Yes, It would make HM less useful. But the tomes from the trader would be way over priced. Making the price on Tomes not so unstable.
It would also reduce the time for someone waiting to get that 1 elite tome they need to finish a build and waiting for an hour and then finding out you don't have enough cash for it.
(would kill HM but would be worth it.)
Tome Trader
Sigma Onkoron
obsidian ectoplasm
Meh....Tomes really arnt that hard to buy...
but it can be a pain getting them
but it can be a pain getting them
Xebedinct
I don't really think it would kill Hard Mode.
SirNazron
Booooooo. Completly take out the use of skill trainer and capping for skills and the rarity of getting one in HM.
TheodenKing
Ooooo.. so impatient... you sound like an Ursan.
You can always find someone selling the tome you need. A little interaction in the human population is healthy.
You can always find someone selling the tome you need. A little interaction in the human population is healthy.
Anduin
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Ooooo.. so impatient... you sound like an Ursan.
You can always find someone selling the tome you need. A little interaction in the human population is healthy. |
This is why we need a plethora of new sellers (inscriptions and weapon mod sellers come to mind).
Some people really do not enjoy spamming "WTB/WTS" for hours on end. It's boring and annoying when you'd rather just play. But hey, whatever floats your boat.
Karate Jesus
A thread about this exact same thing came up like 2 months ago. It's just not going to happen. Just go play HM, you get tons of tomes.
Sigma Onkoron
Its not the fact that I don't like HM I do. And am waiting for the nerf to Ursan. But standing in a place all day just doesn't sound like fun. But that's meh 2 cents. Which doesn't get you much now a days.
Marverick
I don't see why this could be detrimental. Buying from players will still always be cheaper.
KoKoS
maybe only for normal tomes... but NOT for elite tomes too..
Sigma Onkoron
Btw... Probably should have clarified this would be an elite tome trader not regular. =D
t3dw4rd0
Hmm yea, while we're at it, can we have green traders? And maybe like crystalline sword traders? And hey, while we're at it, let's add ALL the skins to traders, so we always know what the relative price is!!!!111 /sarcasm/
l33t trader=phail
normal trader= less phail, but still phail
l33t trader=phail
normal trader= less phail, but still phail
_Nihilist_
Not that I don't think that it would be a useful addition to the already plentiful NPC merchants, but I don't think ANet will implement it.
It would be great to be able to go to the nearest town/outpost, and hit up a merch to buy weapon mods/scrips and tomes. It would save time, which is what I believe the OP was indicating when he started the thread.
Yes, there would be a bit of a price drop. I'm not sure how much, but the prices would drop. It is always cheaper to buy from a player than a merchant, and always more profitable to sell to a player than a merchant. But, if you really, REALLY needed that Tome or Elite Tome, wouldn't it be worth paying a few gold extra to snag it right away instead of waiting in LA/KC/Kama trolling the WTS posts and spamming WTB posts.
That being said, I wouldn't look for this to be added to the game. Why? Because other than the sake of convenience, it doesn't really affect the game. The one thing it *could* do would be to stabilize the price of Tomes, but, more than likely, they would be stabilized at a slightly lower rate, and as they say "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"; why would ANet do something that had a greater possibility, no matter how slight, to reduce the player-to-player economy of the game? Answer: they won't.
It would be great to be able to go to the nearest town/outpost, and hit up a merch to buy weapon mods/scrips and tomes. It would save time, which is what I believe the OP was indicating when he started the thread.
Yes, there would be a bit of a price drop. I'm not sure how much, but the prices would drop. It is always cheaper to buy from a player than a merchant, and always more profitable to sell to a player than a merchant. But, if you really, REALLY needed that Tome or Elite Tome, wouldn't it be worth paying a few gold extra to snag it right away instead of waiting in LA/KC/Kama trolling the WTS posts and spamming WTB posts.
That being said, I wouldn't look for this to be added to the game. Why? Because other than the sake of convenience, it doesn't really affect the game. The one thing it *could* do would be to stabilize the price of Tomes, but, more than likely, they would be stabilized at a slightly lower rate, and as they say "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"; why would ANet do something that had a greater possibility, no matter how slight, to reduce the player-to-player economy of the game? Answer: they won't.
joshuarodger
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I don't see why this could be detrimental. Buying from players will still always be cheaper.
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not sure how i feel about this.
Kanyatta
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the tomes from the trader would be way over priced.
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Shayne Hawke
Play HM or trade. Tomes were created with the intention in mind that people would trade with each other for them.
The Little Viking
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Yeah, cause hopping back and forth between towns for four hours just to buy what I needed was a productive waste of my time; time that I'd rather spend playing.
This is why we need a plethora of new sellers (inscriptions and weapon mod sellers come to mind). Some people really do not enjoy spamming "WTB/WTS" for hours on end. It's boring and annoying when you'd rather just play. But hey, whatever floats your boat. |
in that amount of time, why not just go cap thee skill and move on?
Kook~NBK~
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Yeah, cause hopping back and forth between towns for four hours just to buy what I needed was a productive waste of my time; time that I'd rather spend playing.
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leeky baby
Ya do it i cba to stand and sell them and they are filling up my storage lol.
Miss Puddles
why wouldn't you just add elite skills to the regular skill trainer?
KoKoS
teh only good thing about teh tome trader (if it was for normal tomez ofc 
) it would be that ppl could actually sell all those sin tomes
) it would be that ppl could actually sell all those sin tomes
R.Shayne
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Tomes were created with the intention in mind that people would trade with each other for them.
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Like it or not people you need to wise up. Players want to play the game, not stand in town spamming WTB just so someone can try to scam them with a stupid price. If you like standing in town spamming WTB great more power to you I am pretty sure the majority of us want to play the game.
Look around, the number of people playing the game is going down and the number of people selling low end stuff is going down faster. The only time people want to go to Kamadan is when they have something worth 100k +E they want to sell.
I get PM from people all the time wanting to buy stuff because they are tired of standing in Kamadan spamming to get perfect mods.
illidan009
NO. Killing HM is NOT worth your lazy ass being able to buy a tome. Dk if this is a poll but...
/notsigned
/notsigned
MithranArkanere
Unlike scrolls, Tomes have no price.
They are like special trophies, but they are not change in collectors, they are the reward themselves. So adding traders for them would be like adding traders for anguish Gems or Hero armors.
The only place I can imagine to sell them is the Xunlai Marketplace. But there is no Xunlai Marketplace, so they should add a Xunlai Marketplace.
They are like special trophies, but they are not change in collectors, they are the reward themselves. So adding traders for them would be like adding traders for anguish Gems or Hero armors.
The only place I can imagine to sell them is the Xunlai Marketplace. But there is no Xunlai Marketplace, so they should add a Xunlai Marketplace.
Lady Raenef
I'd rather have a weapon insignia trader.
Diddy bow
/signed
I wouldnt buy any but id just like a time saving way to get rid of the damn things.
I wouldnt buy any but id just like a time saving way to get rid of the damn things.
Azza
/not signed
Tomes and Elite tomes are one of the only spoils i get in HM since lockpicks drop in GWEN in NM
just my personal point(no need to flame it)
Tomes and Elite tomes are one of the only spoils i get in HM since lockpicks drop in GWEN in NM
just my personal point(no need to flame it)
Yawgmoth
/signed
It would be at least as useful as a weapon mod trader would be. As useful as a rune trader already is!
It would be a straight improvement from the current situation.
It would save me a lot of storage space - I would never need to keep any tomes just for the case I would need one quick. Same as it already is with Runes / Insignia - I never need to keep any in case I need them later - I just sell all to trader and buy when needed.
It's a trading improvement so it would also save a lot of time.
And there's no way this trader would reduce the value of HM drops. Rare material trader reduces ecto prices? No. Trader NPC only helps in trades between players, reflecting the real average market prices with his buy/sell prices.
It would be at least as useful as a weapon mod trader would be. As useful as a rune trader already is!
It would be a straight improvement from the current situation.
It would save me a lot of storage space - I would never need to keep any tomes just for the case I would need one quick. Same as it already is with Runes / Insignia - I never need to keep any in case I need them later - I just sell all to trader and buy when needed.
It's a trading improvement so it would also save a lot of time.
And there's no way this trader would reduce the value of HM drops. Rare material trader reduces ecto prices? No. Trader NPC only helps in trades between players, reflecting the real average market prices with his buy/sell prices.
RoyalPredator
/Notsigned
TOTALY POINTLESS
Delete the Skill trader then...
TOTALY POINTLESS
Delete the Skill trader then...
FoxBat
Actually I'd just stick them in the scroll trader, he isn't doing much.
For all those whining about "no I want props for doing HM" - this makes selling your excess tomes a billion times easier, meaning you get more money. Same way that ZRank earns PvPers oodles of plat.
As for "trainers are useless" - Elite tomes for most classes are over (sometimes well over) 1k, meaning you pay a premium for the convenience. If regular tomes fall below 1k, I'd say normal skills being cheaper is a good thing, its much whined about in the deflated economy. Additionally, you have to unlock the skills first anyway before the tomes do anything, meaning new players are still going to hit the trainers for most of their needs.
For all those whining about "no I want props for doing HM" - this makes selling your excess tomes a billion times easier, meaning you get more money. Same way that ZRank earns PvPers oodles of plat.
As for "trainers are useless" - Elite tomes for most classes are over (sometimes well over) 1k, meaning you pay a premium for the convenience. If regular tomes fall below 1k, I'd say normal skills being cheaper is a good thing, its much whined about in the deflated economy. Additionally, you have to unlock the skills first anyway before the tomes do anything, meaning new players are still going to hit the trainers for most of their needs.
Mad King Corn
/notsigned I may be somewhat biased however, as I make a living selling Tomes.
Ghen
would make things to easy
not signed
not signed
Yawgmoth
LOL @ posts above.
So trade improvements are bad? Trading should not be too easy? WTF?
Tomes are already there, you can buy them from people, it just takes TIME, just as selling them does.
So it's a straight improvement - save time and save storage space.
It would be a great help for both buyers who want a skill and people who want to sell unwanted tomes fast.
It doesn't affect game difficulty or balance at all!
It doesn't make skill trainer obsolete - skill trainers allow skill Unlocking, tomes require the skills being unlocked.
So trade improvements are bad? Trading should not be too easy? WTF?
Tomes are already there, you can buy them from people, it just takes TIME, just as selling them does.
So it's a straight improvement - save time and save storage space.
It would be a great help for both buyers who want a skill and people who want to sell unwanted tomes fast.
It doesn't affect game difficulty or balance at all!
It doesn't make skill trainer obsolete - skill trainers allow skill Unlocking, tomes require the skills being unlocked.
eagleblade
takeing out the challenge of the game i dont think so.
/notsigned
/notsigned
Scary
Again such a stupid idea...........
Anet put in some other drops like the Tomes so people can find other things
than they are used to..
And than some lasy person that dont want to spend time in getting skills
want A Tome Trader...
Why o Why I ask myself are people like that playing games as GW instead of
a unpatient FPS game
/NOTSIGNED
Anet put in some other drops like the Tomes so people can find other things
than they are used to..
And than some lasy person that dont want to spend time in getting skills
want A Tome Trader...
Why o Why I ask myself are people like that playing games as GW instead of
a unpatient FPS game
/NOTSIGNED
newbie_of_doom
yesplz tomes r very important
(im supposed to put like /sign here right?)
(im supposed to put like /sign here right?)
N1ghtstalker
no
lern2HM
/notsigned
lern2HM
/notsigned
Yawgmoth
Look at 3 more awesome posts above! Great arguments there, congrats.
Using the analogy, Rune Trader is bad too?
He takes out the challenge of the game!
A Lasy person that dont want to spend time in getting runes wants a rune trader! Ohno, it must be a serious argument!
and lern2farm runes too, right?
Using the analogy, Rune Trader is bad too?
He takes out the challenge of the game!
A Lasy person that dont want to spend time in getting runes wants a rune trader! Ohno, it must be a serious argument!
and lern2farm runes too, right?
nidy
No thanks, I'd prefer the price of tomes not dropping to 50g.
If you don't believe me just look at the rune trader.
If you don't believe me just look at the rune trader.
Tearz1993
/notsigned because there's something called a Skill Trainer