How would that work on console then?
I don't expect ZOS to create an auction house system, but I find it absurd that anyone with limited time and an abundance of reason should be forced to use an external website to check vendor stock and prices. TTC is a valuable resource but let's be honest, it's run by someone from outside ZOS and it's laden with ads and trackers that I would rather avoid. Those who still wish to travel from vendor to vendor and shop can still do so, but give us a way to search vendors in the way that TTC provides, please. It's well within ZOS' power to do so and it would be such a nice improvement to quality of life.
How would that work on console then?
The same way it works in EVE Online.
You can browse thru the prices in the Alliance or neutral zone, but yo still must travel to the trader to pick up your goods.
The game offers everything: min, max, average prices, sales volumes, history and trends.
All by "out-of-the-box" ingame features.
I have no doubts Zenimax saw this, though in game with addons developers are not obliged to finalize theirs products, as there are volunteer addon-makers, who work for free and fill the gaps. In this case, Consoles are the issue, though.
Agree.
The lack of central auction house is one of ESO's defining features, but it makes it oh so much more difficult for both buyers and sellers.
Buyers: either pay high prices at one of the popular trade locations (Craglorn, Vivec city, Mournhold etc) or spend an inordinate amount of time searching for possibility the item you are looking for is being sold in some remote corner of Tamriel.
Sellers: Either you're a part of the big trade guilds and have to pay weekly fees (not a problem if you're a 'big seller') or risk not being able to sell anything other than the most popular items.
If TTC were integrated into the game it would force the big guilds to be more competitive on price, as now they would have competition from smaller guilds, who otherwise wouldn't be able to compete (due to not being able to afford the bid cost of popular locations).
Popular locations would still remain popular as the no.1 reason for their popularity is their ease of access to Wayshrines + town services
How would that work on console then?
The same way it works in EVE Online.
You can browse thru the prices in the Alliance or neutral zone, but yo still must travel to the trader to pick up your goods.
The game offers everything: min, max, average prices, sales volumes, history and trends.
All by "out-of-the-box" ingame features.
I have no doubts Zenimax saw this, though in game with addons developers are not obliged to finalize theirs products, as there are volunteer addon-makers, who work for free and fill the gaps. In this case, Consoles are the issue, though.
I don't expect ZOS to create an auction house system, but I find it absurd that anyone with limited time and an abundance of reason should be forced to use an external website to check vendor stock and prices. TTC is a valuable resource but let's be honest, it's run by someone from outside ZOS and it's laden with ads and trackers that I would rather avoid. Those who still wish to travel from vendor to vendor and shop can still do so, but give us a way to search vendors in the way that TTC provides, please. It's well within ZOS' power to do so and it would be such a nice improvement to quality of life.
OMG please, of all the trading tools THAT monstrosity is the last one I would want installed anywhere on my desktop. Even if we only consider the in-game tool, it doesn't filter outliers. How easy is THAT to manipulate prices? Very. You see it every day. The website is abominable. Where to start.... can't use the website unless you completely remove any semblance of protection on your browser (mozilla, even with ad blocking turned off, isn't allowed--how scary is THAT thought?). You only get 10 results per page then it's recaptcha after recaptcha. The filters aren't on the same page as the results, so if you want to adjust something, it's back to the search page. Ads freaking everywhere. It's pretty crappy.
I would MUCH rather reward a clean, useful, tool that doesn't have any of these problems like ESO-Hub trading tool.
Before I found out about TTC I never bought anything from guild traders except very rarely from my own guild.
I know this system has some benefits for hardcore traders who are willing to spend hours hunting down cheap items to resell at convenient traders for a mark-up, but if you just want to buy things you need it's a complete waste of time.
I don't care about having to go to the trader to buy, if keeping that restriction makes the trading guilds happy then whatever. But I absolutely do not want to waste my time trawling round traders hoping to stumble across the item I want by blind luck with no guarentee it will be sold for anything like a reasonable price if I find it at all. It's a complete waste of time I'd much rather spend on actually playing the game.
If ZOS could build a way to search all traders into the game that would be a vast improvement (and if it was ZOS doing it they'd be able to offer it on consoles too because it wouldn't require running 3rd party software).I don't expect ZOS to create an auction house system, but I find it absurd that anyone with limited time and an abundance of reason should be forced to use an external website to check vendor stock and prices. TTC is a valuable resource but let's be honest, it's run by someone from outside ZOS and it's laden with ads and trackers that I would rather avoid. Those who still wish to travel from vendor to vendor and shop can still do so, but give us a way to search vendors in the way that TTC provides, please. It's well within ZOS' power to do so and it would be such a nice improvement to quality of life.
OMG please, of all the trading tools THAT monstrosity is the last one I would want installed anywhere on my desktop. Even if we only consider the in-game tool, it doesn't filter outliers. How easy is THAT to manipulate prices? Very. You see it every day. The website is abominable. Where to start.... can't use the website unless you completely remove any semblance of protection on your browser (mozilla, even with ad blocking turned off, isn't allowed--how scary is THAT thought?). You only get 10 results per page then it's recaptcha after recaptcha. The filters aren't on the same page as the results, so if you want to adjust something, it's back to the search page. Ads freaking everywhere. It's pretty crappy.
I would MUCH rather reward a clean, useful, tool that doesn't have any of these problems like ESO-Hub trading tool.
I agree that it would be better for ZOS to provide a fully functional trade system, but I haven't had any of the problems you've listed.
I use Firefox exclusively and I've never had a problem using the TTC website. Yes there's adverts, but they're the standard Google plugin half the sites on the internet use (ESOUI.com for example) which also means the adverts you see are based on your browsing history and cookies you've accepted from other sites. (I never allow cookies if I can avoid them so I just get random shopping sites.)
I'm not sure why the recaptcha thing is a problem, I see that message for a second or two while the page is loading then it's gone. I suppose if you're going through a lot of pages it could get annoying, but I rarely need to check more than 2 or 3 to find the item I want. I suppose maybe it could show more results on one page, but as I said I almost always find what I'm looking for in the first few pages so again it's not a big deal.
FelisCatus wrote: »Before I found out about TTC I never bought anything from guild traders except very rarely from my own guild.
I know this system has some benefits for hardcore traders who are willing to spend hours hunting down cheap items to resell at convenient traders for a mark-up, but if you just want to buy things you need it's a complete waste of time.
I don't care about having to go to the trader to buy, if keeping that restriction makes the trading guilds happy then whatever. But I absolutely do not want to waste my time trawling round traders hoping to stumble across the item I want by blind luck with no guarentee it will be sold for anything like a reasonable price if I find it at all. It's a complete waste of time I'd much rather spend on actually playing the game.
If ZOS could build a way to search all traders into the game that would be a vast improvement (and if it was ZOS doing it they'd be able to offer it on consoles too because it wouldn't require running 3rd party software).I don't expect ZOS to create an auction house system, but I find it absurd that anyone with limited time and an abundance of reason should be forced to use an external website to check vendor stock and prices. TTC is a valuable resource but let's be honest, it's run by someone from outside ZOS and it's laden with ads and trackers that I would rather avoid. Those who still wish to travel from vendor to vendor and shop can still do so, but give us a way to search vendors in the way that TTC provides, please. It's well within ZOS' power to do so and it would be such a nice improvement to quality of life.
OMG please, of all the trading tools THAT monstrosity is the last one I would want installed anywhere on my desktop. Even if we only consider the in-game tool, it doesn't filter outliers. How easy is THAT to manipulate prices? Very. You see it every day. The website is abominable. Where to start.... can't use the website unless you completely remove any semblance of protection on your browser (mozilla, even with ad blocking turned off, isn't allowed--how scary is THAT thought?). You only get 10 results per page then it's recaptcha after recaptcha. The filters aren't on the same page as the results, so if you want to adjust something, it's back to the search page. Ads freaking everywhere. It's pretty crappy.
I would MUCH rather reward a clean, useful, tool that doesn't have any of these problems like ESO-Hub trading tool.
I agree that it would be better for ZOS to provide a fully functional trade system, but I haven't had any of the problems you've listed.
I use Firefox exclusively and I've never had a problem using the TTC website. Yes there's adverts, but they're the standard Google plugin half the sites on the internet use (ESOUI.com for example) which also means the adverts you see are based on your browsing history and cookies you've accepted from other sites. (I never allow cookies if I can avoid them so I just get random shopping sites.)
I'm not sure why the recaptcha thing is a problem, I see that message for a second or two while the page is loading then it's gone. I suppose if you're going through a lot of pages it could get annoying, but I rarely need to check more than 2 or 3 to find the item I want. I suppose maybe it could show more results on one page, but as I said I almost always find what I'm looking for in the first few pages so again it's not a big deal.
TTC is bad for one issue. It doesn't show all listings. IIRC it only shows listings of those who have the addon installed. That's why you see limited listings and often out of date listings. Also you're not likely to get the best deals either. If you have the addon it boosts your listings because they get shown on the site whereas people who don't have the addon don't get seen. This is what I was told at least and it does make sense.
That's why I'd prefer ZOS to include the functionality in the game itself, they'd be able to do it much better than an addon can. But for now it's the best option available if you don't want to spend ages checking traders basically at random to find an item.
LadyLavina wrote: »As for this though, I agree. There are many more pressing issues (as important as this one might be to us) that need to be addressed before this is messed with. I hope this is addressed eventually , but it will likely be a back-burner item until the more critical things are sorted.
Agree.
The lack of central auction house is one of ESO's defining features, but it makes it oh so much more difficult for both buyers and sellers.
Buyers: either pay high prices at one of the popular trade locations (Craglorn, Vivec city, Mournhold etc) or spend an inordinate amount of time searching for possibility the item you are looking for is being sold in some remote corner of Tamriel.
Sellers: Either you're a part of the big trade guilds and have to pay weekly fees (not a problem if you're a 'big seller') or risk not being able to sell anything other than the most popular items.
If TTC were integrated into the game it would force the big guilds to be more competitive on price, as now they would have competition from smaller guilds, who otherwise wouldn't be able to compete (due to not being able to afford the bid cost of popular locations).
Popular locations would still remain popular as the no.1 reason for their popularity is their ease of access to Wayshrines + town services
Seraphayel wrote: »I just think there should be a global search option for an item and then it shows where you can buy it and for what price. The traveling and setting up of vendors is fine, but there really should be a universal tool to search for stuff.
WhosTheFancyOneNow wrote: »No thank you. i trust the creators of TTC with their code and no one else.
wolfie1.0. wrote: »Curious as to If this could be a new gold sink
I don't expect ZOS to create an auction house system, but I find it absurd that anyone with limited time and an abundance of reason should be forced to use an external website to check vendor stock and prices. TTC is a valuable resource but let's be honest, it's run by someone from outside ZOS and it's laden with ads and trackers that I would rather avoid. Those who still wish to travel from vendor to vendor and shop can still do so, but give us a way to search vendors in the way that TTC provides, please. It's well within ZOS' power to do so and it would be such a nice improvement to quality of life.
OMG please, of all the trading tools THAT monstrosity is the last one I would want installed anywhere on my desktop. Even if we only consider the in-game tool, it doesn't filter outliers. How easy is THAT to manipulate prices? Very. You see it every day. The website is abominable. Where to start.... can't use the website unless you completely remove any semblance of protection on your browser (mozilla, even with ad blocking turned off, isn't allowed--how scary is THAT thought?). You only get 10 results per page then it's recaptcha after recaptcha. The filters aren't on the same page as the results, so if you want to adjust something, it's back to the search page. Ads freaking everywhere. It's pretty crappy.
I would MUCH rather reward a clean, useful, tool that doesn't have any of these problems like ESO-Hub trading tool.
WhosTheFancyOneNow wrote: »No thank you. i trust the creators of TTC with their code and no one else.
You trust someone who you've never met, who runs a website chock full of ads and trackers, which frequently asks you to overcome captchas and sometimes doesn't even work over Zenimax Online Studios, the company which built the game you're here to play and discuss? You trust a third-party that is dependent on an in-game add-on for data when that information is readily available to ZOS and could be provided more consistently and dependably?
Why?
wolfie1.0. wrote: »WhosTheFancyOneNow wrote: »No thank you. i trust the creators of TTC with their code and no one else.
You trust someone who you've never met, who runs a website chock full of ads and trackers, which frequently asks you to overcome captchas and sometimes doesn't even work over Zenimax Online Studios, the company which built the game you're here to play and discuss? You trust a third-party that is dependent on an in-game add-on for data when that information is readily available to ZOS and could be provided more consistently and dependably?
Why?
Let's be fair here....
WhosTheFancyOneNow wrote: »^^ this post above says all and more
This wouldn't be an "improvement" for me. I don't use TTC because I don't sell on traders, and it's pretty rare I buy on them. But the devs spending time on this would mean something I WOULD use might not be added.
This wouldn't be an "improvement" for me. I don't use TTC because I don't sell on traders, and it's pretty rare I buy on them. But the devs spending time on this would mean something I WOULD use might not be added.
Thank you for your input, but I would argue that a significant portion of the population, if not a majority, uses TTC and could benefit from an in-game solution which draws directly from ZOS' own data rather than relying on the players who have installed the tracking add-on and use an unreliable website which serves you advertisements and tracks your browsing habits.