Sounds Like a Deal!
As originally reported by Missjackie in the general forums, ZAM has significantly lowered the price of premium membership:
"Greetings.
Since I am a premium member, I just received an e-mail about ZAM. Perhaps this will help influence more people to support the site.
Prices have been lowered. Here are the new pricing plans:
$1.00 monthly (previously $4.99/month)
$5.00 bi-annually (new tier)
$9.00 annually (previously $29.99/year)
If you're a former premium member or were on the fence about paying, maybe this will influence you to either come back or perhaps help out with $1 a month"
Read the thread in general, as there is an error on the one part of the site that is being addressed. Missjackie's info is correct.
Updated Items: Selrach's Frostfire Sleeves ; Selrach's Frostfire Cap ; Selrach's Frostfire Pants ; Selrach's Frostfire Gloves ; Selrach's Frostfire Robe ; Selrach's Frostfire Wristguard ; Selrach's Frostfire Sandals ; Selrach's Legionnaire Vambraces ; Selrach's Legionnaire Helm ; Selrach's Legionnaire Greaves ; Selrach's Legionnaire Gauntlets ; Selrach's Legionnaire Breastplate ; Selrach's Legionnaire Bracer ; Selrach's Legionnaire Boots ; Selrach's Spiritwalker Sleeves ; Selrach's Spiritwalker Coif ; Selrach's Spiritwalker Leggings ; Selrach's Spiritwalker Gauntlets ; Selrach's Spiritwalker Coat ; Selrach's Spiritwalker Wristguard ; Selrach's Spiritwalker Boots ;
Many more updates below.
Ages ago, I hunted down the one Dark Elf smith on my server known for making the old cultural armors. This was slightly after their time, when you didn't want them for the stats (and some will argue you never did) so the supply had dried up. I wanted the look --Dark Elf casters in chain is pretty neat after all. Since the combines used blue diamonds this was not a cheap thing (and trivials were high for the era).
Not every race/deity combo got armor of this cultural vintage (I think half elves may have been fully left out) and some cultural could be used by other races, and some was very specific. Depending on what class/race/deity you were you may of had some options. I can't link a picture of this... as it doesn't look like any of the caster chain tunics for Dark Elves have ever had images submitted. So here's a Barbarian in Helanic Tundra:
If you look up an item such as "Imbued Emerald" here, you will get a long list of such cultural armors. There's also some cultural weapons (like the Tunare and Karana bows that are unbelievably better than other bows you see in Luclin era baz on a progression server... at least on a regular basis). Here's one example:
What we could use here at Allakhazam is modern pictures of people wearing this armor, as well as the modern item window shot. In many cases we need proof that the combines still work, and verification of when they are active on progression servers.
Updated Items: Chunk of Meat ; Tattered Animal Pelt ; Tiger Skin ; Ruined Cat Pelt ; Gashed Magnetized Breastplate ; Leopard Intestines ; Emerald Shard
Updated Quests: Scouts Leggings ; Grim's Tiger Revenge ; Eye of Stormhammer ; Cook Yalkiin's Beetle Claw Stew
New Recipes: Eye of Stormhammer
Bestiary Updates: Jogl Doobraugh ; Charlotte ; Eenot ; veeshanspeak 1.0 - Guardian Wurm ; veeshanspeak 1.0 - A Lava Drake ; veeshanspeak 1.0 - A Feral Racnar ; veeshanspeak 1.0 - A Deadly Lava Drake ; veeshanspeak 1.0 - Nexona pet ; veeshanspeak 1.0 - a malicious lava drake ; veeshanspeak 1.0 - A Cruel Racnar ; veeshanspeak 1.0 - An Enraged Guardian Wurm ; veeshanspeak 1.0 - Elven Dancer ; Faldor Hendrys ; a lightning warrior diode ; Shei Vinitras (merchant) ; Midnight ; Kobb ; Reggit ; veeshanspeak 1.0 - bard of veeshan ; a stern guard ; The Insanity Crawler
New Items: Drachnid Bile
Updated Items: Sunshard Dust ; Arrow ; Fine Steel Short Sword ; Jade Earring ; Longbow ; Den Guardian Helmet ; Bronze Shackle Key ; Raw Crypt-Hunter's Cap
Updated Quests: Bandit Sashes ; The Luck of Allix ; Search for Tergus Raslin ; Access to Empires of Kunark (The Nexus Portal) ; Access from Empires of Kunark (Lceanium Portal) ; EoK Rank II Level 101 Spells: Minor Writ of the Combine ; EoK Rank II Level 102 Spells: Lesser Writ of the Combine ; EoK Rank II Level 103 Spells: Median Writ of the Combine ; EoK Rank II Level 104 Spells: Greater Writ of the Combine ; EoK Rank II Level 105 Spells: Glowing Writ of the Combine
Bestiary Updates: a muddite minor ; a muddite elder ; Baron Yosig ; Jailer Mkrarrg ; Persy Clutches ; Kardador Tarsinian ; Fani Dertrimas ; Grodl Ripclaw ; The Insanity Crawler ; Tallyn Starwatch ; suspicious remains ; a delighted citizen ; Pestilent Warmaster
New Items: Spire Stone of Lceanium ; Glowing Writ of the Combine ; Greater Writ of the Combine ; Median Writ of the Combine ; Lesser Writ of the Combine ; Minor Writ of the Combine ; Tuft of Dried Drachnid Silk ; Pure Sapphire Trade Gem ; Median Runes of Kunark ; Pure Diamond Trade Gem ; Greater Runes of Kunark ; Ancient Iksar Translocator Stone ; Minor Runes of Kunark ; Glowing Runes of Kunark ; Beta Fish of TDS Group T1 ; Beta Fish of EoK Raid T1 ; Beta Fish of TDS Group T2 ; Beta Fish of EoK Group T1 ; Beta Fish of TDS Group T3 ; Beta Fish of EoK Group T2 ; Sathir Trade Gem ; Ancient Sebilisian Coin ; Lesser Runes of Kunark
Updated Items: Bronze Warclub
New Quests: EoK Rank II Level 103 Spells: Median Writ of the Combine ; EoK Rank II Level 104 Spells: Greater Writ of the Combine ; EoK Rank II Level 105 Spells: Glowing Writ of the Combine
Updated Quests: Bandit Sashes ; The Luck of Allix ; Access to Empires of Kunark (The Nexus Portal) ; Access from Empires of Kunark (Lceanium Portal) ; EoK Rank II Level 101 Spells: Minor Writ of the Combine ; EoK Rank II Level 102 Spells: Lesser Writ of the Combine
Bestiary Updates: Persy Clutches ; Kardador Tarsinian ; Fani Dertrimas ; a delighted citizen