From the Dev Blog: Crafting

GM Luna wrote: I'm just trying to help people understand things because, yes, we listen to and consider these critiques rather than ignore them all outright.  Luna

for the shield thing u had that live interaction with players which i missed but watched and listen to later, that was excellent, as are the videos and everything else that u are offering to players as help, this new game development looks so fun and promising...im showing everything to my friends and encouraging them to start playing! very good job in keeping us informed and with the changes to keep our playing base entertained.....i cant wait to play dress up with my armies and gathering the items to make them....twists and turns, illy is ever changing!

I happened to have a look at an older thread, and there's quite a bit that has been picked from that list, though not in quite the order of the list and not quite the order I would have preferred.
http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/the-newness-18aug10_topic929.html
I don't really mind that the order is differentm, but I would appreciate a new priority list like that. More than half a year since, and things have obviously developed. Some things have been done, some things have most probably been tried and found more difficult than anticipated and some new things have been picked up from sleeves or along the way.
So, can we have a new priority list, please? If that is not too much trouble?
(Glancing at my fingers with a worried look.)

Createure wrote: Looks like T2 versions of exiting advanced equipment... perhaps we are going to see some T3 troops...?

This is what I was thinking especially when you take into account the introduction of "Myth Rhyll" into the weapons specifications. Perhaps these new items of equpiment are going to enhance the performance of T2 troops? We will have to wait and see.

geofrey wrote:   the manner in which you acquire these items was suspiciously absent. The only info given was that unique resources would appear on the map. I'm guessing these might be located regionally, and spawn only in that region.  For example mythril only spawns in the Middle Kingdom. While elephant skin leather can only be harvested from elephants (spawned in Zanpur).   This would fall in line with previous GM notes on creating more reasons for land disputes.  The ability to attack NPC's to get these resources, and steal them from other players, will add a new level to the game. I'm hoping that this will come with the ability to target specific resources when sending thieves/raids. And maybe the vault will have a new meaning as well.