Merchant Archive
Thread: The Current BigPatch on Test Center and Vendors
Hey guys I just wanted to let you know whats good and not so good so far as I can tell from the Patch that effects you guys.
Now I myself have Advert 3, Hiring 1 and Vendors 1 So I don't have all the info for you that I could hope to supply, but this is what I've noted so far
1) Custom Ad Barking now is actualy availble and works, %% values do not seem to work though so a vendor could not say, " Why Hello %TT! Welcome!" And expect it to actualy say "Why Hello Kathlean! Welcome!"
3) Planetary Advertising seems to have much longer staying power than initialy reported, it does however unload still on some types of restarts. It does seem to hold up against Zone crashes now, however.
4) Vendors still poof unexplainably and while they still exist with your stuff on them, I haven't been able to figure out where they went.
Not much in the way of stuff, but if you have anything you would like me to check for you I will certainly try, within means of course!
Well it's good to see Custom Ad Barking is working, however is it working as well as ad barking was working previously? meaning it works for 10 minutes then never again?
Also is the disappearing vendor a TC problem? I haven't heard of that one before.
Well from my observations, Ad barking seems to work untill the server resets.
Once in a while the vendor will vanish off the planetary map and I have to re-add her. But its not tied to the Server going down so I'm not sure what at this point triggers it.
My Vendor's Maint is stuck at 1 and the credits I put on her have not ticked down at all. I think she's busted in that respect (in my favor but hey, its still busted)
Waiting for my other poofed vendors to die off so I can add more and see.
What about fees on vendors? Any word on that?
I'm steeling myself for a big price increase on NPCs 
Just a quick note- I just noticed someone asking about the Uniforms, but they said Hiring III. If you run your cursor over Hiring III and IV on the skill trees, despite the fact that III is -named- Uniforms, the skill for dressing them does not supposedly occur until IV. Apparently III is just the hiring unlock for some female vendor options, etc. (Unless this is bugged, and they intended III to be uniforms, but I doubt it- I think they just named the categories poorly)
Hiring IV (Starsider, not TC) does not work correctly currently, as most know. The items are not worn when given.
Caydyn Corentyn
2 the 9's - Not a clothing shop... a fashion experience!
NE of Coronet City, Starsider on the planetary map as "TwoTheNines",
or at /waypoint 950 -2700!