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Originally Posted by Gwence
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Why is EC the hub zone? It was still NFP on my old server back in the day. Evil races used the sewers then invis'd to the bank when they had to.
You're gonna run to neriak and back everytime you have to bank?
I dont think I'd have a vote either way to be honest in regards to removing global chat or keeping it (doesnt bother me either way), but if it does get removed I would definitely vote for NFP to remain as the hub zone.
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It was GFay on my server... there's no guarantee what zone it might end up being on this server, but it is likely to happen somewhere. To all those people that suppose that all the commerce will move to the forums, I'll counter by saying that I agree that more high priced items will be posted on the boards, but the transaction costs have still gone up. Just as only a minority of people who play on P1999 regularly visit the forums, only a minority of them check the forums regularly, and an even smaller minority of those people keep the forums up in a browser and check them while in game. I'm certain that number would go up, but it's a pain in the butt, so I doubt people looking for bone chips, teleports, PGTs, and any of the hundreds of other low cost items and services that people trade are going to bother with the forums. So, people will start meeting somewhere to look for trading partners. That somewhere will likely be near a bank and near a portal.
The other benefit of having the trades done this way that hasn't been talked about much on the forums, is the opportunity it opens for player merchants. There are plenty of people who don't want to spend a lot of time in the merchant zone looking for trading partners, but even on a server the size of ours, there will be motivated low to mid level players that enjoy the trading game and the chance to make money by providing a service during part of their game time. They will be the players that buy quickly, and at a discount, off the players that don't want to sit around very long in the trading zone. They can then earn a profit by sitting in the zone and taking the time to find the buyer who needs the item.
There will likely be some players who become known for dealing in certain items. After a while, newbies might come to know that Bob is almost always around in EC and will buy bone chips for 4.5 plat per stack all the time, in any quantity. Similarly, higher level necros and SKs will know that whenever they need a re-up, they can send a tell to Bob and probably find him in EC selling them at 6p per stack. Knowing Bob reduces the transaction costs (time sitting on their ass in EC) on parties at both ends of the transaction. Bob earns coin too.
I don't want to be the Bob in this scenario, but one of the laziest mental mistakes that people can make is thinking that everyone else thinks the same way they do. I don't enjoy playing the role of Bob when I am in EQ, but some people do, and I'm glad for it. I think it's cool that in the sandbox of classic EQ, there was a place for Bob's to have fun and provide a service that benefited the rest of us.