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EQ2He
03-03-2005, 06:06 PM
<DIV>Does an algorithm exist to reflect NPCs randomly buying our goods from us?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I mean, there are lots of NPCs out there selling stuff, so shouldn't there be NPC's who go shopping every now and then?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Obviously, there are people selling stuff for outrageous prices, so how about instituting a random chance an NPC will buy your goods, as long as in is within a 3% markup or below the ACTUAL manufactured cost of an item.  I am not saying, we go into merchant mode, and wake up the next morning with all of our goods sold.  All I am saying is there should be some random chance that some NPC is looking to buy a particular item I am selling and it looks like a reasonable deal to them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just a thought... hope you get the general idea of what I am trying to say.</DIV>

Eelyen
03-03-2005, 07:14 PM
<DIV>Could be exploitable depending on how it's implemented.  Someone could hook up a full time merchant on a 2nd pc and price stuff with outragous prices and wait for an npc to buy it.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>