Thread: Price History & Listing at 2.0

I'd like prices to be anonymous\hidden like in XI.

Originally Posted by Arkine

I'd like prices to be anonymous\hidden like in XI.

Same. It just encourages undercutting which is silly. FFXI price history was great..you could put up something for 50 gil and it would sell for 2k because that is the going price and people had to just guess lol So it was risky but rewarding hehe

Originally Posted by Babydoll

Same. It just encourages undercutting which is silly. FFXI price history was great..you could put up something for 50 gil and it would sell for 2k because that is the going price and people had to just guess lol So it was risky but rewarding hehe

Actually, I hate this, because it makes buying a pain in the ass. You should always be able to get the lowest price, not have to guess what that lowest price is.

It lets you set prices super cheap to sell before everyone else, while potentially still earning the same money (In xi, you could easily list items for 1 gil so they sell first and still get what most people are paying)

Why make extra steps? Nobody wants to pay more than they have to. Hiding the prices doesn't prevent undercutting. It happens every minute of every hour in XI.

we need a different way to sell things really a AH system is broken when your dealing with people, people are greedy and the AH was made for honesty. RMT dont help any either.

Originally Posted by Esk

I don't really use the price history tbh, i cant recall even looking at it much.

So you're likely one of those people who despite things obviously being sold for 200k the whole day/last month will plop up the same item for 10k, yeah?

take away price history and we're on the right track, i don't like it all. sell an item for what it's worth to you and people will buy it if it's worth that amount to them. i'll admit, i prefer XI's AH system to what we have now.

Originally Posted by ejiboo

take away price history and we're on the right track, i don't like it all. sell an item for what it's worth to you and people will buy it if it's worth that amount to them. i'll admit, i prefer XI's AH system to what we have now.

if they remove price history we are back where we were before we had it. ppl will list/sell items etc for what they see fit and once all items are sold or none are currently being sold one minute you could have bought an item for 10k and the next minute 100k and you would have no clue you could have gotten the item alot cheaper.

it would be better to remove listing price since, ppl will automatically undercut you by only one gil becuase they can physically see what an item is being sold for. if they remove listing price and keep price history you can see an item what it previously sold for and can sell yours accordingly, not like it is now when we can see the price history to sell/buy fairly but the list/asking price from the seller which is very dumb SINCE this is a main cause for undercutting.

yes you will have undercutting with only price history but not as bad like it is now having price history and list price. with only price history you sure can undercut someone by selling an item for 1k less or even more but not like now when everyone can undercut you so precise.

i prefer XI's AH system to what we have now.

XI had a price history. Sorry, -50 DKP.

Seeing the items currently up for sale != price history. Having the current items up for sale hidden is more abuseable than having them visible, and forces the buyer to guess what the cheapest price is. And then if they guess wrong, the serll gets more gil than they were asking for. I think that's a stupid system- it stacks things in favor of the seller, because the seller can't lose.