Happy Tuesday!

This week's project may generate some feelings, so I'm opening with this: This new addition is temporary for those who want some control over their gear now before/until the actual Binding branch of Enchanting is available. I'll also add that while today's release is an LTB version for Premium players, Serdal (or an associate) is also intended to appear at future MT events when the MT folks are ready.

With that said -- Premium players can now find Novice Binder Serdal wandering Fate's Fortune Lane in Fang Cove. He's an Ichea-style customization NPC that will let you apply a tier 1 (only) flare to an unscripted, unenchanted (melee) weapon / armor, excluding brawling gear, shields, thrown and ranged weapons. For now, the Interference Flare and Spider's Web Flare are not included in the list. In addition to choosing the flare itself, you can also select the grade and color (if the flare supports non-default colors).

Serdal will also allow you to REMOVE a flare that he (or his associates) have added. You CANNOT use him to remove a flare from some other existing gear that the NPC didn't enchant. If you get a fire flare on your player-crafted sword and later decide you'd rather have an electric flare, Serdal will remove it to allow you to make the swap. If you pick up a flared axe from the seasonal colored MT suites -- Serdal isn't going to touch it. It's not his enchant to mess with.

This is more to let folks get a feel for the various flares on gear of their choice until the Binding system is available for you to handle these things yourselves. In the future, when the Binding system is available, Serdal will be removed from the LTB offerings as well as the MT suites. Until then, we hope you'll enjoy being able to play with the flares of your choice on the gear of your choice (as far as Serdal is comfortable working with!).

Thanks to Paklin for looking over the mechs! If you notice anything odd, please let us know!

Zadraes