the bazaar makes this game so much better to sustain an economy long term and also makes it much easier for new players. The entry level market is nonexistent without it
the bazaar makes this game so much better to sustain an economy long term and also makes it much easier for new players. The entry level market is nonexistent without it
Honestly, offline bazaar was one of the best additions to live, ever. Being able to 'list' items is just an infinitely better experience. WoW's auction house got it right here.
EQ is full of folks that are introverts who are sparingly social, but have a blast when they finally interact with each other and talk / communicate. So it's best done in a cooperative, not a bartering or competitive setting.
It's why I still believe strongly that EQ's biggest flaw is that you can't list a group and join it without sending a tell to the leader first. This doesn't mean you have to add a dungeon finder and shortcut the entire experience, but it means that you should facilitate neurodivergent people communicating in a way that is trivial to initiate.
FFXIV got this right with the party finder and letting people 'fill' a group based on the group's need. EQ1 should adopt that.
On Al'Kabor I used to farm Droga to mass produce Forged Deathsteel weapons and price them very cheap on my vendor so new players could get some weapons for near free without my having to interact with them. I may have made some kind of armor too but I forget. It was just very quick to make a lot of Deathsteel I remember that.
