So - this is what i keep hoping SE does for FC's - but figured i'd post it here for people to comment on.
The idea - an FC/House shopkeeper. With the following workings
1) Similar to company chest - but your required to set a price on every item on the shopkeeper.
2) multiple tabs (like the chest) where you can set access restrictions
3) history - similar to company chest.
4) gil tab/button - similar to company chest - w/ permissions and so on.
To the User/purchaser this would appear as a shopkeeper with multiple tabs - they would only be able to access tabs they have been granted "purchase" rights too. Maybe only two tabs but maybe more. Ideally this would let you set at a minimum a "public" tab and an FC only tab. Even better would be able to seperate tabs by FC rank (so that raid leaders can buy food for their raids - but no individual FC member can "clean" it out).
In effect this would permit FC crafters to sell items to only FC members at reduced rates in one tab - and other things to everyone in the world at whatever rates. It does create a possible issue with people putting stuff up in the wrong tab or wrong prices (right now this can only happen on a personal level rather than an FC level) but i feel the benefits would FAR outweigh the detractors.
Additional notes
1) can only be placed inside a house
2) can only have a "public" tab if your house is public
3) Possibly have the "housing enthusiast" list all "public" items for sale from the "fc shopkeepers" - this one might be a little to difficult on a technical level though.
4) possibly permit a setting to send a portion of sales to FC chest? - just a thought though (KamikazeMan)
Bonus impacts
1) additional traffic in housing zones from NON-FC players
2) Crafters and FC's can develop server wide reputations for what they sell, what they can do, and at what price (something crafters would LOVE to do).
feel free to hash it out some more and lets see if we get a response![]()