Player Poll: What Specifically is it you want from an "Auction House"

[AlexiaKidd]

I think most people just mean they want to buy directly from item search list and have item delivered into their inventory or mail box. I don't think they actually mean they want to blind bid on items.

What I personally would like is the following 3 things:

1. -I would like to be able to buy directly from the counter and have the item put straight into my inventory. For the convenience of this I would happily pay an extra 5-10% delivery tax on a purchase made straight from the item search list. If it was an expensive item then I would probably still go into the wards and pick it up to save on the tax.

2. -I would also like the item search menu to have more sorting and filter options. I would like to be able to sort by things like class and rank. I did like FFXI's AH menu setup as I could find what I was looking for pretty easy with the wards it is harder to locate more obscure items if you don't know what ward it should be in. Also I want be be able to distinguish between NQ and HQ items. Finally on the topic of searching I want the ability to type the item into a text box it will pull it up.

3. -My last request which I think might have the biggest impact on the economy is the addition of a Seeking Item search. This would work exactly the same as the current item search but would bring up retainers that are seeking that item instead. You could also allow the ability to sell directly through the menu with the addition of the delivery tax or go drop it off yourself to the retainer and save a bit of gill. The other addition they would have to make is allowing retainers to seek for ANY item currently in the game even if they do not have that item in their possession. Currently in order to seek an item you must already have that item, to me that is strange as most of the time I would not seek it if I already had it.

If they could add the Seeking Item search I think it would help a lot as currently I just throw away or NPC a lot of what i consider Junk. However these items might actually be of use to someone so if there was an Seeking item search then I could just sell all that "junk" to other players/retainers super easy.

[Cairdeas]

I think most people just mean they want to buy directly from item search list and have item delivered into their inventory or mail box. I don't think they actually mean they want to blind bid on items.

I too believe this might be the case.

[Ilean]

I think most people just mean they want to buy directly from item search list and have item delivered into their inventory or mail box. I don't think they actually mean they want to blind bid on items.

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[Rentahamster]

I think most people just mean they want to buy directly from item search list and have item delivered into their inventory or mail box. I don't think they actually mean they want to blind bid on items.

Yep. This should be pretty obvious to anyone who's not blindly defending the Market Ward system.

[Cairdeas]

Yep. This should be pretty obvious to anyone who's not blindly defending the Market Ward system.

Heres the backside of the argument then. The only feature that is technically unique to a Auction House are Blind and Timed Bidding. When someone says they do not want an Auction House they really do mean they do not want Timed or Blind Bidding.

This whole thing is a problem with Nomenclature. If all the features besides a Timed or Blind Bidding were implemented it still wouldn't be an auction house and all those features can be implemented into the market ward.

[Rentahamster]

When someone says they do not want an Auction House they really do mean they do not want Timed or Blind Bidding.

You might have a point there if it weren't for those same people who "say they do not want an Auction House" to wax emotional about the endless possibilities of an NPC zombie middle-man server-crashing retainer who adds immersion and fun and is one of the only things standing between the treasured uniqueness of this game and WoW.

[Rizon]

Heres the backside of the argument then. The only feature that is technically unique to a Auction House are Blind and Timed Bidding. When someone says they do not want an Auction House they really do mean they do not want Timed or Blind Bidding.

This whole thing is a problem with Nomenclature. If all the features besides a Timed or Blind Bidding were implemented it still wouldn't be an auction house and all those features can be implemented into the market ward.

If by Timed or Blind bidding you mean that I have only 5 days to sell my item before it is returned to me then you are correct. I want no parts of it. I would rather be taxed by selling something and not for putting it on sale everytime. I do not know how much Gil I have lost because the manipulators forced me to resell things over and over again

[Cairdeas]

If by Timed or Blind bidding you mean that I have only 5 days to sell my item before it is returned to me then you are correct. I want no parts of it. I would rather be taxed by selling something and not for putting it on sale everytime. I do not know how much Gil I have lost because the manipulators forced me to resell things over and over again

"Timed Bidding" is when you put an item up for 5 gold and set it to stay up for 7 days and then people bid more and more for it till the 7 days is up.

[Cutriss]

Yep. This should be pretty obvious to anyone who's not blindly defending the Market Ward system.

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(plus pricing history)

If it helps, don't call it an auction house! Call it something else since it's not a real auction. I don't care, I want the old FFXI auction system back (gods, never thought I'd say that).

[Cairdeas]

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(plus pricing history)

If it helps, don't call it an auction house! Call it something else since it's not a real auction. I don't care, I want the old FFXI auction system back (gods, never thought I'd say that).

the FFXI system was a Blind Bidding system that allowed for True Exploitive Undercutting to take place (instead of economic Undercutting which is a normal part of economics) that was easily and always exploited by the RMT's. As well as the Item Price History.