Item Sets - The Market Board Feature You (Probably) Never Knew Existed

[Shougun]

Hilariously just experienced this for the very first time, after years of playing. When I received the error I google searched it and found this post.

I am aware of the age of the post but am bumping it for two reasons.

1) It was helpful, so thank you.
2) Why not let me see the 'set' from the market board, and then allow me to also purchase the complete set if interested- again from the market board? If the answer is "the feature is an accident / don't want to let you use the market for that" then get rid of it, and if not.. fix it?

[Jojoya]

Hilariously just experienced this for the very first time, after years of playing. When I received the error I google searched it and found this post.

I am aware of the age of the post but am bumping it for two reasons.

1) It was helpful, so thank you.
2) Why not let me see the 'set' from the market board, and then allow me to also purchase the complete set if interested- again from the market board? If the answer is "the feature is an accident / don't want to let you use the market for that" then get rid of it, and if not.. fix it?

I suspect part of the reason for #2 is because the mannequins were added as a roleplay feature with the intent of increasing foot traffic in the housing wards and the houses being run as boutiques. It also filled the request some players were making to not have what they're selling displayed on the marketboard while still letting others make purchases when the seller isn't online.

If you can't buy the item from the marketboard because the seller wants it sold as a set, that's the seller's decision and not the game's. I rarely choose "sell only as set" when putting gear I'm selling on a mannequin. I mainly use the mannequin to avoid having to pay the seller's tax.

You might be interested to know that by going to the player's housing where the mannequin is located you will not have to pay the normal 5% buyer's tax either. It's a win for both buyer and seller on expensive gear sets.

[Shougun]

I suspect part of the reason for #2 is because the mannequins were added as a roleplay feature with the intent of increasing foot traffic in the housing wards and the houses being run as boutiques. It also filled the request some players were making to not have what they're selling displayed on the marketboard while still letting others make purchases when the seller isn't online.

If you can't buy the item from the marketboard because the seller wants it sold as a set, that's the seller's decision and not the game's. I rarely choose "sell only as set" when putting gear I'm selling on a mannequin. I mainly use the mannequin to avoid having to pay the seller's tax.

You might be interested to know that by going to the player's housing where the mannequin is located you will not have to pay the normal 5% buyer's tax either. It's a win for both buyer and seller on expensive gear sets.

That's fair and certainly part of the 'fix it' could just be better communication to the player.

Doesn't 'have' to be purchase from market, but then I'd like to not be slapped with a error message that makes it look like a broke listing lol. If going the more thematic way is the purpose then I think it should just better show that (as until reading this thread I thought I had an actual game error and not bumping up against a feature of the game).