Some idea for Auction House system in a Realm Reborn

[Alhanelem]

Current system, minus retainers and the horrendous UI lag, is just fine. I should be able to buy and sell stuff from a single interface, instead of there being two seperate ones. The retainers, while creative, are excruciatingly slow to work with, and even other games with hired merchant systems are easier to use (MapleStory probably the biggest example, though you have to pay real money to actually search the damn thing)

Some of the issues people want to address, like undercutting, are not preventable. People will undercut. It's just how economics works.

Outside of the issues I described, it's hard to find too much fault. We have searching by name (Worth noting that XI did NOT have this) and by category, we have price history, we have buy from the item list, the buying end of the system is fine now. It's the seller's side that needs most of the work.

[Ingolf]

XI's AH system with a search feature would be perfect. I'm not sure how I feel about buyout prices really.

[Eremor]

There is really no reason at all for there to be any kind of bidding or auction system involved. All we need is a functional market system that makes it easy to buy and sell items quickly and efficiently. Trying to model it after an actual auction in any way just confuses things.

Literally the only reason for an Auction House is because WoW had it.
(XI called it an Auction House but it didn't really work like one.)

[Wolfie]

Ugh. Same tired argument I had two years ago about market wards versus auction houses versus whatever the f**k.

The price of an item is dictated by the availability and demand of that item. The method that players use to trade with themselves does not dicate the price of a commodity unless government can and does step in to regulate. That's the cold, hard truth of any market.

Blind bid systems give a temporary illusion to buyers that they're not purchasing from undercutters or people exploiting the market, but their opinion is worthless. Savvy sellers can easily exploit any stem to "undercut" and "cheat". It is an inevitable conclusion.

You guys need to get over your aversion to undercutting, because there is no system that SE can implement and futilely try to enforce, that will stop undercutting.

[baijiazi]

I prefer eve online interface :x



maybe can put HQ orders to replace the buy orders... but the buy orders would be cool to have for ppl esp crafters....

[AeraLucis]

For me the bottom line is efficiency. I want to be able to buy items I want quickly and easily. And I also want to be able to sell items I have quickly and easily.

The way it is set up now creates roadblocks for both. I'm OK with slot limits so you have to wait for stuff to sell, but I really dislike how you cannot see the price history from your retainer UI, or not being able to see HQ items because of too many NQ items up for sell.

If people want the items that I desperately want to get rid of, it shouldn't be so annoying getting it to them.