Merchant Archive
Thread: How Vendor Search Could Have Been Done Better
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ofim
Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:59 pm
#1
I think thatmost Merchants can agree that the current vendor search is a horrable mess, so I've put some thought behind a better system:
In order to have easier search funtionality for customers in the current catagory system I think it would be easier to have all vendor names listed instead of all items listed, then the customer can simply open the Vendor UI remotely.
Also the Merchant "Tie-in" is descusting....nice slap in the face if you ask me 
, so I propose the following
, so I propose the followingBusiness1: stays the same
Business2: Stays the same
Business3: Stays the same with the addition of alowing the registering of one vendor on the search system
Business4: Stays the same with the addition +1 search vendors
Novice Merchant: same +1 search vendors
Advertising1:+1 search vendors and the ability to place 20 items for remote sale and perchase [If the Merchant so chooses]
Advertising2:+1 search vendors +20 remote S/P items
Advertising3:+1 search vendors +20 remote S/P items
Advertising4:+1 search vendors +20 remote S/P items
Master Merchant:+2 search Vendors +100 Remote S/P items
Opinions?
Alristico
Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:49 pm
#2
I think the merchant profession needshelp but not by fooling around with the placement of thegalaxy wide vendor searchability. Every noob with a vendor should be able to advertise on galaxy search, not because business 3 is the appropriate place for this skill but because it makes life in swg so much easier for the consumer. I wouldn't wanna count how many hours I've spent going door to door to find specific resources or some other items and for affordable prices.
The Merchant skill tree should take this nerf for thebetterment of swg.
Kryxal
Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:57 pm
#3
Personally, I'd like to see something done about crates ... search for something in a crate and you're going through ALL crates, search for something individually and you won't see it if it's in a crate.
ofim
Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:45 pm
#4
Alristico wrote:
I think the merchant profession needshelp but not by fooling around with the placement of thegalaxy wide vendor searchability. Every noob with a vendor should be able to advertise on galaxy search, not because business 3 is the appropriate place for this skill but because it makes life in swg so much easier for the consumer. I wouldn't wanna count how many hours I've spent going door to door to find specific resources or some other items and for affordable prices.
The Merchant skill tree should take this nerf for thebetterment of swg.
well as you can see I placed the ability to have your vendors in the search systemin Business 3 which is where you get your first vendor, only when you hit Merchant does it branch off to better fit the skill tree. The addition of instant sale and delivery in the advertising tree also helps the consumer. Running a real business is one of the only real chalenges in the game so simply dismissing that type of game play out of lazyness is really not acceptable in my opinion. The changes to the search I proposewould make it both easier for the consumer and better for the Merchant in my opinion.
Message Edited by ofim on 03-29-2005 07:46 PM
Dimear
Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:32 pm
#5
Making everyone in the game a master merchant (using 0 sp) helps the consumer. Doesn't help the game though. Making everyone a master architect, weaponsmith, armorsmith, etc helps the consumer...
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