[Posted: November 24, 2050]

[EveryM4N:

I know this is a bit crazy, but hear me out!

I was at the general store to get some [HP] and [MP Potions] for the upcoming [Quest]. However, the shopkeeper NPC refused to give me any! Said that they were all sold out!]

[Zedi29:

Sold out? As in they were completely out of potions?]

[EveryM4N:

Yeah! I tried to ask him to let me buy some batches and even stray off the dialogue path, but the answer stays the same.]

[VailOFgl0ry:

Wait, you too?! I just went through hell buying 50 [HP Potions] in another general store in after the one I visited turned me away for the same reason!]

[7PlayCool:

Same here. And it’s not just potions. Cooking ingredients, materials, and some [Revive Stones] were also sold out in some stores that I visited.]

[Vivi4Fan:

I would say “me four”, but I have to add my friend since both of us have been having trouble just trying to get magic gemstones to [Magecraft] our new staves!]

[Zedi29:

Okay, that is a bit creepy. I haven’t encountered that problem so far. Though it makes sense, since I’ve got enough potions from that vending machine that those guys Wind and Kazu built in town.]

[EveryM4N:

Man, I wish I can buy some of their potions there. But they seem to be sold out and haven’t restocked it since the [Hidden Quest] news.]

[Vivi4Fan:

Well, we know the reason behind that. I still can’t believe those paparazzi players drove those two out of town. Thanks to them, they haven’t been in lately! I miss that [Insignis] kid already... T_T]

[Zedi29:

It’s not like we have a choice. We have to respect their privacy since they are a [Guardian Player] and minor player duo.]

[VailOFgl0ry:

The last time I saw one of them was with that Hunter guy by the town’s entrance, but I won’t say anymore since he did something... a bit scary.]

[7PlayCool:

Wait, are you saying...]

[VailOFgl0ry:

No, no, no, no! That’s not it. He was just smacking his bow and sword sheath on a knight and a gunslinger’s head a bunch of times and shouting at them. I didn’t want to approach him because he seemed to be pretty peeved at them.]

[7PlayCool:

Oh. Well, that’s a relief.]

[EveryM4N:

Still, this is a bit of a problem. If more NPC stores in continue to be “sold out” of items, we might have a disadvantage on several dungeons nearby.]

[Vivi4Fan:

Huh? Why do you think that’s a problem?]

[EveryM4N:

Not many players have an [Alchemy Mastery] since most of the potions at the NPC shops are cheaper than the ones that even the [Insignis] kid sell. If this keeps up, there’ll no way for us to survive in battles, even with a healer’s help.]

[Zedi29:

I checked on the player census and you’re right about that fact. And what you just told us and to answer your thread title, I have a feeling that it might not be a bug.]

[7PlayCool:

But that can’t be... The official site didn’t mention any updates or events related to the NPCs.]

[VailOFgl0ry:

Maybe something happened to the game world itself. Don’t forget we’re playing a game that boasted to have a “state-of-the-art” advanced AI into the world.]

[7PlayCool:

Whatever it is, if we don’t do something soon, then this game might go under...]

[Vivi4Fan:

Oh, where are Wind and Kazu when you need them?! T_T]