Trade District
jazilla
I thought about this yesterday. I think there should be a dedicated, "Trade District" in each of the major towns for each campaign and EoTN(so, Lion's Arch, Kamadan, Kaineng, and whatever Anet decides for EoTN). You could have a permanent, "Trade District" option in the District dropdown menu when you click the icon of that town on the map. You could make it so that the only place that trading can be done in chat is in those districts. This would make it great for people looking to buy things as well too, because you could also make the chat in the Trade Districts limited to PM's/Guild/Alliance/and the Trade Window. The last parts are optional, but I don't see any reason why this wouldn't be viable. I am sure that some of you do, but I think this would be a great way to clean up a lot of Local Chat, and make the districts more conducive to questing/missions/farming/recruiting etc.
muisje33
i think its a good idea, no more trade spam in local chat
but well, i guess its hard to implement
but well, i guess its hard to implement
Icy The Mage
It sounds like a good idea, but I'm not sure how difficult it would be to implement :P
SpiritSpammer
when i first got faction i thought it only made sense that Market Place would be where i could buy stuff. boy was i wrong.
go cubs
Or like a player made thing where
District 1=Weapons
D2=minipets
D3=Miscellaneous
that'd be nice but, but your idea wouldn't get implemented till gw2 cause they won't do it now, and by then they'll have an auction house hopefully so...
District 1=Weapons
D2=minipets
D3=Miscellaneous
that'd be nice but, but your idea wouldn't get implemented till gw2 cause they won't do it now, and by then they'll have an auction house hopefully so...
Eragon Zarroc
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we have trade chat and party search. waste of developer time.
we have trade chat and party search. waste of developer time.
BlackSephir
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Originally Posted by Eragon Zarroc
/notsigned
we have trade chat and party search. waste of developer time. |
Oh wait, it does not.
T1Cybernetic
If only this was brought up before the party search was implemented, i think it's a great idea but long overdue 
Great idea though!
Great idea though!
Zanagi Kazuhiko
/signed
Also has been suggested before...search first before posting
Also has been suggested before...search first before posting
~ Dan ~
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Originally Posted by BlackSephir
That sure does stop the retards from selling/buying/searching on the general chat.
Oh wait, it does not. |
/signed though.
raddish
its a great idea, but it would take ages to develop the districts, time that can be spent on other things (and GW2 
). Itd also always be ridiculously hard to get into, unless it was made a larger district. so /notsigned
). Itd also always be ridiculously hard to get into, unless it was made a larger district. so /notsigned
Marty Silverblade
/notsigned. I like casually browsing through the random WTB/WTS spam when I pass through towns.
Benderama
like it, beats searching around every district for something you want, although some sort of place where you can leave items for trade while your offline would be nice
SpiritSpammer
if anything make an auction house.
Atlantis29
there was going to be a trading out post in The Battle Isles but Anet killed it a the last moment
gremlin
The way trading works now is better than it used to be and I would in fact just like one change.
I appreciate that this game isn't going to get any hard to impliment changes but having the selling and buying separated would make a whole lot of sense and make it a little easier to find stuff.
In the player search section you have 3 sections devoted to getting parties together Mission Quest and Hunting.
That's overkill as the players most in need of finding parties are the inexperienced and those without guilds ie newcomers.
Mostly they will not know the difference between a mission and a quest and are likely to use the wrong section anyway.
However when you are trading much of the time you would be selling or buying not both.
So please if its possible just keep the WTBs and the WTSs separated if another tab isn't possible then I would go for changing the hunting tab.
If you check the traffic in the tabs you will see trade is almost always busy far more so than the others.
I appreciate that this game isn't going to get any hard to impliment changes but having the selling and buying separated would make a whole lot of sense and make it a little easier to find stuff.
In the player search section you have 3 sections devoted to getting parties together Mission Quest and Hunting.
That's overkill as the players most in need of finding parties are the inexperienced and those without guilds ie newcomers.
Mostly they will not know the difference between a mission and a quest and are likely to use the wrong section anyway.
However when you are trading much of the time you would be selling or buying not both.
So please if its possible just keep the WTBs and the WTSs separated if another tab isn't possible then I would go for changing the hunting tab.
If you check the traffic in the tabs you will see trade is almost always busy far more so than the others.
BlackSephir
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And this will? Most people would still be too stupid to use the trade district instead. As long as /reporting them does nothing, it'll still happen.
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Operative 14
I think this would be a bad idea.
Spamming in All Chat isn't as big a problem as it used to be, and you can turn the trade chat off if you don't want to watch it. A large number of transactions in GW are spur of the moment, or at least that's the impression I get. If this was implemented where it only allows trading in the trade districts, that would cut out a huge buyer and seller base and make the trade problem that GW has always had far, far worse. Guild Wars already has trade districts, they are in Districts 1-3 or Kamadan, LA, and Kaineng Center.
I don't quite see why this idea is necessary or worthwhile since we basically already have it, it doesn't solve any problems, and it would exacerbate problems that are already there. I may be reading the proposal wrong though. >_>
Spamming in All Chat isn't as big a problem as it used to be, and you can turn the trade chat off if you don't want to watch it. A large number of transactions in GW are spur of the moment, or at least that's the impression I get. If this was implemented where it only allows trading in the trade districts, that would cut out a huge buyer and seller base and make the trade problem that GW has always had far, far worse. Guild Wars already has trade districts, they are in Districts 1-3 or Kamadan, LA, and Kaineng Center.
I don't quite see why this idea is necessary or worthwhile since we basically already have it, it doesn't solve any problems, and it would exacerbate problems that are already there. I may be reading the proposal wrong though. >_>
~ Dan ~
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Originally Posted by BlackSephir
I think banning "wts/wtb" etc if you're not in the trade zone isn't too hard.
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Kook~NBK~
/not signed. It wouldn't solve any of the problems associated with trading in its current form. The trade chat that shows up in local isn't nearly as bad as it once was, and usually a freindly reminder is enough to take care of trade spam. If it doesn't, there's the /report system, which works well when not abused.
Another consideration is that many times there are more people in Kamadan or LA trying to trade than one district will hold. Then A-net would have to deal with implementing it for all of the different regions/languages.
Lion's Arch AD1 and ID1, and Kamadan AD1 and ID1 are already serving as the trade centers of the game, and there usually isn't an aweful lot of chit-chatting going on in those districts anyway.
Another consideration is that many times there are more people in Kamadan or LA trying to trade than one district will hold. Then A-net would have to deal with implementing it for all of the different regions/languages.
Lion's Arch AD1 and ID1, and Kamadan AD1 and ID1 are already serving as the trade centers of the game, and there usually isn't an aweful lot of chit-chatting going on in those districts anyway.
Dewshine Wildclaw
Not sure creating new dists will help... people try all chat because they want to catch the attention of those that have trade channel closed (or I believe that's the reason)
Although I'm not completely against the idea I'm not all in for it either.
What I find more annoying than the wts/wtb is the countless recruiters that spam the chat too if not more at some places... I've been wanting a new channel for guild recruiting only for some time.
Although I'm not completely against the idea I'm not all in for it either.
What I find more annoying than the wts/wtb is the countless recruiters that spam the chat too if not more at some places... I've been wanting a new channel for guild recruiting only for some time.
MagmaRed
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Not everyone who is buying/selling is doing nothing else. I'd rather not be trying to organize a vanquish or HM mission team and not be able to see someone selling an item I may want/need. And even with Anet announcing that trade chat was for trading and use of local for it could warrant bans, people still use local. Having a seperate district would not prevent prople from still trading in other locations. I see more problems arising from this that it MAY fix.
Not everyone who is buying/selling is doing nothing else. I'd rather not be trying to organize a vanquish or HM mission team and not be able to see someone selling an item I may want/need. And even with Anet announcing that trade chat was for trading and use of local for it could warrant bans, people still use local. Having a seperate district would not prevent prople from still trading in other locations. I see more problems arising from this that it MAY fix.
Reverend Dr
American D1 = Trade district
Saph
It's an ok idea. I don't see how this would really help unless player were absolutely forced to use these districts. Which is easier said than accomplished. Our whole report system is majorly overdo for a overhaul.
T1Cybernetic
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American D1 = Trade district
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I just realised the same thing, I go to the quiet district's to checkout what is wtb/wts etc and then jump straight into district 1 to do exactly the same as everyone else
D1 Trade District, It just basically needs to be made official lol
Bob Slydell
Would be WAY better just to advance the players window with sections on WTS/WTB/ just an overall overhaul on the players window is all I'm saying. I must say, I'm quite discouraged to trade anything in the game the way that the DnD/offline setting and the players window is...at the moment...... Something needs to change. Doing that would be better than adding more districts to take up server resources IMO.
Also, there are of course people who still spam in local which will never be solved even with suspendng of accounts. I think people that spam should get an Error 7 rather than a message saying your message was suppressed.
Also, there are of course people who still spam in local which will never be solved even with suspendng of accounts. I think people that spam should get an Error 7 rather than a message saying your message was suppressed.
jazilla
I am basically just saying, "Create districts that are Titled, 'Trade District' etc."
D1 American does in fact, = Trade District, but what is so bad about going ahead and officially naming it that? Wouldn't that be a more concise way to go about things, and the last time I checked, that is always a good thing.
D1 American does in fact, = Trade District, but what is so bad about going ahead and officially naming it that? Wouldn't that be a more concise way to go about things, and the last time I checked, that is always a good thing.
Sword Hammer Axe
Would be nice with something like "the Xunlai Isles" XD but I think spamadan is pretty much the trade dis lol.
Drelias Melaku
Not signed... Keep things the way it is. Report people for trading in local, and tell them so - or let people know in local chat that they can get suspended for trading in local. It won't clean out all the trading in local, but I can tell you from personal experience that most of it is moved to trade chat pretty quickly after that.
If you add a 'trade district', do you think people are really going to keep all their trading there? If trading in local is a problem now, wouldn't trading in non-trade districts be a problem as well?
Besides, when the Traveler changes, a new town gets a flood of traders that wasn't there before. I see absolutely no reason to add 'trade districts'.
If you add a 'trade district', do you think people are really going to keep all their trading there? If trading in local is a problem now, wouldn't trading in non-trade districts be a problem as well?
Besides, when the Traveler changes, a new town gets a flood of traders that wasn't there before. I see absolutely no reason to add 'trade districts'.