Test Server: Marketable Goods and Availability

[LadyEternity]

<DIV>Greetings all =)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I wanted to take a moment to speak about a tiny problem on Test. Now, for me...it's not really a problem...as I am willing to go the 'extra' mile and provision. However some people have no desire to do that...tradeskilling after all is not something everyone likes. However a testing enviorment, such as the one on Test, has some issues most of the time on availability of items. With the reduction of mana/health regeneration from store bought food/drink, and the lack of player sold consumables on the broker market, it all sets up a rather distasteful atmosphere for new starting out Testers. These people are faced with the brutal fact that if they do not provision themselves or become buddy buddy with one...then they are going to be up-the-creek post 20, and have to rely on the extreamly substandard vendor sold food/drink. This actually inhibits the growth of our wonderful home here.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now, most people I realize do not sell consumable food/drink on the market for a variety of reasons:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Having to stay logged in... (me)</DIV> <DIV>Time issues, and not having enough time to make 'extra's' (me)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And I am sure there are other reasons...like tedium.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But anyhow, back to the point. I feel it would be a good gesture on SOE's part to place up a vendor in each "city" that sold one type of food and drink of player crafted quality ( low duration interns ) of each "tier"...at player going rate prices. This would allow players to purchase the food/drink if they needed it...and would not force every single person to "provision" or know a provisioner, just to participate in the Testing enviorment in a meaningful and constructive way. This would not hurt anyone I don't think sense no one sells consumables that I have seen on the broker, and even if they did, the vendor sold would be the "lowest" duration player crafted food/drink available for each given "tier"....thus provisioning would still be very much useful for the higher durations food/drink.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you kindly for reading! =) And have a great day!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Asharia (Mystic)</DIV> <DIV>Ellsa (Templar)</DIV> <DIV>Blacksabath (Summoner)</DIV> <DIV>Infinium (Crusader)</DIV>

[Evadne]

Because I am familiar with Test Servers I knew this would be an issue. It is why I made myself a provisioner. I have said it before, in many posts. You need a provisioner for every 6 players. So, yes, on Test one of the frontiers challenges is enough provisioners. If you don't like crafting but can stand it, provisioning is the easiest tradeskill path. I do not see them doing anything different for Test to address the shortage. I am afraid you are stuck with finding a provisioner to group with and or making one yourself.~Eva