Merchant Archive

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Arrya wrote:

I think the name filter is the same one they apply to character names. So that is why it is so restrictive.

No Numbers are allowed anywhere in the name. And most game related nouns.

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I use roman numbers like I, II, IV etc.

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lemonella wrote:

Exactly. I mean really, why on earth the filters will not accept Architecture or Architectural is incomprehensible. If artisan is accepted then why not Architect? Tailoring, tailor and Tailored are accepted as well. Note...if the titles on our houses will accept profession titles, then why not vendors?

I really wish a dev would explain these things to us. It would make for alot less complaining (on my part at least ) if I at least knew some of the reasons why certain things work/don't work in game.

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I agree that there is no reason to place those sorts of restrictions on a vendor name. But in truth the answer to your question is rather simple: it is because the vendors use the same name filter as the filter that restricts player names. This also answers the questions regarding the use of numbers and the use of & characters in a vendor name: these are not allowed in player names and since vendors use the same filter, they are not allowed in vendor names either.

So what I am saying is this: asking "what is wrong with having X in a vendor name?" is to ask the wrong question. The answer to that question is trivial: They inherit these restrictions from the character naming filter. The question should be: "why do vendors use the player name filter?"

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Malitevv wrote:

The answer to that question is trivial: They inherit these restrictions from the character naming filter. The question should be: "why do vendors use the player name filter?"

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Nimhnoid wrote:

I noticed that before the Merchant Nerf, two vendors of the same name could not exist. Now I have all of my vendors on different planets named the same. So I think they eased the filter a bit somewhere along the line.

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