[Dev 1251] Additional Market Search Features

[Jinko]

I like the idea for wish list, but think the shopping cart could be tricky as thinks could sell whilst you are pottering around the search interface.

I am still unclear how the price history works (maybe someone can clear this up), is this available to look at from your own retainers interface or do I still have to go to the search menu to check prices ?

If its the later I hope they plan to allow us to check prices from out retainers as this is the most time consuming thing for me right now.

[normalforce]

I like the idea for wish list, but think the shopping cart could be tricky as thinks could sell whilst you are pottering around the search interface.

this will never work. here is why:

how will they control the movement of items if multiple people have the same item in their shopping cart?

answer:

they wont.
if they do decide to lock that item out after a person selects it and keep it locked until they purchase or exit, then we would have people being douchbags and locking out their competitors items out and then go afk so the only items available for purchase are their own.

I thought this nicely covered any issues with a shopping cart...

That's assuming that just the act of placing an item in your shopping cart would lock it out.

If I were designing the system, I wouldn't have the item tied up just because it is sitting in a shopping cart. Only when I click on the purchase button would the system verify that everything was available and nothing had changed.

If something had changed, e.g. an item was no longer available or a price had changed, it would return the player to the shopping cart and highlight the changes, asking the player if they still want to proceed with the transaction.

If you're worried someone else might take the last one, then buy it immediately. Shopping carts are for the leisurely shopper, not the impulsive buyer.

[LicontAshontear]

You haven't purchased the item when it is your cart. It will still be on the market. Intelligent people wouldn't put the last of a specific item in high demand in a shopping cart and let it sit there while others could still buy it before they "check out". Works the same way for online stores.

maybe i didnt make myself clear enough so ill try again

based on what you replied to my post: if the item isnt locked out when its in your cart, then someone else can come along in the 5 mins or so that you are "shopping" and buy it out from under you.

This will never be implimented and this thread should move onto discussing something that actually might happen. like the wish list idea you posted. that might actually happen and is a good idea. Shopping cart will never happen.

[ssppiikkeeyy]

great idea i hope they decide to put this in would be real easy to get everything you want and save time wrting it down on paper and doing the maths ur self.

[normalforce]

maybe i didnt make myself clear enough so ill try again

based on what you replied to my post: if the item isnt locked out when its in your cart, then someone else can come along in the 5 mins or so that you are "shopping" and buy it out from under you.

This will never be implemented and this thread should move onto discussing something that actually might happen. like the wish list idea you posted. that might actually happen and is a good idea. Shopping cart will never happen.

But this happens now! Two people could be looking to buy the same item off the same retainer and one of them is going to leave disappointed. Every time you attempt to purchase something from the Market Wards there is always a chance someone will swoop in seconds before you and snatch up that item.

[AtryxEtair]

But this happens now! Two people could be looking to buy the same item off the same retainer and one of them is going to leave disappointed. Every time you attempt to purchase something from the Market Wards there is always a chance someone will swoop in seconds before you and snatch up that item.

Precisely. It could prompt you when you add an item to the cart if there are less than 3 of said item left. "Due to the low supply of this item it may be purchased by someone else. Are you sure you don't want to buy it now?" or something hopefully more brief and aptly worded.