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Vyn: /* Stocking and Restocking */ Copy edit

2021-09-03T02:48:39Z

‎Stocking and Restocking: Copy edit

ScienceBall: Campaign links update

2021-08-20T19:16:57Z

Campaign links update

ScienceBall: Update main campaign link

2021-08-18T18:04:45Z

Update main campaign link

ScienceBall: Same change to other table

2021-07-25T13:05:43Z

Same change to other table

ScienceBall: Clarity (player level)

2021-07-25T13:04:41Z

Clarity (player level)

ScienceBall: "Pickaxes" is a better name than "Digging Tools" (and it's what they're called in-game)

2021-07-25T12:49:33Z

"Pickaxes" is a better name than "Digging Tools" (and it's what they're called in-game)

ScienceBall: I had confused "Level" as in floor, and "level" as in character level. Also I missed a part.

2021-07-25T12:41:54Z

I had confused "Level" as in floor, and "level" as in character level. Also I missed a part.

ScienceBall: Store mechanics update. Store tables. TODO: Stores on individual zone pages. Maybe more on the arena store.

2021-07-24T18:08:09Z

Store mechanics update. Store tables. TODO: Stores on individual zone pages. Maybe more on the arena store.

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ScienceBall: Transmog chest still needs to be unlocked, but I think it used to be unlocked at the Fortress only, whereas now you can get it from Bill, so it's much earlier. Selling sometimes theoretically optimal.

2021-07-21T11:17:48Z

Transmog chest still needs to be unlocked, but I think it used to be unlocked at the Fortress only, whereas now you can get it from Bill, so it's much earlier. Selling sometimes theoretically optimal.

ScienceBall: Be specific about mastery increase

2021-06-12T22:10:24Z

Be specific about mastery increase

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 ==Stocking and Restocking==
-Stores will be restocked under certain conditions, which depends on the campaign being played. Restocking adds new items to the store's inventory for sale, and. Items that the player has sold to a store will removed from the store's inventory before restocking, but other items will be kept. Restocking is announced with the message "{{color|aquamarine|Most stores should have new stock now.}}".
+Stores will be restocked under certain conditions, which depends on the campaign being played. Restocking adds new items to the store's inventory for sale, but does not remove any old items that were on sale. Items that the player has sold to a store will be removed from the inventory during this process however. Restocking is announced with the message "{{color|aquamarine|Most stores should have new stock now.}}".
-Store inventory is generated when the player accesses the store (both the initial stocking, and after the condition is met for the store to be restocked).
+Store inventory is generated when the player accesses the store, for both the initial stocking, and after the conditions for restocking are met.
 Most shop inventory is randomly generated, but there are some guaranteed items (such as lore in libraries).

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-==Stores in [[Campaign#The_Arena:_Challenge_of_the_Master|Arena Mode]]==
+==Stores in [[The Arena: Challenge of the Master]]==
 There is a store available in The Arena. It appears at the start of the game, and after defeating each boss (except the final boss).
 The store contains 64 items, chosen from a long list of item types. This list does not include item types introduced in [[Embers of Rage]].{{Verify}} The store, like the Arena zone, has no material limits (tier 1 to 5 items can appear).{{Verify}} The store is completely reset each time it appears.
-==Stores in [[Embers of Rage]]==
+==Stores in [[Orcs: Embers of Rage]]==
 Stores are restocked upon the completion of certain quests: [[You Shall Pass!]], [[The Deconstruction of Falling Stars]], and [[Hunter, Quarry]].
-In addition to the town stores in [[Embers of Rage]], certain zones can randomly have [[Ancient Automated Archive]]s, which are portable vending machines. These can be reprogrammed to relocate to [[Kruk Pride]]. The Embers campaign also has one special zone which is a special store: [[Kaltor's Shop]].
+In addition to the town stores in [[Orcs: Embers of Rage]], certain zones can randomly have [[Ancient Automated Archive]]s, which are portable vending machines. These can be reprogrammed to relocate to [[Kruk Pride]]. The Embers campaign also has one special zone which is a special store: [[Kaltor's Shop]].
 AAAs that sell lites and pickaxes ignore normal material level restrictions, so they can sell items of any material level (i.e. 1 to 5) regardless of where they are found.

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 *Some stores ignore material levels, and so can generate items of any material level (i.e. 1 to 5).
-==Stores in [[Campaign#Maj'Eyal: The Age of Ascendancy|Maj'Eyal: The Age of Ascendancy]]==
+==Stores in [[Maj'Eyal: The Age of Ascendancy]]==
 Most stores in Age of Ascendancy use the level for material level ranges. The exceptions are stores that only sell fixed lore (where it doesn't matter), and stores in the [[Gates of Morning]] or [[Kroshkkur]].

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 Table of stores by location:
 {| class="wikitable"
-! Store Type !! Material range depends on level !! Locations
+! Store Type !! Material range depends on player level !! Locations
 |-
 | Heavy Armor, Massive Armor, Shields, and Headgear || Yes || [[Kruk Pride]]

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 Table of stores by item type:
 {| class="wikitable"
-! Store Type !! Material range depends on level !! Locations
+! Store Type !! Material range depends on player level !! Locations
 |-
 | Heavy Armor, Massive Armor, Shields, and Headgear || Yes || [[Derth]], [[Iron Council]], [[Last Hope]], [[Shatur]], [[Zigur]]

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 | [[Gem]]s || Yes || [[Derth]], [[Irkkk]], [[Iron Council]], [[Point Zero]]
 |-
-| Lites and Digging Tools || Yes || [[Derth]], [[Iron Council]]
+| Lites and Pickaxes || Yes || [[Derth]], [[Iron Council]]
 |-
 | Rings & Amulets (1x rings with no [[ego]], 3x normal jewellery) || Yes || [[Angolwen]]
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 | Armor || No || [[Kroshkkur]]
 |-
-| Lites and Digging Tools || No || [[Kroshkkur]]
+| Lites and Pickaxes || No || [[Kroshkkur]]
 |-
 |}
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 In addition to the town stores in [[Embers of Rage]], certain zones can randomly have [[Ancient Automated Archive]]s, which are portable vending machines. These can be reprogrammed to relocate to [[Kruk Pride]]. The Embers campaign also has one special zone which is a special store: [[Kaltor's Shop]].
-AAAs that sell lites and digging tools ignore normal material level restrictions, so they can sell items of any material level (i.e. 1 to 5) regardless of where they are found.
+AAAs that sell lites and pickaxes ignore normal material level restrictions, so they can sell items of any material level (i.e. 1 to 5) regardless of where they are found.
 The stores in the [[Gates of Morning]] are still there in [[Gates of Morning (Embers of Rage)|this campaign's version]], but they aren't accessible due to being aligned to the [[Sunwall]], a hostile faction.{{Verify}}
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 | Runes and Infusions || No || [[AAA]]
 |-
-| Lites and Digging Tools || No || [[AAA]]
+| Lites and Pickaxes || No || [[AAA]]
 |-
 |}

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 Most shop inventory is randomly generated, but there are some guaranteed items (such as lore in libraries).
-Item generation takes a (character) level, and a [[Items#Materials|material]] level range, as parameters. The level influences what items are likely to generate{{Verify}}, and items outside the material range cannot generate. Each store uses certain values for these parameters. When a store is first stocked, the level used is 8. When a store is restocked, the level used is the player's level from when the condition was met for the store to be restocked (not the player's level when opening the store). There are three ways the material level range can be set:
+Item generation depends on the base level of the zone, and the zone's [[Items#Materials|material]] level range. For the generation of store items, these values can be overridden, depending on the store. The base level influences what items are likely to generate{{Verify}}, and items outside the material range cannot generate. Each zone can have a list of base levels to use for generating store items at each (re)stock. If this list does not exist, or if it has been exhausted, then the normal base level of the zone will be used.
-*It can be dependent on the level used. If the level is exactly 5, the material range will be 1 to 2. Else the max material level will be 1 + one material level for every 10 levels (up to 5), and the min material level will be 1 less than the max (not below 1).
-**For example, at initial stocking (level 8), the material range will be 1 to 1, so there will only be tier 1 items in the store.
+There are three ways the material level range can be set:
-**At level 20, the material range will be 2 to 3, so the store would be restocked with tier 2 or tier 3 items.
+*It can be dependent on the player level used. When a store is first stocked, the player level used is 8. When a store is restocked, the player level used is the player's level from when the condition was met for the store to be restocked (not the player's level when opening the store). If the player level is exactly 5, the material range will be 1 to 2. Else the max material level will be 1 + one material level for every 10 player levels (up to 5), and the min material level will be 1 less than the max (not below 1).
 *Otherwise the material range of the zone will be used, so it will not change unless the material range of the zone changes.
 *Some stores ignore material levels, and so can generate items of any material level (i.e. 1 to 5).
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 Stores are restocked as you level up:
-* New items at level 10 (Tier 1-2 if using the level)
+* New items at level 10 (Tier 1-2 if using the player level)
-* New items at level 20 (Tier 2-3 if using the level)
+* New items at level 20 (Tier 2-3 if using the player level)
-* New items at level 30 (Tier 3-4 if using the level)
+* New items at level 30 (Tier 3-4 if using the player level)
-* New items at levels 40 and 50 (Tier 4-5 if using the level)
+* New items at levels 40 and 50 (Tier 4-5 if using the player level)
 In addition to the standard inventory for each store type, there are a few special features in certain stores:

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 The [[material]] tier for store inventory is restricted to a level range which is set for each town. For example, a town with a material tier of 2-3 will only have tier 2 or tier 3 items in their stores; unless the store is restocked when you reach a particular goal.
-Stores will also buy any item you choose to sell.  This is a leftover from the earlier versions in which you had to unlock the [[Transmogrification Chest]] before it was available at birth. There's no real point to selling an item to a store; the [[Transmogrification Chest]] will give the same amount of gold as the store; AND will give energy to the [[Sher'Tul Fortress]] once you have unlocked the fortress.
+Stores will also buy any item you choose to sell.  This is a leftover from the earlier versions in which it was harder to unlock the [[Transmogrification Chest]]. There's usually no real point to selling an item to a store; the [[Transmogrification Chest]] will give the same amount of gold as the store; AND will give energy to the [[Sher'Tul Fortress]] once you have unlocked the fortress. However, the Transmogrification Chest will give a maximum of 25 gold per item transmogrified, whereas there a few stores that have a higher maximum payment for sold items: the lost merchant's shop in [[Last Hope]], and [[Kaltor's Shop]], will buy for a maximum of 35 gold, and gem stores (in [[Derth]], [[Irkkk]], the [[Iron Council]], and [[Point Zero]]) will buy for a maximum of 30 gold. Therefore, it is theoretically optimal to sell certain expensive items to those shops instead of transmogrifying them, if the fortress energy does not matter.
 ==Stores in the [[campaign|Main Campaign]]==

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 Stores will also buy any item you choose to sell.  This is a leftover from the earlier versions in which you had to unlock the [[Transmogrification Chest]] before it was available at birth. There's no real point to selling an item to a store; the [[Transmogrification Chest]] will give the same amount of gold as the store; AND will give energy to the [[Sher'Tul Fortress]] once you have unlocked the fortress.
-==Stores in the  [[campaign|Main Campaign]]==
+==Stores in the [[campaign|Main Campaign]]==
 Stores acquire new inventory as you level up:
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 * The jewelry store in [[Angolwen]] and [[Gates of Morning]] can make custom rings out of your [[gem]]s and blank rings.
 * The staff store in Angolwen can teach you {{c|Staff Combat}}.
-* The [[mindstar]] store in [[Zigur]] can teach you {{c|Mindstar Mastery}} (various prices; locked, or unlocked, or increase mastery if already unlocked).
+* The [[mindstar]] store in [[Zigur]] can teach you {{c|Mindstar Mastery}} (various prices; locked, or unlocked, or increase mastery by 0.2 if already unlocked).
 * No store in heretical Zigur will sell any {{arc}}-powered items.