The Xunlai Marketplace thread

If upper development knows about this, I'm sure Gaile asked them before answering. I wonder if they talked about this discovery of ours in one of their meetings :P.

Gaile: "They found the trade center."
Strain: "But it was so secretly hidden in the .dat! Now our plan is ruined "

Thank you for letting us all know where your butt stands, er, sits on this important issue.

Maybe it's just a prank.

Happy April's fools in advance!!

XDDD

Indeed. See PvE skills, some former supporters now despise them.

We should also get away from the Xunlai Market = Auction House. It could work very differently.

We still do not know if it is in development, we can just speculate about that.


We just assume that an auction house would make things better: Every item you want for a low price. No more tradespam. This does not need to be true, the opposite can happen as well.

I think most agree that capitalism and an open market is a good thing, regulating itself and so on - in general. And this "in general" is where things get ugly! The same could happen to the Xunlai Market, always depending on what it does.


Maybe ANet has some fears regarding this feature, too...

This is heaven for those poor guys and gals out there that have those rare items and can't find anyone to sell it, now the whole world can see it

Well, if anyone has played Pokemon diamond or pearl(that's right!i said the P word!), there's the global trade station, people want a lvl 100 for just a lvl 2.
Makes me think this could happen with the xunlai house

That's an interesting example eh?

I'm expecting a comment from Gaile along the lines of;

Okay. Nice work guys, you ruined the surprise we had for you all. I hope you're all happy. Yes the Marketplace is real, but thanks a lot for ruining it.

Ruined what surprise? Since when a new feature is supposed to be a surprise?

Surprisingly bad, maybe?

Look at other games, the dev tell you of the upcoming features MONTHS ahead (no exact date needed either, just that it's coming). Personally I find that to be a better approach because players will know that what they (may) want is coming, there's no need to keep requesting it (or get upset about it).

High....... hopes.

the silence from ANet is deafening

It could be a prior project that they simply gave up on and didnt remove the contents of it from the dat file.

If it's true, they can't exactly comment on it, and if it isn't don't you think they would have denied it by now. But hey, no one knows for sure.

If this happens, I will be overjoyed, but if it doesnt, I will lose about .5 seconds of sleep because of it.

but please, gaile, say something, anything!!!

oh btw
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artay: for the 3445767634th time in this thread, Xunlai Marketplace was very recently added to the DAT and references some very new features, such as items customized to the HoM

slowerpoke: that falls WELL short of a denial, and that by itself has meaning

Okey dokey artichokey, I wasn't aware that there was 3445767634 posts in this thread.

Exciting!

Your all overly excited caffeine addicts with high hopes. If they are working on, they are working on it. Let them release it to us on time, finished, and bug free. Don't bother ANET with this madness (insert Sparta line here)

Oh, and this is probably what happened in their board room meeting:

Gaile: "They have found out about our secret plans for the Xunlai Market."

Strain: "What plans?"

Gaile: "You know, the market thing we had planned for selling and buying items."

Strain: "Gaile, I think you are confused. Izzy, order 66...."

Izzy: "Gaile, you might feel a blunt pain on your forehead..."

Gaile: *drools*

Strain: "So, moving on to other subjects, the gerbil is healthy. Ah yes, Andy! How is that anti farming creature you are designing coming along?"

McLeod: "What anti farming creature?"

Strain: "You know, that new one that steals players drops and is stealthed."

McLeod: "Izzy, order 77....."

Strain: "Wait a secon...*drools* Pretty ectooooossssss.."

I agree. Usually Gaile is pretty fast to correct inaccurate facts.

This particular discovery isnt going to be easily forgotten either, such a feature has been requested since day one. Of Course we were told no auction house would be coming for GW1, and such a feature would probably appear in GW2. (although we were promised 'trade improvements'). Most folks accepted that.

Now a possible trading outpost is discovered, one thats been recently updated and contains post GW:EN elements, and its dismissed as junk data.

I dont think so, Tim.

I'd have liked to add "pick any two", but with Anet it would be more like "pick any three halves".

Theory: it *might* be released along with DWC weapons. New stuff, new method to trade it, much better trade dynamics when there is tons of new hot stuff to sell/buy.

Hmmm i wander where it would be implimented though. It could be a place you acess from TOA etc...but doesnt fit in with style. You gotta think all campaigns can go there. The pic people assume is the place looks elona-y and Xunlai are from cantha....hm