Vendor Map

[Aziral]

So I was like minding my own business when this idea, wich I have once seen on a now-dead server, came back to me:

Would it be interesting to have a vendor map? You know, a simple place with a lot of space where you could teleport for free to go do every shopping you need?

Dont get me wrong, I know that the vendors everywhere are good for the economy and that the game was planned to be played that way, but when I look at prontera and try to look at every shop that are cramped everywhere on the street it feels...messy, for the least.

I do believe we could let the small utility shops around (selling values under 10k). But to move all of the heavy weight on a map where the spots that can activate the vending skills are all aligned in rows would make shopping cleanier and easier.


..But its just a suggestion, nothing urging at the moment. Then again, I'd like everybody to tell me what they think about this idea.

[Tetsuo]

i prefer us to have @whosells better than vendormap. but i know the answer of this proposal is still no.

[Niyad]

How about we put all shops in a designated area in prontera away from the streets? Like near the gift merchant or near the rp tavern?

Hmn, I doubt every shop will fit though..

[Sepharius]

Already been suggested, and I believe the answer from the GM team was "no".

[Trapper]

I agree With Tetsuo.
@whosells would be better then a Vendor map.

[Namine]

Can we find the old thread and just sticky it so new players won't be mistaken that this is never thought of, and old players won't feel frustrated explaining this every single month?

[Seth~]

I agree With Tetsuo and Trapper.
@whosells would be nice.

[Ultima_Pi]

prontera.gat, imo.

Also, I would support @whosells if we had more vendors.

*waits for it

[Aziral]

if we had more vendor? half of this server population are vendor. Ok not half, but it might as well be: yesterday while online population was 302, merchants online where 142. And even if it'd be possible for merchant to be main caracter or juts played instead of selling, it would be useless to count them out since there are also selling smith and chemist that I dont even bother to count. So yeah, roughly 47%...

But even if the idea as been proposed already, if so many people are putting it each time, it means it as value

Also agree that @whosells would be the best.

[Aaronock]

Okay here is how you guys MAY get something like this.
Propose idea to GM team via T&D.

Get approval for said project.

Make a map for vending. Yeah if you want it THAT badly, don't make the GM team pay some other doofus a ton of money to get a map for our server. Remember, donation money to the server goes to advertising and upkeep of the server, if Pandora has extra she could pay someone else, but this isn't something that she is trying to make happen, you are!

Pass map info to appropriate people for it to be added. GM's will approve how it looks or not and you go edit as necessary. Also it may be good to add where you would like the npc's necessary for the map to be added. This would be stuff such as the warper, banker, and probably a kafra.

Then we test the map, we walk that joker back and forth and make sure we can't get stuck anywhere or that we get errors. Hell we probably may even have errors when trying to enter the map that would need fixing. Once that is done though...

Pandora will add it to the real server. Announcement is made about the new feature.

But yah, on the flip side, do you guys really want more rules on the server? I imagine that vending here would be the only choice, and there are things to consider such as this when making such a map:

1. Is it large enough to support everyone on the server NOW?
2. More organized with lanes like suggested to prevent clutter?
3. Can it support population growth over time?

So that's my thoughts on why I really wouldn't prefer a vendor map. I kind of like the choice of being able to vend wherever I want nearly (as long as I do not break the standing too close to npc rule). People should spread out a bit more. Guilds who vend in their guild town are pretty smart I think. Its a good way to show your guild has activity, and gets people visiting your town more. You never know, you could wind up even with a new member to your team at the end of it, or a new friend too.