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Old Mar 03, 2008, 04:43 AM // 04:43   #21
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I was once running around an explorable area and saw some merchants with big sacks selling all their vendor trash to monsters.
Monsters have money and probably sentimental attachments to things taken off their killed friends and would pay anything for them back.
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 05:47 AM // 05:47   #22
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The question should be "What do they do with all that loot?"
I say they melt it down and make counterfeit gold coins to pay people for their trash, err I mean loot.
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 07:24 AM // 07:24   #23
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They pay that loot as tax to the prince ruric.
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 07:24 AM // 07:24   #24
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They pay that loot as tax to the prince ruric.
So a dead guy is collecting taxes?
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 07:54 AM // 07:54   #25
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9001g I'd say
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 09:01 AM // 09:01   #26
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So a dead guy is collecting taxes?
OMG! Dude! Spoiler tags!

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Old Mar 03, 2008, 09:04 AM // 09:04   #27
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Your fogetting when people accidently sell their golds aswell. darn i sold my req 7 uber sword of uberness....merchant rushes to kamedem spamming WTS
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 06:04 PM // 18:04   #28
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The REAL question is...how much do henchmen and heroes make a day?
Seriously, lol.... Koss must be so rich by now! And what do heros spend their riches on anyways? It sure isn't equipment...
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 06:11 PM // 18:11   #29
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Seriously, lol.... Koss must be so rich by now! And what do heros spend their riches on anyways? It sure isn't equipment...
Ale, he should be max ale hound level by now hrmm.....
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 08:21 PM // 20:21   #30
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Seriously, lol.... Koss must be so rich by now! And what do heros spend their riches on anyways? It sure isn't equipment...
I think he spends it on getting high and women.
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 09:53 PM // 21:53   #31
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I salvage 90% of the white/blue drops that i actually pick up, so they dont get alot of stuff from me, other then crap golds with a good merch value.
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 10:00 PM // 22:00   #32
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Merchant economic theory:

1. Buy millions of non-max white weapons
2. ??
3. Profit
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 10:03 PM // 22:03   #33
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Merchant economic theory:

1. Buy millions of non-max white weapons
2. ??
3. Profit
Its simple really...make a deal with Material Traders.

1. Buy millions of non-max white weapons.
2. Salvage
3. Sell materials at about 75% of their value to Material Traders.
4. Profit
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 10:46 PM // 22:46   #34
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He's right. They BUY loot off you, so it'd be how much money they pay out per day. I'd wonder more where they got that money from. Do they salvage all the drops for crafting materials and sell to the materials trader or something?
I have wondered what happens to crafting materials, dyes, runes, etc. that are sold to the merchant instead of their respective traders. The traders sell what we sell to them. Does that mean if 'we' don't sell to traders, they would eventually run out? Or do the merchants do as kazjun asked?

*Maybe sees way to change the supply in the supply and demand scenerio.*
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Old Mar 03, 2008, 11:21 PM // 23:21   #35
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well they should resell the dye to ther proper merchant at player selling price.
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Old Mar 04, 2008, 02:20 AM // 02:20   #36
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I have wondered what happens to crafting materials, dyes, runes, etc. that are sold to the merchant instead of their respective traders. The traders sell what we sell to them. Does that mean if 'we' don't sell to traders, they would eventually run out? Or do the merchants do as kazjun asked?

*Maybe sees way to change the supply in the supply and demand scenerio.*
Yes. It's even happened occasionally - Minor Vigor runes had a tendency to sell out when a new chapter came out, for instance, and each time it's happened they've been more expensive when they came back on the market.
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Old Mar 04, 2008, 02:27 AM // 02:27   #37
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Oh, the merchants use their super secret Salvage Kits they only keep to themselves, to salvage all the items into Ectos. They then chip in at the Rare Material Trader.

And what does the Rare Material Trader do? Easy! He makes a fortune re-selling them to lazy eBay goldbuyers who want easy FoW!
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Old Mar 04, 2008, 02:42 AM // 02:42   #38
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..........they take negative gains from buying loot etc...

and the nerfs from loot drops compensate for the lost

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Old Mar 04, 2008, 03:39 AM // 03:39   #39
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interesting question, but probably billions+...++?...+++?.

minus the amount they buy from players....++amount they make from traders(kits etc)....money pretty much recycles. (to us, to them haha...endless)

lol
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Old Mar 04, 2008, 03:43 AM // 03:43   #40
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they only time the mercents make money is when the normal player is says CRAP and sells something they shouldn't have sad but true it is a way for the game to get rid of excess stuff that nobody in there right mind would keep or use
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