Influence?

[Swami71]

What is Influence good for? I thought it helped trading but I tried on a +14 influence enhancive and it didn't change the price at all. I hear it helps with warcries. Anything else?

[Fallen]

You need a certain amount of trading ranks to activate your influence modifier.

[Danical]

http://www.krakiipedia.org/wiki/Trading#1._.27Skill_Boost.27.

[Stanley Burrell]

It's good for warcries, or so I've heard.

[Baelog]

Yeah, it's good for Warcry, Trading, and I believe it affects the starting Mana for Bards and Empaths, and I believe it factors into other checks that involve your force of personality

[The Ponzzz]

Pretty sure it will be a large factor in mental TD as well.

[Swami71]

You need a certain amount of trading ranks to activate your influence modifier.

I have 74 trading ranks and nothing. Also it doesn't even work for Empath CS. So Warcries, TD for the few mental spells, and furture monks/savant TD.

[Danical]

What are you trying to sell and where?

12 bonus should increase what you're selling by 1%

[Swami71]

Emerald at the gemshop in illy. Does it max out?

[Danical]

Not to my knowledge, no.

Post your trading skill, your stats, the price before the INF enhancive and the price after.

We'll go from there.

[Swami71]

Trading............................| 174 74
Influence (INF): 90 (30) ... 90 (30)
Elf, with citizenship, Illistim gemshop
>
You ask Tanzania to appraise an uncut emerald.
The jeweler Tanzania takes the uncut emerald and inspects it carefully before saying, "I'll give you 7686 for it if you want to sell."

Influence (INF): 90 (30) ... 104 (37)
>
You ask Tanzania to appraise an uncut emerald.
The jeweler Tanzania takes the uncut emerald and inspects it carefully before saying, "I'll give you 7686 for it if you want to sell."

I'll try my Dwarf with 27 trading later.

[Danical]

it's every 12 BONUS for INF

[Swami71]

it's every 12 BONUS for INF

12 bonus so 24 stat. Thats a ton for 1%. Totally worthless. INF worst stat EVAR.

[The Ponzzz]

Yeah.... It's something like Trading ranks + Inf bonus/12 = %

[Danical]

Yeah.... It's something like Trading ranks + Inf bonus/12 = %

It is EXACTLY the above.

EDIT: Trading SKILL (not ranks)

[The Ponzzz]

It caps out though, right? Something redunkelous, but it still caps.

[Danical]

It caps out though, right? Something redunkelous, but it still caps.

I haven't seen it cap out.

Even trying to cap it out wouldn't be worth it. I've ran the numbers in a possible infinite sell/buy scenario and they've made it thoroughly impossible to make money even if you had +50 trading, + 20 INF stat, Elf in Illi, and Citizenship.

Sure, you could get like 5% more out of your loot with +70 combined skill/stat but you'd have to sink an assload in enhancives which would make the whole endeavor pretty retarded.