[eski2]

For people playing on the minilogin servers, buying a potion from a shaman vendor is not an option. This is a shame as potions add viability to soloing (although i really can't figure the potion belt out, it's more awkward than in other games i've played).

Since the economy of a soloer is isolated and might be really warped (some will just give themselves bazillions of plat because they can, i know i had to see what it was like to be too encumbered to move from plat, ah!), the only way to get them in game is either create an alt and tradeskill them (which is not much fun without macros and a viable economy to gather the ingredients for you) or use gm commands. Gm commands are like game killers, potentially, and i'd like to minimise them in my solo game. I played with the idea of having some means of trading between servers but the potential for abuse was horrible.

(I remember how i felt when my EQ server was overrun by people botting or playing for money in third world sweatshops... i stopped playing because i couldn't compete if i didn't cheat, bit like baseball players and steroids i suppose.)

Would it be hard to select all tradeskill produced items and put them on vendors? i presume the cost of almost every item has already been chosen in Titanium as i used to see player made products on vendors occasionally but it was cheaper to buy at the bazaar. without a working bazaar in a solo game, a vendor would be a good alternative and the prices shouldn't make them over used.

Note to self; must learn SQL. I suspect this is really easy to organise with a few lines of coding.