Auction House for consoles?

Earelith · January 2016

Console player here. First of all I have to say that I was against Auction House on the pc version when I was playing, since the pc version trading is working ok...not very good, but it is ok. You can find stuff and you can sell stuff.

In consoles, trading is nearly non existent..at least in PS4 EU. First and major "problem" is that there is no text chat to advertise you sales or your needs. I am ok with no text chat, since voice chat is working for me, but trading suffers from it.

Also I don't know if there are no good trading guilds or if console players dont bother to sell/buy stuff, but most guild stores are almost empty of goods. Yesterday I tried to find some items with traits I want to research and there wasn't a single store that sell even 1 item with the trait I want (training, infused, divines..).

On console launch, I joined some trading guilds from the forum section here, but all of them ended up ghost towns and I am tired of trying new ones in hopes to find a good one...but as I said, I was checking guild stores to buy stuff and couldn't find things, let alone to find a good guild to sell your stuff..I dont have the motivation to even try.

So I am asking, since consoles are on separate servers with unique rules (no chat), shouldn't be there an Auction House in place? I love this game a lot and have bought both versions (PC and PS4) though I play mostly on console, but the lack of good inventory system and a global marketplace is driving me crazy..

Gaiden'Densetsu · January 2016

Yes please give the consoles an auction house then on your next update give it to everyone else, I will happily wait.

RAGUNAnoOne · January 2016

@Gidorick bait has been set

SevenKingdoms · January 2016

I just wish I could be in the room when that one person is like, "Sure, we could do the tried and tested auction house, but you know what we should do instead? A system that doesn't work, will destroy trade and remove any possibility of an economy. We'll even make it so instead of joining one guild, which promotes camaraderie and loyalty, we'll make it so you join five different guilds, all of which most players will care nothing about other than their trader location. It's like killing multiple birds with one bad idea. So, what do guys think?"

MrDerrikk · January 2016

RAGUNAnoOne wrote: »

@Gidorick bait has been set

You beat me to it :S

Sausage · January 2016

Please, Ive tripled my money on PS4. IC had major efffect on it though, but anyway. Join Trading Community.

Enodoc · January 2016

SevenKingdoms wrote: »

I just wish I could be in the room when that one person is like, "Sure, we could do the tried and tested auction house, but you know what we should do instead? A system that doesn't work, will destroy trade and remove any possibility of an economy. We'll even make it so instead of joining one guild, which promotes camaraderie and loyalty, we'll make it so you join five different guilds, all of which most players will care nothing about other than their trader location. It's like killing multiple birds with one bad idea. So, what do guys think?"

You mean the guy who said "Auction houses artificially inflate the economy to obscene levels. Let's try something new.... How about lots of little auction houses spread all the way across the continent?"

To be fair, the Guild Traders work quite well, and the economy hasn't suffered from the inflation you get with a global auction house. All they need is a centralised listing in addition to the separate vendor locations, so you can compare items and prices without having to run all over the world.

Earelith · January 2016

Enodoc wrote: »

SevenKingdoms wrote: »

I just wish I could be in the room when that one person is like, "Sure, we could do the tried and tested auction house, but you know what we should do instead? A system that doesn't work, will destroy trade and remove any possibility of an economy. We'll even make it so instead of joining one guild, which promotes camaraderie and loyalty, we'll make it so you join five different guilds, all of which most players will care nothing about other than their trader location. It's like killing multiple birds with one bad idea. So, what do guys think?"

You mean the guy who said "Auction houses artificially inflate the economy to obscene levels. Let's try something new.... How about lots of little auction houses spread all the way across the continent?"

To be fair, the Guild Traders work quite well, and the economy hasn't suffered from the inflation you get with a global auction house. All they need is a centralised listing in addition to the separate vendor locations, so you can compare items and prices without having to run all over the world.

That not so much different from the global auction house..and is better than what we have now...

Also when you say guild traders work quite well, i hope you are referring to the pc version...

Gidorick · January 2016

You know what would be great? An auction-bidding system that takes items from the guild stores that are flagged properly and consolidates them into one intermittent and roving location... in other words....

Link to the original post with details!: http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/159594/eso-needs-an-auction-horse-expanded-concept

hehe. Thanks @RAGUNAnoOne & @MrDerrikk Here are a couple Awesomes for you fellas. Get yourself something nice.

RAGUNAnoOne · January 2016

Gidorick wrote: »

You know what would be great? An auction-bidding system that takes items from the guild stores that are flagged properly and consolidates them into one intermittent and roving location... in other words....

Link to the original post with details!: http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/159594/eso-needs-an-auction-horse-expanded-concept

hehe. Thanks @RAGUNAnoOne & @MrDerrikk Here are a couple Awesomes for you fellas. Get yourself something nice.

@Gidorick Can I buy some training scrolls with those awesomes? that would be a perfect currency for in game stuff agrees 1 awesomes 5 and insightfuls 15

Gidorick · January 2016

RAGUNAnoOne wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

You know what would be great? An auction-bidding system that takes items from the guild stores that are flagged properly and consolidates them into one intermittent and roving location... in other words....

Link to the original post with details!: http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/159594/eso-needs-an-auction-horse-expanded-concept

hehe. Thanks @RAGUNAnoOne & @MrDerrikk Here are a couple Awesomes for you fellas. Get yourself something nice.

@Gidorick Can I buy some training scrolls with those awesomes? that would be a perfect currency for in game stuff agrees 1 awesomes 5 and insightfuls 15

laughs aside... it would be cool if forum props could be spent in game somehow. Yea, some people would cheat and do things like... create alternate accounts to awesome themselves.... but it would be cool to get special cosmetic things for forum activities.... interesting thought.

Sorry about that... back to the topic at hand!