Test the loot items on the PTR
by Mike Schramm 
Jun 19th 2008 at 2:00PM
We've never seen this one before, but then again, we've never seen a loot item as complicated as that Ethereal Soul-trader before. Blizzard wants to test those new Upper Deck loot items on the PTR, so if you go Landro Longshot in Booty Bay on the test realm only, you can input special test codes for each of the new items: 1111 for the Path of Illidan item, 2222 for the D.I.S.C.O. ball, and 3333 for the one everyone wants: the Ethereal Soul-trader.The only news coming off of the PTR is that the disco ball object still has the placeholder tag on it ("[PH] Disco ball"), which means the name might be a little more formalized when it actually appears on the live realms. But this testing might answer one of the more pressing questions we've got about the Soul-trader -- we already know that any player (not just the one who summoned it) can exchange the "Etherium" currency that you use to buy items off of the vendor, but does that mean that any players who kill mobs that give experience or honor near the trader can gain currency, or only the person who summoned?
We'd assume that everyone can do it -- in that sense, getting this card is really like opening up a special vendor rather than just getting all the trader's items for yourself. And there's one more bit of news we can take from this: since these cards are going into stores on July 1st, we'll very likely see patch 2.4.3 on the live realms before then. To the PTR!
Filed under: Blizzard, Realm News, Patches, Items, Fan stuff
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Trevor Jun 19th 2008 2:14PM
No, others around you do not get the coins, only the person that summoned him. Because you have a contract with him for the aquisition of souls and the exchange for money for those souls
Matt Jun 19th 2008 2:41PM
from the upperdeck page for the cards http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/news/article.aspx?aid=4343, the last paragraph:
"All of these Loot cards will be available in Patch 2.4.3, which will follow shortly after The Hunt for Illidan’s July 1st release date."
Nelson Jun 20th 2008 3:28PM
The big question I have is if he is a vendor or not?? In the sense that you can sell items to him when ever you want. Talk about never having to worry about bags full of grey junk that would be awesome!!
Tooblekane Jun 19th 2008 3:36PM
Can you sell random items to him like a regular vendor too, or only exchange his own currency? It'd be awesome to never have to worry about bag space again while questing, just pop out your vendor and sell your greys.
BillDoor Jun 19th 2008 4:10PM
No, he will not buy your items. You get a "This vendor does not want that item" notice.
CaffeineRage Jun 19th 2008 6:49PM
The vendor honestly did not impress me much.
To get a single item, it requires 50 essences at least... you get one per kill (when it doesn't bug out, and not give one). So to get the set of armor, that is quite a few kills. I guess an AoE class would have a lot easier time with that.
Also, as a Jewelcrafter, who still uses one of the trinkets from that profession. It becomes even less worthwhile, due to my trinkets desummoning pets... including this merchant.
I can see people really loving the merchant, but it just isn't for me.