The Auction Board

[Sotek]

I'm against that. The market board was specifically designed to require human interaction.

Yet you seem for a system which would take much of the human interaction out of the buying process?

What exactly is the difference between putting up 10 stacks of 10, for one price, occupying one space on the market board, and putting up 10 stacks of 10, ten times? It isn't automation... It's not like I was suggesting that we have the option to sell a quantity of something through our Retainers, and the moment we obtain that quantity it goes up for sale... That would be automation, each and every time until we tell the Retainer to stop... Though you'd still have to check and adjust prices, so not really...

Also, where exactly can I read the stated design intent of the market board? I'd be interested in reading that.

[Zfz]

[QUOTE=Sotek;1753078]Yet you seem for a system which would take much of the human interaction out of the buying process?[QUOTE]

Because buying is not earning money. Selling is.

What exactly is the difference between putting up 10 stacks of 10, for one price, occupying one space on the market board, and putting up 10 stacks of 10, ten times?

The exact difference you want such a system: due to limited selling slots. If there's no difference, then why not just put up 10 stacks of 10?

Also, where exactly can I read the stated design intent of the market board? I'd be interested in reading that.

That was in a very old live letter I think. Perhaps even in beta. There were already requests to change the market board system, and I think it was Yoshi-P that said they specifically designed it to reward players who spend time on the market boards.