Merchant Archive
Thread: Please Help me define my post please
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Ani_cul
Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:48 am
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I am asking for help to makethis post more readable,
I am not eloquent, nor do I have extreme grammer skills
But I do have opinions and ideas I would like to share.
I am asking for help (any is welcome) on defining the following post so that I may in turn use it for replies on the discussuion of Galaxy Searching.
{and noI am not saying this is the solution, nor do I claim ideas are all my own}
Merchant Registration
Merchant must register for search in the same way as map listing
Select to register by radial option, maint increases
You listing 'range' should be determined by skill meaning that a lower level merchant would show only on terminals of the planet he is registered on, and a higher level would show on terminals on every planet)
Business III = Regional (would need to define regional areas on planet)
Novice Merchant = Planet Coverage
Management IIl = Galactic Coverage
Merchant must register for search in the same way as map listing
Select to register by radial option, maint increases
You listing 'range' should be determined by skill meaning that a lower level merchant would show only on terminals of the planet he is registered on, and a higher level would show on terminals on every planet)
Business III = Regional (would need to define regional areas on planet)
Novice Merchant = Planet Coverage
Management IIl = Galactic Coverage
Seperate Terminal
Functions would be akin to bazaar with added feature and minor change
Add a search box
Allow an entry box to search by name
partial and whole, labled and item
Buy function would be replaced with get waypoint
When item is right clicked the options 'see info' or 'waypoint' should appear
'see info' would open the same window we currently see on bazaar {full stats,owner status, price} but the purchase option would be replaced by 'waypoint'
'waypoint' {selected from right click or from info window} would transmit waypoint of vendor holding selected item to customer
{generated email, same as when buying now, item name owner and cost included with attached waypoint}
Functions would be akin to bazaar with added feature and minor change
Add a search box
Allow an entry box to search by name
partial and whole, labled and item
Buy function would be replaced with get waypoint
When item is right clicked the options 'see info' or 'waypoint' should appear
'see info' would open the same window we currently see on bazaar {full stats,owner status, price} but the purchase option would be replaced by 'waypoint'
'waypoint' {selected from right click or from info window} would transmit waypoint of vendor holding selected item to customer
{generated email, same as when buying now, item name owner and cost included with attached waypoint}
IF a serperate terminal cannot be allowed, a Tabbed bazaar should be
Tab for bazaar functions as it is now
Tab for Merchants changes bazaar window into above descibed search functions
Searching is to only be done via the terminal
Pricing should be included as well as full stats and item description
Customers will still have to activly select item for waypoint info and travel to purchase and retreive
Merchant listing should remain seperate from bazaar to avoid flooding and crowding of sellers and items there
*note as much as I hate saying it, this is viable by the fact EQ2 does run a similer system.
Yes I know playstyles and coding itself are different, but the 'bullitin board' merchanting there is the search function we need here.
Yes I know playstyles and coding itself are different, but the 'bullitin board' merchanting there is the search function we need here.
EQ2, use board filter items (price, name, use etc) see listing, travel to room, use merchant*, purchase item
*merchant in EQ2 is the player themselves, they turn on merchant mode while in their room from the bullitan board, they in then become like our vendors with interface to buy items they have for sell
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