Trading Post

[morgondor]

lol nvm  it's deleted... i don't know how it happened
all you said it that it was old and you locked it... i searched and found no older posts posting my ideas...

it was about economy... that there would be npc's buying player's items to sell them
e.g. Harnquist would only buy weapons, and he would sell these but he would also create his own weapons to sell too
if they run out you would have to wait untill someone sells a weapon to harnquist or if harnquist makes some himself
 so as in this example, npc's only buy stuff that has to do with their profession: harnquist => blacksmith=> he only buys weapons

[Karyuu]

If you want me to give you personalized search results, please PM me with the subject and I'll give you links :} Duplicate threads are deleted after some time.

[morgondor]

look to my edit and post if you found an older post saying the same...

[Karyuu]

And that idea has been suggested before - as proven by this very thread even. So the more recent thread gets removed, because it is just repetition. I see no problems :}

[zorbels]

but this npc that sells player stuff was in my post 

Ermm ... I just want to point out that I made the first post in this thread August 30, 2006. When did you make yours? Today? Sept 14, 2006?  Anyway, I find it hard to believe that karyuu wouldn't be fair in her judgement, and read your post in depth before considering locking it or deleting it. Hope the matter is cleared up and we can continue the thread on topic.

[morgondor]

...
indeed lol didn't notice the date...
sorry Karyuu 
the only problem i'm having when i post something is :
i do search but it's so hard to see wether your idea is in it...
the moment you press search you see the word marked in yellow and with lots of ... blah bla ...
so you can't really see whats in that post or it would take like a half an hour (depending on the subject ^^)
so then i just look at the things i see ( i don't click them one by one)
thats why all my ideas got locked i guess...

[Scuzzle]

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.

With that being said I have a new spin on this idea. I did an extensive search and this thread was the closest to what I have in mind. This is a wonderful idea but you could also set the market up so that you could drop an item off for someone else to pick up for a small fee.

Why? Because lets say I might be going to get some lake mushrooms and x char ask if I would pick some for them while they go fight rogues in Oja. When I return to Hyldaa I could drop them off at this market and and pay a small fee or choose to let char x pay the fee when they pick them up. This way if my char or their char "goes to bed" before a meeting could be established the favor could still be accomplished. I once held several coal ores for someone and didn't see them for days.

[Mythryndel]

* Mythryndel looks shifty and glances around for Moderators before posting... I AGREE with both the original post and the amended post. 

Anyways, seriously, I like this idea, and have talked about it before on many threads. I have encountered the issue with needing to give/receive an item to/from another player several times. It is often difficult to arrange RL schedules to make a trade. This would help both players and the in-game economy.

[Beniel]

The problem that I have with zorbels idea was that it would ruin all traders and shopkeepers. Scuzzles idea, I approve, as it would mean that only trades organised beforehand could occur through this NPC, and thus not affect the business of traders and their shops.

[Mythryndel]

It wouldn't ruin anything of the sort, at least not in my opinion. It would get buyers and sellers together much more often. Ideally, there would even be a way to post a message about the item or to the seller. There are few enough people on right now, and not everyone is on at the same times. I would like to be able to sell my crafted items, or buy others, even if we are not in-game at the same times. I don't necessarily want to have to hop on at a peak time, when i need to be doing something else, just to arrange for an item to be purchased.

[Beniel]

What would be the point of running a shop if you could just put your items on the marketplace instead?

[Mythryndel]

Because the idea of a trading post that I have put on the bug tracker, charges a fee for use. You would not be charged the fee if you run a shop yourself. Also, even if you run a shop, you are not going to be in-game 24/7. You will be able to sell your wares even when you are not in-game this way.

[Beniel]

Could you please post a link to your feature request on the bugtracker? I can't seem to find it.

[Mythryndel]

http://www.hydlaa.com/flyspray_upgrade/index.php?do=details&task_id=1760
http://www.hydlaa.com/flyspray_upgrade/index.php?do=details&task_id=1761

There are two parts to what I envisioned, and I didn't use the term trading post. My concept was more of a NPC, not a location. The NPC could be in any place IAW the settings.

[Lolitra, Celorrim Purrty Twins]

hmmm I think you are considering the 'guild wars' idea of trade and storage - they have trader and storage NPC's that do that,  take player items sell them at a price etc depending on demand.   it is a good idea - but I bet it is very complex in code.