Merchant Archive
Thread: New Merchant Nerf? More exclusive benefits please.
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Pipeur
Sat Dec 18, 2004 6:19 am
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Is there a merchant nerf coming? I've heard rumors but can't find any info.
As for making our profession more exclusive, please give us some real benefits for spending those precious skill points. A new building, say a Merchant Mall would be a start. I mean a Master Chef or Entertainer can place cantinas, so why can't we place something unique? Apart from the vendor and item limits (oh yeah and getting to 'dress' our npcs...*barf*), what real perks come with climbing the skill tree?
Merchant is my only money making profession. I love it. But let's see some exclusive perks. Oh and give all those Business IV 'merchants' 24 hours to stock their lone vednor before wiping them off the face of the map!
Cheers and happy shopping,
Pipeur
As for making our profession more exclusive, please give us some real benefits for spending those precious skill points. A new building, say a Merchant Mall would be a start. I mean a Master Chef or Entertainer can place cantinas, so why can't we place something unique? Apart from the vendor and item limits (oh yeah and getting to 'dress' our npcs...*barf*), what real perks come with climbing the skill tree?
Merchant is my only money making profession. I love it. But let's see some exclusive perks. Oh and give all those Business IV 'merchants' 24 hours to stock their lone vednor before wiping them off the face of the map!
Cheers and happy shopping,
Pipeur
JeCy
Sat Dec 18, 2004 10:06 am
#2
there is nothing wrong with bussiness 3 or 4 merchants.. there is a place for them. Smugglers is the main one that comes to mind, selling crates of spice, or some really ncie sliced weapons or armor, or rare loot.A doc that just sells crates of stims, or even an architect that just sells, say factories for example. Dont be raggin on the little guy just cuase they have a small store. I mean come on they are stuck with a soda machine as a vendor give um a break /grin People can have great stores with 50-100 items, much better than many i have seen with 300+
As for more benifit im with you there, a mall is a great idea or even a small store, think of a larger merchant tent but not a tent, i hate those : P maybe a nice open air front that takes up 2 lots and holds 150 items and has the foot print of a small house. And a mall that would havean open court yard and small little rooms off the main one for seperate stores, take up 5 lots and hold 250 items, just like a cantina and has the same foot print. Id also love an addvertising upgrade : )
Je'Cy
Pipeur
Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:42 am
#3
Je'Cy you're right. And to all the little guys out there, my apologies. My comment wasn't intended to be like that. I was just a little peeved at the many houses I go in where the owner has advertised a vendor only to find it empty. I mean some of the best stuff I have ever found was on the smaller vendors, so no offense intended there.
Again, any word on a new merchant nerf?
Again, any word on a new merchant nerf?
JeCy
Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:21 am
#4
Heh, yea tell me about it.. and how many malls have you hit with 10-15-20 vendors plus andthe entire mall doesnt add up to 500-1k items.. its bad. its a mall, it should have minimum of 5k-10000 items when you have 20-30 vendors
Thats why i had the idea of listing the number of items on a vendor and back packs counting as 1. Soo if on global you see a vendor that has 500-1k items on it there is a good chance it might have what you are looking for. On the same token a storage vendor with 3 packs and 15 things would be listed as 18 and you may just pass... there definattly needs a revamp on advertising.. ive gone on treks hitting hundreds of vendors as im on a new server now.. and outta those i can count 5 locations that were acually worth my trip.
1, not over priced,
2, a good selection,
3 some hidden gems : )
there needs to be more than just a listing the way it is now,, right now its one big cluster F&$% and you would have just as much luck going into random buildings looking for non global vendors than you do searching the adds.. atleast thats IMO
Je'Cy
Irishbear99
Sun Dec 19, 2004 4:50 pm
#5
Having a merchant mall (as opposed to either a merchant tent or having vendor malls in various structures) is a great idea.
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