Shipwright Archive

I am still fairly new to the crafting area (working towards master and not yet public). However I am wondering how will the new update that is in testing that allows players to search, buy and then have items directly sent to them from the Bazaar effect us SWs/crafters/merchants?

Ok for the consumer this is a dream come true. Nothing is more annoying then walking around the galaxy going to different WPs of Vendors looking for that item that’s never in stock. However, on a flip side won't this drastically effect the economy?

Usually things that bring sales (under price and quality of course) are advertisement, decorated Vendors (shows a since of professionalism) and convenience. However if players can just go to any Bazaar that pretty much makes all those others factors pointless since it would only run on price and quality for the most part. Also won't prices drop as well considering you will now compete with everyone's wears that opens their vendor to the galaxy and lose a lot of customers that shopped because it was the most convenient place to go to? (not everyone knows about that outstanding quality with a unbelievable price seller but they are out there in hard to find areas)

Anyways hope someone can shed some light on the effects of this. I wonder if I somehow misread or understood the announcement, but I don't think I did...

We did have a discussion about this when it came out, though. It's a few pages down by now.

I think it would affect shipwrights less than other crafters and could even be beneficial for a few of us. It would hurt most of us some, though, I think. Anyway, I recommend checking out that thread for a deeper analysis.

Ok thank you very much this gives me a lot more info.