Some idea for Auction House system in a Realm Reborn

[Ingolf]

XI's AH system with a search feature would be perfect. I'm not sure how I feel about buyout prices really.

[Eremor]

There is really no reason at all for there to be any kind of bidding or auction system involved. All we need is a functional market system that makes it easy to buy and sell items quickly and efficiently. Trying to model it after an actual auction in any way just confuses things.

Literally the only reason for an Auction House is because WoW had it.
(XI called it an Auction House but it didn't really work like one.)

[Reiterpallasch]

I would price my stuff for 1 gil on the FFXI AH. http://www.ffxiah.com/player/Phoenix/Zumi

Ahh, so you're "that guy" that always shows up in the history as selling items for dirt cheap. Always love when I look at the history and I see something along the lines of:

1,000,000
1,100,000
1,050,000
1,050,000
1,100,000
1,000,000
500
1,000,000
1,150,000
1,100,000

Edit: Clicked the link, you know they let you swap CoP rings right? Can toss the Sattva and pick up a Rajas for your PLD. I see you made empy sword/shield + relic so you probably would want to upgrade the slot.

[Wolfie]

Ugh. Same tired argument I had two years ago about market wards versus auction houses versus whatever the f**k.

The price of an item is dictated by the availability and demand of that item. The method that players use to trade with themselves does not dicate the price of a commodity unless government can and does step in to regulate. That's the cold, hard truth of any market.

Blind bid systems give a temporary illusion to buyers that they're not purchasing from undercutters or people exploiting the market, but their opinion is worthless. Savvy sellers can easily exploit any stem to "undercut" and "cheat". It is an inevitable conclusion.

You guys need to get over your aversion to undercutting, because there is no system that SE can implement and futilely try to enforce, that will stop undercutting.

[baijiazi]

I prefer eve online interface :x



maybe can put HQ orders to replace the buy orders... but the buy orders would be cool to have for ppl esp crafters....

[AeraLucis]

For me the bottom line is efficiency. I want to be able to buy items I want quickly and easily. And I also want to be able to sell items I have quickly and easily.

The way it is set up now creates roadblocks for both. I'm OK with slot limits so you have to wait for stuff to sell, but I really dislike how you cannot see the price history from your retainer UI, or not being able to see HQ items because of too many NQ items up for sell.

If people want the items that I desperately want to get rid of, it shouldn't be so annoying getting it to them.