More trades and specialties questions

Pack managers are the ones that award trades and specialities, so a lot of that is up to the individual who is judging your threads. Generally speaking, though, I've noticed some general standards that seem to be upheld mostly across the board:

- Trade threads must have at least 10 posts
- Trade threads must have at least 3 posts by you that are related to the trade

"Related" is relative. Most PMs I think would count a thread talking about training for combat, rather than training itself, as a trade thread, as long as it meets the above requirements. 

The general name is the trade and the offshoots are the specialties. You don't even have to specialize in anything, though most players do.

Whoops, Hela got in first and covered it much better than me. Still, hope this helps!