They have always been an option and have been used in certain mixes for quite a while now just the results aren't as dramatic as say...with damite/glaes/kertig

I am --- Navak

>Coal dust does that now.I believe that once forging 2.0 goes in that will change or at least be less atractive of a method to lighten a mix.

As I understand, and this info is fairly old, the big difference will be 'dust that makes steel' will have a weight and volume.

That will make lumium more attractive. Say goodbye to crap (ok, below cap :P) construction and boosted prots/absorbs from superdusted mixes. Thank the gods.

I bet common material prices jump while those that have lumium/ninium try to sell for max cash. Thats only going to drive the special metal armor market up, creating room to juice common material armors, and weapons.

>I thought the change was that coal would add weight but not volume?

At present it adds neither.

If there is weight added, there must be volume there. I can't wait to compress end-dust. LOL.