I voted for "Mobs" category, but would like to clarify.

I am interested in the interrelations of the creatures (and people) whom we battle.  They all behave pretty much the same; none of them flee when you approach, or when they are near death.  We never see any young, either.  That will change eventually, but here's my vote that it happens sooner.

"Fishing for gold"?   What the heck is that?

Mornox wonders what was used for bait.

Mushrooms are worth money to cooks.

One of my trainers resides there in the Death Realm.  There are books to be read, and of course, one should check regularly to see if there are new books or other learning to be had.

Perhaps it is my kran nature; sometimes I wish to visit the Death Realm and take it in, not as a thoroughfare to be quickly negotiated, but as my intended destination.  It is a curious and interesting place.

----
As for getting stuck...yes, I get stuck at some point nearly every time I play, and while /unstick doesn't work all the time, it (used to) work often enough that I've been quite inconvenienced by having to /die instead.

Consider the possibility that an unknown person using your name in game is simply working within the limitations imposed by the interface.

If we were standing in a roomful of people and I looked in your eyes, and said, "Your shoe is coming apart."  Only one person would look down at his or her own feet.  A few others in the room might look down at the subject's feet, too, just out of curiosity.  The point is, without saying your name, I can convey immediately which person I'm speaking to here in Meatspace.  We don't have this most elementary and primal mode of communication in Planeshift.  It takes only a moment to meet someone's eyes, and change your facial expression to something that makes it obvious you're about to speak; it takes much longer to type it in.  Because of this, I, for one, use a basic shorthand:  The tag identifies each person individually just as if I were meeting your eyes.

Of course I don't know your name; we haven't been introduced.  All I have is a "tag" which allows me to look you in the face when I speak to you, in a manner that is obvious to you and to anyone else present.

Using the tag is simply one method for dealing with this particular limitation of the game interface vs. live interaction.

Why is it so valuable at all to melt gold?

I see people selling gold ore for 400 tria per piece, while NPCs buy gold for 240 - and those buying it for 400 seem to do that happily. Even at such a price, they seem to get Richie rich ... or what? What is the point of such an excessive metallurgy? What do people need such amounts of money for?

While I spend a fair bit of time mining and refining gold, I doubt that many would consider me rich.  I'm not wealthy...but my trainers must be so!   Let's see, I'm a devotee of Crystal Way, that cost me 20k to train last week.  So, excellent question, sir...why do these NPCs need such excessive amounts of money?  I'm willing to do tasks for my teachers, as any apprentice should.


And someone earlier in the thread asked why players would need more than 1 furnace slot.  I use more slots (when fewer people at the furnace) because I once experienced the unbridled joy of seeing 10 gold ores turn to slag in an instant.   Now I melt 3 or 4 at a time.  Lesson learned!  And I also agree; there's no desperate hurry here; if the furnace is busy, no one should be using more than a few slots.  Take time, bask in the heat of the furnace.
   

In recent months I've seen a clear need for Chiropractors, particularly for particular female characters.  They're constantly leaning forward to stretch, looks as though they must be in pain.

I wish I could help, but big kran has no skill and might break the soft people.

Well, for those who are interested, here are the md5 checksums I have:

PlaneShift_CB_Mac_018.dmg = 18784278e804baafde81841348af64da

PlaneShift_CBV0.3.018.bin = be2e9b92ff1b4e1a56ec77da83fe8b26

PlaneShift_CBV0.3.018.exe = 09f02ae890f71c1c6f647c581d177c7a


I downloaded all 3 clients and left them to seed overnight, but I haven't nearly reached
a 1:1 upload to download ratio.  :\