One Auction for whole server : Othor Games

» Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:48 am

This.

» Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:06 am

Flea markets would be akin to a trade channel where you can avoid it if you want, what we had in the last beta was just yelling, which can get very annoying very fast.

» Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:14 pm

this conclusion come out of nowhere. Because you and them have different view on one thing doesn't mean they have different view on another thing that is entirely unrelated.

» Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:45 pm

I think I'd prefer not to have an auction house than to have one.

Why? Because the inflation and deflation of goods goes into over drive with an auction house, money becomes easy to obtain with flipping and value all round of items just becomes ridiculous.

I'd quite like a similar system to Silkroad Online's stall network, in individual town,s market stalls are listed and players can view it on a list, but they are done locally in towns only.

I just wonder if one town would become overly popular for that intention... so not sure how to get around that.

» Wed Mar 05, 2014 8:48 pm

I would have liked there to be an auction house or even to offer your wares to market stalls in cities for sale. This was also one more factor for me to not bother with the game. As it stands, if you want to sell stuff you have to join a guild and personally im not into those things.

» Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:51 am

No AH. Player shops, sure.

» Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:44 pm

» Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:38 pm

I'm happy that the game is launching without an auction house for all of the reasons mentioned already in support of keeping it out of the game. If the economy/game shows that there's a need for one down the line, then I'd be willing to reconsider. As it stands, I think people should let the game launch and play it as it is for a bit before asking for major changes that they can't possibly even know that there's a need for.

» Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:05 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDN7JT2CbUg&list=PLeHW9Tzdpah8a0hQjrqxEBGEqmuu656L6

I definitely agree with the trade channel. That would help free up spam.

» Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:40 am

If not a worldwide auction house, then something other than the current system.

Needing to queue for an instanced, population capped PvP zone in order to go shopping is an awful idea.

» Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:53 pm

No.

» Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:37 am

^

» Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:16 am

This.

» Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:16 am

Guild shops and no wts crap clogging up channels

FFS even in the weekend beta, last night in Cyrodill people where spamming wts. If they do that in the freakin beta imagine what's going to happen on live?

While GW2 does have an auction house, one thing it did right was completely remove wts crap. People traded via the auction house, period. TBH I hope Zenimax doesnt even allow player trades but I guess a trade channel is a compromise. People are probably going to spam what their guild sell anyway.

» Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:00 am

I'd rather have a global AH than no AH at all, because trade is necessary and shouldn't be a PITA. But I agree with the 2nd part of Snoggy's post - local stores in towns would be better, possibly coupled with a global listing system so you could see what was for sale in town x rather than having to schlep everywhere on the off-chance you'll find what you need.

» Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:31 am

One auction house for a mega server would completely trivialize crafted gear. The market would be flooded with all the best gear and it would be worthless. Not only that, but bots and gold farmers would have a field day.

GW2 tried this and it was terrible. Millions of people using the same auction house would ruin everything that makes this game feel unique

Now if you want to discuss shard auction houses, that would be a much smaller market. But since you cannot choose which shar you play on (its totally random) the point is moot.

I think the guild stores can work, though I would like to see a much larger cap on guild membership.