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Hmm? Don't think so? Ok, I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is (code
where my fingers are?). Keep your eyes on avaible pcity modules for the next
month. But I _will_ reserve a tall, frosty glass of I Told You So when you
come back saying "these aren't l33t enough". Until then, I _strongly_
recommend looking into the potion list and hiring alchemists, even if you have
to do it offline. Most of the things you asked for, including eq prots, fws,
player prots, and most of the healer spells, are available from the alchemists
who, incidentally, tell me fairly often they're not getting any business. Work
something out. The potion shop can hold a lot -- let the alchies know what
you'd like them to stock, and they will (or else I'll stop blaming you for the
lack of sales).
where my fingers are?). Keep your eyes on avaible pcity modules for the next
month. But I _will_ reserve a tall, frosty glass of I Told You So when you
come back saying "these aren't l33t enough". Until then, I _strongly_
recommend looking into the potion list and hiring alchemists, even if you have
to do it offline. Most of the things you asked for, including eq prots, fws,
player prots, and most of the healer spells, are available from the alchemists
who, incidentally, tell me fairly often they're not getting any business. Work
something out. The potion shop can hold a lot -- let the alchies know what
you'd like them to stock, and they will (or else I'll stop blaming you for the
lack of sales).
reply. However, I can't think of a better group.
My reading of Glaurung's post was that his suggestion of pcity services
stems from his perception of how difficult it it to get certain player
services. So, surely, any implementation of pcity services which will
not compete with player city services will not really address Glaurung's
concerns (complaints, problems, whatever).
Now, I don't think for one minute that it would be a good idea for
any npc type of services to be comparable to player services.
I'm speculating here, but perhaps the original suggestion originates
from the opinion that certain services have a particular value and
that not being able to get those services in a reasonable amount of
time and at a price reasonably close the their preceived value
might bother some people.
Maybe there are problems getting services at any time and any price?
It seems to me that there are really only a couple of choices if this
really is a problem for some people.
1) Pay more, all the time, make it worth while for players to be
merchants etc.
2) Make the services either easy to supply or bring other benefits
to the supplier so that it is worth while being a merchant (we're
just talking cost/benefit here).
Of course, the second suggestion is going to be tricky, since there's
a limited pool of requirements to be shared amongst suppliers.
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