Proposal
I would love to see some general improvements to update the quality of life towards the Shop UIs. I propose the following:
- Merchant NPC Improvements (QOL to Selling Items, Search Bar)
- Allow Max Tier Merchant Deckhands to give access to the Auction Marketplace.
TL;DR - Add a Search Bar to shops, Let choose the number of an item to sell, less clutter on some merchants
Merchant QOL Improvements
Improvements to Selling Items
One thing that doesn’t make sense to me is why there is a “Sell One” and “Sell All” button when we can select the amount of an item to sell. This feature has already been implemented for some items inside the trade menu with other players.
(Hell, even Marketplace has it already)
There are moments when I want to sell a few hundred of my items for quick galleons rather than sell all of them, and there is no way in hell any of us will sit there spamming the “Sell One” button. Selling All isn’t an option when the value of the items exceeds the galleons that the merchant has on hand.
Additionally, the Sell Menu could also be transformed completely into something similar to how the trade menu works, where you could choose the items you want to sell and press a button to sell them all at once.
Search Bar and a Category Sort
You aren’t a true Arcane Player unless you have a massive inventory that takes forever to load. The most tedious aspect of using the Blacksmith or selling an item has to be attempting to FIND the item. Players should not have to scroll for 5 minutes to find an item and try different types to find it.
The best solution is to add a search bar for the item names.
Blacksmiths
There could be a separate sort tab for Weapons and Armors. The only items that should be listed in the blacksmith shop should be the ones that can be upgraded. Alternatively, the upgrading of Armor could move to the Armorer and the Blacksmith could handle the disarming of weapons.
There should be no clutter on the list, we shouldn’t be seeing random items that can’t be upgraded. It makes it difficult to find the item we want to upgrade.
A good example of what I’d expect from the other shops is what was done with the Shipwright UI. (Though I think the other UIs might be old ones from WOM.)
A side feature suggestion would be for blacksmiths to be able to merge multiple “Old” weapons into a “regular” weapon, but I’m not too sure if that’s what Vetex wants for the game.
Merchant Deckhand
The Merchant Deckhand isn’t something that gets a notable change in upgrades other than the amount of items they can have in stock. Therefore, I believe that at the Master Tier, merchant deckhands should be able to allow access to the Auction House Marketplace once they reach the Master Tier of their profession. It would be convenient to buy and sell items right on your ship.
Of course, you can make it so they can’t access it inside of the Dark Sea.
Reserved Item Type Slots
As per the replies, the RNG of the Merchants seems to be a pain point, as their usefulness seems to be dependant on luck. Merchants could have designated slots that sell a certain category of item. For example, merchants could have a reserved slot for Reagents, in which a random reagent would appear.
Footnote
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