In hopes of having this addressed I am starting this thread and including screenshots to illustrate the problem. First a link to an old thread: old report of bug The problem is as follows: Sages make an item called notebook that is both functional and decorative. It is a house place-able book that can be written in. They get the ability to craft those via an in game quest. The notebook recipes are found in each tier. All notebooks can be written in EXCEPT the level 90 notebooks. The level 90 notebooks are called Bear Hide Notebook and Reptile Hide Notebook. I feel sure that these were supposed to be functional too rather than just decorative. I think it was a mistake rather than a conscious decision to just have them decorative. If I am incorrect and it was a conscious decision, I suggest a name change so that people purchasing notebooks on the broker not be mislead that the last two function the same is the other tiers of notebooks. Perhaps call it decorative notebook. I'm sure this is a mistake that has simply been overlooked. Here are some screenshots: Below is a list showing all of the sage made notebooks. Only the last two in the list cannot be written in. Every other one can be written in. list of notebooks by Katz McKatz, on Flickr Here is the examine window comparing the books that can be written in with the two that can't be written in: notebookexamine by Katz McKatz, on Flickr Here is the edit window for the ones that can be written in: editiblenotebook by Katz McKatz, on Flickr
but has it been /bugged? I'm sure this will get some attention, with it's good titling, but if it hasn't been bugged, it might get overlooked here. Looking at EQ2Traders (towards the bottom of the page), I wonder if they were intentionally left this way. That's something that clearly went in with the launch of the recipe.
yes i did - on several toons on several accounts and if this were their intentions, then, with all the other books in the game it was the waste of a recipe. if i remember correctly though, that recipe was added as an afterthought in the level 90 recipe books
Well I just peeked at the data and I don't see how they make an item into a player-written book. Must be a hidden flag.
There's 4 recipe books in question. The first two make player-made books. http://eq2.me/i/Bookbinding for Beginners http://eq2.me/i/Sage Secrets of Quel'ule http://eq2.me/i/Sage Essentials Volume 90 http://eq2.me/i/Advanced Sage Volume 90 The question is, are the Bear Hide Notebook and Reptile Hide Notebook in the last two books intended to be player-written notebooks?
I don't tend to wander around the Tradeskill section of the forums (as this isn't my area of expertise), but this thread was just brought to my attention, and lo and behold - it was an issue that I could resolve! I have submitted the following change, but I am not sure when it will reach live servers. When it does, the following change should be listed in the update notes: Reptile Hide Notebook and Bear Hide Notebook are now working properly to be player-made books, and can be read, or written in. ~ Kaitheel
Happy dances around her room! Thank you for fixing this. Hope we get new notebooks with the new tradeskill stuff coming in expansion (I did lots of feedbacks for ideas of possible notebooks which maybe could be added with new expansion ones *crosses fingers and toes*).
Good job drawing attention to it with the title and post. Some people take that for granted and wonder why threads get no responses.
Thanks! I tried to put myself in their shoes and think about what would be useful to them and make it as clear and easy as possible.
the ones that were crafted before the fix are not fixed. I tried to write in one tonight and it didn't offer me to read it the way the others did. it only offered me to examine it or place it.
