{"id":92,"date":"2015-05-22T09:55:17","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T14:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.empireinflames.com\/?p=92"},"modified":"2015-05-22T09:55:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T14:55:17","slug":"friday-feature-merchant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.empireinflames.net\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Friday Feature: Merchant"},"content":{"rendered":"

“You sound like a businessman, a responsible leader.”
\n“It’s the price you pay for being successful.”
\n-Han Solo and\u00a0Lando Calrissian, <\/em>The Empire Strikes Back<\/p>\n

\"Lando\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Merchants often know nothing of combat. They don’t wield a lightsaber or point a blaster, grip the yoke of a starfighter or stand on the bridge of a warship. Nonetheless, they are some of the most powerful people in the galaxy.<\/p>\n

On the live\u00a0Star Wars Galaxies<\/em> servers, merchants were critically important.\u00a0SWG<\/em> has always had a player-driven economy, and the merchants are the ones who keep that part of the game humming along.<\/p>\n

Empire in Flames<\/em> ensures the merchants will have plenty to do.<\/p>\n

\"Watto-Hasbro\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The economy is the game of merchants, and it’s not a game for the poor. Successful merchants are some of the wealthiest players in the game. And success can only happen one way: delivering quality goods to eager buyers in the right place at the right time.<\/p>\n

It is important to differentiate “merchant” from “crafter.”<\/p>\n

Merchants run shops, hire vendors, advertise goods, and concentrate heavily on selling<\/em> goods<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Crafters\u00a0create goods.<\/em>\u00a0Crafters may very well become merchants as well, choosing to sell their own goods, handling their own marketing and hiring practices.<\/p>\n

However, a merchant may not be a crafter at all. Some merchants may specialize in selling top-quality resources at high credit per unit prices; some may flood the market with low-quality but cheap resources. Still others may specialize in hard-to-find or downright rare items. And the biggest, most powerful merchants may acquire exclusive contracts with the very best crafters, becoming the proverbial one-stop shop for the best goods in the galaxy.<\/p>\n

Remember: disputes over\u00a0trade routes<\/em> brought down the Republic.<\/p>\n

\"Merchant_Tent_(card)\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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