Ah yes, I misinterpreted your statement Kinslayer. I suppose it's true that one could make more friend selling and buying, but I have never been able to do while I was doing that. Ive added a few people but they never seemed very interested for long. I think its just two people who share common interests. You make friends with merchants and stuff because, im guessing, you enjoy buying and selling and have lots of buy sell stories. On the other hand, the person I am making friends with is most likely a avid slayer like me. We can talk about tasks, how much we hate Black Demons, brag about good tasks and drops, and race each other. You would have trouble doing this with a avid slayer because you are not. I would have trouble talking about all the best buying and selling deals because the best Ive ever got is from a general store: 16 snapdragon herbs for about 100gp.