Specific amount of items available anytime soon?

[Liam_Harper]

People suggest this fairly often but it's not that simple. Buying in any quantity heavily favors buyers while hurting sellers.

As a seller, I'd gladly take the hit. QoL and access to items should not be withheld from players so we can make a tiny bit more profit.

There are far bigger issues for sellers anyway, such as crafting and gathering being far too easy so supply is through the roof and bots being rampant. I'd rather they addressed that instead of denying QoL.

[Kes13a]

As a seller, I'd gladly take the hit. QoL and access to items should not be withheld from players so we can make a tiny bit more profit.

There are far bigger issues for sellers anyway, such as crafting and gathering being far too easy so supply is through the roof and bots being rampant. I'd rather they addressed that instead of denying QoL.

problem is, how much will that QoL improvement aid the bots.

I'll happily put up with no QoL improvements if it means the bots get inconvenienced

[Jojoya]

problem is, how much will that QoL improvement aid the bots.

I'll happily put up with no QoL improvements if it means the bots get inconvenienced

Doubt adding the ability to buy partial stacks or even buy orders would make a significant difference for bots.

As for no QOL for the sake of inconveniencing bots, it would kill the game because it would become too tedious for players while doing nothing to the bots because tedium has zero effect on their ability to function.

If you want to inconvenience the bots, get rid of those who pay to benefit from their existence. Going to be really inconvenient if they don't have any customers.

[Kes13a]

Doubt adding the ability to buy partial stacks or even buy orders would make a significant difference for bots.

As for no QOL for the sake of inconveniencing bots, it would kill the game because it would become too tedious for players while doing nothing to the bots because tedium has zero effect on their ability to function.

If you want to inconvenience the bots, get rid of those who pay to benefit from their existence. Going to be really inconvenient if they don't have any customers.

yeah, I agree. ban the buyers. since bots are "too elusive to be caught" according to some, then the only alternative is to ban the buyers.

[SillyCrow]

You can buy the stack of 50, then relist the leftover 40 on the market board. It's not hard.

[Jojoya]

You can buy the stack of 50, then relist the leftover 40 on the market board. It's not hard.

Most buyers aren't interested in wasting their time and gil fixing your overstock mistake. They'll get what they need elsewhere.

[KageTokage]

I honestly kind of hope they DON'T add this function because selling in smaller quantities tends to be one of the easiest ways to compete against the RMTers/botters flooding the food/potion market as they cannot simply automate undercuts for stackable items.

Though of course, that shouldn't even be necessary in the first place.

[EorzeaWanderer]

I would prefer not to have this feature.

The reason being, as a seller there are only a small number of ways you can distinguish your listings other than just having a cheaper price:
- NQ vs. HQ
- slotted materia in gear
- adjusting stack sizes/quantities along with price

The market system is pretty simplistic already, and stack sizes are one of the main ways to differentiate your goods from those of other sellers.

As others have said above, buyers do want smaller stack sizes sometimes, which leaves opportunities for sellers to serve that group as well.
Take that dynamic away and the markets just get less interesting, in my opinion.

[Bladehawk]

Most buyers aren't interested in wasting their time and gil fixing your overstock mistake. They'll get what they need elsewhere.

If they are going to go get it elsewhere then the system is working fine and should not be changed. No partial stack selling please.