Ignoring the fact that Unnamed Character’s imagination sequence was much less interesting than it usually is, why do RPG shopkeepers want to buy everything you have? Besides the obvious reason of “because it’s a game and players need some way to make money.”
Reminds me of that quest line in FF9, where all the people want stuff like Rat’s Tails and random garbage. Hell, in FF1, an all-mighty dragon wanted a rat’s tail before he’d bestow the ultimate power on you.
You should have shown long haired characters imagination sequence .-.
Also, not every game does that, some games only certain shops can buy certain items.
Oblivion fixed that with their job specific items and their fixed income. Now if only they can fix the AI. 2 Peseants were programmed to rake and hoe. The catch is the raker was given a hoe, and the hoer was given the rake. The result was that both peasents went to a bloody fist fight death match for the other’s farming tool.
The endless pool of money comes from swindling players, and if it’s an MMORPG in question, more suckers than your typical game.
As for the willingness to buy garbage? Hmm… Hazy border and perhaps even Rinnosuke if I may?
“Perfect! That naive little witch customer sold me her ‘garbage’ items unaware of the magical properties they have when combined. Now I can finally build that exploding laser cannon to rule the world with an iron fist. The only thing I have to worry about is if that very player finds out about my plan and goes after me on a quest to save the world.”
@Pingy: But you can make ASCII hearts (if you mean <3).
You just need to type the ‘character entity’ for the ‘less-than’ symbol, which is:
& l t ;
(with no spaces).
The same trick works on YouTube and other places which choke on actual < and > (& g t ;) symbols.
And then there is Dungeon Crawl where the shops refuse to buy anything whatsoever. One of the lesser worries you’ll have as you make new chara after another… (you’re doing good if a chara lives for 30 min and deaths are permanent). I’ve died of food poisoning, falling down stairs and super mobs that randomly decided to be in a lowbie zone… among many. My friend got teleported into Hell because he was using an unidentified dagger (of distortion) when he was a lowbie.
Man though, would love to see an RPG do that to you ^^
This is the first post.
And I got it.
XD
i would have thought that they would have sold them in alternate dementions
imagination sequence…
also, i actually had the chance to get the 001 post. but i didnt want to just rush in and post
Wow, reminds me alot of Golden Sun. I would’ve loved to see Long-haired character’s imagination scene, or Yukari’s, either would’ve worked.
Reminds me of that quest line in FF9, where all the people want stuff like Rat’s Tails and random garbage. Hell, in FF1, an all-mighty dragon wanted a rat’s tail before he’d bestow the ultimate power on you.
A rat’s tail.
You should have shown long haired characters imagination sequence .-.
Also, not every game does that, some games only certain shops can buy certain items.
I personally think a game economy, and weapons and armor production, based entirely off of recycled junk, would be kind of cool :o
lol maybe all shopkeepers in games are packrats
Oblivion fixed that with their job specific items and their fixed income. Now if only they can fix the AI. 2 Peseants were programmed to rake and hoe. The catch is the raker was given a hoe, and the hoer was given the rake. The result was that both peasents went to a bloody fist fight death match for the other’s farming tool.
The last frame is awesome.
And I wish shopkeepers did that in real life too. ;_;
Heh. Nice idea, KirbyM.
My imagination had Rinnosuke, but he leaved me ;_;
HAHA, yeah, that might be the way it really does happen
if that appear in a RPG i dont play more XD
tilde heart at special herb of herbiness~
and I cant wait until I can make more ascii hearts in Walfas p_p
“Wooden Arrow of the Rat”
Greatest poison projectile ever?
QUITE POSSIBLY!
Wooded Arrow of the Rat?
Is that like the Rat-Flail’s Ranged Weapon Cousin?
The endless pool of money comes from swindling players, and if it’s an MMORPG in question, more suckers than your typical game.
As for the willingness to buy garbage? Hmm… Hazy border and perhaps even Rinnosuke if I may?
“Perfect! That naive little witch customer sold me her ‘garbage’ items unaware of the magical properties they have when combined. Now I can finally build that exploding laser cannon to rule the world with an iron fist. The only thing I have to worry about is if that very player finds out about my plan and goes after me on a quest to save the world.”
Because that’s what his job is.
supply and demand man, supply and demand. There’s got to be someone who needs a slime tail or a cow tail
you’re making 30cents a day, !
this flat need more reality !! who know lizard tail maybe delicious
@Pingy: But you can make ASCII hearts (if you mean <3).
You just need to type the ‘character entity’ for the ‘less-than’ symbol, which is:
& l t ;
(with no spaces).
The same trick works on YouTube and other places which choke on actual < and > (& g t ;) symbols.
And then there is Dungeon Crawl where the shops refuse to buy anything whatsoever. One of the lesser worries you’ll have as you make new chara after another… (you’re doing good if a chara lives for 30 min and deaths are permanent). I’ve died of food poisoning, falling down stairs and super mobs that randomly decided to be in a lowbie zone… among many. My friend got teleported into Hell because he was using an unidentified dagger (of distortion) when he was a lowbie.
Man though, would love to see an RPG do that to you ^^
some games make it interesting with “pawn shops” and whatnot but whatever rpg conventions can’t be rid of
also ¦BO
that was long-haired character’s expression
or something
That last frame image of Unnamed Character friend is priceless, or rather I enjoy that look.
Can’t go wrong with really awesome things. :3
I just noticed that there were 9 Ice Shards, being sold at 9G each.
I lol’d.
oh wow.
Nice.
You needed a “Rat Flail”
I think that happens in Etrian Odyssey…
I’m curious about Long-haired Character’s imagination sequence.
After all, it had lasers and explosions.