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In a world with every conceivable trading system in game...
Stormshaper
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Imagine the game contained every type of trading (and non-trading) market system and they were all in-game and available to all. What would the forum complaints look like?
Here's what I imagine...
<Begin thought experiment>
...I hate the trading and non-trading market systems that are in-game now. What we need is something new and I have the perfect solution. Please hear me out.
So I really want an Infused DaggerStaff of Widget Smiting but every way to obtain it sucks! On the free-market closed trader system the prices are just insane. I mean yeah there are ways that I (or anyone else) could go online and look for this awesome weapon, but that means I have to be at my computer or console and actually looking at the website in real-time. Plus, the prices are just ludicrous. In order to buy one I'd have to do things, real things that take time. THEN, I'd have to save my money, I tell you it just doesn't work.
Then there's the open-market system where anyone can sell anything to anyone at any time. This system is even worse! I mean, yeah, for the common items it's fine, all prices are stable and nobody makes a profit and that is just great, I love it! But an Infused DaggerStaff of Widget Smiting is quasi-rare, and people who have played the game wayyyy longer than me and already made wayyy more money than they should be allowed to AND then saved it secretly like the cheating squirrels they are just snap up this item up and then resell them for like 10%-20% profit!!!! They shouldn't be allowed to buy things that I could buy too, ONLY because they have the money and I don't.
So of course ZOS sells the Infused DaggerStaff of Widget Smithing too, but this takes actual Crowns that take actual cash...that I don't have. Ok Ok, yeah I COULD save my in-game money and then buy Crowns and obtain a DaggerStaff of Widget Smithing, but this takes TIME and requires me to save in-game gold and this just sucks. Everyone knows it too.
Well now everyone is going to say 'well just go to the quest giver Bumbershoot in Gadget zone and do the quest and get one there'. But what if I don't want to do this quest? What if I don't like Gadget zone or Bumbershoot, I mean he is pretty shady looking. Oh, and don't even get me started on how doing this quest takes time...TIME! I tell you, this system is no better either.
So here's my solution. Let's make the Infused DaggerStaff of Widget Smiting a Bind-on-Conceived item. Yeah. The player simply imagines or conjures up the weapon in their head. This only takes a second or maybe seconds for newer players but still, barely any time. Then, the DaggerStaff pops into their inventory like magic. They can't sell it, since it's BOC, so all the people who wanna beat their heads with the other market systems can do so, plus people who don't have time, or money, or time to make money, or time to make money and then save said money, can still play the game. How 'bout it? Comments? Opinions?
EDIT: minor typos...
Edited by Stormshaper on July 15, 2019 2:05PM Here's what I imagine...
<Begin thought experiment>
...I hate the trading and non-trading market systems that are in-game now. What we need is something new and I have the perfect solution. Please hear me out.
So I really want an Infused DaggerStaff of Widget Smiting but every way to obtain it sucks! On the free-market closed trader system the prices are just insane. I mean yeah there are ways that I (or anyone else) could go online and look for this awesome weapon, but that means I have to be at my computer or console and actually looking at the website in real-time. Plus, the prices are just ludicrous. In order to buy one I'd have to do things, real things that take time. THEN, I'd have to save my money, I tell you it just doesn't work.
Then there's the open-market system where anyone can sell anything to anyone at any time. This system is even worse! I mean, yeah, for the common items it's fine, all prices are stable and nobody makes a profit and that is just great, I love it! But an Infused DaggerStaff of Widget Smiting is quasi-rare, and people who have played the game wayyyy longer than me and already made wayyy more money than they should be allowed to AND then saved it secretly like the cheating squirrels they are just snap up this item up and then resell them for like 10%-20% profit!!!! They shouldn't be allowed to buy things that I could buy too, ONLY because they have the money and I don't.
So of course ZOS sells the Infused DaggerStaff of Widget Smithing too, but this takes actual Crowns that take actual cash...that I don't have. Ok Ok, yeah I COULD save my in-game money and then buy Crowns and obtain a DaggerStaff of Widget Smithing, but this takes TIME and requires me to save in-game gold and this just sucks. Everyone knows it too.
Well now everyone is going to say 'well just go to the quest giver Bumbershoot in Gadget zone and do the quest and get one there'. But what if I don't want to do this quest? What if I don't like Gadget zone or Bumbershoot, I mean he is pretty shady looking. Oh, and don't even get me started on how doing this quest takes time...TIME! I tell you, this system is no better either.
So here's my solution. Let's make the Infused DaggerStaff of Widget Smiting a Bind-on-Conceived item. Yeah. The player simply imagines or conjures up the weapon in their head. This only takes a second or maybe seconds for newer players but still, barely any time. Then, the DaggerStaff pops into their inventory like magic. They can't sell it, since it's BOC, so all the people who wanna beat their heads with the other market systems can do so, plus people who don't have time, or money, or time to make money, or time to make money and then save said money, can still play the game. How 'bout it? Comments? Opinions?
EDIT: minor typos...
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