How many of you sell from your main character?

[sayitaintso]

OK so the 3 year veteran rewards contain a nice sales display with 50% reduction in broker commision....How many people sell from their main? I would like to get the exp potion on the toons that I play, but my seller is an alt that I probably won't play very much..So why couldn't you make the boxes LORE but not NO TRADE?  What's the point? Why are they no trade? If you can only have one and one seller at a time whats the big deal if they are tradeable? So I will end up with EXP potions that are useless to my seller and 2 boxes that won't be used on my main and main alt...Some reward for 3 years of loyalty...

[Mawie]

I sell from my main. I rather like the reward. It works for me.

[Healinghammer]

Those EXP potions won't be useless when they raise the Level cap in a future expansion <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[sayitaintso]

Shaolyn@Oasis wrote: <blockquote>Those EXP potions won't be useless when they raise the Level cap in a future expansion <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></blockquote> That is true, going to be quite a while for that I am afraid...Several months at least...But point well taken none the less...

[liveja]

Stinkii@Guk wrote: <blockquote>How many people sell from their main? </blockquote><p>I do.</p><p>If you don't, & thus won't get the benefits of your three year veteran's sales box, that's entirely your decision. You must learn to deal with the consequences of your own decisions.</p>

[kenm]

Other than screwing people in PUGs by calling NBG on everything and selling it on your alt because you don't really need it, what reason is there to not sell from your main? Screwing over your guild by selling them important masters like dispatch for obscene amount of plat without them knowing it's you? Erm...  Well anyway, I sell from my main.  <3 the vet reward.

[stgninja]

Kenman@Najena wrote: <blockquote>Other than screwing people in PUGs by calling NBG on everything and selling it on your alt because you don't really need it, what reason is there to not sell from your main? Screwing over your guild by selling them important masters like dispatch for obscene amount of plat without them knowing it's you? Erm...  Well anyway, I sell from my main.  <3 the vet reward. </blockquote><p> QFE.</p><p>Selling from alts reminds me of bazaar mules from EQL.  As you can guess I sell from my main too.</p>

[Savanja]

I sell from my main..I have no reason not to.  And I imagine that they are no trade because they are a gift for your char, and not for you to sell for tons of coinage.  Re-gifter!

[Lanalia]

I sell from my main. In EQLive, it was different because you needed to sell using inventory space, so of course I used a mule - but in EQII, I have more than enough room in my 5 broker slots.

[Iseabeil]

Stinkii@Guk wrote: <blockquote>OK so the 3 year veteran rewards contain a nice sales display with 50% reduction in broker commision....How many people sell from their main? I would like to get the exp potion on the toons that I play, but my seller is an alt that I probably won't play very much..<span style="color: #ff0000">So why couldn't you make the boxes LORE but not NO TRADE?</span>  What's the point? Why are they no trade? If you can only have one and one seller at a time whats the big deal if they are tradeable? So I will end up with EXP potions that are useless to my seller and 2 boxes that won't be used on my main and main alt...Some reward for 3 years of loyalty... </blockquote><p> Maybe because LORE doesnt count when placed in home? If they were LORE and tradeable, I could claim a cabinet on one character, place it, claim it on my second character and have a friendly guildie or alt on another account to trade it over, untill I have all cabinets on one single character. That doesnt sound like a good idea to me atleast.</p>

[RipFlex]

<p>Unfortunately I misread the /claim and thought, like most the /claim items 3 of my toons can calim 1 each... now an Alt I was playing on (lowest level one) has the cabnet... now it's garbage to me.  <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />(</p>

[EQ2Playa432]

I sell from my main because that is who I get all the good loot and pricey shinies on! The loot I get from my farmer alt I just put in shared bank and change over to my fury.

[KGr]

<p>Wow.  I didn't even know that 3-year vet rewards were even available.  I've been playing since the first day.  I suppose I have one of those 50% reduction sales crates that is available to me that I haven't claimed yet.</p><p> Thanks.  I'll jump on right away and make immediate use of that.</p>

[KGr]

Kalien@Guk wrote: <blockquote>I sell from my main because that is who I get all the good loot and pricey shinies on! </blockquote> My sentiments exactly.  That is why I normally sell from my main.

[Mazim98]

Just to get the other side in there. I sell from an alt who is obviously my alt, cause its my name + mule, but I do it because I sell almost everything I ever loot over the broker, and there is no way I could hold it all.  As a matter of fact I have an alt to sell, and an alt just to hold things I will be selling......of course he has a lvl 6 adept I from the newbie island cave still on him..../shrug.

[Spyderbite]

I sell from my main as I had planned from the start that he'd be my harvester/crafter. I had no idea about the vet rewards until a few weeks in to developing him so I suppose I got lucky. I did manage to blow through the exp potions though.. foolishly on lower levels. Wish I had them now.. *goes back to grinding out potions*

[TaleraRis]

Kenman@Najena wrote: <blockquote>Other than screwing people in PUGs by calling NBG on everything and selling it on your alt because you don't really need it, what reason is there to not sell from your main? </blockquote> Space My main's bank gets full of quest items, tradeskill books, armor I'd like to keep, etc. She doesn't really have room like my alt does to keep things that I later want to sell. So I sell from my alt.

[whitman66]

<p>Can you designate a main character?  Does that toon have special advantages?  I can't even remember who my main toon is!!    Is it somewhere in options or persona?</p>

[Norrsken]

<cite>whitman66 wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Can you designate a main character?  Does that toon have special advantages?  I can't even remember who my main toon is!!    Is it somewhere in options or persona?</p></blockquote>No, no game mechanics tied to anything called "main". <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[KBern]

Stinkii@Guk wrote: <blockquote>OK so the 3 year veteran rewards contain a nice sales display with 50% reduction in broker commision....How many people sell from their main? I would like to get the exp potion on the toons that I play, but my seller is an alt that I probably won't play very much..So why couldn't you make the boxes LORE but not NO TRADE?  What's the point? Why are they no trade? If you can only have one and one seller at a time whats the big deal if they are tradeable? So I will end up with EXP potions that are useless to my seller and 2 boxes that won't be used on my main and main alt...Some reward for 3 years of loyalty... </blockquote>They are no trade and lore so people cannot sell them to accounts that have not earned the reward yet.

[erin]

I sell from my main, but I have thought about selling from an alt - my main doesn't always call home every single night, sometimes I stay out for days on end (she's wild that way).  So it would be nice to be able to see the sales stuff and restock more often.  It doesn't have to be sinister. Also, you can claim the reward by at least 3 chars (at least I'm pretty sure that's true).

[UlteriorModem]

<cite>livejazz wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Stinkii@Guk wrote:</p><p> You must learn to deal with the consequences of your own decisions.</p></blockquote> Gasp !  What a novel concept ! <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Amocus]

I sell on all my characters, they each sell their own stuff. The day they get played, and until I log on another, is the time they have to sell. I like to feel that they are all self-sufficient. Now, if one of them absolutely has to have something, I'll just pass cash along to them. Sure it restricts sales but, my goal isnt' to become the richest person on the server. I find it kinda fun actually, because I can see which toon is doing best financially.

[Zagats]

<p>I like the reward.</p><p>You know that if they didnt make them NO-TRADE, there'd have been one up for sale for like 100p the very first day.</p><p>And some poor plat-buying schmuck would buy it for their house.</p><p>I like no trade items *that everyone can put to use*.</p><p>I hate going to EoF zones and seeing all this no-trade gear that no one in the group can use.</p>

[ratman22]

I sell from an alt, mainly because that way he can stay at the broker while my main (and other chars) stays out adventuring for however long he wants to.

[Lunah]

<p>Obviously none of you are alt-aholics. I have had 5 mains since Launch, in order: dirge, monk, necro, dirge again, assassin, and now on my 5th the illusionist. I have also lived in every available large house (Qeynos, Freeport, MajDul, Kelethin, and now back in Qeynos). Thus my Qeynos house is the large 5 room my monk bought so of course I want to sell from that one for more space...add to that I am a guild vault officer so need space to sell for guild. Thus my old main, now alt is my seller. I have yet to see if she can claim the reward, but I did claim it on my chanter for the title and potion. </p><p>So as of yet have a cabinet on a toon that will never get to use it. I have NEVER understood what would be so horrible about having any NO TRADE claim item available to all of one's characters. After all they are rewarding you for account loyalty why not make the items available to all toons on the account?? </p>

[Glenolas]

<p>I sell from an alt.   I have sold from an alt  almost forever. </p><p>If you go back to the beginning of the game,  the seller had to be online and in his house/inn room to sell at all.   No nifty always on boxes in the house, or selling when you logged off.   </p><p> There was also no 60 silver zoning bell to TS or Nek dock, no zoning sorcerers or druids,  no carpet rides, no Dof, KoS, EoF, etc.       Calling back to Qeynos  or Freeport to open the market came at the expense of having to get back out to where ever you were questing, a long and tedius run.</p><p>MOST people rolled a low level alt whos job it was to be online to sell when you were not actually playing the game.  They may also have been the crafting alts doing double duty, since they never left the town and were always handy.  You camped the main out deep in  Zek or Lavastorm or where ever you were, and popped the alt up, and left the computer on for the night.    Every 2 or 3 days you were forced to call the main back to dump bags, resupply,  pick up spells, restock the market, etc.    But certainly not every time you wanted your market to be open while you went to dinner.   </p><p> Newcomers to the game don't realize the issues that caused marketing alts to be rolled, but their was nothing nefarious about it.   </p><p>Presently, they are not needed to stand there to sell, but why on earth would someone move a 5 box market back to the main?   150 items to transfer out of the sales crates,  move, then repost on the market board, and reprice?   I'd rather take a beating...</p><p>Glenolas</p><p>Level 70 Wizard, Warlock, Fury</p><p>1 marketing alt and 2 mules. </p>

[LadyAnnaAnna]

Stinkii@Guk wrote: <blockquote>..So why couldn't you make the boxes LORE but not NO TRADE?  What's the point? </blockquote> The point, my dear, is that this is a veteran reward, given to people who have spent a long amount of time with EQ2.  This is a thank you from Sony to the players who have stuck with them over the years.  Not particularly something you'd like to see those recipients sell, even in RL.

[ZUES]

<p>You can collect 3 of your veterans rewards. Put one on the alt you sell with and one on your main.</p><p>Personally I keep my alt as my seller becuase I dont like people sending me tell asking for a discount. Especially when I'm raiding!</p>

[MrWolfie]

<p>My "main" has changed three times since this game launched. My seller has always been an alt (and that's changed twice as one character was in a better situation to buy a Qeynos Hall). Not only that, but my main is currently training in transmuting and their entire bank space is filled with stuff atm.</p><p>There are plenty of reasons to sell from an alt without there being some malicious reason, that's not to say it doesn't happen (of course).</p><p>BTW, I took the three year reward on my current main AND on my seller alt, <span style="color: #ff3300"><b>because they give you several per account!</b></span></p>

[Antryg Mistrose]

Whats a main?  All 4 of my chars are 70/70 I sell from the one I play least, as it hangs around Qeynos Harbour more I also sell from the one char I have on a seperate account, and find its a lot less convenient as gating home is required, rather than just mailing.

[Sotaudi]

Kenman@Najena wrote: <blockquote>Other than screwing people in PUGs by calling NBG on everything and selling it on your alt because you don't really need it, what reason is there to not sell from your main? Screwing over your guild by selling them important masters like dispatch for obscene amount of plat without them knowing it's you? Erm...  Well anyway, I sell from my main.  <3 the vet reward. </blockquote><p> I really do not know how to respond to this.  The utter arrogance of the assumptions here is just mind boggling.  I would rather pull teeth than join a PUG, but when I get involved with any group, I make sure that every item of value that drops is not needed by someone else before I even decide if I will roll on it.  And that is true whether I know anyone in the group or not.  Likewise, I give away tons of stuff to guildmates even though I solo far, far more than I group with anyone.  And while I will gladly give a Master to a guildmate without blinking an eye, if there ever came a time a guildmate demanded that I give them a Master, I would also gladly put it on the broker for "obscene amount[s] of plat" and direct them to the broker where they could acquire it.  The arrogance of your assumptions is amazing.  Just because you see no reason someone might use an alt for selling does not mean anyone who does is out to defraud everyone in the game.</p><p>Besides, what is a "main"?  My first character was Sotaudi.  Does that make him my main?  Not really.  He has been languishing at level 43 for quite some time, and my Fury is about to pass him.  But that is no matter, because my Illusionist and my Assassin passed him long ago, and both of them are within a few levels of level 70.  Is my 67 Illusionist my "main"?  After all, he is also a level 70 Alchemist and the character from which I sell.  Not really, he passed Sotaudi before I even made my Assassin, but my Assassin is at level 68 now and will probably hit level 70 before the Illusionist. </p><p>Just because you play a certain way does not mean that everyone else has to.  Just because you only sell from "your main" does not mean that anyone who does not is trying to cheat everyone else.  Please check your judgementalism at the door next time.</p>

[Sotaudi]

Amocus@Oasis wrote: <blockquote>I sell on all my characters, they each sell their own stuff. The day they get played, and until I log on another, is the time they have to sell. I like to feel that they are all self-sufficient. Now, if one of them absolutely has to have something, I'll just pass cash along to them. Sure it restricts sales but, my goal isnt' to become the richest person on the server. I find it kinda fun actually, because I can see which toon is doing best financially. </blockquote> He is the one mumbling about the others being slackers.

[g0thiC_iCe_cReaM]

Kenman@Najena wrote: <blockquote>Other than screwing people in PUGs by calling NBG on everything and selling it on your alt because you don't really need it, what reason is there to not sell from your main? Screwing over your guild by selling them important masters like dispatch for obscene amount of plat without them knowing it's you? Erm...  Well anyway, I sell from my main.  <3 the vet reward. </blockquote> i actually sell from my main crafter...it's easier than mailing my stock to my main or transferring large amounts of stuff to him to place on the broker...if i get lewtz that i'm gonna sell i mail it to my crafter, if it's my usual stock of crafted items, it is way easier to just go to my room, craft and put stuff on the broker as i make it...my main has a 5 room in SQ, but i only use it for the extra vault slots, my crafter has a 2 room in NQ and i'm happy with the amount of space i have for broker slots... i also rarely adventure with my crafter, and having a mailbox in my room makes putting lewtz on the market while i craft even easier...99% of the time my crafter is camped right outside his room, or at least in the same zone so it's much easier to sell from him as opposed to my main since i end up camping him far away from home most of the time in anticipation of instance runs or what not later... <p>...there are reasons for not selling from your main adventuring toon besides "screwing people over"...and why would anyone wanna do a PUG anyways? <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> i will avoid joining PUGs as much as i possibly can, and almost never do, i'd rather solo than deal with a PUG, even in T7...i dunno how many times i've ended up in a PUG and a plate tank is wearing a mix of cloth, leather and chain and expecting to tank effectively...</p>

[mellowknees72]

I sell from my main now-a-days, but I used to have a low-level alt that was my seller. My only irritation is that my main is currently taking a vacation from her Monkly duties, so she spends a lot of time in the shire while one of my alts is doing all the hunting and loot-collecting. I hate that I can't put LORE items into the shared bank to transfer them to my main to sell...argh!!! But other than that, it's worked out great. Love my veteran sales cabinet thingy.