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Thread: Advertising categories...
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HalloranElder
Sat Jul 24, 2004 9:18 am
#1
I currently have four vendors, one each for housing, furniture, Installations and Vehicles. Of course I have all four registered on the planetary map (and make sure they are never empty!)
The Housing and Furniture vendor's are under Housing, which seemed the most logical place for them.
The Installations and Vehicles vendor's are under Equipment, but I'm not so sure of them.
What do people think? Where should Vehicles and Installations (harvestors for the most part) be placed when registering on the Planetary Map?
Elyssa
Sat Jul 24, 2004 9:53 am
#2
I don't think there should be a billion categories, but I'd like to see at least a vehicles category.
I'd also like to be able to list a single vendor in multiple categories at higher merchant skill.
I mean, if I sell weapons AND armor in one vendor, I can only list it as weapons OR armor.
Now it's true that odds are if I were selling both I'd have multiple vendors, but I'm more concerned about my "miscellaneous" vendor that carries a little bit of a lot of things.
Tieberious
Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:02 pm
#3
Heres a couple catagories needed...Loot and split the resources into organic and inorganic.....maybe subcatagories would be a good idea....
aswex
Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:43 pm
#4
O, Tieberious. It absolutely kills me that vendors don't just NAME their vendors more specifically. "Joe's Resources" doesn't cut it when I'm trying to find flora. I don't think you need a new category, just a wiser player. As a BE, I try to be as specific as I can without having a 100-character vendor name. "BE Tissues by Isscossk" and "BE Chef Tissues by Isscossk" are my vendors. Granted, some people looking for pet stims may wander into the first vendor, but "BE Chef and Tailor Tissues by Isscossk" seems a bit long. Oh, and I have to put my name in it since all the planetary advertising in the world doesn't contain a method of contacting the merchant.
LadyGrace
Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:47 am
#5
I'd like to see the vendor maplisting categories be the same as the vendor categories, and for your vendor to automatically appear in every category you have an item stocked in.
Of course, the current state of the category list is far from perfect, but it would make it heaps easier to find what you were looking for on the map if vendors only showed up in a category when they had something from that category stocked.
aswex
Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:11 pm
#6
I don't know if I agree with that, Adrianna. Not a bad idea, but easily exploitable. Place one item from each category at 99999999 credits and your vendor will be listed in every category. I'd rather see more specialized vendors and if you want to run a Wall-Mart, have six vendors in your house (that's my strong opinion).
HalloranElder
Sun Jul 25, 2004 9:54 pm
#7
Don't worry, I name my Vendor's appropriately.
Currently I have:
- Chali's Furniture
- Chali's Housing
- Chali's Installations
- Chali's Vehicles and Stuff
The last one also includes stuff like Droid Batteries, Fireworks, and the like.
I'm thinking of combining the Housing and Installations into a single vendor, and then calling it "Chali's Installations and Housing".
Sevardos
Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:23 am
#8
I'd recommend listing your Harvester vendor under Housing as well. I know it seems odd, but when people think Architect, they think Housing - not Equipment.
I have both my vendors for furniture and harvesters under housing. Works quite well. Also, naming your vendors appropriately is very important.
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