Summonable merchant that doesn't fix armor and a Smuggler that doesn't clear your bounty?

JiDul

Anyone else see what's wrong with this? I spent 40 dollars to get the merchant but he doesn't fix my armor on the fly? Why waste my money if I could go to any old merchant in a town for that? The whole point of buying it was so that you could have merchant functionality on the go without having to port to a town just to sell and fix armor, but you still have to so you can fix armor. To be honest I feel like my money is wasted. I might as well hold on to everything until my armor needs fixed and still port to a town.

What about the Smuggler dude.. He steals 35% of the profit from the things you stole and he doesn't even clear your bounties.. HOW RUDE! Lol. I feel like all these summon-able assistants are HUGE ripoffs and hinder you more then then help you. I think we should petition ZoS to do something about this. I mean at the VERY least give ESO+ subs the option do clear bounty with smuggler and fix armor with merchant..

GeorgeBlack

What I have to say is that people argue against changes proposed by the players to improve some aspects of ESO saying it's lorebreaking or immersion breaking and here Zos SELLS merchants that magically appear in the most dangerous dungeons at a snap of your fingers.

All this development effort that could be used in improving the game and you people go and buy them because you don't want to go back to the cities and do what you need.

dpencil1

These complaints were made when the assistants were introduced. There was some data mining of a "premium" banker a while back. Dunno if anything will ever come of it. But overall, yeah, they are not as functional as they should be.

DaveMoeDee

It does what it does. They are both fine. Very helpful.

The point of the merchant is selling stuff to clear inventory. That is what it does. If you bought it for a different reason, you made a mistake. Learn what things are before you buy them. If you want repairs, the game already has a portable mechanism for that -- repair kits.

The merchant is helpful because people's inventory fills up before they need to go to town to get their gear repaired.

Smuggler can't be a ripoff because it is just a throw in with the TG DLC.

And please explain how they hinder you? I can't think of a single way they hinder me from doing anything. They add functionality when out in the world. Many times I find myself looking for someone with a merchant out to clear inventory.

Enslaved

Wait to see banker...

angelncelestine

I love my merchant! It is the greatest when you are farming gear imo. I don't have to bounce things,destroy things,or leave to deconstruct anymore.

Floppyjo

I completely agree with you JiDul. Nuzhimeh is useless. I posted this very thing minutes before I stumbled across your post. As it stands the merchant is worthless, because when it's time to repair your gear your bags are about full anyway and you have to go to town to repair, so you may aswell sell anyway.

So why pay 5000 crowns for a worthless NPC follower?

Narvuntien

People were worried that it would be "pay to win" if they had those functions.

If you can summon a way to clear your bounty whenever you never have to take a risk you can just steal and clear and steal and steal and steal.

If you can repair in the middle of a dungeon all the time you never have to concern yourself with repair kits and gear management.

makerofthings

The repair and clear would be nice features however when I purchased the merchant I knew this was not offered and did so anyway. I received exactly what I paid for so no issue on my end. Merchant/banker skins would be a nice feature for variety.

Jollygoodusername

It's crap for the price and well known. Trying to say it saves space in inventory or whatever other excuses, to make yourself feel better for having been a sucker, I know this feeling because I paid for vampire line. The lack of information given about these NPCs and especially the WW/Vampire skill lines, should be considered predatory to new players. In my case, I thought about getting the Fence but read somewhere that he takes a cut of the profit ( essentially making him a hindrance rather QoL ).

Ah well, no refunds. But we can always voice complaints and warn others

Rohamad_Ali

Some people said the merchant goes too far and I say it doesn't go far enough for the price in crowns . The smuggler can never be p2w because it's earned Ingame so the bounty clear would be a welcome addition .

MLGProPlayer

I can get why repairing armour on the fly could be OP. But they don't even repair your armour when placed in your house.

Banker also doesn't give you access to guild store.

zyk

The merchant is super useful when grinding levels, dungeons, skyshards, etc.

I think the assistants are well-implemented as is. They're very convenient without making the conventional NPCs useless.

SydneyGrey

I'm OK with the smuggler not clearing my bounty. That would just make the game way too easy. I hate the high fencing fee, though. Basically, it makes her pretty worthless.

Beardimus

I'm not that fussed about armour repairs, i have repair kits coming out of my ears.

HOWEVER. the banker not allowing Guild Bank or Store access is utterly stupid. I would buy one in a flash for 10k crowns if they did it all like a regular bank.
As for those that mentioned the premium assistants, they are purely cosmetic, no added funtionality. ZOS confirmed that already on her.

Runs

dpencil1 wrote: »

These complaints were made when the assistants were introduced. There was some data mining of a "premium" banker a while back. Dunno if anything will ever come of it. But overall, yeah, they are not as functional as they should be.

The "premium" ones data mined are no more than just new models and new voice acting. Jessica confirmed, immediately after they were data mined, that they would have the same features as the existing ones.

There is an addon that auto repairs when you visit a merchant, at one point someone mentioned it also worked for the assistant. No clue if it ever worked, or if it has been fixed. I've never personally tried as all my repairs are done via repair kits.

While I would love the assistants to have full features, I still think there is value in having them.

Khenarthi

I bought the merchant while well aware of their features and limitations. To me, Nuzimeh is really useful, but I always carry repair kits anyway.

Kali_Despoine

The only reason to own a banker and a merch is to become a gold seller.
Think about it.

Synfaer

Kali_Despoine wrote: »

The only reason to own a banker and a merch is to become a gold seller.
Think about it.

A horse walks into a bar, and the bartender says "whats with the long face?"
Think about it.

Arundo

All three are fine imo sure repairing armor would be nice if you are in a dungeon and you had wipe after wipe and need to repair. Saves time for the whole party. For the rest they are fine.

I use the merchant as queen in my throneroom of my Redguard syled palace

F7sus4

JiDul wrote: »

Summonable merchant that doesn't fix armor and a Smuggler that doesn't clear your bounty

1) Because you'd repair mid-instance instead of using Repair Kits (and hopefully Crown Kits).
2) Clearing your bounty when mid-instance would be a bad design too. It should require some effort to reach "proper people" to clear your bounty instead of 1-click summoning someone to do it.

TheRealPotoroo

Narvuntien wrote: »

People were worried that it would be "pay to win" if they had those functions.

If you can summon a way to clear your bounty whenever you never have to take a risk you can just steal and clear and steal and steal and steal.

Counterfeit pardons are a thing.

zaria

Narvuntien wrote: »

People were worried that it would be "pay to win" if they had those functions.

If you can summon a way to clear your bounty whenever you never have to take a risk you can just steal and clear and steal and steal and steal.

If you can repair in the middle of a dungeon all the time you never have to concern yourself with repair kits and gear management.

Do the thief guild locker-box or pickpocket repeatable quest for an clear bounty card.
Note that bounty is just an issue if you have stolen items on you. if you have the smuggler is nice, if only she could launder.
if you have something valuable like housing stuff, teleport to house or wayshrine in wilderness.

Khenarthi

Kali_Despoine wrote: »

The only reason to own a banker and a merch is to become a gold seller.
Think about it.

Then I must be really stupid, because I do not see a correlation.

supaskrub

It's obvious that the merchant/assistant will never repair gear as long as ZoS sells repair kits in the crown store, you have three choices 1) use your own kits that repair a single item, 2) return to a city or find a roaming merchant to repair, or (3) if you can't be doing with the inconvenience of points 1 and 2 then buy crown repair kits right where you are stood and repair all items at once.

As for the banker and not being able to list items in the guild store/s whilst mobile then i would have to say its a poor decision, it affects nothing, and the code already exists so why is this functionality not added ?, bit of a letdown but by no means game breaking..

Axoinus

I would pay for the merchant if he could deliver writ jobs to me and receive completed writs.

Awesome button below....

MattT1988

Axoinus wrote: »

I would pay for the merchant if he could deliver writ jobs to me and receive completed writs.

Awesome button below....

Yeah I'll give you one. That's a good compromise for a repair gear function.

I've never really had a problem with the merchant not being able to repair gear, that's what repair kits are for. But I do have a problem with not being able to access a guild bank and/or store on a banker.

I think your idea has merit.
Banker: Access personal bank and guild bank (incentive to go to a city: putting things in the guild store)
Merchant: sell stuff, receive and deliver writs (incentive to go to a city: repairing gear)

I'd consider buying them if this was the case.


On another note, anyone got an update on these new merchant and banker skins that were supposedly in the works?

drakhan2002_ESO

MattT1988 wrote: »

Axoinus wrote: »

I would pay for the merchant if he could deliver writ jobs to me and receive completed writs.

Awesome button below....

Yeah I'll give you one. That's a good compromise for a repair gear.

I've never really had a problem with the merchant not being able to repair gear, that's what repair kits are for. But I do have a problem with not being able to access a guild bank and/or store on a banker.

I think your idea has merit.
Banker: Access personal bank and guild bank
Merchant: sell stuff, receive and deliver writs

I'd consider buying them if this was the case.

Guess you won't be buying them...ever...

reiverx

The banker, merchant and smuggler are super handy but they should provide full functionality at least in any houses you own.
There's no reason for blocking this.

Also, the 35% cut the smuggler takes is way overboard. I mean, come on. Throw us a bone once in a while.

MattT1988

drakhan2002_ESO wrote: »

MattT1988 wrote: »

Axoinus wrote: »

I would pay for the merchant if he could deliver writ jobs to me and receive completed writs.

Awesome button below....

Yeah I'll give you one. That's a good compromise for a repair gear.

I've never really had a problem with the merchant not being able to repair gear, that's what repair kits are for. But I do have a problem with not being able to access a guild bank and/or store on a banker.

I think your idea has merit.
Banker: Access personal bank and guild bank
Merchant: sell stuff, receive and deliver writs

I'd consider buying them if this was the case.

Guess you won't be buying them...ever...

Probs not. Nothing like this is worth over $50 in a video game. Having the extra functionality would at least make me turn my head and think about it for a split second.

SugaComa

Jollygoodusername wrote: »

It's crap for the price and well known. Trying to say it saves space in inventory or whatever other excuses, to make yourself feel better for having been a sucker, I know this feeling because I paid for vampire line. The lack of information given about these NPCs and especially the WW/Vampire skill lines, should be considered predatory to new players. In my case, I thought about getting the Fence but read somewhere that he takes a cut of the profit ( essentially making him a hindrance rather QoL ).

Ah well, no refunds. But we can always voice complaints and warn others

She takes 35% of the base price but you can increase your what you get on fenced goods to offset that

It makes for a great thing to have when in certain trespassing zones n you just raid every nook and cranny