Autonomous Brokering in Rain of Fear

[fendaann]

Autonomous Brokering in Rain of Fear

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=31054



An offline Bazaar system is among the features being introduced with the Rain of Fear expansion. Just how exactly will it work? Here are the details!

The Art of the Deal

Players have long requested the ability to sell items while they are offline, and with EverQuest: Rain of Fear this will become a reality!

Brokering while offline couldn't be simpler with this feature upgrade! Simply set up your broker as you normally would, making sure to have correct pricing on all of your selections, and then click on the new button in the trader interface labeled "offline mode." If you prefer to use command lines, we've got you covered; the command "/offlinemode" will have the same effect.

Using this button (or command) will log you out of EverQuest, but your trader will remain active. Any sales made during this time will work normally, and you'll be happy to log back in and find freshly delivered piles of platinum on your character!

I'm Buying 500 Shares of Antonica Steel!

We're not stopping at sales though; EverQuest: Rain of Fear also includes a number of improvements on the purchasing side! For the first time ever, players will not need to be in the Bazaar to see what items are available for sale (and at what price). Instead the /bazaar command will be usable anywhere in Norrath and display the items for sale in the bazaar as normal.

In addition to the traditional method of purchase directly from a seller, those who have Rain of Fear will also be able to buy items from anywhere in Norrath! Simply search for an item as you normally would using the bazaar menu, then click on the item you'd like to buy. After purchase, two delivery options will be available: delivery to the nearest parcel vendor (available for a modest fee* in game coins), or expedited delivery (via our new Expedited Delivery Vouchers** available in the Marketplace) which delivers the item straight to your cursor.

All in all, commerce in Norrath is about to receive a huge update!

*Currently the fees for parcel delivery in our Beta Test are set at 10% of the cost of the item being purchased, but this is subject to change.
**Expedited Delivery currently requires two Expedited Delivery vouchers, subject to change.

[Brohg]

bizarre double standard for selling & buying. why would they think leaving the Bazaar as a thing at all is a good call?

[Ughbash]

[Lenil]

Interesting.

Are they saying that you can have a broker and a character active at the same time or will it force you to the broker if you try to log back in?

They seem to have the ability to trade items across zones (if you pay for it.) Why is it that they are forcing us to go back to PoK to buy a different merc? Travel to obscure locations to buy tradeskill items? Maybe this only works with /baz items. Wonder if they will have cross server in the future. Would be wonderful to upgrade the tradeskill interface to allow you to buy stuff you run out of without having to wander all over (even though it usually is only in PoK.)

[fendaann]

Why is it that they are forcing us to go back to PoK to buy a different merc?

you can use Station Cash to buy more merc slots or due the quest to unlock them.


Any thing added beond basic going forward that makes things easyer like not having to zone will be costing Station Cash.
The Free to Play model is based upon Station Cash items.