Quote from an original post in the AO Forums:
"My good Adventurers!
I started on the quest for that sword and a lot of other Adventurer gear long time ago and it is entirely my fault that some of the items found its way into the live database before the quest has been implemented. And don�t blame CZ for this, it is impossible for him to know about everything that goes on in the dark corners of the designer room
These Adventurer quests (over 20 in all) the AAS is a part of have been held up for various reasons, the main one being that in making them I have been testing a lot of new things we have never done before and when this is introduced, I really would like it to work on the first try.
Lots of other things have happened in the meanwhile delaying this project further, various patches, Notum Wars, Shadowlands etc. But don�t despair, these quests will eventually get onto live and I am sure that they will be way cooler than I had intended in the first place as the technology available to us who make the content gets better all the time.
I can not give you an ETA for this right now, but anyhow I felt that you should know where this matter stands at the moment.
And yes, the Buccaneer Pistol is a part of this as well, and the version you have seen in the database is not the final one.
And yes, there are other items and nanos involved with these quests, but they haven�t made it into the database yet." - JHP, AO Developer 13th December 2002.
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