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Vendors: The Worse Gold Farmers of all

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Vendors: The Worse Gold Farmers of all

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Akaos
12.18.2011 , 08:28 PM | #31
Don't ever right-click when looking at vendor items, I know you want to link the item... but you will likely buy it.... this needs to be addressed by devs

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AADiC
12.18.2011 , 08:34 PM | #32
Quote: Originally Posted by BoredOfMMOS View Post
pay attention

it helps.
How many MMO's have you played that don't confirm before purchase.

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toastiO
12.18.2011 , 08:34 PM | #33
Quote: Originally Posted by Drekos View Post
I made certain assumptions after you showed us that you didn't know the difference between "worse" and "worst". After reading your post, those assumptions have been verified.
You're 100% correct. Maybe I should open up a wares waldo forum website and get everyone to spot the errors in my posts, if you guess correctly you win a lifetime subscription to large e-peens monthly magazine.

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largefarrva
12.18.2011 , 08:46 PM | #34
Quote: Originally Posted by AeonWeapon View Post
I actually happen to be an English literature and language arts teacher for a living, and I find this kind of uptight and pretentious language policing to be very condescending. This is a casual environment, he's not writing a formal essay or a report in which standard English is required. The tone and mode of language in such an environment should be more casual and conversational, so as to promote fun. It's not fun to always adhere to rules.

Your kind of prescriptivist thinking is an outdated and misguided way of thinking about language, as well as narrow minded. This kind of thinking is also discriminatory against those who learned English as a second language (I know how difficult it is to learn a second language and I give credit to anyone who achieves even limited fluency in a language that is not native to them), as well as against those who were raised with non-standard cultural dialects and those who simply have varying ranges of language mastery (which does not indicate their level of intelligence, because they might be quite brilliant in other areas), and it is simply an overly judgmental and holier-than-thou attitude.

People like you are buzz kills; the type of person who walks into a room at a party where everyone is happy and laughing and having a good time and starts a conversation about politics or religion, unpleasant current events, or other such negative-energy-generating topics.
You sir...win the Internet.

Excellent post.

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AeonWeapon
12.18.2011 , 08:54 PM | #35
Quote: Originally Posted by toastiO View Post
In a sense it is user error, but to have one click purchase of items of ridiculous price is definitely a game error. One day you will make the mistake and your bank will got to zero or maybe a friend will jump on your account and he will spend your whole bank balance in under 5 seconds and leave you selling the items back for 1/10th the price.

Another thing I did not mention in the first post and this is to do with the badge part is if you buy items you cannot even use your still in the same boat. I bought a double ended light saber after farming all day for badges only to realize it said light side rank 1 down the bottom instead of dark side rank 1. So I could not use this item at all and had to sell it back for cash instead of getting my badges back. Again you could say user error but why am I able to buy items I cannot even use? But this goes back to buying expensive items also with one click. I know now what I did wrong but to have no lean way on the matter is kinda harsh.
Yeah, people do make mistakes, it should be a little harder to make them. Things like confirmation popups are good for this.
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AeonWeapon
12.18.2011 , 08:55 PM | #36
Quote: Originally Posted by largefarrva View Post
You sir...win the Internet.

Excellent post.
Why thank you good sir. lol
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MrFunkyMunky
12.18.2011 , 09:03 PM | #37
Quote: Originally Posted by toastiO View Post
In a sense it is user error, but to have one click purchase of items of ridiculous price is definitely a game error. One day you will make the mistake and your bank will got to zero or maybe a friend will jump on your account and he will spend your whole bank balance in under 5 seconds and leave you selling the items back for 1/10th the price.

Another thing I did not mention in the first post and this is to do with the badge part is if you buy items you cannot even use your still in the same boat. I bought a double ended light saber after farming all day for badges only to realize it said light side rank 1 down the bottom instead of dark side rank 1. So I could not use this item at all and had to sell it back for cash instead of getting my badges back. Again you could say user error but why am I able to buy items I cannot even use? But this goes back to buying expensive items also with one click. I know now what I did wrong but to have no lean way on the matter is kinda harsh.
Oh, you mean commendations, not badges. Now the rest of your posts make sense.

I have never purchased anything, in beta or thus far in regular, for which I could not get back 100% of the money I had spent. Perhaps speeders are different, but I am unaware. Also, isn't the "preview" keybind ctrl+left-click? I was under the impression such keybinds used left-click, where the one-click purchase was right-click. This is in order to eliminate problems such as the one you've experienced.
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AeonWeapon
12.18.2011 , 09:06 PM | #38
Quote: Originally Posted by MrFunkyMunky View Post
Oh, you mean commendations, not badges. Now the rest of your posts make sense.

I have never purchased anything, in beta or thus far in regular, for which I could not get back 100% of the money I had spent. Perhaps speeders are different, but I am unaware. Also, isn't the "preview" keybind ctrl+left-click? I was under the impression such keybinds used left-click, where the one-click purchase was right-click. This is in order to eliminate problems such as the one you've experienced.
How do you get back 100%? Not trolling, serious question. The buyback prices for me have always been 10% of the purchase price. Does it have to be at 100% durability then you get full value, or something like that? I'll have to test that out, I'm going to make sure I repair before I sell next time and see if it makes a difference.

And regarding the keybind thing, you can mix up left and right click. Maybe you shouldn't be able to right-click purchase while you're holding ctrl, so that mistake doesn't happen. And I still think "are you sure you want to buy XYZ" confirmation windows would be a good addition.
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MrFunkyMunky
12.18.2011 , 09:11 PM | #39
Quote: Originally Posted by AeonWeapon View Post
How do you get back 100%? Not trolling, serious question. The buyback prices for me have always been 10% of the purchase price. Does it have to be at 100% durability then you get full value, or something like that? I'll have to test that out, I'm going to make sure I repair before I sell next time and see if it makes a difference.
Right, yes I'm thinking of buybacks. My mistake.

Quote: Originally Posted by AeonWeapon View Post
And regarding the keybind thing, you can mix up left and right click. Maybe you shouldn't be able to right-click purchase while you're holding ctrl, so that mistake doesn't happen. And I still think "are you sure you want to buy XYZ" confirmation windows would be a good addition.
It's perfectly fine for a user to change their keybinds if they're liable to confuse left- and right-clicking. I'm just saying, the system in place is not flawed. The OP's situation is 100% user error. He admittedly spammed the vendor with right-clicks trying to preview the speeder, without bothering to notice his supply of credits decreasing even though it's right there on the screen. If he had only accidentally purchased a single speeder his losses wouldn't have been that bad since he'd need one eventually any way.
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toastiO
12.18.2011 , 09:13 PM | #40
10% is terrible for cash items and also commendation items you get no commendations back even if you don't wear the item you just get cash.

edit: for the above post I spammed both right and left clicks as I was not sure what one allowed preview while holding control.
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