X360--merchants have unlimited gold? Options

[earwicker7]

I'm having a weird issue with the X360 version of the game. The merchants never have any gold removed from their coffers when they purchase my equipment. I can have a merchant start with 800 gold, and when the merchant has purchased 500 gold worth of equipment from me, he still has 800 gold. I know some people (cough... cheaters... cough!) might find this to be a good thing, but I hate it. In my opinion, the fact that you sometimes have to hunt for a person who can afford to buy your stuff is much more immersive than someone who has endless gold.

Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, were you able to get around it? I've filled out a support request from Bethesda, so hopefully they may have some advice.

[Ola Martin]

Are you sure it's a bug?
I don't think so, if a merchant have 800g to buy for he probably can only buy stuff for less than 800g, but he can buy just as much as he want to.

This post has been edited by Ola Martin: Mar 26 2006, 12:01 AM

[earwicker7]

Are you sure it's a bug?
I don't think so, if a merchant have 800g to buy for he probably can only buy stuff for less than 800g, but he can buy just as much as he want to.

Well, this wasn't how the merchant system worked on Morrowind, so I'm assuming it's a bug. On Morrowind, every time you bought/sold something, the vendor's gold changed immediately. There were many times that a merchant would literally be unable to buy something that was worth 1 gold. Obviously, there have been some changes since Morrowind, but I don't think this is one of them.

Is there anyone out there playing that ISN'T getting this issue--ie, is your game working the way Morrowind did?