You guys should really find the mudlib =p
Blame Stefan for removing random alchemy and causing unbalance. Random alchemy was NOT a glitch. Almost ALL recipes require a plain pair of gloves,platemail,helmet etc. The only way to obtain those is by random alchemy which then can be IDed to get one with negative crap stats or used in the actual recipe to get one with good stats. In order for the new recipes to be added he will have to make an entirely new system or entirely new recipes and add the baddies and items which haven't been added yet such as holy symbols and dragons.
When the actual recipes are out everything would be REALLY common again and in my opinion the current things should stay. People pay like 20k for them not 5-10 so compensaton would screw the economy even worse. Also they aren't that godly, the tournament items are godly...hammers with str,dex,wc,ac,+2 and lightning damage...shields with +3 ac, +12 armor, resist magic +30 and more
