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[GreatWyrmGold]

Why do the merchants want coins? To pay the townspeople for their crops (or whatever they make).
Why do townspeaople want coins? To pay the merchants for their goods.
Simple.

[Xanmyral]

Do we even need food though? What crops? We haven't seen any farms of the like here though, heck we've only seen actual grass in only one place. Slog wanted food, but that seemed to be more of a 'filling the void' kind of thing.

[LordSlowpoke]

theory: prices are only this inflated because slog consumed the entirety, or at least big percentage of, edible matter within the warrens. as food became more scarce, the prices went up, with accordance with weird puzzle shit also known as economics.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Do we even need food though? What crops? We haven't seen any farms of the like here though, heck we've only seen actual grass in only one place. Slog wanted food, but that seemed to be more of a 'filling the void' kind of thing.

Then...what do people want? If their needs are filled, what do they do to fill their wants?

[Slayerhero90]

I think this floor might be Yaos.
I don't think it used to look like this.
Yaos became the floor.

[Xanmyral]

Spoiler: More Conspiratorial Ramblings (click to show/hide)

That's a pretty good question, isn't it? Have we seen anything that the merchants sell that would benefit anyone who wasn't us? Backpacks and health potions, maybe. Weapons for self defense, but once that is accomplished then what? Most people don't seem to bother to leave their homes, every time we amble along it's a ghost town. Are there really not a lot of people there, or are they hiding from us? Heck, also draws to question as to where other people are getting this money, as we've yet to find a source of it that isn't adventuring.

Take the Underside Market, a market place for that small hamlet, the closest we have to some kind of shop that might interest the average person is the quotations shop, that seems to be the closest anyone has to actual food or nick-knacks. Everything else has been weapons, potions, magic, regular adventurer fare the kind of like you would expect in a town that would base their economy around adventurers, but we haven't really seen any other adventurers beyond us or Yaos though, have we? So is most of this economy based around us? Why?

Heck, the tip store is basically the plot information Oric sells under a new name, insider information for coin. Oric doesn't care for coin even though they have obvious differences in value amongst the merchants. A river dollar to him is worth the same as a pence when buying, yet offers different rates when selling.

For now, we don't have enough information to know what is up beyond that something is up. I'm thinking that theory that this is all a mascaraed to distract us has a good bit of ground.

Hm... I should probably post an action. +1 to Mastahcheese's idea, it seems reasonable.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I think this floor might be Yaos.
I don't think it used to look like this.
Yaos became the floor.

...What?

Spoiler: More Conspiratorial Ramblings (click to show/hide)

That's a pretty good question, isn't it? Have we seen anything that the merchants sell that would benefit anyone who wasn't us? Backpacks and health potions, maybe. Weapons for self defense, but once that is accomplished then what? Most people don't seem to bother to leave their homes, every time we amble along it's a ghost town. Are there really not a lot of people there, or are they hiding from us? Heck, also draws to question as to where other people are getting this money, as we've yet to find a source of it that isn't adventuring.

Take the Underside Market, a market place for that small hamlet, the closest we have to some kind of shop that might interest the average person is the quotations shop, that seems to be the closest anyone has to actual food or nick-knacks. Everything else has been weapons, potions, magic, regular adventurer fare the kind of like you would expect in a town that would base their economy around adventurers, but we haven't really seen any other adventurers beyond us or Yaos though, have we? So is most of this economy based around us? Why?

Heck, the tip store is basically the plot information Oric sells under a new name, insider information for coin. Oric doesn't care for coin even though they have obvious differences in value amongst the merchants. A river dollar to him is worth the same as a pence when buying, yet offers different rates when selling.

For now, we don't have enough information to know what is up beyond that something is up. I'm thinking that theory that this is all a mascaraed to distract us has a good bit of ground.

On the other hand, why would the merchants bother taking out the merchandise they knew we wouldn't buy, and why would freeform waste time making up prices for that stuff?
But yes, this is potentially a clue.

[Mego]

I think this floor might be Yaos.
I don't think it used to look like this.
Yaos became the floor.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[monk12]

It's probably the feeling of a lot of now-flowing water suddenly hurtling us offscreen if we open it up.

Go back up for air, tell our companions what we've seen and where we're going, then head to the west!

+1, and make sure we ask Proxxy if this is what she's looking for

Hopefully she'll be able to answer the "level boss or sweet loot" question.

[Slayerhero90]

I think this floor might be Yaos.
I don't think it used to look like this.
Yaos became the floor.

...What?

FLOOR 3 DID NOT LOOK LIKE THIS BEFORE THE YAOS INCIDENT.
YAOS BECAME ONE WITH FLOOR 3, WHICH PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT WAS AQUATIC THEMED.
YAOS'S ELDRITCHY GOT INVOLVED AND GOOD THINGS HAPPENED.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I think this floor might be Yaos.
I don't think it used to look like this.
Yaos became the floor.

...What?

FLOOR 3 DID NOT LOOK LIKE THIS BEFORE THE YAOS INCIDENT.
YAOS BECAME ONE WITH FLOOR 3, WHICH PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT WAS AQUATIC THEMED.
YAOS'S ELDRITCHY GOT INVOLVED AND GOOD THINGS HAPPENED.

When did we see the floor of this floor before?

[Cerol Lenslens]

I think this floor might be Yaos.
I don't think it used to look like this.
Yaos became the floor.

...What?

FLOOR 3 DID NOT LOOK LIKE THIS BEFORE THE YAOS INCIDENT.
YAOS BECAME ONE WITH FLOOR 3, WHICH PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT WAS AQUATIC THEMED.
YAOS'S ELDRITCHY GOT INVOLVED AND GOOD THINGS HAPPENED.

When did we see the floor of this floor before?

He's saying that's what he meant, not that that's what happened. It's more speculation, probably because the background is purple, like Yaos.

[Toaster]

DL3 previous view:

[Slayerhero90]

I think this floor might be Yaos.
I don't think it used to look like this.
Yaos became the floor.

...What?

FLOOR 3 DID NOT LOOK LIKE THIS BEFORE THE YAOS INCIDENT.
YAOS BECAME ONE WITH FLOOR 3, WHICH PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT WAS AQUATIC THEMED.
YAOS'S ELDRITCHY GOT INVOLVED AND GOOD THINGS HAPPENED.

When did we see the floor of this floor before?

He's saying that's what he meant, not that that's what happened. It's more speculation, probably because the background is purple, like Yaos.

And the eldritchy as well.

[GreatWyrmGold]

DL3 previous view:

Notice a couple things:
1. The floor is blurry.
2. The decor in general is actually not all that different from what we see in the level. The differences are well within the limit of boss room idiosyncrasies.