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I think it would be spoilers to go into more detail about making your shop look pretty at this point. It has been years since I played. They probably say more by the time you pay off the debt.
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Lovely and Charming Little Shop DAY 9  Louie! Finish your coffee*, we’re heading out! *Louie’s coffee actually may actually be used coffee grounds he found in the trash  Because I left through the door at the end of the first wing, I can start at the beginning of the second wing now. It’s one good reason not to try and power through an entire dungeon at once, the other being that your inventory fills up loving fast at this point in the game. It doesn’t get much better later.  Jade Way levels 5-10 are underground. Not exactly a garden spot.  The teleporter to the next level was literally in the next square. Can’t say that happens often. No of course I didn’t immediately move on. There’s loot to be had out there!  These rear end in a top hat mushrooms are new to this area. They come in two varieties, some wander around and try to rush you, others are rooted in the ground, and pop in and out in various spots.  Huh, usually my first instinct is to murder anything I see down here, but that looks like a person. But I feel I should follow my gut here. LOUIE, KILL!  Oh fine.  God, everybody’s eyes look kind of dead in this game, but hers especially. Killing her would be a kindness.  What a well of dialogue she is.  Uhhhmmmm…. hello?... Oh… yes? Can I help you? I… think that might be my line. Are you looking for something? I’d be happy to help if you are… Ah… no, that’s not it. I seem to be… lost, somehow. Can you, perhaps, tell me where I am? “Where” you are? Uh, in here, that could be a problem. These dungeons enter their shape when a person enters. I am afraid that giving you your present location is impossible.This is the first indicator, and certainly not the rest, that the dungeons are not just ordinary ruins and wilderness. Oh! I’ve entered a dungeon then? How surprising! What? How can you…? I was just on my way home from… hmm…Given her obviously Japanese clothes and weapon, she may be more lost than previously suggested. Wow… in some ways, I’m kind of in awe… How in the name of Heaven do you get so lost that you end up in a dungeon? How indeed? I, too, am at a loss. Given how “lost” you seem to be, I hope the trees don’t start shaking…I never actually watched Lost, so insert your own clever joke here. What should I do now, though? Hmm… To begin with, I would recommend searching for a floor of the dungeon with a large red door. That will allow you to go-, er, to exit the dungeon. Really? Why, thank you, Miss Fairy. You are very kind. Er, not at all. Be careful though.And so the mysterious Japanese woman wandered off, totally never to be seen again. …Hm. Well that was… unexpected. I hope she gets home okay… A few floors later, I managed to find Caillou’s charred lizard, it’s a rare drop from gnolls found around here, or from the boss of this wing. Speaking of…  A giant mouse isn’t very threatening I guess. That’s why they gave him a proportionally sized glowing red-hot crowbar.  Fighting Reggie has a catch: His defense is absurd, he hits like a truck, and his swing arc is absurd. Going head-on is suicide. Thankfully, he’s either blind or stupid. He makes no attempt to actually get to me or attack me, and just swings at random. And he gets hungry easily. That’s where the mushrooms come in. Both red and purple mushrooms spawn throughout the fight, just getting in the way normally. Reggie will occasionally stop for a snack. If he eats a red mushroom, that’s bad, he’ll be healed a lot.  A purple mushroom will stun him for a few seconds, making him fall down and dropping his defense enough to do some damage.  So the name of the game is to run around, kill red mushrooms, leave purple mushrooms, and assault the poor mouse whenever he poisons himself.  It’s a solid strategy.  Yes, I could keep going, but my inventory is full. And this will open up the instant start at wing 3.  It’s a decent little haul, mostly stuff that will be useful for crafting later, but a few things I can sell now.  But all play and no work makes Recette a homeless girl.  This week’s number to reach is 30000. I should probably open the shop tomorrow. Especially since tomorrow brings… A NEW MECHANIC! DAY 10  NO! Not the candy! Why? Is it a new tax? Did I vote for this?  Ah, that? That was a “newsflash”. Important events are reported on for everyone in the city. That one was “sudden jump in candy prices”.No explanation for how this works at all. I suppose the obvious answer would be town criers or something, but I find it amusing to think there’s an anachronous PA system rigged up to every building in town. So if you are buying or selling candy, pay close attention to that. “Sudden jump”…? In other words, sudden scarcity has driven the price of candy up. In general, that means that prices will roughly double. So a candy that sold for 300 pix may now sell for 600. W-wait a minute! So candy is gonna cost a ton of money for the rest of time?! That’s terrible! How am I gonna survive?! Wait… I’ll buy all the candy in the city, and keep it for myself! Well… maybe I’ll share or sell a little, but it IS candy…Y’know, in case any of you thought that evil capitalist Recette image was exaggerating. A-HEM! No, prices will stabilize after some time passes. Precisely how long, however, nobody can say for sure. For once, however, you have hit upon a good point. While it can be hard to predict price fluctuations, if you keep a fairly wide variety of stock handy, it is possible to take advantage of a situation like this… and make money hand over fist.She exaggerates. You can make money, yes, but it only doubles your initial profit, you have to have the stock on hand (or buy it at increased prices), and the customers still have to choose to buy it. It’s nice when it happens, but not something to go crazy over. You can also try to take advantage of the situation after news comes in, of course, but it is harder to really make a profit that way. Whoooaaah… This is complicated… ‘n now I’m hungry… Well it is quite a bit to take in at once… So let’s see it in action, shall we!NO! Please, no more tutorials!  Watch carefully! This information could be vital! Right! …Uh… …And sometimes, the news is like THAT. Hehe. Well for SOME people it’s sure vital. Run, Louie, run!… Okay game, you win this round. That was good. Most days from here on out will now open with a news broadcast, usually one or two important things and one joke.  I still will never understand advance orders for categories.  And I’m still pretty sure the guild master is just buying his own products back to try and help Recette out by slipping her some money.  Somebody came in to sell a set of solid gold scales. Buying this was a mistake, high-value items are still hard to move this early when most peoples’ budgets are low, and treasures in general are hard to move.  Then I did it again, because I’m kinda dumb.  I wish I’d hat a more expensive hat to sell her, but there’s something amusing about my self-proclaimed rival coming in here and buying a cheap piece of poo poo.  drat it Prime, did you have to come in when I’m already hard up?  No you won’t. I started at 105%.  I lowered to 103%. She walked. I hate that loving fairy sometimes.  Alouette chose something off the shelf this time, and something worth some decent money.  You mind buying it this time?  104%. She exists solely to break sales chains. Which brings us to … DAY 11 NEWSFLASH: There are signs of a boom in longswords among men who know quality Please report troublesome adventurers to the Adventurer’s Guild Price increases are situationally useful and good to keep track of. Booms are the best thing to see in the news. I immediately run out the door. Straight to the Merchant’s Guild, where I bought ten longswords. “Why?”, you may ask?  And why did I fill two of my three counters with them?  Men have come in great numbers, looking for the popular swords! This is why booms are great. A boom means that a specific class of citizen is looking for a specific item, or class of items. If I put enough of that item in the shop, they will flood in, and everybody will want to buy that item. It’s basically a license to print experience points.   And repeat a half-dozen more times.  And so I hit level 13 by the end of the day. And had too many swords left over at the end of the day. DAY 12 The price of longswords has decreased The price of candy has normalized Steel your soul against the dark arts and turn them away - the chapel-masters I made pretty decent money yesterday, and have some time before the next payment is due. I think I can afford a large expenditure.  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So I forget, is there a threshold where Prime will always buy or does she just randomly piss off regardless?
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Super Jay Mann posted:So I forget, is there a threshold where Prime will always buy or does she just randomly piss off regardless? I've seen her deny prices down to 101% in the past, and have never been willing to go lower.
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Jan 8, 2019 08:09
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Reginald was in Chantelise as well.
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Truthkeeper posted:I've seen her deny prices down to 101% in the past, and have never been willing to go lower. But why not? You bought at 70%.
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Honestly, I've never really minded Prime. So what if she's paying at 100%....you're still making a 30% profit (my experience she will always buy the product no questions asked for 100%). It's not worth it to try to increase the amount even a little (therefor breaking your chain).
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Jan 9, 2019 06:25
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Selling items at cost??? You capitalists should be ashamed of yourselves. Do you want the anime communists to win? 
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Jan 9, 2019 06:36
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But it's not at cost. Cost is 70% base price.
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Jan 9, 2019 06:38
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It's not that I'm not making a profit, it's just
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Zanzibar Ham posted:But it's not at cost. Cost is 70% base price. Truthkeeper posted:It's not that I'm not making a profit, it's just Recette isn't the sort of girl to give anything less than 100% effort, so why should her customers give less than 100% anything? 
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Section Z posted:Recette isn't the sort of girl to give anything less than 100% effort, so why should her customers give less than 100% anything? 100% isn't less than 100% 
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Zanzibar Ham posted:100% isn't less than 100% 
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I mean, deliberately squeezing every possible penny out of your customers is in the spirit of the game, after all. Capitalism, ho!
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Super Jay Mann posted:Selling items at cost??? oh don't worry my fellow capitalist pigdog brethren. She still pays a 30% markup. Now, excuse me as I go do other capitalist pigdog things with other capitalist pigdogs while drinking much vodka. Proshchay  Blaziken386 posted:I mean, deliberately squeezing every possible penny out of your customers is in the spirit of the game, after all. Capitalism, ho! though as thoroughly shown, the game will actively punish you for that since you need that xp. I'd actually argue that good salesmanship and customer knowledge is more in the spirit of capitalism than the squeezing of the lootz. mauman fucked around with this message at 07:38 on Jan 11, 2019 |
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What a Charming Young Lady Alright, time to go knock out the third and final wing of Jade Way.  This is back on the surface, and therefore much fits the descriptor ‘Jade’ a lot better.  Oh goody, Alouette is here. And as opposed to my one poor and desperate but unique adventurer, she has a dozen generics with her.  Oho! Recette! What a COINCIDENCE, meeting you here!Alouette, being rich does not make stalking acceptable behavior. Oh. Alouette! How are you? Ah, you’re dungeon-crawling as well, I see… And with such a seedy-looking adventurer. Tsk… Wha?! My adventurer friend isn’t seedy-looking! And we did this joke already!drat it Recette, that fourth wall does not get any cheaper to replace. Well… I suppose a seedy adventurer is appropriate for a seedy merchant… O-hohohoho! Knock it off!... Well, come on, everyone! Don’t bother picking up the inexpensive garbage! Only the best for us!This is the first non-tutorial dungeon, there’s nothing but inexpensive garbage. Well, if you’ll excuse me… Is triggering a bomb trap near her being too harsh for the insults? Nah.  The flying tennis ball to Louie’s right is actually a bat with it’s wings folded up. They attack with a sort of ring projectile that I guess is supposed to be weaponized echolocation. It can’t be blocked with Louie’s shield, so I probably take more damage in this wing than the first two combined.  But this one did drop the bat wing I needed. Now I just need to repeat the first wing until the Slime with crown drops a liver.  This wing is also home to enemy swordsmen. They’re much better at using shields than Louie, and can block melee attacks from the front. You can only damage them from the back or sides, or waiting for them to take a swing and get inside their guard.  Another kind of trap makes the ground slippery. It isn’t area based, it makes the entire dungeon slippery until it runs out.  Oh, her again. Ah… Mhmm. Uhhh… hi, again. Oh, my. Hello, have we met somewhere previously?She’s awfully young to be this senile. Could be that she’s just stupid drunk, I guess. Uh… yeah, in a way that’s giving me a whole lot of déjà vu… Is that right! I’m sorry that I don’t remember. I take it you are again here by mistake while attempting to get hone. I’m not quite sure I… wait, am I… …I am somehow not surprised that you did not realize where you were. This is a dungeon. Again. Ah… well, I was just heading home from the market with dinner. See, I even have my scallions with me.You only have scallions for dinner? That’s just sad. Recette, this poor lady needs your help learning about edible herbs to be found in town. Wow, those look great! So perfectly green and tasty! I must say, it was quite a good purchase. This is not the time to be chewing on onions! Merde, how are you not concerned about your situation? I think something more than your sense of direction is off… I think I’ll have sukiyaki for dinner tonight.There are a lot of varieties of sukiyaki, but one thing they pretty much all have in common is ingredients other than scallions. This also adds more evidence to this mystery woman being Japanese, what she’s doing in Anime not!France is a mystery. Sukiyaki? I dunno what that is, but it sounds good! Tear! Can we fix sukiyummy for dinner tonight? Grain porridge. Ever and anon.Yes, Tear really is running Recette’s entire life, not just their business relationship. It would be sweet of her to take over parenting the poor orphan girl, except for that whole threatening homelessness thing. Aww… Heehee… I enjoy your company, you two. I must get home, however. Stay safe!And that was the last interesting thing that happened until the end of the dungeon.  While we can not currently proceed any further, I strongly suspect that we can go even deeper in next time. Wait, huh? Why’s that? The dungeons change shape every time someone enters them. Some theorize that they adapt to the strength of those who enter, and refer to it as the “living dungeon phenomenon”. The truth of the matter is… unclear, however.No. Each dungeon is exactly the same length every time, and they don’t seem to scale to character level. I think this is a badly translated attempt to explain that each dungeon is longer and harder than the previous one. But hang onto that “living dungeon phenomenon” thing. Uuuuuuhhh… okay… I wonder if the dungeon gets bored if it’s alone…  … like this the playthings of the underworld? Heh, I see… I like the way you think, girl. W-who’s there?! Sudden camera angle shift! Also, this is the sort of dungeon that usually suggests you’re seeing through the ceiling and can’t actually climb onto the walls, and then… well, this.  Evenin’. Name’s Charme, the Lady Thief.You’re a pretty lame thief when you have to make up your own sobriquet and try to convince people to use it. TH-THIEF?! So. Your treasures, valuables, and assorted shiny bits. I’ll be taking them, if you please.The loot is being carried by intangible people, the only tangible person is armed and armored. In the time it takes you to kill Louie, I’m pretty sure Recette and Tear can bail. We won’t let you! *Sigh* Always the way. Well then. In that case, looks like it’s time to CUT some fools.I’m just glad she didn’t say “cut to the chase”.  I poke a lot of fun, but Charme is the hardest boss fight so far, and a right pain in the rear end. She doesn’t have any special mechanics like waiting for Crowned Slime to shrink himself, or waiting for Reg to poison himself. This fight is just a slugfest. Except Charme’s faster than Louie. Much faster. She runs faster, she attacks faster, and she has a dash attack.  What I’m saying is that this fight took a while.  Hell, I’m losing my touch, getting’ beat like that… Um… miss? Are… you okay? Ugh… I’m mortally wounded! I can… I can see the far shore… HeuWHAAA?!?! NO! I, uh, um… …I’m kidding, girl. Really… if you get this worried about every berk who tries to slit your throat and take your lucre… OW! Friggin’…A friendly reminder to not try to mug people protected by guys with swords, because swords hurt. Hey! You really ARE hurt! Here, take this wound ointment! What the…?! Did you have that on you this entire time?!So what if she did? It’s not like Louie needed it. If you’re keeping her on a gruel-based diet, I shudder to think what your idea of proper medical care is, so maybe it was a good idea for her to keep it secret. Ehehe… sorry, Tear. … You two’re a pair of oddballs, you know that? Believe me, she is the only round, strange object currently present! Please do not assume that both of us are nearly so foolish. Really? Seems to be like you two make a good pair. …Er… Well then, young ladies, I should scamper, since I’ve been beaten like a mutt. Enjoy your treasure! You earned it! Wait! I’m Recette, and this is Tear. We have an item shop at the top of the hill in town, called “Recettear”. You should stop by!Well, she mugs people in dungeons, she might need to buy stuff once in a while. Or fence stolen loot, I don’t much care. I should, huh?... I’ll keep that in mind. See you kids later! Goodbye, Charme! Merde. Giving her our shop lcation… what are you thinking, Recette? The Lady Theif, huh… She was kinda cool! You will forgive me if I do not think the same way. …Heeey… are you… jealous? Tch! Absolutely not!Tear just doesn’t want you getting close to anybody smart enough to figure out that your business relationship isn’t kosher. Louie isn’t smart enough to recognize indentured servitude, so he’s fine.  The prize for beating the dungeon is in the chest, but Charme dropped a copy of Booze of the World.  The book isn’t worth as much, but the vase is so loving hard to sell.  Well, that one’s done. Except for needing to go back for a liver. 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Back before they patched the correct attributes on everyone, the game had a roguelite feel to it since your defense wasn't working and Charme could destroy you in about two hits. One boss also took 1 damage and had to be whittled down for a while.
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Complaint about this game. Treasures just don't sell. This makes no sense whatsoever.
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ChrisBTY posted:Treasures just don't sell. This makes no sense whatsoever. When was the last time you bought a treasure in an RPG? Treasures are for dumping on the merchants.
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Treasures are always my downfall. I end up with a ton of inventory I can't move and which has devoured my liquidity, leaving me praying that people go on a binge for metal objects as the loan payment day draws near.
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I noticed some errors.Truthkeeper posted:
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While treasures don't always sell, the odd vase has always oddly been a seller for me.
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I find Alouette loves to bounce in and buy treasures when no one else will. Aside from that, really just the Odd Vase.
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Really, there are two problems with treasures. The lesser issue is that most customers just don't seem interested. But the main problem is that treasures scale up in value really quickly. This odd vase has a base price of 21400. That's well beyond what most of my customers carry around. That's why it seems like Alouette is the one most likely to buy treasure, she can always afford most of them.
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Well, if the customers pick them off the shelf specifically, they'll have the money to buy it. The problem is getting them to do that. The skinflints.
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Vending machines.
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The Sandman posted:Vending machines.
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Selling your soul to Big Vending in order to make payments on your loan would be one hell of a plot twist.
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Better start stocking elemental crystals, Recette. I hear how thieves can't get enough of 'em.
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Glazius posted:Better start stocking elemental crystals, Recette. I hear how thieves can't get enough of 'em. On the other hand if we’re taking information from THAT series the first game had the shopkeeper selling to the thief get assassinated by arrow, so perhaps she should look for different clientele...
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The Sweet Spot Day 13 The price of shields has increased Steel your soul against the dark arts and turn them away - the chapel-masters  We’re coming up on the next payment day, and I have enough to cover it. The best course of action is to get out of town for a while before I decide I need to spend money.  I grab Louie, two HP restoring foods, and one SP restoring candy, and make my way back to the Jade Way.  Once you’ve cleared a dungeon, you can run boss rushes through it. I still need that slime liver.  This fucker does not want to drop a loving liver.  Whereas Reggie drops a charred lizard every time.  Charme is stingy with drops too, which is annoying, she’s the most difficult boss in this dungeon (because I’m impatient).  That’s one boss rush down. No liver.  Alouette, if you think a single secondhand candy apple is going to make a shop more appealing, you’re even more of an idiot than I thought.  Are you down with something Tear? No, I’ quite well. I simply thought it was time to explain how to place and use vending machines.As I think somebody mentioned earlier in the thread, vending machines are the big moneymaker in this game. Although I’m sad to hear that they patched out the ability to sell vending machines in vending machines, it doesn’t do much to nerf their moneymaking potential. Vending machines? Vending machines allow you to sell a larger volume of items in a shorter amount of time, compared to handling each customer yourself. Really? I guess that makes sense. To place a vending machine, choose the vending machine from the item placement menu at a counter as if it were a normal item. The counter will become that vending machine. And after I put it down, it just starts selling stuff? No, you will have to keep the machine stocked yourself. There is a limit to how much you can place in a vending machine as well, so be mindful of what you put inside. Kayo! There is… a downside, however. Because the machine is automatic, the price of an item sold from a vending machine cannot be negotiated. Items will sell for their base price. Keep that in mind. Aw, I like being able to haggle ‘til I turn blue in the face… It is a drawback. The extra volume can often make up for the lower price, however, so for cheap items, a vending machine is helpful. Well, I guess so… Finally, remember we cannot sell off the machines ourselves. If you wish to dispose of a machine, we must sell it back to the Merchant’s Guild or market… at a steep loss. Keep that mind if you decide to invest in one. Will do!Tear’s explanation is mostly accurate, but leaves out one more drawback: you get no experience from vending machine sales. There’s no opportunity cost, vending machine sales don’t deny you sales at the counter, so they’re still helpful. I find it’s best at this point to stock them with mid-tier items that I might have lying around, while keeping the highest grade stuff on the counters, and a few lower grades in reserve to train up new customer’s budgets. Later, it’s all slots all flooring all the time. And then as soon as I open up again, it’s straight back to cutscene as we get a visitor.  Huh, not bad. This’s a pretty nice-looking place. … Y’know, is it really so kosher for an employee to give a customer a face like that? Thought a smile was the basis for “customer satisfaction”.You did try to mug them that one time. But since I’m still annoyed about Tear playing along with Caillou, I’m gonna side with Charme on this one. Sorry Tear, you have to be polite to all the customers, even the assholes. Oh, for a normal customer, that is completely true. For someone who openly attempted to MURDER us, however, this is the only face I have to show.Be fair Tear, she only tried to kill Louie. You and Recette were perfectly safe. And Louie’s job is to put his life on the line for your convenience. …Hmm… Well, it looks like she’s got a different idea… I’m so glad you came! Yeah, well, I kept wonderin’ about this place. Nice store you have here Recette. Aw, thank you! Make yourself at home, okay?I realize this is also your home, but it’s a store Recette. Customer’s generally don’t make themselves at home. What, is she going to sit on the counter and read a magazine? Recette… …See? I see all too clearly, thank you. That Recette’s a good girl… nice, trusting, honest. Don’t you agree, Tear?O-of course I do. You don’t need to tell me that…I feel like Charme is the only one person who actually holds this lovely business arrangement against Tear.  Day 14 The price of weapons has decreased The Swords boom has ended Several incidents with fake high-class restaurants have left diners uncertain I really should have bought more swords to take advantage of the boom again, you can do it once a day as long as a boom lasts. Item price decreases happen about as often as decreases, and work on the same principal. I should try and avoid selling weapons while they’re down, but it’s a good time to buy. If you were wondering, yes you can have multiple increases and decreases going. An item affected by an increase and a decrease will be at normal price, but an item affected by multiple increases or decreases will not stack to even higher/lower prices. The dream, obviously, is when you get a boom on price increased items. Today’s tasks:  VENDING MACHINE! There are three kinds that hold more items at once as you get better ones, only the cheapest model is available, holding 6 items.  JADE WAY BOSS RUSH! AGAIN!  Nothing.  After I expanded the shop, the new counter wasn’t very useful.   Much better.  I guess he kinda needed the MDef boost, but Louie is quickly becoming the worst equipped swordsman. He has a necklace and a scarf and a bracelet, he’d probably replace his armor with a ring if he could.  Charme, you are a thief. You can’t wear heavy armor. And I don’t have her card yet, so she can’t equip things she buys from me yet anyway. Day 15 This year’s harvest a disaster! The price of food has increased The price of Swords has normalized Beware of fake items and scams – the Adventurer’s Guild  BOSS RUSH AGAIN AGAIN!  loving finally.  And then in my rush to get out with the precious liver, Louie got murdered by Charme. Oh no! Wh-what do we do now?! Calm down. I thought this might happen. As I was saying earlier, if an adventurer is injured while exploring for us, we will bring them into our field and then we shall “book it” back home, as the saying goes. Normally we would not be able to bring any items with us, loot or otherwise, but thanks to this special little box the guild gave us… We can bring back at least one item. Okay… wow, that bos is tiny. We can’t fit much in there.Any one item, as small as a cherry or as large as a suit of armor. As I gain more merchant levels, the box will gain more slots, maxing out at 3 items. Just so. Choose carefully then. We can only pick one item, so make sure it is valuable! Will do! Gee, should I pick the item I came here for in the first place, that I need to finish a request from a customer? Or a burnt lizard that I already have several of? Slime liver get. Finally.  Heya, girl. Heaven, are you ever not bright and happy? Nope! A bright and happy welcome is the key to sales! And for that, Recette, I’ve got a bit of a present here for you. This is!... you have an Adventurer’s Guild card? Darn straight! If you ever need the help of a professional berk such as myself, give me a look, okay? I will, thank you! …Umm, well… Tear! What is it? Tch! You… Tear, look! Charme gave me her card! WHA?!... is this a joke?! YOU are a member of?...Well they let Louie in, so clearly the guild has no standards as long as you can walk down a hallway and kill slimes. Well, Recette’s been good to me. Consider my way of paying you guys back for that trouble earlier. Payback’s important, y’know. Right, Tear? I… suppose it is. … Hey, Recette? Mind if I borrow Tear for a moment? Heuwha? Uh… I’ll give her back right away, don’t worry. Well, uh… be sure to give her back the same way you found her! … The same way?... What am I, property?Well, you are a fairy. Fairies are a slave caste, right? Well then! A-yoink! … What are you really after? … Hey, Tear. Let me ask you… Are you really just some random, dispassionate loan-shark? What are you… ’Cause, y’know, I’ve been wondering. If all you’re really after is getting that loan repaid, wouldn’t it be a lot easier to just steal the house and cash out?Recette and Tear have never talked to Charme about the loan situation. Is this just regular gossip around town now? There’s nothing stopping you, after all… except for one thing. That… is not it at all. As an agent of Terme, I- Take a little bit of friendly advice? The harder you try to spin some elaborate tale, the worse it ends up being when the web comes apart at the end.Are you suggesting that Tear cares that much about Recette? Because we’ve seen Recette end up homeless twice already. Heh… not that I have any room to lecture anyone on that front. So sticking to your guns? Just a loan-shark, then? Unbelievable. Did you give her your card just to ask me that? Heh… maybe I did. Guess I’ve been a bit of a busybody, eh? Everyone who comes through the door is like that. That girl… Something about her… inspires people to care.Yeah, people like the poor young girl who puts up a brave front in the face of overwhelming adversity, what a shock. … I suppose she does at that. Hey, are you guys done talking? Sure are. As promised, one intact Tear, just as I found her! Well then. Let me know if you need my help. I will! Thanks again! Later! I can still buy from customers during increased value periods, but I have to pay them around 90-95% of base value, cutting into my profit margins.  Sometimes you get additional news bulletins later in the day. It doesn’t happen very often. The price of longswords has increased The price of shields has normalized A think tank has been established to research food safety – great results are expected!  What is it? And… are you OK? You seem a little… different. Sho, I gots a meshage fr’m th’ guild t’day. They’ve TOOOOTALLY foun’ a new dungeon!... or shumsuch’. *hic*God but I hate phonetic drunk accents. Whoa, really?! Really really SUPER really. Ever’onesh callin’ it th’ “Amber Garden”!... Boy, I hope it’sh that kinda… amber…I think you’ve had enough Charme. The Amber Garden?... … ..Uh, Charme? Uhhhh… Huah! Whawas I talkin’ ‘bout?... Anwyeah! Sho if you get th’ chance, we should totally go! I mean, who knows whu’ kinda, uh, “items” we could find?! Yeah, items… Yeah, that’s true! Well then! Back t’ th’ pub with me! Fwoosh! Umm, right! Thanks for letting me know, Charme! A new dungeon, huh… And then Louie finally bought a new scarf.   And that’s another payment down. NEXT TIME: Caillou will probably show up for his stuff at some point, and I have a new dungeon to hit up. Truthkeeper fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Jan 27, 2019 |
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Truthkeeper posted:, but Ihave to pay them
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Jan 27, 2019 21:16
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It annoys me to no end that stat increases are in red and decreases in blue. Red=Bad, game. 
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Fat Samurai posted:It annoys me to no end that stat increases are in red and decreases in blue. Red=Bad, game.
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Jan 27, 2019 22:23
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Fixed and fixed. Section Z posted:Save your hate for the real enemy. Games that won't highlight stat differences until AFTER it's bought. I have to agree, I'd rather have to deal with the unexpected color coding than not get any data on whether or not the adventurer is buying an upgrade.
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Section Z posted:Save your hate for the real enemy. Games that won't highlight stat differences until AFTER it's bought.
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Fat Samurai posted:It annoys me to no end that stat increases are in red and decreases in blue. Red=Bad, game. I don't know why, but that's just how it goes in Japan. You get the same thing in Pokemon when looking at natures, too: the stat being boosted is red, the one being reduced is blue.
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I kind of want you to put the machine by the window just so this is physically possible.
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Boss rushes are pretty good for hitting those rare drops, since even if you get whacked you don't have a lot to keep, do you?
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Glazius posted:Boss rushes are pretty good for hitting those rare drops, since even if you get whacked you don't have a lot to keep, do you? Unless you brought your super gear with you....in that case you're still hosed
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