Auction House?

capblueberry

capblueberry

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Lexington, SC

Grenths Mercenaries[DEAD]

I heard somewhere (i think Gaile Gray said it) that factions would have an auction house, anyone know anything about this or when it will come out?

mrbb

mrbb

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/

It better come out soon or I won't buy part 3.

Zaxan Razor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Organised Spam [OS]

W/

Its not specifically an auction house..but more under the term of trade improvement.

And the release is slated for 'soon'..Gaile gave a definition of soon as being "well before the next season" or something similar.

zulu123

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

I will be so giddy with joy if this really happens. No more sitting in a city spamming to sell your items. You could actually enjoy the the whole wide game world out there!!!

I will sacrifice a goat for 15 days everyday if this happens, I will donate a million gold to all the needy, I will... OK I will stop now, getting to carried away with this roleplaying. But yeah an auction house would be awesome

SylverDragon

SylverDragon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Cheshire, UK

No, she didn't say Factions would have an auction house, she said things like that were not a part of Factions, they affect all chapters and could be released at any time.

Rogier

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

[GoT]

it would be amazing! instead of beeing in the city shouting to sell your items you can easily get them there

Dove_Song

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

do it now....

stop working on whatever it is your working on...and add the AH and reconnects NOW!!!!

*STOMPS FOOT*

eudas

eudas

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Tx, USA

The Infinite Monkeys [TYPE]

W/

Yes, stomping your foot doesn't make you sound at all like an impatient small child...

eudas

Draygo Korvan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dove_Song
do it now....

stop working on whatever it is your working on...and add the AH and reconnects NOW!!!!

*STOMPS FOOT*
Even if they put all the devs in Guild wars on this one feature, it probably wouldnt make it come out all that sooner. Cant really have 2 people editing the same file at the same time. Give it its time, it will come out.

Omni Spirit

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

There will not be an auction house, but a better method trading system. Who knows what that means.

Navaros

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/Me

They should have added an Auction House right off the bat in Chapter 1, as the horrible trading system remains and always has been the biggest single thing wrong with Guild Wars.

The devs should seriously stop development on everything else until an Auction House finally gets done.

capblueberry

capblueberry

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Lexington, SC

Grenths Mercenaries[DEAD]

wow glad to c im not the only one that wanted this

B Ephekt

B Ephekt

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Team Crystalline [TC]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Draygo Korvan
Cant really have 2 people editing the same file at the same time.
Not true at all. You obviously know nothing about programming in a corporate environment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_control_system


I really wish they would hurry up with this.

Maxiemonster

Maxiemonster

There is no spoon.

Join Date: Jun 2005

Netherlands

Mo/

Most of the time, I'm very positive, but I'm not going to post something like "It'd rock if we'd get an Auction House!", since it's not. It's just incredibly lame that we don't have an Auction House (or something familair) yet.

Kudos to Blizzard formaking a trading system superior in every single way for WoW compared to ANet did for Guild Wars (well, they never really made a trading system..).

ricocheting

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/D

i can almost gaurentee there won't be an auction house, all thats been said is there will be future "trade improvements" and whenever "auction house" is mentioned around anything officially anet they're very carefull to point sideways to just basic "trade improvements."

however, theres whole list of things they've said are coming that we don't have yet like improved storage, guild storage, new emotes, reconnect/rejoin, saveable skillsets, etc, etc. so meh, not holding my breath here

jonnybegood

jonnybegood

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

huh?

The Final Exodus[FX]

when they say "trade improvements" they meen stuff like telling you when an item is customized, go figure

The Lich Ranger

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Home

Children Of Orion

Mo/Me

They need an auction house.....it would help alot

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

An Organized trading system like a barter house (auction house implys only auctions, when in fact most games make it a "set the price and people can buy it" type thing as well) would be great, but dont hold your breath for it.

Trade "Improvements" will probably just make the process slower.

Usually when a game "improves" the trade screen, it means they add stuff like having to accept twice (with "Are You Sure?" type screens). Which really doesn't help much - but saves Anet alot of time when people complain about being scammed because they can just auto-response them with "We improved the trading system against scammers".

Syris

Syris

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Oregon

Newbies Reborn

W/Mo

An auction house would be great, or they could make a merchant class somewhat like Ragnarok Online. Trading needs improvement, regardless of what action is taken, the developers know this i'm sure, look at WoW, Auction House, and clickable links for items/armors/weapons in chat? That's brilliant. If guild wars had that, we wouldn't need to spam so much information. We could just link a item/armor/weapon and people could click on it, bring up the stats, and it would save time having to party up with someone, then trade with them, etc, etc, etc...

Just my 2 cents on the issue.

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

EDIT: Wow, you changed your story quick after rereading what you said >_<

Syris

Syris

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Oregon

Newbies Reborn

W/Mo

I edited my post, came out a bit harsh. Makes more sense now. I'm supporting the WoW idea.

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

I too editted my reply to that post to be more updated.

Dont call it a WoW idea though...."Auction Houses" have been an idea since in the original EverQuest days. \

chris_nin00

chris_nin00

Dun dun dun

Join Date: Aug 2005

Reddit Guild

R/

Gaile didn't exactly promise an auction house. She did say a better trading system. Most likely an auction house, but we know how a-net rolls

Moved to Riverside Inn, since this isn't a real question.

Lara Miraea

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Mo/Me

I dont know WoW auction house cause never played it, but I do know FFXI Auction House, and having this in GW would be a total winner. Just the fact of sitting to shout, moving districts, keep shouting, and shout and shout and shout to get 1 stupid thing vended is NOT my idea of fun in something supposed to be fun-.

master_ranger_matt

master_ranger_matt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Salt Lake City, Utah.... no im not mormon

Radicals Against Tyrants [RAT]

R/Me

and now that you mention it, I thought she said something along the lines of allowing you to carry weapons in towns..

unda dawg

unda dawg

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Narnia

Twilight Saraphim [TS]

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by master_ranger_matt
and now that you mention it, I thought she said something along the lines of allowing you to carry weapons in towns..
ya i think your weapons shood be shown in town not just in battle areas. and ya just like WoW has an auction house.

Omega X

Omega X

Ninja Unveiler

Join Date: Jun 2005

Louisiana, USA

Boston Guild[BG]

W/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lara Miraea
I dont know WoW auction house cause never played it, but I do know FFXI Auction House, and having this in GW would be a total winner. Just the fact of sitting to shout, moving districts, keep shouting, and shout and shout and shout to get 1 stupid thing vended is NOT my idea of fun in something supposed to be fun-.
I know WoW's auction system and it doesn't stop the WTT/WTB/WTS at all. It might reduce it a bit.

MY only gripe is the broken Traders in GW. Supply and Demand is out of whack and needs a new transmission and oil change.

Omnidragon42

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Pantheon of Shadows [dei]

W/A

I think an auction house would really cut down on the WTS spam, places like LA d1 are virtually impossible to do anything other than trade in.

Maybe we could have a boat to the "merchants isle", where we'd have different places for all different kinds of transactions, keeping it seperate but also accessible to owners of all chapters.