[Suggestion] Portable Vendors

[Derity]

I had this idea that I posted in another thread and felt it deserved a thread of it's own.

Imagine you could purchase or find Portable Vendors, you could place one down and create your own store using your own items and prices, then other players could purchase items from your vendor.

It would work like throwing out your vehicle, except it's a vendor that other players can click on to purchase the goods that you have for sale. You could find rare vendors that look more flashy the rarer they are to stand out from other peoples vendors and your vendor would level up as you sell more items unlocking additional sale slots!

I think an idea like this would be much more appropriate for Defiance than an Auction House, as it would mean you still have to search around to find that perfect weapon, items would have more value as they wouldn't be so easy to find and I think it would add a level of unique item trading to the game.

This idea came about when thinking about how an auction house would work in Defiance, and personally I think it wouldn't work very well because it could potentially turn the game into a farm for scrip as the Auction House would end up having every item ingame in there - it would just be a matter of getting enough scrip to afford whatever you wanted.

One of the things I loved about the beta was the search for items, but I do admit I felt a lack of trading between players - hence the idea of a portable vendor was born.

If you have any comments, suggestions or critiques of your own - or you just like the idea too feel free to comment below! I would love to have this system, or one very similar built into the game!

[Kisala]

awesome idea.

[Storm King]

That is definitely a great idea!

[mushinwolf]

I like this idea...it means you still have to search for stuff as you never know what items a vendor will have..kinda like 'Fallout'.
Could also let people concentrate on playing as more of a commercial element in the game, maybe clans could get in on it and start up buiseness empires.

Good idea!

[Muzzah]

So would you be selling items that you have personally looted? and selling them for profit.
Or would this just be a portable version of the vendors that are already out. and you have no benifit from it?

I'd also like to see a way to make players drop ammo cache's maybe on an hour timer. because we all hate running outta ammo, that and be able to mark where you have found an ammo cache by the side of the road.

[PJB]

and 5 minutes after game launch there would be over 9000 vendors everywhere, messing up spawn points/roads.
no thanks, enough places to sell stuff ingame already

[Evershadow]

I had this idea that I posted in another thread and felt it deserved a thread of it's own.

Imagine you could purchase or find portable player spawned vendors, you could place one down and then other players could purchase items from your vendor, then you could check your vendor to see whats sold, etc.

It would work like throwing out your vehicle, except it's a vendor that other players can click on to purchase the goods that you have for sale. You could find rare vendors that look more flashy the rarer they are to stand out from other peoples vendors and your vendor would level up as you sell more items unlocking additional sale slots!

I think an idea like this would be much more appropriate for Defiance than an Auction House, as it would mean you still have to search around to find that perfect weapon, items would have more value as they wouldn't be so easy to find and I think it would add a level of unique item trading to the game.

This idea came about when thinking about how an auction house would work in Defiance, and personally I think it wouldn't work very well because it could potentially turn the game into a farm for scrip as the Auction House would end up having every item ingame in there - it would just be a matter of getting enough scrip to afford whatever you wanted.

One of the things I loved about the beta was the search for items, but I do admit I felt a lack of trading between players - hence the idea of a portable vendor was born.

If you have any comments, suggestions or critiques of your own - or you just like the idea too feel free to comment below! I would love to have this system, or one very similar built into the game!

instead of a spawnable vendor like you suggest, how a type of trading post with rentable market stalls or a market for said spawnable npc vendors... they did something similar in FFXIV when it was originally launched.

[rhodezie]

and 5 minutes after game launch there would be over 9000 vendors everywhere, messing up spawn points/roads.
no thanks, enough places to sell stuff ingame already

your just pathetic and dont know a good idea when you see one v.v? have you see the size of the full map how could you possible clog up the roads pfft..

[rhodezie]

So would you be selling items that you have personally looted? and selling them for profit.
Or would this just be a portable version of the vendors that are already out. and you have no benifit from it?

I'd also like to see a way to make players drop ammo cache's maybe on an hour timer. because we all hate running outta ammo, that and be able to mark where you have found an ammo cache by the side of the road.

i beleive the scavenger perk unlocked with arkfall codes has something to do with retreving more ammo from enemies

[Renegade336]

I have to agree with the majority. Very good idea, it's the little things like this that make big community games so much fun to play. Good call Derity