Since the Trader Tables are now very rarely used, I was curious if the overall mechanics could be made more very young trader friendly, like lowering the requirement to 10th circle, as well as removing the hour wait time between renting tables.

The hour wait time made sense back when all the traders were trying to get in there to sell stuff, but now it is just a huge ghost town.

I think that giving this outlet to younger traders would encourage overall Trader RP and be a good place for young characters/explorers to hopefully get cheaper gear as well.

Thanks-
Linett (yes, who isn't a Trader.)

I'm with Linett! I have a trader alt, and I love, love playing her. But having tables at 20th circle and shops at 30th seems a little lopsided. I'd rather engage in Trader RP than beg for classes or run caravan routes constantly. I think the ability to rent a table at a lower circle would be a huge boon for young traders. And, like with shop surfaces, it can be tiered:

10th circle: Rent 1 table
15th circle: Rent 2 tables
20th circle: Rent 3 tables
25th circle: Rent 4 tables
30th circle: Eligible for shop

I also like the suggestion about the runners.

>>That said, if you are running real traders, how hard is 20th???? It should be able to be done in less than a month. <<

I'm not going to lie... I thought exactly this. Hitting 20th and even 30th circle is extremely simple.

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"Brace yourselves, Squanto is going to bleh blah fart fart bleh.." -the player of the character formerly known as Pureblade

I am 19th circle and still using Mags exclusively for my trading ranks. It's a cinch to cap trading through Mags tasks, but it's also pretty boring.

I'm not arguing against it. Just saying we don't need it for the experience gain. I would enjoy the opportunity for trader role-play earlier on, but I wonder if us youngins can offer anything meaningful on the tables. I honestly don't know since I'm still fairly new to the game.

Under old exp, 30th felt too low for shops. Current exp gains, 10th is what, an afternoon? Way to low to be unlocking something as 'defining' as tables.

Samsaren

I am less concerned about the incredibly low circle 30 requirement and more so about putting all 8 of my surfaces on the sales floor (I hate the stagnant back room surfaces concept). A shop is a huge advantage. Huge may even be an understatement. To be able to have access to that so early on is an incredible bonus to being in the trader guild.

As for tables in the tent, I think it's a resonable concern if you make the requirement too low, mule accounts will just go bonkers. From an RP POV, it makes sense to have to put some time into your character in order to start running a business, whether it be in a tent or a posh shop.

All that said, I do like that people are finding the trader guild more and more sexy. Maybe more involvement will lead to faster development!

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"Brace yourselves, Squanto is going to bleh blah fart fart bleh.." -the player of the character formerly known as Pureblade

To be perfectly clear

I mean the TABLES in the TENT.

Not the Shops. I am not suggesting any change to the shops.

There is practically Zero RP involved in the shops or selling or buying stuff for the majority of the DR population with a few Trader exceptions.

Everyone uses the shops, almost no one uses the tables.

Young people (real young people, not alts/mules) cannot really touch a huge huge percentage of the items in most Plaza shops.

Plus the more opportunities there are overall for people to be forced to interact face to face and have a conversation or do a transaction or something in DR the better for the entire RP community.

I am just trying to suggest ways to foster RP instead of scripting or no trader / other person present Trader/shopping experience.

And I think outdated mechanics shouldn't stand in the way of a possible RP avenue for younger/newer traders, hence the heartfelt suggestion.

And while I have a small alt trader, it is very much more likely I would just hand backpacks full of things to actual young/new traders who wanted to sell on tables, so they could earn coin and learn trading and RP. :)

Linett. Yes, again.

Sure I'm eligible to have a table at the bazaar or rent one but my problem is not having any contacts to sell any wares (armor, weapons, tools). Also don't have the coin or really even know enough to speculate on what would be cool to buy at a fest, sit on it for a few years and hope to turn around and sell it for a profit? Just like any other guild the elders/high circle Traders have the coin and items to corner their markets and I'm fine with that. Does it incentivize younger Traders to try to break in and find their niche? Not really.

Heck, I haven't run a contract in over a year and get all my trading experience from work orders (bronze knitting needles pay me nicely) or gem sales (I'm currently the resident gemologist in Riverhaven). Did my first horse transfer and it was quite an experience (managed to somehow lose my pony in the process, because I didn't STORE it...funky mechanic).

I just want to eventually get my marker's mark in blacksmithing and maybe carving (am eligible now but can't find anyone to craft them so I'll probably end up crafting them myself).

Balkinar, resident gemologist of Riverhaven