Dye and Rune Traders.

warkst

warkst

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

my home

Battle Gods [BG]

R/Me

Should they stay or shouldn't they? Vote away

Aera

Aera

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Galactic President Superstar Mc [awsm]

E/

why wud u want em anyway?

Valerius

Valerius

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canada

R/

of course they should stay...

Head_Damage

Head_Damage

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

England

WH

W/Mo

ive had my vote keep em

fiery

fiery

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2005

maryland

InYurFace Gaming [IYF]

R/

O gee gee should have revised ya old post title and adding a poll, and no these would never leave.

Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Dallas, TX

The International Terrorists [USA]

W/Mo

Why would these be taken out of the game?

The_Janitor

The_Janitor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

New Jersey

The Adventurer's Society [TAS]

Me/N

What the hell kind of a question is this.

Hockster

Hockster

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

Stupidest question ever.

boxterduke

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockster
Stupidest question ever.
Ditto

Just to let the OP know that the rune trader was added at a later patch after the game was out.

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

Without them I'd have to stand around in town for hours spamming "WTS" to get rid of runes and dyes from drops. Or, "WTB" if I wanted some.

Keep the traders.

Aeris Gainsboroughe

Aeris Gainsboroughe

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Red Lion, PA

The Demonic Horde (Leader)

Mo/N

Yea, I use both traders alot. So of course I want them to stay.

Sagius Truthbarron

Sagius Truthbarron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Animal Factory [ZoO]

A/

Yah, I feel like standing around for 3 days yelling "WANT TO BUY ORANGE DYE" only to get "10k?" from Fung Pao Ni Long.

I vote for Weapon Upgrade Trader (even though this has nothing to do with it :P).

MSecorsky

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

Only a farmer would want them removed, and they only get half votes.

VGJustice

VGJustice

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Tyria, cappin' ur bosses

Boston Guild [BG]

R/W

These vendors were added to keep farmers from cheating players and to make the game more accesable. Leave them in.

Heck, I'd even like to see a trader for weapon mods.

stickyballs

stickyballs

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2006

American Servers

Sin Squad [SIN]

W/

I would say keep it in so you can sell like a Superior Strength for a few hundred gold w/o standing in town for an hour trying to sell. They make your life a lot easier in my opinion.

*weapon upgrade traders would lower the upgrade's value and would piss traders off a lot I think.

EDIT: ANet could put a weapon upgrade trader to regulate the prices so that Sundering wasn't so damn expensive because it IS crap.

Diablo???

Diablo???

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Seattle

SPQR

N/R

I think the voters have already spoken: Keep em both.

warkst

warkst

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

my home

Battle Gods [BG]

R/Me

Yea, okay, it's obvious

Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

hmmm 6 for removing and over 60 for keeping.

think the people have spoken.

led-zep

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

i just cant see the logic for this, imagine trying out new dye combos if you had to have them drop for you, scarey

TideSwayer

TideSwayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

We Farm Your [?????????s]

Nothing wrong with the dye or rune traders. Do you realize how much runes used to sell for before the rune traders were implemented?

I do think ANet needs to revisit some of the Artisan crafting formulas though. Some of the rare materials cost more to craft by hand than they do just to buy the damn things from a Rare trader. (Steel ingots, I'm looking at YOU.)

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

You were not here when there were no rune traders. People would jack prices up because you dunno what the things are worth.
And people like me who play only when there is free time cant be bothered to go spend massive amounts of time just to check prices every 10 minutes.

lama_lord36

lama_lord36

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

belgium

Order of the Exiles [bann]

P/W

If there were no dye/rune traders i need to spam chat for some silly minor rune or dye for 10min.

Tsunami Rain

Tsunami Rain

mmmmmmmm pie.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Honolulu, Hawaii

Favorable Winds [Gust]

Mo/

It would make sense to remove the dye trader. I believe that dyes shouldnt cost 75-6.5k for what purpose..? chaning the color of your armor? having dyes not npc regulated would mean that prices would go down for such a trivial item. The rune npc on the other hand is needed. It is important that the rune-trade is strictly regulated as it is a vital part of the game (unlike dyes which are ment to be pleasing to the eye and shouldn't cost much in the first place). Just my input on the situation. flame away.

--edit--
however I must add that for the removal of the dye trader to be possible, the merchant will have to raise the dye price (at least to 50g and not more than 200g).

--edit (again)--
It would also make sense that dye removers would be cheaper than the dyes itself. I mean..come on...thats just logical.

ur worst night mare

ur worst night mare

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/Mo

I love the dye traders. whenever u cant fid anyone who doesnt want to buy a black dye sell it to trader for 5.5k. i also like the rune traders because who would go around and say want to buy minor rune of strength when they could go to the rune trader.

Count to Potato

Count to Potato

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Imagination Land

I Swear She Was Eighteen [Gwen]

W/

I always get materials from farming but dyes and runes i dont feel like getting them form others or myelf

duanstar

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Ohio

Three Meaningless Initials

Mo/Me

What kind of question is this?

Free-market...might as well make a post about whether there should be an auction house or not. Rune traders and dye traders make everyone's life easier (except maybe the merchants who would make killings by selling Sup Vigors at over-inflated prices).

UndeadRoadkill

UndeadRoadkill

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

having dyes not npc regulated would mean that prices would go down for such a trivial item.
Would they? The NPC prices are 'regulated' based on supply and demand, anet isn't making up prices for these things. I thought the trader was introduced because players were selling dye for ridiculously high prices in the first place.

p3falien

p3falien

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Dragon Order

Me/W

As a D2X veteran i can tell you that traders in GW are THE solution of getting rid of the "free market" that screwed up D2X. i still have small trauma's of the sellbots entering games and spamming their sellingsites ingame.

removing the traders will mean that black dye or Super rune will be a near impossible item to get for a reasonable price, unless you are willing to farm for it 24/7 and either find it yourself or pay an unrealistic price.

having a trade "mediator" like traders will give players a realistic value to base their price on when trading....