The Merchants of Belvast: The Mabinogi Commerce System

• WHACKAMOLE wrote on 2011-10-24 05:43

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  really looking forward to this, instanced battles bring me back to my early mmo days :)
• Wasbewwi wrote on 2011-10-24 06:11
  no selling pets?
• Cide wrote on 2011-10-24 06:12

  Quote from WHACKAMOLE;633364:

  really looking forward to this, instanced battles bring me back to my early mmo days :)

  
  
  is not instanced.
• Iyasenu wrote on 2011-10-24 07:46

  Quote from Cide;633433:

  is not instanced.

  
  
  Never thought about this until now, but since this is gonna be a new thing and a large portion of people are gonna want to do this...
  
  If there's multiple people all taking the same path, would each person get separate bandit spawns?
  If so, if a lot of people happen to be traveling in the same area at the same time, or traveling together, would there be a lot of bandits?
  
  Can people kill another person's bandits?
• Mentosftw wrote on 2011-10-24 07:49
  How would you know which bandits are yours xD
• Nalgor wrote on 2011-10-24 12:10

  Quote from Mentosftw;633533:

  How would you know which bandits are yours xD

  
  
  WINDMILL! At least till you can pick up your stuff again :D
• Shisummy wrote on 2011-10-24 16:02
  i guess only you can see the bandits on hide-mode
  not sure how the spawned bandits will work tho
• TropicalCat wrote on 2011-10-24 16:46

  Quote from Shisummy;633744:

  i guess only you can see the bandits on hide-mode
  not sure how the spawned bandits will work tho

  
  
  They have a wierd AI... Once they see your Cargo they'll go after it, once they get to it they will "Gather" from it.
  Which drains your cargo's HP
• BizarreJuju wrote on 2011-10-24 17:33

  Quote from Vejosa;629805:

  Bandits,
  [video=youtube;_YUX8I269Ac]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YUX8I269Ac&feature=channel_video_title[/video]

  
  
  WHYYYYY HE WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY WHO WAS SUFFERING FROM HUNGER WITH NO FAMILY D:
  
  *bury midget*
• Ithiliel wrote on 2011-10-24 17:37
  This seems pretty cool. Can someone explain the ducat system more though? How do you acquire ducats outside of the 300 that's already given?
• M wrote on 2011-10-24 18:56
  I'm going to attempt to answer some things here :)
  
  

  Quote from Lilith;633815:

  This seems pretty cool. Can someone explain the ducat system more though? How do you acquire ducats outside of the 300 that's already given?

  
  You purchase goods with your original 300 ducats, travel to another town and sell the goods, you profit. That is the main way of making ducats. I think there might be some quest(s) or something that give small amounts, but you have to buy them with ducats(?). Merchanting is by far the best way as you can progressively make more and more and more
  

  Quote from Shisummy;633744:

  i guess only you can see the bandits on hide-mode
  not sure how the spawned bandits will work tho

  
  The only bandits I've ever experienced are ones hiding behind tree/rock/etc costumes. Easily avoidable. You can do a thousand runs just avoiding enemies as far as I could tell
  

  Quote from Mentosftw;633533:

  How would you know which bandits are yours xD

  
  Bandits are universal I'm pretty sure. Meaning if you're with a friend and you see bandits, he does too. If you aggro them, your friend can laugh at you and keep on his merry way.
  

  Quote from Iyasenu;633531:

  Never thought about this until now, but since this is gonna be a new thing and a large portion of people are gonna want to do this...
  
  If there's multiple people all taking the same path, would each person get separate bandit spawns?
  If so, if a lot of people happen to be traveling in the same area at the same time, or traveling together, would there be a lot of bandits?
  
  Can people kill another person's bandits?

  
  Like I said, you would see the same spawns I'm almost positive. There aren't any more bandits than before, I think they just respawn around the same areas(?). And finally, yes you can kill other peoples bandits and save/help them. If you're in a guild of newbies, pack together and trek together for a higher chance of survival xD
  
  All in all, bandits are not hard and easily avoidable imo
• Aubog007 wrote on 2011-10-24 21:47

  Quote from Maia;633883:

  I'm going to attempt to answer some things here :)
  
  
  You purchase goods with your original 300 ducats, travel to another town and sell the goods, you profit. That is the main way of making ducats. I think there might be some quest(s) or something that give small amounts, but you have to buy them with ducats(?). Merchanting is by far the best way as you can progressively make more and more and more
  
  The only bandits I've ever experienced are ones hiding behind tree/rock/etc costumes. Easily avoidable. You can do a thousand runs just avoiding enemies as far as I could tell
  
  Bandits are universal I'm pretty sure. Meaning if you're with a friend and you see bandits, he does too. If you aggro them, your friend can laugh at you and keep on his merry way.
  
  Like I said, you would see the same spawns I'm almost positive. There aren't any more bandits than before, I think they just respawn around the same areas(?). And finally, yes you can kill other peoples bandits and save/help them. If you're in a guild of newbies, pack together and trek together for a higher chance of survival xD
  
  All in all, bandits are not hard and easily avoidable imo

  
  
  Rly.
  
  Advance in the trading system.
  I dare you.
  This is going to be fun.
  Lowbies are going to get massacred.
  
  

  [Image: http://mabinogi.gameabout.com/uploads/mabinogi/bbs/2011/20111018053523f7193.jpg]
• nandattebayo wrote on 2011-10-24 23:44

  Quote from Aubog007;634127:

  Rly.
  
  Advance in the trading system.
  I dare you.
  This is going to be fun.
  Lowbies are going to get massacred.
  
  

  [Image: http://mabinogi.gameabout.com/uploads/mabinogi/bbs/2011/20111018053523f7193.jpg]

  
  
  Looks like you interrupted a Bandit birthday party.
• Iyasenu wrote on 2011-10-25 00:24

  Quote from Aubog007;634127:

  Rly.
  
  Advance in the trading system.
  I dare you.
  This is going to be fun.
  Lowbies are going to get massacred.
  
  

  [Image: http://mabinogi.gameabout.com/uploads/mabinogi/bbs/2011/20111018053523f7193.jpg]

  
  
  That's a looooot of bandits. xD
  
  I thought the bandits would be scaled to your character's level or something.
  That exp is kind of okay, but that person's HP :[
• Shisummy wrote on 2011-10-25 00:52

  Quote from Aubog007;634127:

  Rly.
  
  Advance in the trading system.
  I dare you.
  This is going to be fun.
  Lowbies are going to get massacred.
  
  

  [Image: http://mabinogi.gameabout.com/uploads/mabinogi/bbs/2011/20111018053523f7193.jpg]

  
  
  jesus christ ...