What happened with shopkeepers?

[Billy Jean Ruby]

as title said
What happened with shopkeepers? Where are they?
I didn't found any for ....a month or so? now I'm logging more frequently and checking more intensively the auction house.
btw, not in loot and dropping anymore?

 

[Me Really Never]

Shopkeeper Pad Nacho Nena Josefina Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:36:31
Shopkeeper Pad Balto Baltazar Zar Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:17:07
Shopkeeper Pad Nacho Nena Josefina Sat, 09 Sep 2017 14:20:32
Shopkeeper Pad Andre Penumbra TAB Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:29:06
Shopkeeper Pad Perfect Dmatrix Bimbo Sat, 02 Sep 2017 08:09:36
Shopkeeper Pad Gunnm Dampsomfan Tolv Sun, 27 Aug 2017 08:42:39
Shopkeeper Pad Felangur FEEL Wish Sat, 26 Aug 2017 19:45:05
Shopkeeper Pad zzz DISABLED zzz Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:07:04
Shopkeeper Pad Vellu Rufus Leinonen Fri, 11 Aug 2017 01:58:28
Shopkeeper Pad Eirik MisterRiz Risboel Wed, 02 Aug 2017 23:29:39
Shopkeeper Pad ZBANGHIU maRIUS GIGEL Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:34:23

thats only for the last 2 months

 

[mastermesh]

We are seeing more and more shops like this one and this one, and bunch of others in various locations...

Possible that Mindark capped number in game? Not sure? Supply/Demand and Balancing manager will likely step in before long now that you've created this thread.

I personally think Mindark ought to create a way to convert an apartment item point in to a shop item point without the shopkeeper, via an 'upgrade' to the estate, but doubt it'll ever happen... since they are tweaking crafting lately, some sort of blueprint for shopkeepers, or ingredients to upgrade apartments in that way could be interesting in the future.

Going the other way, I supposed Mindark could change things in estates, as they like to do every 3-6 months it seems, and make it so that each shop or apartment estate can only hold a max of 2 shopkeepers or something?...