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TheMandel

Sun Feb 29, 2004 1:57 pm

The ability to have the background music from city merchant guild halls in your store... If you don't know what I'm talking about, go inside one of those guild halls with a merchant trainer in it, and listen.

Another perk could be to place the vendor cabinets that are found around various towns.....the ones with the clear glass window.

Right now I look at master merchant and wonder what the point is.

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TivixOtila

Sun Feb 29, 2004 2:25 pm

#2

the point is just that, 1 point so why not?

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Asteroids

Mon Mar 01, 2004 6:22 am

#3

You do get the reduced vendor fees for the 1 skill point. Though I agree there should be something in addition to this. Seems alittle tight compared to some other elite master profession bonuses.

DocSavag

Mon Mar 01, 2004 6:56 am

#4

What!??! Pink Silent Protocol Droids aren't enough for you people???

The discount for vendors is ok, they don't cost enough for it to be really important though. I do wish we had some better content. Another vendor would be nice. If they scale the coming vendor item cap there will probably be a bump at master (I know its still and overall nerf but it does make the box worth taking )

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Lorkar

Tue Mar 02, 2004 11:06 am

#5

Not sure if this was aver brought up, but a good perk for master would be to link our Vendors to the Bazaar on a planetary basis.

Anyone searching the bazaar "planet" wide would be able to see the selection from our vendor and be able to buy.

Hekai
The Loner

DocSavag

Tue Mar 02, 2004 11:21 am

#6

Lorkar wrote:

Not sure if this was aver brought up, but a good perk for master would be to link our Vendors to the Bazaar on a planetary basis.

Anyone searching the bazaar "planet" wide would be able to see the selection from our vendor and be able to buy.

This worked for part of beta and then disappeared. One of the issues was buying something then going there and not being able to retrieve it. The house could be private (fixed), or a huge entry fee, or the vendor could be removed or destroyed before you got there to pick up your item.

After months of live now I no longer think this is a good idea. Your items would be lost in a sea of items and people would get frustrated buying three items and having to travel 30km round trip to get them all.

Better and more global advertising opportunities are the real answer I believe. You want those people to find your shop, visit it and browse your items not just show up hit retrieve and vanish.

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Chataka Windae
Rifleman/Combat Medic
CEO, Windae Enterprises
Mesric Sanctuary Founder

GoCanes

Tue Mar 02, 2004 11:47 am

#7

/agree with DocSavag... To many ways to exploit that option...

With the upcoming addition of the ad-barking droids, we may have a worthy replacement... Hopefully they will make it Advertising 4 minimum requirement and add the ability to put 10 items in the item storage and run a miniature vendor on the droid to sell those 10 items... ^_^

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Starting active duty to Iraq 27 November 2004, so I may not be able to stock afterwards

DocSavag

Tue Mar 02, 2004 12:14 pm

#8

The dev response to mobile vendors is that it isn't technically possible. (That is why your vendors in your home can't be moved once they have been initialized) There was some talk a while back about somehow connecting the mobile unti to a static vendor somewhere but I don't know if that idea was evern deemed possible or not.

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Chataka Windae
Rifleman/Combat Medic
CEO, Windae Enterprises
Mesric Sanctuary Founder

Lorkar

Tue Mar 02, 2004 8:29 pm

#9

Ah the experience speaks. Good points.Thanks guys,guess I didnot think it through enough.

However advertising is a tricky thing. Already as it is we have SPAM mania in most cities. To have a bunch of droids standing there spouting off adds will not go over very well. Your message will get lost in a sea of bubbles.

I'll have to think about this advertising thing but it should be a Master Perk that is lost if you drop it!

Thanks for the response.

Hekai
The Loner

GoCanes

Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:01 pm

#10

DocSavag wrote:

The dev response to mobile vendors is that it isn't technically possible. (That is why your vendors in your home can't be moved once they have been initialized) There was some talk a while back about somehow connecting the mobile unti to a static vendor somewhere but I don't know if that idea was evern deemed possible or not.

Linked to a static vendor or all static vendors owned by the Merchant would be a good start... ^_^

GoCanes - Radiant Server - Pikeman
44.3+ Crafting Stations and 15.00 Crafting Tools outside Theed, Naboo at -4760 5332
Resources and Radioactives Vendor located 1k outside Coronet, Corellia at 892 -4844
Starting active duty to Iraq 27 November 2004, so I may not be able to stock afterwards

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