I love the new 0.5 update, but with progression feature, the Essence Traders kinda feel pointless and their prices are very high. I am hoping that maybe one day they will have rarer items or unique items to purchase. But please don't let them be a left behind stub feature.
One thing that would be nice to make them useful again would be to let them sell the tier 0 home furnishings (washing machines, junk piles, etc) that are not craftable as augmentations.
I agree that the traders are now completely useless. I think it would help push exploration a bit more if the traders carried unique items you cannot craft - unique weapons, clothes, crafted materials or blueprints you can't unlock through the progression menu. this would bring back a reason beyond basic resources to explore the non storied realms.
i definitely like the update overall, but the drive to explore is heavily muted now, i only hop into a non storied realm to snatch up some essences and materials basically ignoring most of the realm and the majority of the POI's since you can usually find all the resources needed in a small area around where you pop into the realm.
Until T1 essence is not stupidly easy to manufacture by Extracting Simple Wooden Axes and the like, the high price of T1 Essence traders prevents players from just buying everything instead of going out to gather them.
I do like the new Progression system a lot more than the old way. But, the traders are too expensive and don't really sell anything of interest to me. If game balance is a worry then maybe they could sell some cool cosmetic items or dyes/paints to change the colors of our gear or buildings.
Yes pretty much useless, but it would be cool if they sold maps to find hidden things in the Realm.
What Essence Traders ought to do is facilitate trade between players. Though we'll need more robust economic systems to make this change truly worthwhile.
Def a yes !
For example giving the trader a item ( weapo, tool ) crafted based on the actual realm ressources will be nice, ( sure , not for cheap) so I can have the choice betwen crafting it myself, or farm essences to buy it.
I can relate to that. I liked the way it was before, the whole exploration for blueprints or purchasing them from traders. That was lovely. Now I have no interest whatsoever to explore, or visit traders.
Agreed. A big issue is that basic resources are hopelessly over-costed.
They do have some cool stuff like seeds but it would be neat if they carried a limited number of random fabled items, special ammunition, more seeds, maybe dyes.
Yes, I can only agree with that, the dealers are a joke! Who set the prices? for example, if I want to buy a stone block, I have to spend 150 essences! The merchants are so useless now!