Suggestion: Classifieds for Crafters and Gatherers

[HakuroDK]

Hey there! So I have noticed, in my travels, there are a lot of people who buy and sell goods and services over Party Finder.

Now, obviously the goods can be sold on the market board, but what about services such as crafting and gathering?

I was thinking of a separate Party Finder type deal where people could either offer their crafting/gathering services or request those same services.

Now, while I would never personally rip off a client, I know that there is a history of such things happening. So I think this would help with that sort of thing too.

[AlexanderThorolund]

Sounds like a great idea! Another way to bring the community closer.

[Kurogaea]

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People are not already doing this?

[HakuroDK]

People are not already doing this?

They're doing it in Party Finder, which is primarily for combat parties. There needs to be a separate variant of the Party finder for Crafters/Gatherers, just like there's going to be one for Raids in 3.2.

My whole thought is that this Classifieds system would be a middleman to connect crafters/gatherers with clients in just such a way that forbids less than honest crafters from running away with mats (by giving the Classifieds System a means of accessing the Crafting Log using someone else's materials without actually seeing those materials hit the crafter's inventory, for example).

[MilesSaintboroguh]

This seems like just another version of the PF anyway and people that break agreements can be reported, PF or no.

[Alahra]

I wouldn't mind having this. Party Finder has a lot of stuff that isn't relevant to crafting/gathering, and a specially designed menu could allow us to filter various things (like an easy way to visibly identify needing a 1- or 2-star crafter/gatherer, or wanting HQ things, etc.) Party Finder comments also don't work with item links, which is something that could be very helpful.

It's not necessary by any means, but it would be a nice quality of life thing.