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Pen N Popper · 04-25-08, 07:37 AM

That's a very good point, Honora. How to balance interaction and RP with OOC coordination?

An idea:

Player A meets player B and they agree to some deal (eg. 200 clay lumps for 10 lion skins). They 'use' their market folder and click through the menu of the myriad items that can be gathered and crafted. Player A selects 10 lion skins and then the 'write shipping order' menu entry. This creates a shipping ticket that is given to player B. B will hunt lions and put the skins into A's shipping ticket. When the order is filled completely, the ticket just becomes a receipt and is no longer usable. The reverse is done for the 200 clay so that A can ship it to B. The items themselves get shipped to a warehouse where they can be picked up (like the bank).

In this manner, gatherers can coordinate with buyers through RP ingame but after that the shipping mechanism is nice in an OOC manner.

04-25-08, 07:37 AM	#5
Pen N Popper Lich Characters Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,416 Thanks: 105 Thanked 289 Times in 98 Posts	Re: Market Place That's a very good point, Honora. How to balance interaction and RP with OOC coordination? An idea: Player A meets player B and they agree to some deal (eg. 200 clay lumps for 10 lion skins). They 'use' their market folder and click through the menu of the myriad items that can be gathered and crafted. Player A selects 10 lion skins and then the 'write shipping order' menu entry. This creates a shipping ticket that is given to player B. B will hunt lions and put the skins into A's shipping ticket. When the order is filled completely, the ticket just becomes a receipt and is no longer usable. The reverse is done for the 200 clay so that A can ship it to B. The items themselves get shipped to a warehouse where they can be picked up (like the bank). In this manner, gatherers can coordinate with buyers through RP ingame but after that the shipping mechanism is nice in an OOC manner.