Merchant Archive

Where did you hear you were at the top of the list? It's a known fact that Droid Engineers are the top priority with the next two publishes since everything else seems to be running 'smooth' (ie no real issues) enough. They've been stating that for months now.

Merchant isn't 'broken' either. It is a perfectly usable profession, though maybe not awholly gratifying, ergonomic (a very repetitive clicking profession), or maximizedprofession. We will see this profession change alot over time. Consignment will be huge and it will come eventually.

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PepeGSay wrote:

Merchant isn't 'broken' either. It is a perfectly usable profession, though maybe not awholly gratifying, ergonomic (a very repetitive clicking profession), or maximizedprofession. We will see this profession change alot over time. Consignment will be huge and it will come eventually.

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You have a pretty soft criterion for 'broken' to my mind. Just because it is possible to be successfull at the merchant role, doesn't make the skill tree we buy for our points functional. You might as well claim that Squad Leader isn't broken, because some people are good at leading groups whether or not the skills in that profession work.

I recently started an alt on Bria with the intention of becomming a doctor. Because I needed cash to buy basics like a car and a droid, I started selling resources on the bazaar. Found some bargains about and sold those too. With not even Bus 1, I easily raised a bunch of money. Effectively, I have become a successfull merchant without any of the skills.

That character now has better combat ability than my main, and is well on the way to doctor. He will probably continue to be a merchant in his spare time, just to keep cash flowing in. But I am sure he will never invest a skill point in it.

I think Squad Leader is a good comparison. They have more skills that are bugged to worthlessness, but they would be better off if all their skills worked to spec. Everyone agrees that profession is broken, but every day groups go out with a squad leader that likes the role.

The definition of broken is simple: bugs. If a profession has lots of bugs, it is broken. Just because it does not appease to Bob's tastes does not make it "broken". It makes it unappeasing.

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weaponsspec wrote:

The reason I thought we were at the top of the list is because I read in one of the team letters or something awhile ago that the devs had plans (in the immediate future) to make some changes to some professions, among which were chefs, DE's, smugglers, and even merchants. I was just wondering if these "changes" would include any of the stuff that had been recomended by these forums.

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I assume you are talking about this -

http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/team_comments.jsp?id=59306&page=Team%20Comments

I saw that too.. It kept me hanging on, especially as I started seeing talk of improvements to chef, and smuggler, and the Droid Invasion stuff.. I'm still hanging on, and really really hoping that the "proffession augmentation" they have planned for us includes more then a vendor nerf and a bazaar increase that further allows everyone to be merchants without investing any skill points into it..

With the prioritisation of Jedi as the profession that needs fixing I doubt any other profession will be looked at after the DE publish goes through. From hearsay I believe the Jedi thing is going to be over two publishes, so you can estimate that no-one is going to be looked at for 3 months.

God damnit Sony. Why...