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Originally Posted by MasterDinadan
Wow! I was gonna mention UO also. That item had tons of strange items that were the result of bugs or loopholes... but that stuff was fun! It was always interesting to see people trying to sell an item that was *truly* unique, or showing off the item in their house :P
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I think they did the right thing. On one hand this was often a curious, ragtag assortment of useless items (like mirrored, turned versions of existing items, deco stuff). People absolute loved to furnish houses (later design them) and display their "collections". I still remember the rune libraries; in one house I found a fake piano (don't ask...)
In a way that created an adhoc market of antiques, not designed, but welcomed by the design team anyway (another facet of this were the annual gifts - true black color elusive and dear, sounds familiar?
If items were already tolerated a long time, any change of policy without good reason will hit a lot of innocents unnecessarily (like people who traded for them). Outlaw them? Ok, but when the appropriate bug is fixed, not months after.
