it's where the player becomes a shop. the UI is setup so that in certain places when you hit escape or other means, you can place 5 or more items in a 'trade screen'. Then you set a price. your characters can emote something to grab attention that you are selling something.
you are logged in, and are usually afk.
here's a video setting one up in Warframe
i've played games with afk shops and i don't like them. the area lags, there's no good way to advertise. and having to look at each shop isn't fun. it'd be better to have a website dedicated to being a market and let those meet up when a buyer wants something which would end up happening anyways.
it was supposed to be a 'fun cool thing' but people with it ran in to the capital cities and it was killing everyone. people were pretty pissed about it.
http://www.wowhead.com/forums&topic=48283 (use an adblock, it's pretty bad on that site)
people hated it because there was no cure. try to find anything on the Wrath of the Lich King pre-patch. This is why I said no developer has done it well. The other game that had it was Horizons (not Istaria) but they had dragons immune to the disease and could craft a cure.
I haven’t see too many games that do contagion very well.
this could be used to poison water and food. would be a great way to get back at those that loot your food or drink!
so many RP ideas for this too.
can humans have a summon beast that does the same thing?
@mazikar said in Idea: Ability that allows evil summoners to summon PC demons.:
This is a pretty awesome idea and would be amazing. The only downside would be summoning a AFK demon lol. While in all practical purposes it would be awesome it would also have some interesting possibilities. If voip was a thing... summoning a foul mouthed 9 year old real life demon could be rather entertaining if nothing else to perform a banishment. I am all about entertainment and summoning player demons sounds pretty darn cool.
if the demon has to click ok they aren't afk though.
it has to be a one size fits all. we have full loot mechanic.
I mean they can have race specific gear. I remember it in DAoC.
@morridin said in Will there be a way to change your Attributes?:
I love how this thread is an actual discussion and not just stupidly arguing for permance or a specific game mechanic they like but actually taking the time to respond to others and defend their ideas.
yeah it's quite nice. no name calling, trolling or fits being tossed. Sure we have people that disagree but they aren't trying to do each others' mother.
@morridin said in Will there be a way to change your Attributes?:
A slow change over time sounds tge best to me. It will be difficult to balance consequences with freedom, but if done well could be an absolutely wonderful part of the game.
+1
yep. you can use it to advertise also. just put a contract up where you list it as protection. you cant pay via the contract but you can get some PM's about it and arrange a payment.
DS would have to prevent urls and certain characters from being used to prevent gold spam via contracts.
@finland said in Contracts?:
there are not illegal items in the game you can sell everything (looted/dropped/crafted)
I said IF. if they had contracts they could offer illegal items on the beastkin and human world. I'm sure the demons wouldn't care.
@specter said in Contracts?:
Just a fyi, there's no global auction house in Fractured. If you want to sell your items in a specific region, you will have to bring your wares there yourself.
my statement of paying someone to move those goods implied planets had different values. Contracts is just a means to get someone to move items for you without theft. IE the game would know x accepted the quest, and x did or did not complete it. if they did then the reward would be given (as it was paid upfront) or the deposit was kept by the person who issued the contract.
The contract allows for another profession in the economy. contracts could be used to place a bounty on someone!
@finland said in Idea: Ability that allows evil summoners to summon PC demons.:
It's called necromancy and you can summon
necro refers to dead. Demons aren't dead..
Only problem is you can't offer illegal goods on it.
contracts in Eve don't require a special npc (although they would in Fractured).
could be added to the first expansion or free content patch.
[e] the demon if accepted would have to stay for a certain length of time. otherwise they'd click yes then just banish themselves.
I'd be down for this!
