Trading Post

[zorbels]

This is my first wish for the wish list. I am wondering if at one point it could be talked about and maybe even implimented, a trading post for players.

They could take the items they don't want to an NPC, and this NPC could take the players item and have it show in his/her inventory for sale. Maybe the player could choose how much they want to charge or have the option to put a discription of what they are looking for and what they will pay or what item they will trade. There could be an NPC in each town created for this so that these trading stores are easy to access. This might also help the littering situation, as people would have a place to put their items up for trade. I am not sure how that would work with programing it and if it would be a pain in the butt?

Basically, I am not really concerned how it is done but would love a place where I could interact with other players and trade. Anyway this was a spur of the moment idea and I thought I would post it. Any thoughts, comments, ideas to be added or critisim is welcome. 

[zog]

a bazaar! ...how bizarre!

[The Wandering Djinn]

a bazaar! ...how bizarre!

There is an area already in the game for a Bazaar -if this proposal of Zorbels needs to have a physical location for this- and to me it's an ideal location: The Warehouse Dsar of Ojaveda! All those utlits wonderfully rendered, nearly all empty (apart from one) -loverly bouncy roofs too!

[Suno_Regin]

Congratulations on becoming a GM, zorbels. But, you should know to use the search. I found a few topics on this already.

[zorbels]

Good for you Suno_Regin, thanks for the advice. I know, I thought the same after reading some of your posted topic's. I think if this was a repeat or copy then leave it to the mods. They will lock it or delete it. So far that hasn't been done. BTW I did do a seach before posting and found that most of these threads were way old. Isn't there some sort of rule about bumping old threads? Anyway none of them talked about what I wanted to so I started this new thread.

Please next time send your message in a pm. After all this has nothing to do with the topic at hand.   

[Karyuu]

If you have something new and cool to add to an old thread, you have the green flag to do so. The rule about old threads is not to revive them with simple comments such as "I agree" or "That's a good idea" or to repeat what was already said in that thread.

Ideas on markets and bazaars are very common - but I don't think I personally have seen a suggestion with an NPC like that.

[LARAGORN]

If it was posted before, great idea. If it wasnt posted, great idea

There would need to be a limit on the number of items you could list in the trading post at any given time. for argument sake, lets say 10 items are allowed for each person (probly to large of a number). The items could be left for sale for a period of one week. The player could remove an item at any time, or exange it with another.
A fee for displaying the item would be paid up front, and a small pecentage of the asking price would be taken for the trading post.



Edit: ok it was posted.

[grenkar]

I think it makes trading faster and less personal.  I think it takes a lot of the role playing out of it.

[zorbels]

I had another idea that might be acceptable. It would be really neat to have a NPC who buy's furs for a little more than where you can sell your furs now, and sells them to you for a little less. The catch, this NPC wanders in the wilds. You have to find them, kind of like a quest. This NPC would not stay in one spot to long, and you would have to take the time to hunt them down. You could even impliment certain NPC's to give clues as to were the fur trader might be so you have a starting point. So in the end, you get a better buy and sell on your furs but you must work for it. Plus it does add realisim.

  Any thoughts, comments, ideas to be added or critisim is welcome.

[grenkar]

That's a good idea, but the guy does have to make money doesn't he.  Maybe he only has slightly better deals, so he still has a good income.

[Narure]

or maybe he makes fine clothes from the furs and sells them?!?!

[zorbels]

or maybe he makes fine clothes from the furs and sells them?!?!

  I like that idea. That would also explain why he wouldn't care to make to much trias off the furs, because he would make a killing with selling fine clothes! Ohhhhh, to have a choice to wear something different than everyone else ..... that would be so exciting!

[grenkar]

or maybe he makes fine clothes from the furs and sells them?!?!

[morgondor]

what 0.o how did you not lock this post kayruu
my post got locked after 1 minute and i'm sure you didn't even read it  because some ideas weren't even old
but this npc that sells player stuff was in my post   
but you just locked it.... just because 1 idea was maybe an old one....
just because you only read like the first line...

edit: and now i noticed you deleted it too...

[Karyuu]

What thread did you make? I read every post made in this secton very carefully. I know when something has been discussed a hundred times over, and when a suggestion has a new interesting element.

Please PM me if you have questions next time.