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Alfiq Banker and Merchant

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So from the new post for crown store it seems promises to get those new merchants and bankers in so that people who already bought those expensive assistants before wouldnt be unhappy that now there is better option of banker/merchant while they already spend so much money. There were posts on forum about this in the past, and we were assured that they are looking for best way how to get this in without people who already purchased feeling ripped off. Now there seem to be no such a thing in place as either replacement of merchant/banker, possible skin change instead of buying new banker or merchant straight up. And lets be honest, who needs 2 merchants or 2 bankers who do the same thing? No one. Seems those were all empty promises unless those new assistants are WAY cheaper, cause 5k is way too much. Maybe they are still gonna give compensation to those who have banker and merchant already, but I wouldnt bet on it. Feeling pretty disappointed at ZOS.
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  • kathandira
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    who needs 2 merchants or 2 bankers who do the same thing?

    Who needs two mounts which do the same thing? The function remains, but the appearance is different. This can be said for many things in this game.
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  • Nemesis7884
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    Why dont we all just wear uniform grey overalls...logic
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  • Tommy_The_Gun
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    - Khajiit pet sorc.
    - Cat mount
    - Cat non-combat pet
    - Cat Assistant

    Multiply by X amount of people using it in a crowded area...

    GG :D
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  • Leeched
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    kathandira wrote: »
    who needs 2 merchants or 2 bankers who do the same thing?

    Who needs two mounts which do the same thing? The function remains, but the appearance is different. This can be said for many things in this game.

    Well you use your mounts more often than banker/merchant.
    I have 18 chars and like to use a different mount for each of them but why should I want to use a different banker/merchant, when I only summon them once in a while when my chars inventory needs some cleaning?
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  • Glurin
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    kathandira wrote: »
    who needs 2 merchants or 2 bankers who do the same thing?

    Who needs two mounts which do the same thing? The function remains, but the appearance is different. This can be said for many things in this game.

    Mounts generally don't cost $50 worth of crowns.
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  • bluebird
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    OP's point wasn't that there shouldn't be different banker & merchant skins, sheesh.
    He's just referring to the old controversy and ZOS's reassurances that they may now have discarded.

    There have been threads about the datamined alternate banker and merchant ever since 2016.
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    People were worried that they were going to be ripped off - by ZOS putting a crown-exclusive functionality (portable banker and merchant) into the Crown Store, then later without any indication that there will be different versions of it adding another (better) banker and merchant in the hopes that people will be tempted to buy it. And since they can't really make the new banker and merchant cheaper than the original (they fulfill the same function after all and it would ruin the originals even more), people are worried again.

    It's not about wanting everyone to wear the same grey overalls... but if ZOS sell costume dying as an ESO+ feature, then later add a different source of (a better looking) costume dying to the game without any prior indication that there would be different options, people would be rightfully upset. Just remember the controvery of them starting to sell the pet that they previously told people would be a reward for gifting.
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  • Kalik_Gold
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    bluebird wrote: »
    There have been threads about the datamined alternate banker and merchant ever since 2016.
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    I want these two, don't care for the cats.
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    Ras Kalik the Vestige, a renown Redguard warrior; He has been blessed to save Tamriel from Molag Bal’s destructive Planemeld while reuniting the Five Companions. His further accomplishments after defeating Molag Bal, has been to stop the destruction of Morrowind, the Clockwork City, return order to the isle of Summerset and create a new king in Wrothgar and a queen in Elsywer. These events have made him a living legend and continue to lead him into new adventures throughout Tamriel, as well as into the hearts of many ladies including the Elf Queen, Aryenn. Over many years of adventurous travels, Ras Kalik had become a loner, until he re-visited his homeland of Alik'r.

    Alik'r and it's cities were overrun by the undead Ra-Netu and therefore he made an allegiance with Alik'r's own Ash'abah tribe. These Ash'abah with his help, cleansed the city of Sentinel in Alik'r desert and it's surrounding areas of the undead brought to life by the Withered Hand. After rescuing Sentinel from the undead zombies, King Fahara’jad’s personal bodyguard the Goliath of Hammerfell, who was given this name by Imperials in the region; was asked to assist the tribe after learning of the defeat of the Withered Hand to the Ash'abah. Kalik promised Goliath he would task him with fighting living enemies on the battlefield if he so desired. Goliath being a Yokudan warrior wields a massive sword in respect to the Ansei, a gift given by the Imperial, Cinan Tharn. Not many soldiers are able to wield double two handed weapons, but Goliath loves to get up and personal in a fight, so he also carries a giant maul, both weapons laced with magical flames.

    Jux Blackheart is a master thief that masquerades as a Bard at the Sisters of the Sands inn, with his younger sidekick Lucky Hunch for pilfering and gambling during this time. Jux was known to infiltrate any towns bank vault he came across and even delved into Ayelid ruins without detection. Kalik can vividly recall the night he met the famed thief. Jux found himself rummaging thru a slightly inebriated Kalik’s pocket for too long, on a full-mooned night and because of his greed and the glimmer of his golden armor in the moonlight. He lost his left pinky fingertip as a lesson! But in return, he gained a new friend, as it was his first time since a child being caught red-handed...

    Upon arrival back in the Alik'r after many moons of adventuring, Ras Kalik ventures to Bergama. Visiting The Winking Jackal, he runs into Jux Blackheart, who introduces him to the coin game Crowns vs Forebearers (Heads vs Tails) and Golden Dwemer (RBG).... Jux constantly takes gold from the unfortunate thru theft or gambling, his biggest gambling victim is actually his partner in crime known as Lucky Hunch the Gambler. Lucky doesn't mind losing any gold coins to Jux... as Jux saved him from Altmer slavers in Summerset, by stealing a key and sending him on a boat to the mainland years prior. Lucky spent years in slavery with Khajiits in Summerset and picked up the art of subterfuge, using illusion magic disguises and stealing there.

    Kaotik Von’Daemon an outcast, and a half-caste between a Breton mother and a Redguard father. Kaotik become a pariah due to his conjuration of Daedra pets. He was taught healing magic during his childhood years by his Breton mother. His father due to Redguard customs exiled him from the desert, sending him by wagon caravan to be a soldier in the war in Cyrodiil. He happened to meet Kalik while traveling from Alik'r, during this long caravan ride the caravan he was in was ambushed in Bangkorai by a group of bandits. Kalik by chance was also traveling thru this area on his Auridon Warhorse (which was bestowed to him by his friend, Darien Gautier). During this ambush, Kalik was able to rescue five hostages from the bandits. Kaotik was the first rescued, and Ras Kalik also recruited him to be in the Ash'abah tribe. These core Ash'abah tribesmen may never be seen together in travel as they partake in their own adventures but they always know what each other is doing; as they frequent a hideout in northern Bankorai. Their hideout an old Orc castle ruin, is kept watch by Nuzhimeh and she passes messages written between them, and frequently they also enjoy her company and her bed.

    The other men rescued were a Dunmer banker, an Imperial mercenary and two other soldiers, an Imperial and a Breton Knight, stating proudly he was an Akavir descendent. One of the Imperials, Cinan, claimed to be related to Abnur Tharn the Battlemage of the Imperial Elder Council (One of Ras Kalik's mentors in the Five Companions). Cinan Tharn was really Abnur's drunkard treasure hunting illegitimate son. He was caught smuggling artifacts out of the Ayleid ruins in Cyrodiil and the elder of the two Imperials was Tyrus Septim a retired Imperial navy battle-mage (now a Lycan mercenary living in the city of Rimmen) and guard to the Tharn family. As much as Abnur Tharn hated his half-sister Euraxia, he dislikes his bas†ard son Cinan more. Tyrus now a ruffian and privateer had been paid by Abnur Tharn to watch over Cinan as much as possible. Cinan Tharn a drunkard, loves to drink at least a quarter barrel of Nord mead before he raids various delves and dungeons for relics to sell on the black market. Cinan also plans to one day, run an illegal gambling ring... which he thinks will net him more gold for his wares.

    The Dunmer captive shackled to the Imperials looked familiar to Kalik from his time in Morrowind.... and he recognized him as Tythis Andromo a House Telvanni slave-owner and banker from Vvardenfell. During a rough interrogation to Tythis, Ras Kalik learnt why the bandits accosted him. The racist Dunmer was providing slaves as soldiers for the Three Banner War. The bandits were trying to negotiate a lucrative ransom for Andromo and the Imperials.... Kalik did not need any of this gold and he could never set Tythis free as he did with the two Imperial soldiers. His past involvement with slavery and war crimes, made Kalik's blood boil. He chose not to execute Tythis, as he figured the worse punishment for this former rich and opulent slave owner, is to now be an imprisoned servant for Ras Kalik and the tribe.

    Herzog Zwei the Genesis a reknown Imperial/Akavirri battle-mage. His roots going back to Akavir through his mother’s bloodline. (His mother is descended from the Akaviri, through Versidue-Shae, and his Imperial father met her in Hakoshae, while traveling) Herzog earned the nickname "the Genesis" from his father as a child, as he was his mother's first born child, and last, as she tragically died in child-birth.

    Herzog was seeking to purchase an artifact from Cinan Tharn, before their capture and was meeting Tyrus while in Rimmen, who introduced him to Cinan. This artifact being the Ayelid artifact; the sword Sinweaver. After their rescue and the exchange of gold to Cinan for the sword he decided to slip away before Ras Kalik could question who he was, and why the Akavir descendant really wanted that sword. Herzog was headed to Nagastani — An Ayleid ruin in eastern Cyrodiil. He had read in scrolls that the Sword would give him magical powers to meet his mothers spirit, if he performed an Ayleid ritual at an old shrine hidden there. Equipped with the artifact sword, he was off to start his own adventure but Ras Kalik, did indeed notice the sword however and instead sent a letter to Jux Blackheart (whom also was interested in Ayleid treasures), to attempt to find Herzog and acquire the sword. (*Azani Blackheart in Elder Scroll's Oblivion is Jux's descendant some 747 years later)

    And so the Redguard, Imperial and Akaviri men parted ways ... While Ras Kalik went off to Elsweyr to encounter the latest threat to Tamriel, with Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan - - DRAGONS!! Little did Ras Kalik know a few people were awaiting him in Senchal besides Sai. A necromancer survived his attack on the Withered Hand, while in Alik'r. The necromancer known as Auriek Siet'ka is also following him to the land of the Khajiits and Cacique the Sage of Ius a Shaman mystic who has become attuned spiritually with Tu'whacca (a Redguard God) and Ius (the Animal God), after being burned severely by the escaped dragons in Elsywer, is awaiting his arrival also. Aurik is a soldier of the Daggerfall Covenant that was introduced to necromancy while in the military, even though this magicka art is not spoken of openly by most of the Military leaders. He came to Alik'r and worked with the Withered Hand before Ras Kalik intervened on their plans. After the defeat of the Withered Hand, he aligned with the Worm Cult, and is constantly adapting and perfecting his necromantic arts.

    After his journey to Rimmen, Kalik heads south to Senchal, in the southern regions of Elyswer. This new adventure will also put him on a path to meet a strange Redguard man. The stranger which was infected with an untreated Peyrite disease and also was the exiled from the Order of the New Moon cult, due to his sickness. He originally joined the cult to worship Laatvulon, the green dragon, mistakenly thinking it was the Daedric prince Peyrite. This confused and suffering cultist is known as Tsar al-Bomba and he is on a path to spread the disease. He was originally infected in Orccrest while recruiting members there. Can Ras Kalik and the shaman Cacique cure this poor soul, only time will tell. Little does Tsar al-Bomba know, that his infection is tied to Vampirism, and eventually the desire for blood will take over his mind. Senchal also offers Kalik his latest love interest... Aeliah. Whom he fondly led thru battles with the Dragonguard.

    After the trek thru the heat, tropical and desert climate of Northern and Southern Elyswer, Ras Kalik heads north to the cold mountain range of Skyrim. His companion friend Lyris beckons for him with a letter sent by crow...

    Movárth Piquine - a former vampire hunter (now infected), within the Fighter's Guild (and a secretive necromancer) was in Skyrim working with the Morthaal Guard. On a patrol mission he was caught in Frewien's ice curse outside of Morthaal with the frozen undead. Movárth's vampiric infection kept him from becoming an undead minion to the curse. He was able to use necromantic ice-magic to encase himself safely until he was freed with Freiwen, when the Vestige Ras Kalik broke the curse.

    Uri Ice-Heart - brother of Urfon Ice-Heart. The twin sons of Atli and Oljourn Ice-Heart. The Ice-Heart family are originally from Markarth but now reside on the Jerall Mountain range near Cyrodiil, with their younger sister Araki. The twins had joined the Winterborn Reachmen while living in Markarth. Urfon pushed west to Orsinium with the Winterborn Clan, leaving his family behind. Uri stayed behind with his parents and sister to live in the family cabin for safety, avoiding the Vampire plague infiltrating the Reach. After news reaches him and he hears of Urfon's death... Uri leaves and heads home and is seeking vengeance. Meanwhile, his sister has also moved on to Windhelm to join the Fighter's guild. He will visit his sister, once before going to seek vengeance and she will craft him armor mixed with ice, called Stalhrim armor. Uri fearing death, after his brother's passing, falls victim to the convincing talk of Movárth at a Nordic tavern, and will also becomes a vampire.

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  • JKorr
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    It would be nice if there was a price break for people who already own them.

    I admit I'm going to get them. I did get the banker before. Give n the choice of looking at and listening to Tythis, or the alfiq, I'm going to take the alfiq. I seem to be seeing the possibilities for the merchant that I didn't pay attention to before.....so yeah. I'm a sucker for the cats.
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  • Verbal_Earthworm
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    - Khajiit pet sorc.
    - Cat mount
    - Cat non-combat pet
    - Cat Assistant

    Multiply by X amount of people using it in a crowded area...

    GG :D

    Banker/Merchant replace Non-combat pet when spawned.
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  • hellhound223
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    JKorr wrote: »
    It would be nice if there was a price break for people who already own them.

    I admit I'm going to get them. I did get the banker before. Give n the choice of looking at and listening to Tythis, or the alfiq, I'm going to take the alfiq. I seem to be seeing the possibilities for the merchant that I didn't pay attention to before.....so yeah. I'm a sucker for the cats.

    You and me both. I can't wait to replace Tythis with the Alfiq banker in my Sleek Creek House. And I'll finally have a merchant, too. Good thing I've been squirreling away my ESO+ crowns just in case they released these... :#
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  • bluebird
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    Kalik_Gold wrote: »
    bluebird wrote: »
    There have been threads about the datamined alternate banker and merchant ever since 2016.
    gp_crwn_utility_portablebankerpremium_1x1.jpg
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    I want these two, don't care for the cats.
    Same tbh :smiley: I've had a crush on that dude since forever. (No offence Tythis but I need an assistant who can just stand there and look pretty instead of constantly asking me about Alexandra Conele and the Coral Heart :tired_face: )
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  • Ashryn
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    Personally, I'd love to have the new assistants- would even pay some crown for them- but NOT another 5,000 each when I already have a Banker & Merchant!
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  • Grandma
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    it'll probably just be like "If you own x assistant you get 50% off" or something. I'm not too bothered because i avoided buying tythis the minute i heard the alfiq merchants were datamined. I do have nuzimeh tho.
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  • Vercingetorix
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    Until these assistants have full functionality, they are not worth buying. It's a rip-off to call something a merchant and then lack the essential function of repairing gear. They aren't a convenience if you still have to go back to town to do the rest of what the assistant should be capable of doing in the first place.
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  • Lord_Eomer
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    Anyway they will out on 6 June and highly doubt if ZOS will give any sort of discount!
    Edited by Lord_Eomer on June 3, 2019 3:49PM
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  • Jaraal
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    Kalik_Gold wrote: »
    bluebird wrote: »
    There have been threads about the datamined alternate banker and merchant ever since 2016.
    gp_crwn_utility_portablebankerpremium_1x1.jpg
    gp_crwn_utility_portablemerchpremium_1x1.jpg

    I want these two, don't care for the cats.

    Or let us use outfit tokens/gold to dress them like we dress ourselves.

    Now that, I would pay for.
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  • reoskit
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    now there is better option of banker/merchant

    Better how?

    I've been using my banker and merchant for years. I have zero complaints about the money I spent on them or the time I've saved using them. Why would I request compensation?

    Either the Alfiq will come with repair and guild store/guild bank functionality, in which case they'll be *new* types of assistants... or they'll just be cosmetic reskins.

    Either way, I'm not troubled in the least.
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  • reoskit
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    bluebird wrote: »
    He's just referring to the old controversy and ZOS's reassurances that they may now have discarded.

    There have been threads about the datamined alternate banker and merchant ever since 2016.

    Backstory on these two is that they were datamined as "Premium" assistants, so-called by ZOS.

    The controversy was that, in being named "premium", it was implied that they had more functionality than the original assistants. They didn't. That is when people cried foul and the models were shelved.
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  • DBZVelena
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    Well i'm looking forward to getting these.
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  • Ecstatica
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    I would trade my existing banker and merchant in for a 50% discount on the kitties!
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  • Aluluei
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    JKorr wrote: »
    Give nthe choice of looking at and listening to Tythis, or the alfiq, I'm going to take the alfiq.

    Oh, yes, me too. I've grown to absolutely loathe Tythis and his snooty voice and his ugly purple gown.
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  • FierceSam
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    My banker is both the most obscenely priced and absurdly useful piece of fluff I have bought. My merchant a bit more obscene and a little less useful.

    Both waaay too fricking expensive, but somehow worth every penny. Which in itself is a pretty impressive feat.

    If these are simply reskins with the same functionality, I imagine they’ll be the same price. If they’re the same and cheaper, I’ll be happy because I’ve had mine for ages and there’s no buyer’s remorse.

    If the banker also lets me access my guild stores and banks or the merchant mends my clothes, then I’m torn, because I will probably be getting them and they’ll probably be at least as expensive as Tightass and the merchant.

    And they do look so adorable.
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  • bluebird
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    reoskit wrote: »
    bluebird wrote: »
    He's just referring to the old controversy and ZOS's reassurances that they may now have discarded.

    There have been threads about the datamined alternate banker and merchant ever since 2016.

    Backstory on these two is that they were datamined as "Premium" assistants, so-called by ZOS.

    The controversy was that, in being named "premium", it was implied that they had more functionality than the original assistants. They didn't. That is when people cried foul and the models were shelved.
    Nope. People were already upset that there would be a premium version after ZOS sold them basic bankers and merchants. But when they found out that they're functionally the same, people were still upset that they would sell a reskin after already selling the basic ones. The premium thing had nothing to do with the outrage. ZOS already replied about it after the datamine and the controversy survived for years.

    'This is correct. The "premium" component is purely cosmetic - they do also have unique VO, but functionality-wise they are the same as the current portable banker and merchant.' Jessica Folsom, 2016, here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/3356002/#Comment_3356002
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  • reoskit
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    bluebird wrote: »
    reoskit wrote: »
    bluebird wrote: »
    He's just referring to the old controversy and ZOS's reassurances that they may now have discarded.

    There have been threads about the datamined alternate banker and merchant ever since 2016.

    Backstory on these two is that they were datamined as "Premium" assistants, so-called by ZOS.

    The controversy was that, in being named "premium", it was implied that they had more functionality than the original assistants. They didn't. That is when people cried foul and the models were shelved.
    Nope. People were already upset that there would be a premium version after ZOS sold them basic bankers and merchants. But when they found out that they're functionally the same, people were still upset that they would sell a reskin after already selling the basic ones. The premium thing had nothing to do with the outrage. ZOS already replied about it after the datamine and the controversy survived for years.

    'This is correct. The "premium" component is purely cosmetic - they do also have unique VO, but functionality-wise they are the same as the current portable banker and merchant.' Jessica Folsom, 2016, here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/3356002/#Comment_3356002

    Ooh, you're good! I remembered it was Jess who commented, but I couldn't find it. I hadn't remembered the conversations prior to the premium clarification, but I remembered the pitchforks thereafter.

    Insightful for you. :)
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  • Lady_Rosabella
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    In the meantime, since the launch of Elsweyr, our banker and merchants have reverted back to walking away immediately upon summoning them, causing us once again to have to chase them down to use them. It is happening to tons of people as we have been discussing it in guild chats and in zone chat.

    So what's the fix for this @ZOS_GinaBruno? You bring out new banker and merchants for sale and for those of us who have the original ones, we have to keep dealing with the constant chasing down of our banker and merchants just to interact with them???? Or is the fix having to purchase the new ones in the Crown Store?
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  • IzzyStardust
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    They need to offer reskins for a nominal amount. (Or a trade in)
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  • xaraan
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    I wish they'd sell them as skins. And offer more variety - I'd love to have argonian versions of merchant and banker.
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  • Tasear
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    xaraan wrote: »
    I wish they'd sell them as skins. And offer more variety - I'd love to have argonian versions of merchant and banker.

    Long term would be more profitable. Have base + skins
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  • Wrecking_Gorilla
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    You should be able to upgrade the look of the current banker/merchant.
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  • FierceSam
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    In the meantime, since the launch of Elsweyr, our banker and merchants have reverted back to walking away immediately upon summoning them, causing us once again to have to chase them down to use them. It is happening to tons of people as we have been discussing it in guild chats and in zone chat.

    So what's the fix for this @ZOS_GinaBruno? You bring out new banker and merchants for sale and for those of us who have the original ones, we have to keep dealing with the constant chasing down of our banker and merchants just to interact with them???? Or is the fix having to purchase the new ones in the Crown Store?

    Yes, I would have thought that having paid literally a king’s ransom to rescue my banker from a life of dull servitude, he’d at least be grateful enough to STAND WHERE HE IS BLOODY TOLD TO and not rush off in a hissy fit.

    Next he will be expecting real gold wages and changes of clothes and all that.

    If I have to chase him one more time he’ll be going in the Iron Maiden with thieving Pacrooti.
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