(stolen from the VN Tradeskills Forum- courtesy aeiou-y)
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There are many existing threads on this topic, so I'm locking this one.
But I will state once again that we are unlikely to change the way vendors work. While offline buying and selling is convenient, it makes items and cash move through the economy at a much more rapid pace than we'd like. Instead of creating an environment where you adventure for loot and interact with artisans to obtain gear, it creates an online shopping mall where anything you want is a mouse click away.
Our market system creates a middle ground between automation and standing in a tunnel shouting. If you're looking for a particular item, it may take more than one trip to the broker to locate it. We don't really see that as a bad thing.
Keep in mind that we plan to add the ability for artisans to flag themselves as "looking for work," which will allow those crafters who opt to avoid vendor mode a way to create and sell items to eager buyers.
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Moorgard
EverQuest II Community Guy
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Looks like what we have is their 'Final Answer'. Discuss....