types of flags on items, so you can know what kind of behavior to expect.</p><p>Heirloom Attuneable means you can trade it in shared bank, until it becomes attuned to someone and then it is locked to that character.  This would allow you to split up one set of citizen's clothing between multiple characters if you wanted to, but you would not be able to swap pieces between characters.</p><p>Heirloom by itself means you can equip it on multiple people.</p><p>There's other flags, like heirloom lore-equip etc, but I don't think any of those would apply to marketplace items.</p>

[Barx]

<p>It's good to see that purely fluff things are finally getting some reasonable prices. $2 for an appearance/illusion item you can use on a single character is reasonable, far more so than the armor sets that went for $10-15 and cloaks at $15 when they can only go on a single character.</p>

[Theladorn]

<p>I'm still as skeptical of the whole $C thing as ever (I still wish we were able to get suff like this in game).  However, at least the prices on these are pretty reasonable, to the point where I actually considered buying the green set for my Warden.  SoE...the company you love to hate and hate to love <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Aurel]

<p>Whee~  I <3 things that don't have limited charges and are super neat.  I just HAD to grab the clawed wand of surprises the moment I realized it didn't have limited charges.  Leveling my alt just got oodles of times more fun!</p><p>[EDIT]  The only "problem" is that the weapon itself (which I have showing on my alt right now, though I may toss on a more Aureppropriate weapon later) has some major head-stabbing going on, at least on a non-SOGA Teir'Dal femme!</p>

[Cloudrat]

<p><cite>Kaisha@Permafrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Dear Art Dev who's making the Citizen's clothing ..</p><p>Hiya!  How are you?  I am fine .. but .. I am a little sad.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Why you ask? Well, because I'd like to buy and use the Citizen clothing but I don't like the boots!  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/136dd33cba83140c7ce38db096d05aed.gif" border="0" /></p><p>They look horrible on my fashion concious self.  I dream of having "<a href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/images/articles/update/T2CCTranq.jpg" target="_blank">Pirate Boots</a>" in all the colors of the Rainbow that can be worn by a level 1.  But, so far it has been only a sad, sad dream.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/c30b4198e0907b23b8246bdd52aa1c3c.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Do you really think that if I stood by the Wishing Well in Rivervale and threw a platium coin in and wished my hardest that my dream would come true?  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Well, I'll try but it would sure be a lot easier if you just made me up a seperate pack full of matching "<a href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/images/articles/update/T2CCTranq.jpg" target="_blank">Pirate Boots</a>" that will complement the current (and future) Citzen clothing selections!  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Signed with Love and Devotion,</p><p>- K!  XOXO  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/499fd50bc713bfcdf2ab5a23c00c2d62.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Yes, please please please<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Anastasie]

<p>In looking at the screenshot for the red outfits, it seems the female version is pale pink and not red. Do females have the option of red or pink or are we stuck w/ only the pink look?</p>

[Barx]

<p><cite>Annelise@Guk wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>In looking at the screenshot for the red outfits, it seems the female version is pale pink and not red. Do females have the option of red or pink or are we stuck w/ only the pink look?</p></blockquote><p>The different looks are actually different items. The crate comes with items for all 3 looks (3 different shades).</p>

[Anastasie]

<p>Nice to know. Now if we could get some with the wide-leg pant instead of them tucked into the socks/boots.  I would also love to see some better dresses instead of just the formal style or the crafted dresses.  We really need more than 2 dress patterns. Couldn't they use Antonia Bayle's dress and Firiona Vie's dresses as patterns for in-game dresses?</p>

[Barx]

<p><cite>Annelise@Guk wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Nice to know. Now if we could get some with the wide-leg pant instead of them tucked into the socks/boots.  I would also love to see some better dresses instead of just the formal style or the crafted dresses.  We really need more than 2 dress patterns. Couldn't they use Antonia Bayle's dress and Firiona Vie's dresses as patterns for in-game dresses?</p></blockquote><p>I know when it comes to FV she's a specially-made model (IE it's not clothing on a normal NPC but a full one-off design). Antonia Bayle may very well be the same way; that's something that they do when they want a unique-looking character who they can't make using the normal races and existing armor/clothing.</p>

[Kamimura]

<p>Love the green crate, and even more, I love the price! (I picked up the black and white versions of these crates when they came out.) The wand is also nice, and also very reasonably priced. I'd love to see more items with this sort of pricing in mind.</p>