Mercantile

Anonononomous · Post by **Anonononomous** » Tue May 25, 2004 12:03 pm

Is there a mod that fixes the Mercantile skill?

blake · Post by **blake** » Tue May 25, 2004 8:17 pm

not that i have found, and i have looked alot... what is really funny is that my first 5 chars all had mercantile as a main skill *sigh*

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue May 25, 2004 8:24 pm

None. Believe me, I've checked.

arno_v · Post by **arno_v** » Wed May 26, 2004 11:15 am

What's wrong with the Mercantile skill?

Anonononomous · Post by **Anonononomous** » Wed May 26, 2004 12:40 pm

As you get a higher skill, you get charged less for items... but you also charge less yourself hen you sell them. You're supposed to charge more.

arno_v · Post by **arno_v** » Wed May 26, 2004 1:37 pm

Lol never noticed it, maybe caus my mercantile skill isn't that high.

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed May 26, 2004 1:37 pm

I don't know the formula, so I've no idea if there's a "point" at which you ideally make the most from selling and buying. I've heard there is, though.

i4v02v95i5p09k9 · Post by **i4v02v95i5p09k9** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:20 pm

Mercantile goes in accordance with Personality and Speechcraft. If you have high amounts of points in all of these, you can buy stuff really cheap.

Anonononomous · Post by **Anonononomous** » Fri May 28, 2004 12:30 pm

Problem is I don't buy stuff as much as sell it.

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri May 28, 2004 1:51 pm

It makes sense, then, to not even bother with that skill.

Has anyone tried making friends with a merchant, to see if they pay less, as well as charge less, for merchandise> Rather like Mercantile?

i4v02v95i5p09k9 · Post by **i4v02v95i5p09k9** » Fri May 28, 2004 4:52 pm

Yeah, I have.. I started an Argo the other day and he had absolutely no personality, speechcraft, or mercantile. But I bribed a merchant up to 100 disposition and his prices were significantly lower, but im sure if you had those 3 skills it would be lower still.

Economics is a *****

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri May 28, 2004 6:06 pm

Originally posted by i4v02v95i5p09k9
Yeah, I have.. I started an Argo the other day and he had absolutely no personality, speechcraft, or mercantile. But I bribed a merchant up to 100 disposition and his prices were significantly lower, but im sure if you had those 3 skills it would be lower still.

But I was wondering if he also paid you less for things you sold to him, after raising his disposition.

blake · Post by **blake** » Fri May 28, 2004 6:55 pm

the offering price is lower but you can haggle for more, that is the bug in mercantile... If they like you: they charge less but offer less instead of charging less and offering more.