Alternate Everquest

Could enchanter either
a) Get Project Illusion AA
or b) (my preference) have all illusion spells updated to be targetable cast

Personally I'm more of a fan of offline brokers, in an eq2-style system, but unsure how much effort this would really require from a development standpoint(I know there's an offline broker system in eqlive as it stands, although it's another of those things that I just hate the way it is implemented, but that may be due to client limitations) - so how about getting us a broker listing system like SoD has?

Using the SK Armplates quest from Oggok as my example run:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=2527

Currently you receive an Armplate Mold of Darkness, a mail assembly kit, and a list of items, you then combine the dropped items in  your mail assembly kit; and then you combine the resulting Armplate Material of Darkness with the aforementioned Armplate Mold of Darkness in a forge to create Greenblood Knight's Armplates.

Proposed Change:
NPC does not give mold to you anymore, but instead prompts you to return the Armplate Material of Darkness to him(hand-in) in exchange for a reward.

Currently the various newbie sets have a wide range of stats, since these are class-specific, by changing each newbie armor quest to require a hand-in of the material crafted for a reward it allows a unified class-based set to be implemented across the board without removing the unique regional quests.

So now you go forth, and do the quest as-is - mooglan needs these materials for his burgeoning side business as a blacksmith or something.
You've obtained the materials, assembled them in your mail assembly kit, and you head back to mooglan to hand them to him. Mooglan then gives you the following(based on felwithe knight armor from current AEQ items)

Knight's Aggressor Armplates

Slot: Arms

AC: 17
HP: 15
Mana: 15

Sta: +3, Int +3, Wis +3, Cha +3

SV Cold +5

WT: 4.0
Size: Medium
Rec lvl: 10

Class: SHD PAL

Race: ALL

Other info: RGB Code:73, 7, 1

Note that I modified this slightly from the existing felwithe defender's armplates(added int to the stats, as the felwithe version has wis only, so it is actually better for paladin than for sk, otherwise it's pretty much identical and the changes, I think, make it more balanced for both classes). The RGB code used was the orange from some of the darkforge pre-upgrade pieces, which is no longer used since server upgraded darkforge is set to be all black.

Now, for each city that has an sk or paladin armplates quest, change the quest to require the handin of the armplate material to receive this exact same item - thus providing a unified newbie armor set across the board. Repeat for all other pieces. If this sounds like something you'd like to do, and I've explained it in a way that doesn't confuse anybody, I will be happy to at least sit down and write out the stats for each unified armor quest piece - and do so for all classes as well, not just for knights!

Depending on how classes are modified here of course...

Speaking of which, how are certain combos compared to their p99 or retail counterparts?

Things like SK/Dru, while less optimal than SK/Shm, were extraordinarily useful to me in the past as it gave me a tank/dps, and a heal/port/dps. Alternatively I've used SK/Wiz, Rng/Enc, SK/Enc, Rng/Dru before - how do these combos play out on this server?