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PhoenixOrion

Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:08 am

Till your vendor gets destroyed, and do you lose all the items that are on it?

I got an email this week, but I had just had some business this past weekend on the vendor, so I'm not really sure why I got the message?

I've got Novice Merchant if that helps anything...

Phoenix Orion - Master Smuggler, Master Teras-Kasi, Scoundrel, Rogue & Entrepreneur
Owner, Operator - Orion Transport Company (-3579,4347), outside Theed, Naboo - Clamps, Knives, AUK's, WUk's & Spice!
Slicing: 5000cr/Item Faction Point Sales: 15k/100fp (1 day notice by email necessary!)
(Known Rebel Terrorists and people who contact Zarrn Orion for Smuggler Services are automatically Blacklisted.)

PhoenixOrion

Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:45 pm

#2

Anybody?

Phoenix Orion - Master Smuggler, Master Teras-Kasi, Scoundrel, Rogue & Entrepreneur
Owner, Operator - Orion Transport Company (-3579,4347), outside Theed, Naboo - Clamps, Knives, AUK's, WUk's & Spice!
Slicing: 5000cr/Item Faction Point Sales: 15k/100fp (1 day notice by email necessary!)
(Known Rebel Terrorists and people who contact Zarrn Orion for Smuggler Services are automatically Blacklisted.)

DocSavag

Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:56 pm

#3

The short answer is we don't know for sure. The time from the last time you "touched" it is supposed to be 2 weeks. The emails seems be be coming out after about a week. That would lead me to suspect it will be about another week.

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McSassy

Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:58 pm

#4

Whoops! Doc got there before me.

Message Edited by McSassy on 09-10-2004 04:59 PM

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PhoenixOrion

Sat Sep 11, 2004 5:03 am

#5

ok so if I just use the vendor once a week, it won't go away?

what if I go on vacation or get hit by a hurricane (since north carolina is always the secondary hot spot for hurricanes other than florida).

Phoenix Orion - Master Smuggler, Master Teras-Kasi, Scoundrel, Rogue & Entrepreneur
Owner, Operator - Orion Transport Company (-3579,4347), outside Theed, Naboo - Clamps, Knives, AUK's, WUk's & Spice!
Slicing: 5000cr/Item Faction Point Sales: 15k/100fp (1 day notice by email necessary!)
(Known Rebel Terrorists and people who contact Zarrn Orion for Smuggler Services are automatically Blacklisted.)

Ikooga

Sat Sep 11, 2004 5:59 am

#6

Seems you would be out of luck then

We're trying to get this "feature" removed since it hurts merchants more than it benefits us (I only see one very small benefit in it, for some could use it for griefing, so I'm not going into details here).

Vendor should be stocked, and it should be paid for then it should be safe. 2 weeks after the last item times out it should be removed. (thats how it should be, not like it is now)

EDIT: Woohoo I can edit! *bounces around in circles*

Message Edited by Ikooga on 09-11-2004 05:59 AM

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AngryGandhi

Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:26 am

#7

are you saying that your vendor gets destroyed even if stuff is on it if you havent touched it in 2 weeks?

unless i misunderstood you, that's insane

Yogol

Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:22 am

#8

AngryGandhi wrote:

are you saying that your vendor gets destroyed even if stuff is on it if you havent touched it in 2 weeks?

unless i misunderstood you, that's insane

Indeed they will.

And yes, it's insane.

Which is why we hope something will change : I think everyone agrees that two weeks is too fast.

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PhoenixOrion

Sun Sep 12, 2004 4:42 pm

#9

Oh please please please push this to be fixed!

I want to be able to go on vacation!

Phoenix Orion - Master Smuggler, Master Teras-Kasi, Scoundrel, Rogue & Entrepreneur
Owner, Operator - Orion Transport Company (-3579,4347), outside Theed, Naboo - Clamps, Knives, AUK's, WUk's & Spice!
Slicing: 5000cr/Item Faction Point Sales: 15k/100fp (1 day notice by email necessary!)
(Known Rebel Terrorists and people who contact Zarrn Orion for Smuggler Services are automatically Blacklisted.)

Malitevv

Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:59 pm

#10

I absolutely agree that this "feature" should be removed. It's the stupidist idea in the world. If maintentance is paid, andI have the skills to use the thing, the vendor should never be deleted. I don't even care if the vendor is empty. If I have the skills for it and am paying for it, deleting it is just wrong. Deleteing it even if I have items on it is so wrong that it defies all common sense.

Do we delete peoples structures because they haven't walked in the house in more than 2 weeks? Of course not. The game deletes structures if the maintenance isn't paid. Vendors should be no different.

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Malitevv

Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:01 pm

#11

Yogol wrote:

AngryGandhi wrote:

are you saying that your vendor gets destroyed even if stuff is on it if you havent touched it in 2 weeks?

unless i misunderstood you, that's insane

I think everyone agrees that two weeks is too fast.

two years is too fast. the only thing that should ever cause a vendor to be deleted is lack of maintenance or lack of skills, so far as I am concerned.

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Elyssa

Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:10 pm

#12

I think two weeks for an EMPTY vendor is fine.

Nothing on sale, nothing in the stockroom, empty for two weeks.

That's over 10 weeks for a vendor to delete itself.

If it's been neglected that long, it's obviously not being used and is just taking up space in the database.

If the player that owned it wants another one, there's nothing stopping them from making a new one.

If they wanted to keep the old one for sentimental value, they should have checked on it more often.

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Malitevv

Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:07 pm

#13

Elyssa wrote:

I think two weeks for an EMPTY vendor is fine.

We can agree to disagree on that. I could live with knowing that they'll delete an empty vendor after two weeks. I would be annoyed, but I could live with it. I'm thinking in terms of my custom orders vendor, who is sometimes unused for weeks at a time, but is nicely clothed and placed. But if the devs want me to fondle him during those weeks when I'm not taking custom orders, I guess I could live with that.

But at least we agree that deleting a vendor that has stock is ridiculous. I can't see any point in continueing to sell anything if that's the way the game is going to work. I do want to take two weeks off occassionally. And a game that is going to delete all my hard work every time I want to take a little time off.... I don't think that's a game I want to play. I really don't.

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