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    Community Rep Grekumah's Avatar
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    Due to the additional server load this would cause, the development team considers the customization of housing merchants a difficult task to achieve. There has been some interest from players who would like their housing merchant to fit in with the style of the interior decoration and the development team is aware of this, and will be looking into adding multiple variations on the NPCs’ designs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grekumah View Post
    Due to the additional server load this would cause, the development team considers the customization of housing merchants a difficult task to achieve. There has been some interest from players who would like their housing merchant to fit in with the style of the interior decoration and the development team is aware of this, and will be looking into adding multiple variations on the NPCs’ designs.
    Could you please simply give us an FC-based option to make FC-Player Retainers sell *exclusively* to FC members?

    So we can set up a private shop for FC members to purchase goods at a premium value.

    Or (possibly better yet) we could set a "FC Discount Rate" to where if an FC member buys our MB sale-items from an FC Retainer... they get an automatic discount (unlike regular buyers).

    As a Bonus Suggestion... an option to hide their name would be welcome.

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    Last edited by BigPapaSmurf; 02-02-2015 at 07:13 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grekumah View Post
    Due to the additional server load this would cause, the development team considers the customization of housing merchants a difficult task to achieve. There has been some interest from players who would like their housing merchant to fit in with the style of the interior decoration and the development team is aware of this, and will be looking into adding multiple variations on the NPCs’ designs.
    Could we get our retainers certified to perform one of the tasks of the housing NPCs? We can already put retainers on our property, and merchants in our houses. Is there something preventing the retainers on our properties from also offering the goods/services of one of those housing NPCs, or from having the housing NPCs inside the house take on the appearance of a retainer?
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    Player Jeckyl_Tesla's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grekumah View Post
    Due to the additional server load this would cause, the development team considers the customization of housing merchants a difficult task to achieve. There has been some interest from players who would like their housing merchant to fit in with the style of the interior decoration and the development team is aware of this, and will be looking into adding multiple variations on the NPCs’ designs.
    Can you please explain how this will cause problems with the server load?

    One second, you're telling people that you can't create customization for them because it'd create server load (why you just can't do the same as you do with retainers is beyond me.)

    Next second, you're telling us that you'll create them yourselves. How does that work in difference to server load? Surely it's still one character and so it'd have the same things.

    And yet, as someone stated above me. How is this any different from having your retainers on the outside?
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    R'aziyah Muji
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigPapaSmurf View Post
    If anything, could you please simply give us an FC-based option to make Household Retainers sell *exclusively* to FC members?
    So we can set up a private shop for FC members to purchase goods at a premium value.
    Or (possibly better yet) we could set a "FC Discount Rate" to where if an FC member buys our MB sale-items from an FC Retainer... they get an automatic discount (unlike regular buyers).
    I REALLY support this Idea because i really see the new housing retainers useless. I was SO disappointed when i found out that FC retainers did not have an option to sell to FC only or to Public Only. Having that option would filter gil back into FC's and Players could make that Retainer a " FC " Retainer that they sell their goods at a discount for FC members.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeckyl_Tesla View Post
    Can you please explain how this will cause problems with the server load?
    your Retainer appearance is already saved, they simply have to bring it up that one time and resave it one time when you place it. it's not really new.

    it's also fairly easy for them to pre-make 100 different models and you choose 1-4, compared to letting each home owner pick different races, hairstyles, outfits, eye color, etc, etc. pre-made models is not customization.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grekumah View Post
    Due to the additional server load this would cause, the development team considers the customization of housing merchants a difficult task to achieve. There has been some interest from players who would like their housing merchant to fit in with the style of the interior decoration and the development team is aware of this, and will be looking into adding multiple variations on the NPCs’ designs.
    What about adding the option of 5-6 premade gear sets to chose from instead of full customisation?
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