An Npc that you can sell stuff to

Rosettesidk [Basic || 17 posts] on 9/11/2023 10:13 pm

If you know a game called "wild horse island" on roblox, you know how there's an npc you can sell to. I would love something similar, I've seen other games have an Npc obsessed with shiny stuff, one obsessed with horses no matter what one. I feel it should depend on age, level, ps, and how many colors of the horse it has. Something like this would be so helpful. Last month, there use to be an average of 40+ people in game, now only 15-20. Nobody is buying horses anymore and we need to have something to sell them. Otherwise, people are gonna be super annoyed trying to sell horses, cause if your like me, I don't buy from other people. 

 

 

Thoughts?


Rosi

Post Count: 60

9/11/2023 10:16 pm

Bro full support. Though I usually gain money from halter shows, a ton of times I have 4-5 horses I need to sell but nobody wants them! And everyone is probably busy at work while I have time at home. I would love an Npc to sell horses to! Though, I feel a money min and max is there. Min should be 100(if old horse/normal colors), and max being foundation(should be rare chances, for a few good genes). Maybe flaxen should boost it +500$. 

 

 

Still, my full support on this idea! I hope they see this idea and use it.



Maki

Post Count: 542

9/12/2023 9:25 am

This is suggested pretty much all the time. 

Kind of suggested Here

Here, Here, Here, and Here

 

All a little bit different but all with the same kind of similar idea of having some kind of NPC/automated store to buy/sell back items/horses for bits instead of only to players. 

 

 



roseia

Post Count: 15

9/12/2023 3:08 pm

Support- so many are asking for it so I bet it will happen-



roseia

Post Count: 15

9/12/2023 3:10 pm

@maki the thing is that rosi is giving a lot more details on the subject and evidence why it should be added- others do say it's hard to sell stuff but still, she gave extra info- don't know if she's doing this to make the creators realize how much people want this-



Maki

Post Count: 542

9/12/2023 4:24 pm

Each post has their specific points and I think we can all contribute to one post rather than always making a new one, especially when there are now six posts

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roseia

Post Count: 15

9/12/2023 7:59 pm

@maki it shows the creators how much we want it though, meaning that they will most likely do it next few updates.



Maki

Post Count: 542

9/13/2023 9:14 am

I dont see much difference in making six posts vs having 100 comments on one post. All those posts are just drowning out other good ideas 



Helen

Post Count: 9

9/14/2023 12:47 am

I would love to buy horses from auction or other players, my issue is space. So somewhere to buy boarding passes not just acres and stalls would be great too.



Nittrous

Post Count: 77

9/14/2023 8:08 am

I agree with the idea, though I think it shouldn't be as profitable as people might want/expect.  More of a place to dump extra items/horses for a small amount of side money, and not exactly one to make you rich.  

 

I also agree with Maki, a lot of these suggestions are suggested in multiple posts, and I can understand how seeing the same 'ideas' over and over can be bothersome and create clutter in the forums.  Without a search feature, I just let it go and assume people aren't scanning over the suggestions before they make one.  The same thing happens with multiple help posts around the same sort of subject.

 

Side note: if your horses aren't selling, look at your horses.  I don't often go out to purchase horses, though I do check about once a week to see if anything stands out to me.  I see a lot of 11yo foundations, level 1, 80PS for sale in people's stable.  I don't care what price you put that horse at, unless it has some variation/special gene, it's not going to sell.  I'd rather spend $2k on a fresh 2yo.  Same with a lot of crossbreeds/geldings/plain horses.   



StillOaksFarm

Post Count: 72

9/14/2023 9:17 am

I like the idea of an NPC who buys items (especially since explore brings in so many and the market trades are flooded with items right now) but I don't think a horse buying npc would benefit the game. Currently the rescue is a valuable resouce for new players to find a variety of horses for $500 or less but players have to pay $250 to surrender (similar to a real life rescue). If there's a horse buying NPC who is buying similar horses for $200 most players will sell to get rid of a horse than spend money to send to rescue. Yes, it could benefit the individual player but I don't see it benefiting the game or economy overall. You can look through those older posts to see more reasons players have given for not supporting a horse buying NPC.

 

The game economy is tight at first. The game wants you to learn about genetics, breed standards, breeding strategies, halter/discipline/career strategies, and generally how to manage a herd of horses. The game doesn't need to make it easier for you to remove unwanted/unsellable horses because that's part of the game. "shoot, that breeding didn't work out and now I'm down the $1k stud fee I paid. what do I do with this horse?" is a common scenario. You can decide to just accept the lost money and lose a little more with surrender, accept the loss and retire the horse so you don't have to pay care fees, or put it in careers and keep it working while it's posted for sale until it earns back what you lost or has leveled up enough for someone else to be interested in buying it. You have options with every unsellable/unwanted horse and I don't think the game needs to make it any easier to get rid of these horses. 

 

Personally, I don't buy a lot of horses from other players because, as Nittrous said, so many are low level, low PS, and poor stats. But I regularly browse and will buy nice horses that fit my breeding program. Same with studs/broods. Quality sells. It doesn't always sell for the price you want but that's how a public market works. 

 


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