Why don't we have the ability to make specific number purchases from the market?

[Naunet]

This is something I particularly enjoy about the Commodities Exchange in WildStar. A player can list a sell order of however many of an item they want (there's a little box where you type in the number), and it tells you the current price though you can change it if you want. A player can place a buy order that a potential seller can use to "sell now", if they want (can be used by buyers to try and get things a bit cheaper - seller gets guaranteed money right away). And if you're browsing the sell orders, you just specify out much of an item you want and at what price, and purchase. If there aren't enough of that item up at that price, the game will tell you, and you can adjust. There are some flaws in the CX user interface, but it works very well for all the items people like to sell in bulk but generally buy in individualized amounts.

[Felis]

A player can place a buy order that a potential seller can use to "sell now", if they want (can be used by buyers to try and get things a bit cheaper - seller gets guaranteed money right away).

Hmm, yes
A buy request would be nice in the MB. 1.0 had it too.

[Moonleg]

This is something I particularly enjoy about the Commodities Exchange in WildStar.

My experience with WildStar's system back at launch was this:

I want a full stack of, say, Titanium. Titanium is currently listed at 50 Credits a piece.

Buy 99. "That many aren't available at this price."
Buy 50. "That many aren't available at this price."
Gah, buy 5! "Bought."
Buy 5. "That many aren't available at this price."

WildStar's attempt at making sellers anonymous was TERRIBLE, because buyers ended up sitting there trying desperately to figure out how much was actually for sale at the shown price, with NO IDEA what the next price jump would be. Had someone listed at 51? 60? 500? Would you be able to buy as many as you actually needed?

I would much rather scroll through the Market Board here and look for a listing with a number of items close to what I'm after.

[Naunet]

WildStar's attempt at making sellers anonymous was TERRIBLE, because buyers ended up sitting there trying desperately to figure out how much was actually for sale at the shown price, with NO IDEA what the next price jump would be. Had someone listed at 51? 60? 500? Would you be able to buy as many as you actually needed?

That is one tiny problem easily solved by either fulfilling as much of your order as possible at the price you requested, or simply telling you exactly how many there are in the error message ("There are only XXX available at this price.").