How would YOU revamp Vendors/merchants
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And i do not mean the specialty ones such as AP or elite gear/imperial city ones. what i mean is all the random merchants around all the cities. they are all basically the same all selling grossly overpriced gear that is pretty bad.
I think it would be neat if there was a point to them other than to repair gear and sell junk. I think the Grocer is ok as is but as for the rest a few idea would be:
-Rotating inventories that can have rare-ish armor/materials (with limited stock) that are somewhat random. this gives you a reason to check what x vendor has today and actually browse.
-unique items that are vendor specific - gives them some flair and personality "oh this vendor sells this really cool thing that no one else does"
-random vendor sales. this would add to one or both of the previous ideas. ontop of having potentially cool items they could randomly have sales opening up opportunities to make some money. hell even have specific items that can be resold to other vendors who are in short supply of x item so you can travel and make small profits. (kinda like fable 2 i think it was). so tldr sometimes a vendor will give extra money for x items or he will sell x items cheaper. this could be based on his actual sales, eg if a vendor is unused by players he will put a sale on making himself more attractive to players ensuring all get used. this would be an awesome opportunity to add a mercantile/speechcraft skill line.
-reputation. using a vendor more often will make him friendlier towards you. giving small discounts. possibly extra items open up or even services.
and thats my quick brainstorm im interested to hear your thoughts on my ideas as well as any idea you have about this. i just feel vendors are currently a wasted opportunity to make the world deeper and richer.!
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I think it would be neat if there was a point to them other than to repair gear and sell junk. I think the Grocer is ok as is but as for the rest a few idea would be:
-Rotating inventories that can have rare-ish armor/materials (with limited stock) that are somewhat random. this gives you a reason to check what x vendor has today and actually browse.
-unique items that are vendor specific - gives them some flair and personality "oh this vendor sells this really cool thing that no one else does"
-random vendor sales. this would add to one or both of the previous ideas. ontop of having potentially cool items they could randomly have sales opening up opportunities to make some money. hell even have specific items that can be resold to other vendors who are in short supply of x item so you can travel and make small profits. (kinda like fable 2 i think it was). so tldr sometimes a vendor will give extra money for x items or he will sell x items cheaper. this could be based on his actual sales, eg if a vendor is unused by players he will put a sale on making himself more attractive to players ensuring all get used. this would be an awesome opportunity to add a mercantile/speechcraft skill line.
-reputation. using a vendor more often will make him friendlier towards you. giving small discounts. possibly extra items open up or even services.
and thats my quick brainstorm im interested to hear your thoughts on my ideas as well as any idea you have about this. i just feel vendors are currently a wasted opportunity to make the world deeper and richer.!
@ZOS_RichLambert ? =D
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Kronosphere✭✭✭✭another one ive just thought of.
-small bonus in gold when selling an item to a vendor that actually would use it. eg food to a grocer, weapons to a smith, bows to a woodworker, so on. smiths repair gear cheaper than a grocer (they are more efficient at it, takes them less time = less gold)Edited by Kronosphere on October 20, 2016 12:24AM~House Indoril~
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Kronosphere✭✭✭✭bump? =D.Edited by Kronosphere on October 21, 2016 12:13AM~House Indoril~
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