Merchant Archive
Thread: Merchant Grinding Macro (Yes, it is possible!)
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Silus
Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:25 pm
#1
Alright, we all know that merchant is one of those professions that technically you can not grind yourself (without an alt that is). However, as it does turn out there IS a way to [afk] macro merchant experience that relies on other people. This macro does not go outside the bounds of the game's macro system and has been verified to work. It will get you approximately 300 merchant exp/hr from each person using it. The macro is as follows:
/ui action vendorUse;
/pause 5;
/ui action defaultButton;
/pause 55;
/sit;
/pause 5;
/stand;
/ui action toolbarSlot00;
/pause 5;
/ui action defaultButton;
/pause 55;
/sit;
/pause 5;
/stand;
/ui action toolbarSlot00;
To use it:
1. Place the macro in toolbar slot 1 and target one of the vendors. This is very important as without a vendor targetted the macro will not work.
2. Run the macro and every 10 minutes exp will be gained for viewing the vendor.
That's it, real simple. It's so simple in fact that I'm surprised nobody figured this out before. This is best used overnight when your friends/victims/whatever would be sleeping anyways.
Enjoy!
Factol_Pentar
Wed Mar 10, 2004 5:08 pm
#2
just add
/target Vendor
to the top off the script
set pause to 200
and it will loop itself every ten min
Silus
Wed Mar 10, 2004 6:50 pm
#3
It's easier not to target the vendor though through the macro itself. That would work too though. I made the delay only a minute on this because it serves as somewhat of an anti-idle timeout that way as well. One minute time on it accounts for lag or some problem occuring with one of the updates too. This way no exp ticks are missed.
BalouHuncole
Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:04 am
#4
You can also get this to work with a row of vendors. If you have several vendors all together and do /target vendor; you'll get one of them targeted, seems to be random. As far as I can tell there's no way to use /target to get the other vendors however. If yourefresh each vendor in turn manually, and start with one that you don't get when you /target vendor; before you run your macro you can then use /ui action cycleTargetPrev; to get the last target then run your defaultAction command then move to the next vendor with /ui action cycleTargetPrev; then end the cycle with /target Vendor to start the whole thing over.
Silus
Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:18 pm
#5
From my understanding it doesn't matter how many vendors you look at. The experience is still only given once every 10 min for viewing any vendor. I could be wrong on this but I was pretty sure that was how it worked. Cycling vendors could have practical purposes in a place like a guildhall though where multiple people have vendors in place.
It adds some amount of difficulty trying to cycle too if it isn't necessary. I tend to follow the K.I.S.S. (KeepIt Simple Stupid)principles whenever possible.
Message Edited by Silus on 03-12-2004 01:20 PM
VTmoon
Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:33 pm
#6
Silus wrote:
From my understanding it doesn't matter how many vendors you look at. The experience is still only given once every 10 min for viewing any vendor. I could be wrong on this but I was pretty sure that was how it worked. Cycling vendors could have practical purposes in a place like a guildhall though where multiple people have vendors in place.
It adds some amount of difficulty trying to cycle too if it isn't necessary. I tend to follow the K.I.S.S. (KeepIt Simple Stupid)principles whenever possible.
Message Edited by Silus on 03-12-2004 01:20 PM
is that true? I thought if u have 2 vendors u can get 100 exp. Please someone let me know I would be grateful.
Silus
Mon Mar 15, 2004 10:19 am
#7
VTmoon wrote:
is that true? I thought if u have 2 vendors u can get 100 exp. Please someone let me know I would be grateful.
From Draznar's merchant guide:
Merchant XP (Sometimes comes in lumps):
- 150 XP per hour per vendor [Received in lumps whne vender Exists*] (Can place first at Bus 3)
- 50 XP per view of vendors by person [Must click refresh or a category. Veiwing multiple vendors does not increase] (Can get every 10 minutes)
- 50 XP per visitor per house for Entry Fee [Can be on multiple houses that you own] (Can place at house terminal at Bus 1)
- NO XP for purchases/bazaar ... none ... zip ... nada
- Suggestion: Go up management first to get per vendor xp. Then Adv 3 for planetary map.
- *Just like harvesters, vendors only exist when a player can see it. When there are no players arround the vendor drops from the servers memory. When another player comes into the house the vendor will load again, experience over time will be updated, and the vendor will "exist" till it unloads again.
Unless this has changed, this suggests that you only get the experience from someone viewing any vendor once in 10 minutes. A simple test would be to have a friend view two vendors while you are monitoring your XP.
Silus
Mon Mar 15, 2004 2:37 pm
#8
VTmoon wrote:
I ddid that but someone said they were getting it per vendor... so wanted to check, thanks. Can u have access fees on tents?
I believe so but having an access fee will cause problems with this macro.
averyz
Mon Mar 15, 2004 4:50 pm
#9
I think if you use an access fee you want to add your macro running buddies to the entry list so they bypass getting booted after their alloted time.
VTmoon
Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:52 pm
#10
Silus wrote:
VTmoon wrote:
I ddid that but someone said they were getting it per vendor... so wanted to check, thanks. Can u have access fees on tents?
I believe so but having an access fee will cause problems with this macro.
cool, so each house with acess fee u can get exp from? so if I have 5 houses with access fees I will get 250 exp from that same person for runn ing in all 5 houses every 10 minutes?
Silus
Mon Mar 15, 2004 9:04 pm
#11
VTmoon wrote:
Silus wrote:
VTmoon wrote:
I ddid that but someone said they were getting it per vendor... so wanted to check, thanks. Can u have access fees on tents?
I believe so but having an access fee will cause problems with this macro.
cool, so each house with acess fee u can get exp from? so if I have 5 houses with access fees I will get 250 exp from that same person for runn ing in all 5 houses every 10 minutes?
Every 15 min but yes, house access fees do work for each individual house. That requires actively doing so though compared to this macro that they just set up and run overnight. If you have fees, as was mentioned above, add them to the entry list so they will not be booted while running the macro. Getting booted will kill the whole thing.
VTmoon
Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:13 am
#12
I ddid that but someone said they were getting it per vendor... so wanted to check, thanks. Can u have access fees on tents?
rkabyrne
Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:12 am
#13
Dumb Question?
Does this macro give XP if the vendors are yours? Or do you need a non-owner to use the vendors to get the XP?
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