I'd like to see less of these items on the ED lists actually. It's putting a hit on the Shards Economy.
Why do I feel some times that people are thinking along these lines: "Why should I spend time playing the game when I can spend real money and get what I want." UO was always about the long road, yes over time this has changed and EVO is about the fun and challenge but the long road should still remain to a large degree.
I understand that there are some players who can't play UO EVO for more then a few hours a day or week, and I feel for them, but there needs to be a line drawn some where, IMO.
---Please remember this is just my opinion---
In closing, I think some form of resource list should be made, and this is where players can buy the items mentioned above, through channeling the entire EVO public.
This system, or access list, allows players to buy and trade from others, causing less global spamming because you don't have to be playing for others to buy from this list.
Putting items up for public purchase should require some container type into which the item is added to the trade list.
Retrieving an item from this list requires one of two things, the correct character account number; probably similar to how players interact with there in game vendors when adding or removing items that are not selling well, or the right amount of gold/tokens, in order to purchase the item for sale.
This system is helpful, without hurting player vendors, because a player vendor has a set price all the time, and the idea I am proposing allows the player posting a resource to set their own quantity at such and such a value.
EX1: player one posts: 10 runic hammer charges at 300gp each
Some one else, that same day, posts the following:
EX2: Player two posts: 100 runic hammer charges at 250gp each.
It is obvious that any other players, even including player one, will probably be buying runic hammers at the price of 250gp each charge until there are no more for sale at that price; at which point player one will be selling his runic hammer charges.
I thank everyone for reading, and look forward to any positive criticism. A system like this would make EVO stronger as a whole along with the shards economy.