mz1193
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3 weeks ago Great writeup. In addition, I think a decent idea would be to first limit the black market to a very few NPCs which make sense to have it, while also implementing some sort of randomization so that the black market won't even always appear in their menu. Similar to how vendors in general operate on a sort of "schedule" determining when they buy certain items from the player or not.
The dynamics of the black markets seem to be in need of some improvement. One of the main goals of the game is to encourage exploration, but the black market, as it stands, allows the player to simply save up money and buy a set by walking around the shops in Sosaria, since almost every vendor has their own black market items.
I think the idea of the black market itself is good, but it should be something more underground, not something that any NPC seller should make available, only someone in the thieves guild, for example. And maybe the items should be a little more expensive or unbreakable, so that players don't simply use them as a shortcut to forging better items from the same material..