The Item Shoppe
 

Okay, so we all know GK is slowly dying down, with the lack of updates, meaning less players. Because of this, there are two kinds of people: High-end players that have one-of-a-kind items, and unfortunate players like myself that have more common items. Those with the high-end items do not trade much because unless it is with each other (because no one wants to trade a one-of-a-kind for a RoS!) and those who are unfortunate can not afford the better items.

So i came up with this after the recent addition of the Trade Deputy:

Why not make a shop that you can sell items to for EC/dias based on what the trade deputies put in? The value would be lower than street value of course, in order to encourage trading with other players first

For example, lets say your having a hard time selling your Demon Stone for 35 EC, well if you need some quick EC you could sell it to the shop for 25-30 EC.

This would stimulate the economy, because all of those items that people won't buy can still be sold for EC/dias, and the unfortunate players could eventually save up for some decent items.

This store would not accept junk (like skull swords and such) only decent items like xmas flame swords, golden edge, ice dagger, PMoP, DS,etc. Also, it would have tables were you could BUY rare/one of a kind items AS LONG AS THEY WERE SOLD TO THE STORE. For instance, lets say someone decides to quit, and he sold his dual RoWs and Gale to the store, well one gale armor and two rows would appear on the table for HIGHER than street price, that way it would again, encourage players to trade with others.

Please ,share your thoughts, suggestions, and comments below :) this is something we need greatly!

Would need some serious work for it to function, as I dont think the NPCs recognize if something is enchanted +12 or not, or if it's blessed, which affect the value. Also, people may have stockpiles of something that isn't know (eg owning 15+ xmas flame swords) which would just spam the store with these items that would be considered junk if too many wound up there. Stockpilers like these control the value of certain items.

True, but the +ed items would be entered in as seperate items with higher value. and perhaps maybe a script could be written that detects how much of an item are on the server (IE when i log in, the NPC server counts how many of each item i have and enters into the database, which affects the price slightly)

but why would you want to take out items from the economy?

dumb

its for items that won't sell, like xmas flame swords. And like i said, the prices would be lower than street value, which would encourage players to only use this shop as a last resort.

it would have to be significantly less than what the trade deputy says

half the time i sell my stuff for nothing because nobody wants it anyway. What if I sold 400 Xmas flames for 100 EC, that's a lot of coin added to the economy just off that transaction.

Why would you sell an uber item to a shop for less than 'street value' just so you can watch another player buy it out of the shop a few minutes later for more than what you just sold it for? I personally would not put anything rare up for sale just so I can see potential profit flying straight out of the window.

It's a neat idea, but flawed on so many levels.

There's never a need for last resorts, you just have to be patient and get your break that will make you move up to the 'epic tier' you might win an event with a rare prize, land a lucky RoW in a shop, or someone desperate might be overpaying for something. There is also gold key quests, that once you figure out the pattern can generate pretty regular income so you can buy stuff. We've all been in the 'poor zone' at some time, tough it out and you'll get there eventually.

Wiser words have never been said.

I have been there a few times and I am there right now, luckily last time I got saved by the christmas dungeons and the newly released armour set.

are war hammers or Ring of Thieves still worth anything?

Nah both are a dime a dozen. The RoT is the only thing worth it's weight - I'll buy both from you for 5EC :D

Lol, we'll see. Haven't managed that with almost 2k hours.

Now with this gambling, rich players get even more junk. Granted someone loses it, but it's still there.

And that is why we need a shop like this, sure it has its flaws right now, but we need one and it has to be perfect. Its the rich that control everything, they hoard all the good items, and when the price raises they sell 1 or 2 at a time. There was someone who had 5 RoWs at one point within the past couple days, and gambled it away, wouldn't sell it, and now whoever has those 5 RoWs probably will do the same thing.

Its also funny to me how the people shooting this idea down are the people who control the economy. Seems a lot like the gilded age with monopolies and all that, cornering the market and shooting down any smaller business (players) that try to compete.

that doesnt make any ****in sense

It makes perfect sense,
wait for player to buy for street value
purpose of the shop: item that won't sell<
sell to shop for lower price
Rare items- same thing, only you can buy them back for higher than street price. You sell all the low-end items that no one will want/buy to the shop to make a small profit, or if your quitting and don't want to destroy your rares, keep them or sell it to the shop so others may buy it at a later date.

Nobody quits kingdoms, they just take extended leaves of absence. I've 'quit' quite a few times and was happy to have kept my RoWs (which I purchased at 500 dias a piece back in the day) and not have to restart back at 0 when I did come back

On what planet?

Probably the planet of the robots hence the name roboman :P

Also
Who would destroy their rares?

probably by leaving them in a house

Or i've seen some people alch their rare items

Yes mostly this. I leave my stuff in my house and when I come back to repair it I'm out of gold and can't subscribe for new right away.

put down dat pipe son

i saw knux alch is rares a couple days ago actually, i don't know if he kept anything though

Thats why the playercount is so high!? :confused:

define rares

ring of adornment

haha yeah totally xD i don't remember exactly, but he did have some decent **** that he just alched up. He "Wanted to start fresh"

/reset

/restart ;)

same junk na mean?

yeah i don't get it either. but he did it anyway, and if we had a shop, atl east he could have gotten some ECs for some of his better stuff in order to buy a few new things or save up