Merchant Archive

Hi,

the Topic says it all. I was going for Master Merchant, Master Artisan and Master DE with my Main-Char, and a bit of the Architect tree to be independent. However, now I am a Master Architect instead of a Master DE cause they nerfed Probots and destroyed the way I wanted to play my DE.

The Merchant never worked as intended and I thought they would fix it, so I was going for Master Merchant anyway, knowing that its a dead class cause almost nothing is working.

I saw "Vendor" in the Administration lists of Houses, I saw an Administration-tree in the Radialmenu of Vendors...... its all gone now. The idea of a Merchant who is able to run a Bazar-Like business where he is the one who gives a point of sales to crafters by letting them sell their stuff through his vendors is still not working. I run a tiny Shop on Gorath and its a lot of Work to keep it going. The reason is, you have to really do everything yourself. The Merchant class as such is no Value to the game. Its taken by crafters to sell their stuff on their own, cause there is no way to simply sell thorugh a Merchants Vendor as it was supposed to be. The original way was to give others the right to sell through your vendors like they would sell through the bazar. This never worked and I havent found any comment about this since the option was removed from the vendors.

At the moment most of the Merchants are Advertising3-Merchants who want nothing else than getting their vendors on the map. Beside those Holo-grinders they are the biggest group within the Merchant Class.

The way the Merchant was planed was great, and I really loved the Idea behind that class, thats why I choosed to become a Merchant very early. But now, after several Months without any changes, I saw changes that almost only helps those who were going after Advertising 3.

What are the plans for Merchants in the Future? At the moment I dont see a single reason for staying Master-Merchant, cause I only need the vendors and the Map-Entry. Almost all other Features which arent One-Time Features dont work anyway. And the one-timers even stay after I unskilled the Tree (dressed Vendors).

I would be happy to see you guys making a statement about this class and what the plans are, and especially when do you think those will made. I dont expect a "we are on it, you will see those changes next patch". To know whats planed and if those things are made within the next couple of months is what I want to know to plan for the future.

Otherwise you should thinking about changing the class and Merge it with another class, Master Artisan for Example, and give away special Features to Crafting Masters and let IDs change your vendors Race and Stlye and let Master-Tailors be able to dress them. Just a quick suggestion :-)

I would prefer such a solution instead of being Master Merchant with no benefits.

Read ya.