FIXED NPC Pricing

[xG00BERx]

Not A Bug - Instant restock on NPC vendors

Since the recent 'fix' on the vendor pricing, I am now able to purchase items from NPC on a continuous basis since they now have instant restock. Is this normal? Also the item count seems to go funny with certain items for sale (mainly raw materials like ingots, boards, fish steaks) starting...

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We currently run the system that is stated in here where you have to sell items to NPC's to get them to lower their value... only issue is on HeritageUO we don't allow the selling to NPC's which I could give a fuck about until now.

@Dexter did a check on the code and from what he could see the only way to get the prices to drop was to sell back to an NPC(once again this is disabled)

So there either needs to be a weekly reset or maybe each night there is a price reduction a few gold to each Vendor each night or something? Im not sure but right now there is no way for the NPC's to get a reduction in pricing thus someday we might have a reg costing 150 gp...

Also I think this system is dumb since Empty Bottles aren't craftable and nobody is going to sell Empty bottles to an NPC and on Heritage I don't think this is a viable system...

Anyways, its kind of a bug due to heritage custom no sell but also kind of a ridiculous system in itself for potion makers IMO.

 

[Magus Zeal]

I thought they go down if no one buys from them for an entire cycle? Otherwise wouldn't leather be always maxed? (it isn't)

 

[Dan]

On real UO I noticed that sometimes NPC shop keepers disappear and re-appear. (despawn and respawn)

I have seen prices go up on the things, and then I have seen them go back down. Example is the Vesper Crates that the NPC in Vesper sells. I have seen them go up to 48k and then back to 45k, the stock price.

 

[Magus Zeal]

Also Goober, bottles are craftable by glass blowers (not that ive done this). Mine sand.

 

[Mrriots]

Also Goober, bottles are craftable by glass blowers (not that ive done this). Mine sand.

You get 1 sand per 12 seconds. Or 2 per 12 if in felucca. To get enough sand you need to spend a tremendous amount of time just to craft bottles, which will make the potions more expensive in the long run

 

[Magus Zeal]

lol uo is so dumb

 

[Mrriots]

Theres a reason i charge 150k for soulbinders, them a bitch.

 

[xG00BERx]

Soooooo would just reseting the price be each night at server restart be tje best?

This was the route Dexter and I talked about and would be the easiest?

 

[Magus Zeal]

reseting the price be each

The only thing i don't understand is - doesn't the price already go back down? If it didn't, wouldn't EVERYTHING ever purchased already be super inflated?

 

[xG00BERx]

The only thing i don't understand is - doesn't the price already go back down? If it didn't, wouldn't EVERYTHING ever purchased already be super inflated?

‍ Dexter didnt see anything in the code for that so idk how often or how it works, might just need to be looked into further cuz technically it shouldn't be based on RealUO system which is garbage imo

 

[Magus Zeal]

I believe there is some reset mechanism on all npc's every hour. I see it with bod bribing and vendor stocks. I haven't tracked this but I believe the price increments back down if the shop has no activity for that hour.

 

[Omalley]

I have seen prices go down as well, but not sure how. And it seems to take forever.

 

[xG00BERx]

Luna was at like 55 gold per bottle yesterday on the Alchemist where other vendors in the world were 2gp per bottle to start. It would have to take a lot of time to get those badboys yanked that high and not have them reset.

I checked a few locations yesterday that were not bought up and I know what $ I got them to so I will check to see if they reverted at all.

I guess my big thing with this system is I dont see the benefit of it, buying perishables from an NPC shouldn't take forever for the prices to reset. I dont mind them going up for the day etc to take some money out of the game etc but 27,500$ GP for 500 bottles makes me wanna lose it lmao

 

[Omalley]

Luna was at like 55 gold per bottle yesterday on the Alchemist where other vendors in the world were 2gp per bottle to start. It would have to take a lot of time to get those badboys yanked that high and not have them reset.

I checked a few locations yesterday that were not bought up and I know what $ I got them to so I will check to see if they reverted at all.

I guess my big thing with this system is I dont see the benefit of it, buying perishables from an NPC shouldn't take forever for the prices to reset. I dont mind them going up for the day etc to take some money out of the game etc but 27,500$ GP for 500 bottles makes me wanna lose it lmao

U could mine sand and craft bottles But I have to agree the system is broken, something should make them come down, cuse right now it can go a while before 1g drop in price

 

[xG00BERx]

U could mine sand and craft bottles But I have to agree the system is broken, something should make them come down, cuse right now it can go a while before 1g drop in price

Never mining sand for bottles lmao

 

[xG00BERx]

@Dan @Dexter Prices at NPC's are still the same as sunday and haven't dropped any idea what the plan is on this xD

 

[Dan]

Nope, we have not even discussed it between each other.

When we have something to update on this we will post it here.

 

[xG00BERx]

Nope, we have not even discussed it between each other.

When we have something to update on this we will post it here.

Thanks - its just getting expensive to stock a vendor and make a profit past the ammount I have worked it up to and until it goes down or is forced down by a new system I cannot continue to provide resources I am selling :\

 

[Dan]

No, I got that. Is super easy to re-set all their prices and I am not against them simply re-setting at the 6 am restart. I think it makes the most sense.

 

[xG00BERx]

No, I got that. Is super easy to re-set all their prices and I am not against them simply re-setting at the 6 am restart. I think it makes the most sense.

Awesome sounds good - Thank you.