Used: Merchants: Bartering gold vs max buy price

While I realize that capping buying prices is one way to keep some level of control on the gold in game, I think that combining price caps with limited barter gold on merchants is not such a great idea. It would be better even to have simply the buy-caps.

I already avoid doing any loot selling in shops low level characters are bound to go to (smitty for example) because of the limited barter gold. Angelina now seems to have limited barter gold as well as the gnome in macedone. I have no problems with cutting their max buy prices, but with limited barter gold, it would take either Alastair or Angelica one sell-session to completely wipe out either of those merchants with the loot from just 15 minutes of hunting due to their high appraisals. And due to their high appraisals, I can't even really 'restock' the merchants gold by buying stuff from them as they can sell an item for much more than the merchant sells it for, and I would end up buying loads of stuff I really don't want or need just to make sure other players can use the emrchant.

To me personally... not an issue. But it's placing me, and any other PCs with high appraisal in the position of having to decide whether to sell our loot and prevent other players from selling (which makes me feel like a total jackass ), or just not selling anything (which kinda sucks). Lowering the buy caps even more won't be too much of an issue I would think. Many of the buy caps currently are incredibly generous, and I don't mind them so much really. I wouldn't mind them lower. 40K per 1 high end item is still a massive profit, even smitty's 7500 for a high end item looted off a monster is a massive profit. The limited barter gold just makes things unfair all around I think.

i haven't run into problems with lady shea or the oculus in campton but it is definitely frustrating when you're level 4 and can't sell anything to darla or smitty in the vale. maybe if you want to keep things mostly as they are you could set those 2 merchants to have an unlimited supply of gold with the low buy caps they have?

Thanks, folks. Some changes on the way.

Hey, what about something like this? (Deva Bryson Winblood's Merchant in a Bottle 1.0) Be pretty cool to sell off your stuff in this manner - that way it wouldn't affect the other merchants barter/cap/gold limitations. :

You could always sacrifice valuable items with the sacrificial flame. You deity likes that.