We added to the project a perhaps controversial feature for the most veterans or Interlude lovers: The Private Buff Store. Allow this reading, maybe you will change your mind about this new functionality.

What is a Private Buff Shop

The Private Buff Store is nothing more than giving to support classes the possibility of selling their skills (buffs, Chants, Songs and Dances) online or offline to other players through a private store. It's just another store. With the same mechanics as the rest of the player stores that we can see around the world but in this case, they sell magical aids.

What motivated its integration

• Encourage support classes:

Many of us know, like me who has played main support during years, that the support life is hard. You are a very dependent character, slow leveling and also the last to be equipped in the clan. Giving the option to sell their useful buffs when the player is afk is a passive and fair way to monetize their skills, much like a artisans's crafting ability.

• Helps all classes:

These stores offer the option to players who do not have a clan or do not have access to a buffer, either because they play alone or because friendly buffers are offline, to receive these magical aids in exchange for adena.

• Not affects the economy:

The sale of buffs will not negatively affect the economy since the supply and demand market itself will regulate the value of the buffs. Additionally, to prevent abuse, without looking for online options first, we have set a minimum price per buff of 250a so that it has a cost to the player.

• Not affects the support class role:

The role of support in party is reserved exclusively for the online player, which is, after all, the fundamental pillar of support, helping the party. It will always be a better option to have an active player.

Let's understand this, and as a fundamental reason to value the real support class, the buff stores can only be planted in peaceful zones, that is, towns or cities. And never in the place of battles when the class offers its best utility.

How to create a buff store

To create a buff store, first of all and as a main condition, you must be a support class (PP, SWS, BD, WC,…). Being one of these classes, go to the menu and select "Actions" or Alt+C:

Then select the "Private store - Buff" option to start adding buffs to your store:

Now you just have to add your buffs and the price you want to give each of them. Once you have finished, add a store message for example "Here are the best dances" to attract the buyer and finally click on "Start":

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Conditions and notes

• Only support classes can create buff stores.
• The minimum level to create a buff store is 36:
  • Players can use newbie buffs up to level 14.
  • Players can use Anduin buffs from level 15 to 35.
• Equip requirements apply equally for example having duals for dancing.
• The necessary item consumption rules apply equally, for example soul ore to cast Greater Might.
• 250 adenas is the minimum price for all buffs.
• Mana consumption as well as recovery speed is the same as if the character were online.
• If a summoner uses the buff store, he can change the target to buff himself or his summon/pet/mount.

• Buff shops can be attacked but are invulnerable to damage.
• During siege periods the buff stores will disappear and it will not be possible to create new ones.