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Thread: Dropping merchant keeping npc vendors?

Freca
Sat Oct 02, 2004 4:58 am
#1
Did some searches but wasnt able to find any good info on this so here goes.


My alt is currently Master Artisan, Tailor and Merchant 3044 and has a well stocked shop, now however my main char is going to drop the doctor profession and I want my alt to take it up but that mean shes only going to be Artisan 0440 and have no merchant skills. Quick look at the skill trees say max 250 items for sale and 2 vendors and sure i can live with that (ill do a BE clothting only shop) but can i place some good looking NPC vendors now and use my current skill to dress them and when i drop my merchant skills keep these vendorsand not be stuck with ugly machines?
raora
Sat Oct 02, 2004 6:21 am
#2
no
Elyssa
Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:15 am
#3
Yes, that will work right now.

Be aware, however,that it may change at some point in the future and cause your vendors to poof.



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DingoBoi
Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:38 am
#4
andmany, like myself, consider that an expoit. Do you want to be exploiting scum?



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Elyssa
Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:43 am
#5
/buys eggs.



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Freca
Sat Oct 02, 2004 1:15 pm
#6
Ok so it just might work but some dont like it well... ill see what ill do its not that much big deal just looks a bit better. Its not the looks of my vendor that sells good anyway.
McSassy
Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:27 am
#7

That's the spirit Freca!


If your products are good - you could sell them out of a cardboard box and still do well.



Message Edited by McSassy on 10-03-2004 07:28 AM





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DingoBoi
Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:10 am
#8




Bazalan wrote:
Yeah no one gives a rats arse about what vendors look like. It's all about the goods.

But don't listen to the nazi merchants in here. Keep the vendors you dress. You got the skills for it. Might as well use it.



and that's exactly the same, constant argument we heard aboutvendor poaching... blah blah blah if the system allows it, it's ok... well it's not...


Exploit and you are scum.




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Bazalan
Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:09 pm
#9
Yeah no one gives a rats arse about what vendors look like. It's all about the goods.

But don't listen to the nazi merchants in here. Keep the vendors you dress. You got the skills for it. Might as well use it.



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BioTamer
Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:59 pm
#10

Freca wrote:
Ok so it just might work but some dont like it well... ill see what ill do its not that much big deal just looks a bit better. Its not the looks of my vendor that sells good anyway.




I think vendor appearance matters.



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Balkstar
Tue Oct 05, 2004 2:03 pm
#11
It's good to know that some things never change.


Good to seeya, Dingo. Glad you are still keeping up the fight.


Sounds like some idiots out here are wanting to uses skills for free witout investing skill points. Talk about exploiting losers.



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DingoBoi
Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:51 pm
#12




Balkstar wrote:


Good to seeya, Dingo. Glad you are still keeping up the fight. Good to see you as well. Like the evil villianry and scum they are, they shall be strung up and skewered for all to see the exploiting scum and trash they are.


Exploiters can rot in hell along with all the ones who espouse exploiting. T R A S H, pure trash.


Sounds like some idiots out here are wanting to uses skills for free witout investing skill points. Talk about exploiting losers.








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DirthNader
Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:21 am
#13




DingoBoi wrote:


and that's exactly the same, constant argument we heard aboutvendor poaching... blah blah blah if the system allows it, it's ok... well it's not...


Exploit and you are scum.




We've gone through this one before. I've got four "slim" terminal vendors in my tent from when I was a master merchant. I dropped down to 3/0/0/4 a while ago (actually 3/0/0/0, picked up management with the item limits).


You can call me an exploiter until the cows come home. You can throw eggs at me until the chickens stop laying them. I don't care. I'm not going to restock over 1200 items (currently), 90% of which have to be priced individually after checking their stats simply because I don't have the hiring line any more.


I also don't think it's the same arguement as vendor poaching. Vendors have always fallen under the management line, implying that the skills give you the ability to manage multiple employees. Vendor appearance has always been governed by the hiring skill mod, found under the hiring line. I can see having to fire people because I lack the skills to manage them. I can't imagine walking into my store and yelling "everyone, get the heck out - if I had to hire you all over again right now I wouldn't have the skill to do it."

Message Edited by DirthNader on 10-06-2004 10:21 AM



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