Earring of the Solstice  

 

I can confirm as well that you must be doing something wrong. The combine worked for my 44 shaman without any trouble just recently. In fact his blacksmithing skill went up to 1. hehe

Edited, Fri Oct 15 12:58:48 2004

So does this item no longer have the Mana Regen property? This was my main reason for wanting this item.

Same here. I sent email to the site admins about it a while ago. *shrug*

They changed Flowing thought to read Mana regeneration. This earring was Flowing thought 1, now it is mana regeneration 1. It is the same effect it has always been, I believe, just worded differently.

the FT works at lvl 1 guaranteed.

Yes you can.

Edit: Let me clarify. You can wear both but do the turn in of the X earring into this earring first then go get the X earring again.

Edited, Tue Apr 6 14:11:48 2004

I dont know the truth in this, so im asking here.. does FT 1 and FT 1 stack? or do you have to have FT 1 and FT 2 in order to stack them?

Munay Mischiefmaker
Barbarian Warrior of the 58th Blade.

Ok I have all the items now what?

it certainly would be nice to be able to wear two and get the FT effect doubled, however, as this is a Lore item, t'is unfortunately impossible.

Madmurr makes a good point; make sure when you open it says Forge, not Oven. If that is correct, next thing I can guess is that you may possibly have more than 1 of the "stackable items" (Lucky Cabbage, the Picnics, etc.) it will not combine. Only other thing I can think of is you may not have all the correct pieces :( This is possible if you bought the MQ kit; checking to make sure all 9 items are right can be easily overlooked. Luckily, most of the items are fairly cheap except the Idol, fishing pole, and the cutting sickle, and the rest are cheap food items easily "rebought". Hope thats one of the possibilities. If it is, gratz on your soon-to-be earring!

I've noticed that sometimes when I try to buy from a vendor and someone has just bought something else from that vendor, for some reason, I cannot purchase any of his items unless I refresh(update?) the vendors in the /bazaar window. I don't know why this happens or why it works but it does for me.

Even if you can't use it you can still buy any item provided it's not Lore and you have one. :)

Edited, Wed Feb 18 16:47:24 2004

I'd wear a FT1 earring with NO int/wis, before I gave up the effect.

You'd be amazed how much a couple FT help, when recovering for a group (or raid) wipe.

Many casters, at some point get a self mana regen spell. PoT9 for druids, Armor of the Zealot for clerics, Enchanters get all the good ones, etc...

However, when recovering from a wipe with rez effects, its often the case that nobody has enough mana to cast these spells.

I've noticed, with my cleric (hes got FT10 total, and one in MC), I'm usually the first person after a wipe to be able to cast spells. First spell I cast is AoZ on myself. That gives me an extra 8 in mana regen, for a total of 19, on top of my sitting regen rate.

Wisdom is MUCH easier to raise than FT. First, there are a LOT of high wisdom items. Second, you can get something like 30 or 40 points of wisdom using AAs. Third, +6 wis augs drop in LDON, and +10 wis augs can be purchased in the adventure camps.

There is a TOTAL of 6 in FT items available in the adventure camps, and only ONE that can be put on NON-LDON purchased gear.

Now, don't get me wrong, I agree that the other stats are WONDERFUL for the price/effort of getting this. In fact, its such a nice earring that my WARRIOR wears one, for the hp and ac. But the FT takes this item up a notch, from a "that would be nice to have" earring, to a "I MUST have this" item, for most casters/hybrids getting into their 40s/50s for the first time.

Ah, but you can wear several FT items that add up to 15 mana per tick. THAT, you will notice.

I have a ranger who has this item. also have a shammy, cleric and a beastlord partway through buying the parts (I really should get my enchanter one too, lol). Anyway, IMHO, this really is a must for any caster. Great stats on an earring. And an easy quest. As long as the pieces are on sale in the bazaar, takes minutes to complete (with the cash of course!)

Here are the average prices I paid on the 7th Hammer (Oct 2003)
Demi-Sec Champagne 33
Mistletoe Cutting Sickle 1600
Golden Idol of Tunare 910
Blessed Fishing Rod 1300
Star Ruby Encrusted Stein 37 (but suddenly jumped to stupid prices 200+)
Ceremonial Solstice Robe 450
Lotus Pie 95 (but again have gone up significantly)
Misty Thicket Picnic 25
Lucky Cabbage 40

So roughly 4.5k not as cheap as some servers but an essential bit of kit and when you look at any other item with a FT1 on it you can easily move the decimal place to the right. Yep well worth the hunting for bargins. Now im looking at getting skilled enough to make some of these items for sale. Hope this helps you 7th Hammers!

Edit:

Reading further down, points made by ppl regarding this for melees.. Yup, I agree. The AC/STA/Resists and HP do make for a nice Melee ear piece. Mmm.. I think I need my Warrior to be added to the list LOL!

Edited, Sun Nov 2 06:27:02 2003

Ran through the bazaar tonight and did the same, just bought everything as low as I could. 3.1k later, my enchantress walked away with a useless spell, Xanthe's earring, and another point in blacksmithing. ~chuckles~

Tomorrow, off to Fungus Grove for her Flowing Thought Earring. She gets all of the good stuff that I can't seem to use. ~frowns~ First she pilfers my coiffers for a Drogmor, then swipes the Pants of the Storms that I won...then the Ring of Thunderous Spirits, and a Spaulders of the Slavemaster... And now she gets an earring with MORE of my money.

~blinks~ And here I thought *I* was the rogue of the family. :\