RIP Iliviir

[myrek]

When I got into Merchant, absent leadership irritated me. I don't want to be that player and I don't think I will have any time to play in the foreseeable future so I'm pulling the plug. 

Sorry for bailing after just getting Elder and getting approval to work on that area. But the real world wins out... sometimes.

 

/-----------------\/------------------------------------------------\
| Iliviir         || Merchant Princess of MERCHANT                  |
\-----------------/\------------------------------------------------/
| Str: 18(18)^5   || Level 50 Sex F          Age   343(192h)        |
| Int: 24(24)     || Class blademaster       Size  medium           |
| Wis: 20(20)     || Race  drow              Align neutral evil     |
| Dex: 25(25)^2   || Hp     997/997   (100%) Exp   49680/631120     |
| Con: 16(17)^2   || Mana   555/780   (100%) +Hit  45 (77%)         |
\ Lck: [||||--]   \/ Move   461/461   (110%) +Dam  38               /
/-----------------/\--------------------/\--------------------------\
|     ARMOR       ||      SAVES         || Deity  Lloth             |
| Slash  -414     || Spell       -21    || Faith  Lloth             |
| Pierce -438     || Afflictive  -2     || Weight 223/325           |
| Blunt  -420     || Maledictive -1     || Items  36/47             |
| Magic  -420     || Mental      -1     || Prac   11     Train 0    |
| Weapon low      || Breath       0     || RP     99                |
| Pos    right    ||                    || Gold   857K   CP 4.9K    |
\-----------------\/--------------------\/--------------------------/
/ You are in the prime of your health.                              \
| Anatomy : Mob Human Elf Dwarf DemiHum Giant Beast Flying Unique   |
|           100  100   85   78     99    110    91    77    118     |
| You are ready for a cabal promotion.                              |
| [NEXUS] forces are aiding your violent instincts.                 |
\-------------------------------------------------------------------/



Kyousanken          100   anatomy             100   arms of legend       75   
avatar of steel     100   backpin             100   balance              96   
battle stance       100   battlefocus         100   battlesphere        100   
battletrance        100   bladerush           100   bladestorm          100   
bladework           100   blind fighting      100   blood vow           100   
bribe               100   call bodyguard       81   charge              100   
chop                100   comprehend languages  84   counter             100   
critical strike     100   cultivate           100   dagger              100   
deathstrike          76   deathweaver         100   demihuman expert    100   
disarm               94   dodge               105   doomsinger          100   
double grip         100   doublesheath         94   dual parry          100   
fast healing        100   fasting              75   footwork            100   
giant expert        100   haggle              100   hand to hand        100   
healing             100   identify            100   ironarm             100   
kairishi            100   locate object       100   lore                 82   
meditation          103   onslaught           100   outfit adventurer    81   
outfit army          81   parry               103   pawn                108   
pinwheel            100   polearm             100   powerstrike         100   
predict             100   recall              100   shadowdancer        100   
snakespeed           75   spear               100   spellkiller          78   
spider summoning     82   spy                 100   sword               100   
trip                100   twin counter        100   two handed          100   
unique master       100   vigil               101   
You have 11 practice sessions left.

You have 857091 gold, 1150825 gold in the bank and 631120 experience (49680 exp to level).
You have 99 rp points.
You currently possess 4916 credits for your service to MERCHANT.
You have deposited 11500000 coins in the Syndicate vault.

 

I know a lot of you didn't like Iliviir's prices, but I didn't want to sell you stuff. If I did, I'd have to go replace that item. It was too easy to make 200k+ in 10 minutes with no risk using pawn.

[egreir]

Rip 

[Trick]

Very confusing Merchant, but a fun character to interact with. Would you say that pawn should be changed to address that issue? 

Take care of the real world and come back soon!!

[Manual Labour]

35 minutes ago, myrek said:

Blunt -420

Nice character, I enjoyed all our interactions. You were quite a B, and I mean that in a good way.

[Iusedtobesomebody]

Boo.

Should've added another 10%. 😜

[Djriacen]

Omegaoof. Fun toon to talk to, a shame you won't be there for the plots.

[myrek]

2 hours ago, Trick said:

Very confusing Merchant, but a fun character to interact with. Would you say that pawn should be changed to address that issue? 

Take care of the real world and come back soon!!

Should pawn be changed? It depends what the staff wants merchants to do. Merchants have 5 ways to make money: pawn, loan, barter, outfitting armies, and player outfitting.

Loan is low money at best. And you don't get paid if the loan defaults. You don't even get a share of the bounty.
Player Outfitting never netted me much.
Outfitting armies is good money but inconsistent. 
Bartering involves a lot of work to get the gear and a lot of luck having the gear that people want. I actually got stuck holding gear that people requested and never saw that character again. Lose your guard and you lose most of your profit for the trip.
But pawn... like I said, I could get $250k in 10 minutes and only use 5 consumables (that I can grow myself). Why would I do anything else?

If the Imms want Merchant activities to shift, the rewards need to shift. Otherwise, I suggest you get locate object and ca loc velvet and ca loc horns every time you log in. If you're lucky, there's an easy 120k.

Real world stuff is just work load. It sucks but it could be worse.

[f0xx]

What does pawn do?

Sorry, never played a merchant.

[Fool_Hardy]

Its like sacrificing the rare you name and getting paid for it. The rare returns to circulation and the metchant gets paid. It takes time to earn coins this way compared to rolling the beast under the lament. But its safe and in certain areas very easy. Avg 10k for the sorrows stuff and its just laying there, for instance. 10k for blackwatch rares too. 

[Anume]

I don't think pawn is a problem. Only abusing it is. A merchant should be able to generate easy money to allow for the loss of the bodyguard on trips, to allow for outfitting low levels for free as advertisement, etc. It's a matter of rp if the Merchant does nothing else or not.

Interaction will always get a Merchant more notority and thus easier promos.