[DF] The Magical Moneymaking Machine?

Harald387 · 03-21-2008, 05:57 PM

This occurred to me when a friend was discussing broken mechanics in a CRPG he played a long time ago.

If I have a character with Very Wealthy (or Wealthy, and the ability to reliably win Quick Contests of Merchant vs. 15), I sell items for 100% of list price.

If I have the ability to reliably win Quick Contests of Merchant vs. 15, I buy items for 90% of list price.

And then sell them for list price.

And then buy them for 90%... you get the picture.

If this were a game of Diablo and I had the ability to do this, I of course would, until I got bored. Since it's not, obviously, players shouldn't be doing this.

But I hate to kick a good Munchkin in the shins. What creative ways would you come up with to say 'you can't do that' to your Munchkins in this circumstance?

03-21-2008, 05:57 PM	#1
Harald387 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa, ON, CA	[DF] The Magical Moneymaking Machine? This occurred to me when a friend was discussing broken mechanics in a CRPG he played a long time ago. If I have a character with Very Wealthy (or Wealthy, and the ability to reliably win Quick Contests of Merchant vs. 15), I sell items for 100% of list price. If I have the ability to reliably win Quick Contests of Merchant vs. 15, I buy items for 90% of list price. And then sell them for list price. And then buy them for 90%... you get the picture. If this were a game of Diablo and I had the ability to do this, I of course would, until I got bored. Since it's not, obviously, players shouldn't be doing this. But I hate to kick a good Munchkin in the shins. What creative ways would you come up with to say 'you can't do that' to your Munchkins in this circumstance?