merchant follows a player around?

Jbugz97 · August 2016

I recently started playing eso again and noticed that some player had a merchant that follows them around, can someone bring me up to date, was this a crown store item or something you can get by a quest (lol)

SantieClaws · August 2016

Crown store item.

She is a redguard lady yes?

She is all yours for the mighty sum of 5,000 crowns (yes the forum did originally implode at the price of her services).

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

wayfarerx · August 2016

SantieClaws wrote: »

She is all yours for the mighty sum of 5,000 crowns (yes the forum did originally implode at the price of her services).

Also, she won't repair anything or sell you anything, she just buys your junk.

Unsent.Soul · August 2016

wayfarerx wrote: »

SantieClaws wrote: »

She is all yours for the mighty sum of 5,000 crowns (yes the forum did originally implode at the price of her services).

Also, she won't repair anything or sell you anything, she just buys your junk.

Thats like 1/3 of a merchant. I was bummed with my banker and only being able to put in and take out items from the bank... no guild bank, no guild store... 5k for that is almost useless... almost lol.

Wow · August 2016

Unsent.Soul wrote: »

wayfarerx wrote: »

SantieClaws wrote: »

She is all yours for the mighty sum of 5,000 crowns (yes the forum did originally implode at the price of her services).

Also, she won't repair anything or sell you anything, she just buys your junk.

Thats like 1/3 of a merchant. I was bummed with my banker and only being able to put in and take out items from the bank... no guild bank, no guild store... 5k for that is almost useless... almost lol.

The banker is ok, at least you could withdraw/deposit to your bank. Could have been worse, like only able to deposit lol

drakhan2002_ESO · August 2016

Unsent.Soul wrote: »

wayfarerx wrote: »

SantieClaws wrote: »

She is all yours for the mighty sum of 5,000 crowns (yes the forum did originally implode at the price of her services).

Also, she won't repair anything or sell you anything, she just buys your junk.

Thats like 1/3 of a merchant. I was bummed with my banker and only being able to put in and take out items from the bank... no guild bank, no guild store... 5k for that is almost useless... almost lol.

The banker is hardly 'almost useless'. I can't tell you how many times I've needed the extra bag space while out grinding mobs and that banker saved me many long trips back to town. Or...if I needed to log into a crafter to make food or potions; quick and easy. For me, anyway, it is a quality of life improvement even with it's shortcomings.

waterfairy · August 2016

wayfarerx wrote: »

SantieClaws wrote: »

She is all yours for the mighty sum of 5,000 crowns (yes the forum did originally implode at the price of her services).

Also, she won't repair anything or sell you anything, she just buys your junk.

For 5000 crowns she should do it all and polish your spear lusty argonian style

KimberlyannKitsuragi · August 2016

I think they need to fix those services to do more things related to what they are instead of just buying stuff. It's the reason I haven't bought it yet

Lysette · August 2016

Unsent.Soul wrote: »

wayfarerx wrote: »

SantieClaws wrote: »

She is all yours for the mighty sum of 5,000 crowns (yes the forum did originally implode at the price of her services).

Also, she won't repair anything or sell you anything, she just buys your junk.

Thats like 1/3 of a merchant. I was bummed with my banker and only being able to put in and take out items from the bank... no guild bank, no guild store... 5k for that is almost useless... almost lol.

That is what I thought at first as well - but actually since I have him, I use him intensively - the banker, I mean.

ADarklore · August 2016

I have both and use both of them frequently. Nothing worse than being out questing and suddenly run out of inventory space... do I break away from questing to find the 'wandering' NPC merchant... or do I just pop my personal merchant to buy the useless items so I can continue questing without interruption along with popping the banker to store the items I wish to sell at guild trader later? To me, time is money, and my time is well worth the money I spent on buying the assistants.

However, I will add that I think the assistants should be on a spawn timer... they shouldn't 'permanently' follow players around... I can't help but think this adds more loss of FPS to the game, especially when in crowded areas... and I see players in combat with assistants following them around.

nine9six · August 2016

I could live without my Merchant as I only use it VERY rarely. The Banker...you'd have to pry it off my corpse.

I just wish the little *** would SIT STILL!

"Where in the Hell did you GO?! Oh, there he is."

*Turns to face Banker and tries to interact with him.*

*Banker runs across your path and away from you clipping through stuff you can't get access through*

"OH FFS!!!!!!"

>_<

ADarklore · August 2016

I'm just glad there is a PC addon that adds hotkey to the summoning/desummoning of assistants; if they wander off, I just desummon/resummon them back in front of me.

yodased · August 2016

ADarklore wrote: »

I have both and use both of them frequently. Nothing worse than being out questing and suddenly run out of inventory space... do I break away from questing to find the 'wandering' NPC merchant... or do I just pop my personal merchant to buy the useless items so I can continue questing without interruption along with popping the banker to store the items I wish to sell at guild trader later? To me, time is money, and my time is well worth the money I spent on buying the assistants.

However, I will add that I think the assistants should be on a spawn timer... they shouldn't 'permanently' follow players around... I can't help but think this adds more loss of FPS to the game, especially when in crowded areas... and I see players in combat with assistants following them around.

hehehehe beyond that, they are in the threat aggro table, so they can effectively grab aggro in clutch situations

ADarklore · August 2016

yodased wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

I have both and use both of them frequently. Nothing worse than being out questing and suddenly run out of inventory space... do I break away from questing to find the 'wandering' NPC merchant... or do I just pop my personal merchant to buy the useless items so I can continue questing without interruption along with popping the banker to store the items I wish to sell at guild trader later? To me, time is money, and my time is well worth the money I spent on buying the assistants.

However, I will add that I think the assistants should be on a spawn timer... they shouldn't 'permanently' follow players around... I can't help but think this adds more loss of FPS to the game, especially when in crowded areas... and I see players in combat with assistants following them around.

hehehehe beyond that, they are in the threat aggro table, so they can effectively grab aggro in clutch situations

Really? I've never seen enemies go after an assistant before. Is this true @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom ? If true, I would think this is something that would be considered a bug.

AlnilamE · August 2016

If they worked in Cyrodiil (for the delves) I'd have both.

Still on the fence for the time being.

Defilted · August 2016

A mammoth mount with a banker and a real merchant would well worth the crowns. Would also be nice to fit 3 of your friends on the mammoth mount as well. This would be the ultimate convience 4 man group item and I would pay much more than 5k crowns to have it if it does the things I mention.

Runs · August 2016

I wish they added skins or race/appearance and name changes for our assistants. I dislike seeing multiples of the same NPC.

Bad_Company · August 2016

SantieClaws wrote: »

Crown store item.

She is a redguard lady yes?

She is all yours for the mighty sum of 5,000 crowns (yes the forum did originally implode at the price of her services).

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

I can't help but wonder what her services include.

drakhan2002_ESO · August 2016

Defilted wrote: »

A mammoth mount with a banker and a real merchant would well worth the crowns. Would also be nice to fit 3 of your friends on the mammoth mount as well. This would be the ultimate convience 4 man group item and I would pay much more than 5k crowns to have it if it does the things I mention.

Not very original...that sounds like one of my WoW mounts...

Defilted · August 2016

drakhan2002_ESO wrote: »

Defilted wrote: »

A mammoth mount with a banker and a real merchant would well worth the crowns. Would also be nice to fit 3 of your friends on the mammoth mount as well. This would be the ultimate convience 4 man group item and I would pay much more than 5k crowns to have it if it does the things I mention.

Not very original...that sounds like one of my WoW mounts...

I did not even consider this to be an original idea. I do not see how this makes the idea of having this mount in ESO less appealing though.

Defilted · August 2016

And we have mammoths in the game as well so I do not see why they could not be mounts.

Brrrofski · August 2016

You guys are crazy trying to justify the price of these things.

Don't get it twisted, it's not affordability. It's principal. £35 to save you 5 minutes every now and then is not good value. In fact, you need both for it to even make sense. You still have to travel to either bank or sell if you have only one.

So £70 to save a bit of time. Insanity. ZOS still fall over laughing when someone buys one I bet.

Brrrofski · August 2016

Defilted wrote: »

A mammoth mount with a banker and a real merchant would well worth the crowns. Would also be nice to fit 3 of your friends on the mammoth mount as well. This would be the ultimate convience 4 man group item and I would pay much more than 5k crowns to have it if it does the things I mention.

Why? Everyone has a mount lol. How much more?

Things like this are the reason we're getting £20 to change how we look lol.

Defilted · August 2016

1. Because it is fun
2. one stop shop for between dungeons or between fights in Cryodill/IC
3. Mammoth mount would be awesome

Brrrofski · August 2016

Defilted wrote: »

1. Because it is fun
2. one stop shop for between dungeons or between fights in Cryodill/IC
3. Mammoth mount would be awesome

You barely mount outside of pvp.

It'd be awkward and clunky. Nobody would buy this lol. Especially that it sounds you'd pay 10k crowns for this lol

ADarklore · August 2016

Brrrofski wrote: »

You guys are crazy trying to justify the price of these things.

Don't get it twisted, it's not affordability. It's principal. £35 to save you 5 minutes every now and then is not good value. In fact, you need both for it to even make sense. You still have to travel to either bank or sell if you have only one.

So £70 to save a bit of time. Insanity. ZOS still fall over laughing when someone buys one I bet.

Apparently you seem to purposely ignore the fact that MANY of us use these ALL THE TIME... a lot more than '5 minutes every now and then'. Apparently you also don't do a lot of quests or grinding, because if you did you'd know that they save a LOT MORE than just 'five minutes'. Even if it were five minutes 'every now and then' over 100's of hours of gameplay, you'd see it adds up quickly. Sorry that you don't agree or can't afford the assistants, but for many of us they are extremely convenient and allow us to make better use of our time than running back and forth to merchants/banks while questing or grinding.

wayfarerx · August 2016

I was planning on getting the banker but balked at the price initially. Then the crafting bags came and most of my inventory space problems were alleviated, so I still have not bought it. I'm still on the fence about it, thanks to the crown sale I could pick the banker up no problem now, but I don't know if I'd really use it that often.

Now if I could summon one of my alt-mules and put stuff directly into their inventory... take my money ZOS!

UltimaJoe777 · August 2016

Unsent.Soul wrote: »

wayfarerx wrote: »

SantieClaws wrote: »

She is all yours for the mighty sum of 5,000 crowns (yes the forum did originally implode at the price of her services).

Also, she won't repair anything or sell you anything, she just buys your junk.

Thats like 1/3 of a merchant. I was bummed with my banker and only being able to put in and take out items from the bank... no guild bank, no guild store... 5k for that is almost useless... almost lol.

Honestly all I ever need her for IS selling stuff. I use Kits for repairs and general merchants never sell anything worth buying anyway. Also Banker does all I need him to do as well, even if it is a bummer he doesn't give you access to Guild Bank.

Autolycus · August 2016

drakhan2002_ESO wrote: »

Unsent.Soul wrote: »

wayfarerx wrote: »

SantieClaws wrote: »

She is all yours for the mighty sum of 5,000 crowns (yes the forum did originally implode at the price of her services).

Also, she won't repair anything or sell you anything, she just buys your junk.

Thats like 1/3 of a merchant. I was bummed with my banker and only being able to put in and take out items from the bank... no guild bank, no guild store... 5k for that is almost useless... almost lol.

The banker is hardly 'almost useless'. I can't tell you how many times I've needed the extra bag space while out grinding mobs and that banker saved me many long trips back to town. Or...if I needed to log into a crafter to make food or potions; quick and easy. For me, anyway, it is a quality of life improvement even with it's shortcomings.

I believe the correct term is "overpriced." There are plenty of examples like this that validate the use of the merchant or the banker. It really is a matter of perspective; some people will suggest that the extent of the merchant/banker's services are worth that price, in their opinion.

On the other hand, the popular opinion (and mine) is that for 5,000 crowns, being pricier than the game itself or any of the DLCs, we could have at least been given the same accessibility of a typical merchant/banker. Or perhaps no additional functionality is necessary; perhaps just paying 5,000 crowns to get both would be considered reasonable by more people.

Khairiah · August 2016

Appearently the reason the merch doesnt repair is bcoz ppl keeps buying them crown repair kits..

I use both banker and merch alot and wouldnt be without them.

UltimaJoe777 · August 2016

Khairiah wrote: »

Appearently the reason the merch doesnt repair is bcoz ppl keeps buying them crown repair kits..

I use both banker and merch alot and wouldnt be without them.

They do? I just use the kits I get from Writs...