Weaponsmith Archive

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Vade -- 12pt Master Weaponsmith & Master Commando
Deliveries can be made to the CU Weapons vendor in Surebleak, on Lok (1727 5966) Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses...

Well, if the people who want sliced weapons removed from vendors get their way, this would be a huge blow to starting smiths. Selling sliced weapons helps them offer some weapons that are comparable to more established smiths with better stats, even if it means that the newer smith's 35% slice might only equate to a 33% slice by the smith with better starting stats.

I guess the actual effect will depend on whether the vendor interface is upgraded and whether players really enjoy looking through thousands of weapons just to find the one they want. In my shop I have seperate Damage Sliced Vendors, Speed Sliced, Unsliced Melee, Unsliced Ranged, Unsliced Heavy Weapons/Grenades, Crate, and Bargain Weapons. Even with all those different vendors, people still have a hard time finding things, partly because they dont' use the sort functions and partly because the vendors incorrectly classify some weapons like gaderrifi batons as melee when they should be listed under 1H weapons. I think many players will find the global search overwhelming and will come to well-stocked shops like mine to do browsing at a more leisurely pace.

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Vade -- 12pt Master Weaponsmith & Master Commando
Deliveries can be made to the CU Weapons vendor in Surebleak, on Lok (1727 5966) Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses...

endless amounts of things for 99999999 etc, I imagine that there will be price range search modifiers etc.

sliced/unsliced weps on vendors, no problem, tho what happens if a storn trooper raids your premesis...

Tomatec

The global vendor search wil certainly be a mixed bag, lots of good stuff and some bad stuff too. When I was first starting out, I found a lot of great old resources collecting dust on some out of the way vendors. It was time-consuming but it helped me procure some resources that spawned before I was playing and I was rewarded for taking the intitiative and doing the searching. When this goes live, you can be sure that I and other smiths will hit the global search first thing and snatch up any old spawns sitting unappreciated on those vendors. I don't vendor browse like I used to due to more limited time so this will make it easy for me to buy up any resources I can use without the same effort that made them available to me in earlier days.

The global vendor will effectively eliminate the need to waste time browsing empty or understocked vendors and I think all players will welcome that, especially if you are searching for something that's not commonly found, like crates of backpacks.

I do think the global vendor will make it harder for emerging crafters to compete with more established crafters. In a matter of minutes shoppers can evaluate speed, damage, range, ham, and condition among all the smiths for the particular weapon they want and most players are willing to pay a bit more to have the best equipment so it may be tough going for smiths whose weapon stats are lagging slightly behind. As it stands now, players tend to focus on speed/dmg as they compare weapons from different crafters but will probably give more consideration to the other stats as well since it will all be right before them.

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Vade -- 12pt Master Weaponsmith & Master Commando
Deliveries can be made to the CU Weapons vendor in Surebleak, on Lok (1727 5966) Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses...

I believe this will actually help new crafters get started. Most people tend to come to the same merchants for thier goods, whether it be weapons, armor, food, etc.... Now that these products can/will be all listed from all merchants, the shops that don't have any reputation will be seen with all the "big names"

It'll turn into Ebay

People spending all their time standing in front of bazaar terminals, double clicking through thousands of vk's to find the one that is 'krayt enhanced' lol. Interesting idea - playing a game on a computer about playing a game on a computer.

Downsides I can see:

- pricing collapsing

- never again going into a vendor you happen to be passing and being amazed at the interior decor

- buying an item you never intended to buy, but did after taking a bit at the 'amazing loots at knockdown prices' vendor gathering dust in the corner

- new crafters not selling a bean. Why would anyone buy a vk with 10 less damage when one of us old schoolers is selling em at the same price with better stats and condition

Upsides:

- prices becoming uniform across the galaxy

- access to commodity product without moving an inch

- no more advertising (unless they make it a prerequisite for global vendoring)

- bulky terminals are back ! aesthetics are straight out the window, skill points are potentially freed up..

Yuck

Jase theAce
ex_SWG

i think it's retarded in general.

krayt tissue drops

adk

global vendors

three worst things to happen to weaponsmith in a year. all near the same time too. Loathe it

I fear being able to compete price wise with some of the veterenWS who surely have a lower overhead per weapon. I don't worry about it too much though, it won't help anything to worry.

--Daetlus Marconia--