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Shonmi Woolyhead

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16 Jun 2006 at 21:38 - 201

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Originally Posted by Bahamut44

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Don't know if this has been mentioned before but i'd like to see different auctions houses in different cities selling different items.

i.e. Droks auction house sells weapons upgrades, Ascalon auction house sells greens, HoD sells dye, and so on...

True, that would reduce the auctioneer's load and break things into more manageable chunks. Ascalon though should maybe be for non-max items, since that is what ppl just come from pre-searing need most, and Droks has always been the best for high-end materials, since so much armor crafting goes on there. hmm... maybe Ascalon for collector/quest items, if that's easier to implement than non-max?

I still like the idea of linking cities through the auction though, so perhaps if it could be easily implemented, one city in each continent could be linked to a "sister" city in the other, such as Droks and Kaieng, since they have the max armor, and Ascallon and Shing Jea Monastery, since it's the starting point for characters in their respective continents?

Shonmi Woolyhead

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16 Jun 2006 at 21:52 - 202

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Originally Posted by Novalon

Cheers to an old thread. I for one would like to see if ANET is actually looking at this, like from a post.

I am sick of seeing all chat cluttered with people getting around the WTB and WTS moves to trade channel. Something needs to be done, and this something should have been done before factions was released.

/signed since the day I created Arnold Schwrtznggr release day of Prophecies.

heh -- whenever I see too much selling going on in the ALL channel I send out a message "BOYCOTT the noobs not using the trade channel" -- I usually don't go for gratuitous insults, but the wording seems to have an effect on the sellers after a few splashes. No seller wants to loose a sale by not following conventions, if they're reminded of it.

Shonmi Woolyhead

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17 Jun 2006 at 00:40 - 203

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Originally Posted by the gud

i like ur idee, but maby abit longer time then 10 sec? maybe 20-30 sec, so that u have the time to check if its worth it or not.

True, 10 seconds in general would be a bit fast, except for in districts like Lion's Arch and Droknar's Forge... perhaps 30 seconds is a good time to wait, although the auction price would go up and the timer restarted as soon as someone would accept a price, therefore the price would at times go up in less than 10 seconds. perhaps even 45 seconds or even 1 minute would not be too long a wait when the aution doesn't have many ppl waiting to aution their items. If the waiting list to aution is long, perhaps the time would be reduced at those times to allow the next auctions to happen.

Alias_X

Desert Nomad

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17 Jun 2006 at 16:56 - 204

Now I really want an Auction House, the eye candy is just too much.

the gud

Ascalonian Squire

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the dragon slayer

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17 Jun 2006 at 17:54 - 205

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shonmi Woolyhead

perhaps even 45 seconds or even 1 minute would not be too long a wait when the aution doesn't have many ppl waiting to aution their items. If the waiting list to aution is long, perhaps the time would be reduced at those times to allow the next auctions to happen.

I like that idee.

and to linc the auction house togheter over the sea is a great idee, in that way all players can get chans on all kind of items.

so ANet if u guys read this.. im starting to blead preatty much for begging on my bare knees, so please put a auction house in-game

Shonmi Woolyhead

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19 Jun 2006 at 23:46 - 206

Hmm... maybe I should make some eye candy showing my proposals..?

the gud

Ascalonian Squire

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the dragon slayer

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20 Jun 2006 at 15:21 - 207

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Originally Posted by Shonmi Woolyhead

Hmm... maybe I should make some eye candy showing my proposals..?

well why not

streets101

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

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20 Jun 2006 at 18:08 - 208

Great Idea!!
Im for this idea 100%
This will stop some of the constat spam of WTS/WTB in LA D1/D2/D3 for sure!

Mr Emu

Lion's Arch Merchant

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22 Jun 2006 at 21:12 - 209

/signed
-Ascalon and Cantha separate
-All auctioneers on one continent linked (idea 1)

the gud

Ascalonian Squire

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the dragon slayer

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25 Jun 2006 at 15:02 - 210

well at the same time its nice if they are coneccted.. then u can buy for exemple tanned hide squears from both islands...

robrobrob

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26 Jun 2006 at 00:23 - 211

Just so this thread continues to stay fresh so ArenaNet can't ignore it no matter how hard they try:

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Bomb

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The Moon

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26 Jun 2006 at 00:37 - 212

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You should work for ANet.

the gud

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the dragon slayer

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26 Jun 2006 at 16:18 - 213

hmm i hope A-Net havnt started to ignore this thread...

btw who shall start working for a-net?

Knido

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26 Jun 2006 at 17:19 - 214

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also, remember to put in a favorites tab to moniter the bids you placed so that you dont have to search for the same item more than once, though somone might have mentioned it before in the 11 pages before.

the gud

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the dragon slayer

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26 Jun 2006 at 20:26 - 215

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knido

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also, remember to put in a favorites tab to moniter the bids you placed so that you dont have to search for the same item more than once

yes that would make it alot easier...

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Mhahlen

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Clanless

26 Jun 2006 at 20:36 - 216

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omfglawl

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27 Jun 2006 at 23:08 - 217

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Pure awesomeness.

curtman

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28 Jun 2006 at 00:08 - 218

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Selling things is a pain in this game. The AH is one of the very few things I actually miss about WOW.

jackie

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On the Beach

28 Jun 2006 at 02:24 - 219

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say no more...

the gud

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the dragon slayer

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28 Jun 2006 at 08:41 - 220

we all miss a AH but we will prob not get it :/

Ka El Windstorm

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28 Jun 2006 at 14:28 - 221

wow almost a year since this thread started and Anet is still looking into the matter.

/signed if it will do any good.

Lydz

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28 Jun 2006 at 14:40 - 222

/signed The one thing I want in GW is an auction house. GW is supposed to "reward player skill, not time spent playing" This is currently not possible if you need to buy something and don't have the money or time to find buyers of your inventory to get the money. PLEASE ANET!!!

the gud

Ascalonian Squire

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the dragon slayer

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04 Jul 2006 at 08:15 - 223

I have read somewere that they are thinking of uppgrade the "selling traders" or put in an auction house.. i just hope they do it soon and dont wait untill the next game :S

Rogier

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04 Jul 2006 at 08:38 - 224

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a very good idea and nicely explained, idea A is better

Liu

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04 Jul 2006 at 11:36 - 225

I usually hate fan-submitted ideas, that turn out to be silly things that could never be worked into the game "Zomg wouldn't it be cool if there were vehicles el oh el"

But, this may be the best idea I've ever heard. It's always such a pain to sell stuff. Although this does sound like it would be hard to work into the game.

just one more

Ascalonian Squire

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04 Jul 2006 at 13:59 - 226

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sigried

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04 Jul 2006 at 18:25 - 227

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I like the idea of the spam freer for personal i think this will help economy too cuz you dont have to fight other competitors WTS rajazan 35, wts rajazan 30k.

that way you will leave the districts spam free and plus the player will have the chance to dedicate to other activity while they dont have to spend time selling stuff.

id say its a great idea man nice work on this too

Winstar

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04 Jul 2006 at 22:56 - 228

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please please please

Zepher

Ascalonian Squire

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[UVF]

W/Mo

04 Jul 2006 at 23:17 - 229

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great idea

d3fcon

Ascalonian Squire

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05 Jul 2006 at 03:01 - 230

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Honestly, it's way too hard to trade/sell items with people scattered all over tyria/cantha. If someone is looking to buy something, it takes forever to find them (unless they are a very very popular item). An auction house would really be appreciated, it can help people sell or buy things much more easily.

Please consider this Anet.

Strom Wogen

Pre-Searing Cadet

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Rose

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05 Jul 2006 at 04:14 - 231

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PLEASE Anet fix this. It GREATLY detracts from the game having
50 people spamming WTS every 5 seconds. Ok i am exaggerating a little, but not much. I know this is an old issue, but i am new to the game.
It is so stupid to have to sit there or exit the game just to sell something.
I can't believe that the minor trading interaction with people and some idiots, is worth leaving the in-game trading unchanged. If i want to interact with people i can do it in MISSIONS or QUESTS, not the spam market. Anyway thats what i joined a guild for. Also, any traded item should be valued and tracked if possible, that way a max gold Awesome sword does not sell for
400gp to merchant. It should be kinda like the materials system if possible.
Ah well, i am done ranting.

PS. I merch'd about 8 fairly nice mods just because it sucks sitting there spamming wts and i needed the inventory room RIGHT THEN.
I would pay $20 real world money for a stinking in-game auction house addition. Thanks.

Ok, NOW im done ranting.

jones21403

Ascalonian Squire

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07 Jul 2006 at 06:54 - 232

I just put a seperate post up, but this was one of the things that I would definately like to see in the game. Good job with the original proposal by the way.

Plushie Penguin

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That plushie penguin on a shelf in your bed room

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07 Jul 2006 at 08:05 - 233

like most people, I didn't read every single post... but there could be a problem[isn't there always a problem?] with this[as with any other game's auction place], I think a example would work best to explain it...
Say a guild/group/whatever wants to take something that is cheep, and is used often, like purple dye[not sure if it's used often but.. it's a example!], and corner the market on it by buying mass ammounts of it, thus raising the price of the dye. So, the group then sells the dye as a buy it now[if there is one, or 1/2 the trader price at the marked up value on a normal auction]. Now what would be normally priced purple dye would logically be gone by the worried masses or the group so now the dye is highly over priced.
end of my example
though I probably have made a confusion more then a point, how would we avoid something like this?

jackie

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On the Beach

07 Jul 2006 at 08:43 - 234

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After playing a game couple weeks ago with Auction House and seeing spam free cities where people actually talked about casual things/adventuring/etc etc. it's quite sad to come back and see Droknar/LA/KC chat.

nrvllrgrs

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07 Jul 2006 at 22:46 - 235

If an auction house is to be successful, I think I would be necessary to have multiple institutions so the new characters are not overpowered at the beginning of the game, thus destroying the play of the game.

Sjeng

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07 Jul 2006 at 22:57 - 236

I like the idea, cuz it's easy money, but I've also thought of some drawbacks...

- if there were an auction house, in which I could dump my weapons etc that I'd WTS, I'd also drop in a lot of noob / useless weapons for free, for beginners to pick from. But then starting players might have too much of an advantage in the game... Drops would become less interesting for them, as they can pick up a cheap GOOD weapon at the AH. (not the Albert Heyn, but the Auction House)...

- Prices would drop, because now there's 1 or 2 ppl trying to sell a godly Fellblade in a city for 100k + ectos, who take their time trying to sell it. Time is money. Hence the high price. But now the AH has 200 Fellblades, and competition is harder. Someone will think: I'm saving time here, I can let it go for say 50k. Prices drop fast.

I'm still for an AH, but we might need to carefully consider possible drawbacks.
Though less Trade spam is a HUGE plus imo.

funey mounky

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bathazars chosin

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08 Jul 2006 at 00:28 - 237

yea lets copey world of warrcraft some more : )

the gud

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the dragon slayer

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16 Jul 2006 at 06:58 - 238

Quote:

Originally Posted by funey mounky

yea lets copey world of warrcraft some more : )

wow isnt alone with a AH, if it was that you were thinking off...

znxjanx

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07 Aug 2006 at 01:54 - 239

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we really really really really really really really REALLY need this. Enough sayd :P

danielcons

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07 Aug 2006 at 11:11 - 240

i think its useles, because of the big amount of perfect veapons(greens) this auction house will be our trash and not some eficient trade place.
i usualy sell the carbage to the merchant and not going to lions to write like some ... to wts wts.
now the sales in towns is for the rare items, and rare materials and perfect or almost perfect upgrades, all other items its a crap and no value.