Today I received what I hope is the first of many Tome Unlock rewards, called the Shawl of Spring. There was no quest-giver involved. Someone in the guild started bragging about their fabulous looking cloak and invited people along to get theirs. It doesn't have any stats but many MMO players believe in lookin good on the battlefield!
Because unlocking items in the Tome of Knowledge is a core mechanic in Warhammer Online, I won't post spoilers on this blog. I'm sure that "Googling" the cloak name will lead you to the information if you're so inclined.
It's great that WAR gets how important character appearance is to most players. So much so, that we'd be excited about obtaining pure vanity items. Lord of the Rings got it late and had to add an appearance tab to compensate for the rag-tag look of gear. Everquest II also supports appearance only items. And of course Blizzard took gear (appearance) and vanity items to a whole new level of obsession. Unfortunately, Funcom didn't get it when developing Age of Conan. For 27 levels I looked exactly the same as I did after ditching my slave rags on the way to level 5. I read they were adding better and more diverse gear but I didn't play long enough to see the items make it into the game.
You buggers are SO taking me to get that soon. I couldn't resist the Scenarios last night and missed out. :)
Posted by: JoBildo | September 18, 2008 at 09:14 AM
Wow! Very nice looking cloak!
Does WAR have appearance separate from the equipment slots? IE: if you get a cloak with stats as an upgrade, could you wear the new cloak as equipment for the stat benefits but keep the appearance of the one in the screenshot?
A new cloak would have to be pretty amazing for me to discard one like that.
Posted by: Khan | September 18, 2008 at 02:23 PM
@Khan - No there's no appearance tab. I hope they add on in a future patch. I saw lots of Tome Unlock items that people are going to want but they don't have stats.
Posted by: Saylah | September 18, 2008 at 04:31 PM
Argh thats awesome! SIGH I need more time to play
Posted by: Hudson | September 19, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Wizard101 has a vendor that will dye your hat, robe, and boots, for a price of course. Each item has two coloring stats; its overall color, and its trim. What I found strange was different colors & combinations have a different price.
My son and I both bought a Dragon Pet. Being an Ice Mage I "dyed" my Dragon a Light Blue with White trim. My son wanted a Black & Red Dragon which cost him 1600g, over 4 times the price of mine. I guess the more popular "cooler" colors are more expensive.
Posted by: Capn John | September 24, 2008 at 09:51 AM