Hi Everyone,
So the good news is that we've got the majority of the Merchant feature into our internal test build of the game, and so far we all are really enjoying it. The bad news is that there are some balance issues that we need to get sorted out before we would feel comfortable shipping it out as an update. Since that would be the last patch before the final Launch patch we are leaning towards holding the Merchant back for the game full launch.
In related good news, we're also making excellent progress towards the full Questr launch. We will follow up in the next week or so with more detailed plans on all the features and updates that we have slated for launch and post-launch.
As always, thanks for playing!
Jeff