Guild stores are like having lots of different retailers in town, or maybe even having several different towns to shop in. If you don't find what you want at K-Mart, you go to Target. If you want something the local store doesn't carry, you can order it in from another store three States over. See something you like but don't like the price? Shop around in a different market.
A global AH is Wal-Mart. Worse, it's Wal-Mart after all others have finally been crushed into nonexistence and after they've bought the entire state of Texas to build one gigantic super center. You didn't find what you're looking for? Want to try and find a better deal elsewhere? Don't like the gigantic line at the checkout counter? Tough. Wal-Mart is king. Wal-Mart is everything. Wal-Mart is your god.
We've already shopped at Wal-Mart after WoW did it and everyone else copied it. Lets at least give the ESO economy a chance to get going before condemning it as a failed experiment.
thisisdustinsemail_ESO wrote: »Guild stores are like having lots of different retailers in town, or maybe even having several different towns to shop in. If you don't find what you want at K-Mart, you go to Target. If you want something the local store doesn't carry, you can order it in from another store three States over. See something you like but don't like the price? Shop around in a different market.
A global AH is Wal-Mart. Worse, it's Wal-Mart after all others have finally been crushed into nonexistence and after they've bought the entire state of Texas to build one gigantic super center. You didn't find what you're looking for? Want to try and find a better deal elsewhere? Don't like the gigantic line at the checkout counter? Tough. Wal-Mart is king. Wal-Mart is everything. Wal-Mart is your god.
We've already shopped at Wal-Mart after WoW did it and everyone else copied it. Lets at least give the ESO economy a chance to get going before condemning it as a failed experiment.
Yeahhh, a global AH would be more like a combination of Craigslist and Ebay...
Guild stores are more like Wal-Mart. You have Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, Big Lots, and I dunno, Meijer. These are your five guilds. They all have similar items, and they're all priced fairly similarly. Want to buy a video game from Wal-Mart? That'll be $60. If that's too expensive for you, you can also get it at Target... also for $60.
Or you could buy it off Ebay for $20, because that's what it's worth.
thisisdustinsemail_ESO wrote: »Guild stores are like having lots of different retailers in town, or maybe even having several different towns to shop in. If you don't find what you want at K-Mart, you go to Target. If you want something the local store doesn't carry, you can order it in from another store three States over. See something you like but don't like the price? Shop around in a different market.
A global AH is Wal-Mart. Worse, it's Wal-Mart after all others have finally been crushed into nonexistence and after they've bought the entire state of Texas to build one gigantic super center. You didn't find what you're looking for? Want to try and find a better deal elsewhere? Don't like the gigantic line at the checkout counter? Tough. Wal-Mart is king. Wal-Mart is everything. Wal-Mart is your god.
We've already shopped at Wal-Mart after WoW did it and everyone else copied it. Lets at least give the ESO economy a chance to get going before condemning it as a failed experiment.
Yeahhh, a global AH would be more like a combination of Craigslist and Ebay...
Guild stores are more like Wal-Mart. You have Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, Big Lots, and I dunno, Meijer. These are your five guilds. They all have similar items, and they're all priced fairly similarly. Want to buy a video game from Wal-Mart? That'll be $60. If that's too expensive for you, you can also get it at Target... also for $60.
Or you could buy it off Ebay for $20, because that's what it's worth.
Worth is an interesting thing. It is completely subjective and in a game like this based almost solely on ease of acquisition. Thus worth to the individual player will fluctuate.
thisisdustinsemail_ESO wrote: »Guild stores are like having lots of different retailers in town, or maybe even having several different towns to shop in. If you don't find what you want at K-Mart, you go to Target. If you want something the local store doesn't carry, you can order it in from another store three States over. See something you like but don't like the price? Shop around in a different market.
A global AH is Wal-Mart. Worse, it's Wal-Mart after all others have finally been crushed into nonexistence and after they've bought the entire state of Texas to build one gigantic super center. You didn't find what you're looking for? Want to try and find a better deal elsewhere? Don't like the gigantic line at the checkout counter? Tough. Wal-Mart is king. Wal-Mart is everything. Wal-Mart is your god.
We've already shopped at Wal-Mart after WoW did it and everyone else copied it. Lets at least give the ESO economy a chance to get going before condemning it as a failed experiment.
Yeahhh, a global AH would be more like a combination of Craigslist and Ebay...
Guild stores are more like Wal-Mart. You have Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, Big Lots, and I dunno, Meijer. These are your five guilds. They all have similar items, and they're all priced fairly similarly. Want to buy a video game from Wal-Mart? That'll be $60. If that's too expensive for you, you can also get it at Target... also for $60.
Or you could buy it off Ebay for $20, because that's what it's worth.
Worth is an interesting thing. It is completely subjective and in a game like this based almost solely on ease of acquisition. Thus worth to the individual player will fluctuate.
exactly but some things should not be easy to come by at level 1
What about those of us that dislike joining? Or joining any guild for that matter?
You must not live in the U.S. Guild stores are like the stores in the strip malls along the side of the highway. Small independent retailers which have a limited selection of items to choose from for a small customer base.thisisdustinsemail_ESO wrote: »Guild stores are like having lots of different retailers in town, or maybe even having several different towns to shop in. If you don't find what you want at K-Mart, you go to Target. If you want something the local store doesn't carry, you can order it in from another store three States over. See something you like but don't like the price? Shop around in a different market.
A global AH is Wal-Mart. Worse, it's Wal-Mart after all others have finally been crushed into nonexistence and after they've bought the entire state of Texas to build one gigantic super center. You didn't find what you're looking for? Want to try and find a better deal elsewhere? Don't like the gigantic line at the checkout counter? Tough. Wal-Mart is king. Wal-Mart is everything. Wal-Mart is your god.
We've already shopped at Wal-Mart after WoW did it and everyone else copied it. Lets at least give the ESO economy a chance to get going before condemning it as a failed experiment.
Yeahhh, a global AH would be more like a combination of Craigslist and Ebay...
Guild stores are more like Wal-Mart. You have Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, Big Lots, and I dunno, Meijer. These are your five guilds. They all have similar items, and they're all priced fairly similarly. Want to buy a video game from Wal-Mart? That'll be $60. If that's too expensive for you, you can also get it at Target... also for $60.
Or you could buy it off Ebay for $20, because that's what it's worth.
Then what is the point of being in the guild?
Then what is the point of being in the guild?
The point of being in a trading guild is to trade. Other guilds have different points, and of course you would not disable their chat...
which reminds me: in case you are not aware, you can disable guild chat on a per-guild basis. So you can joing a great RP guild, and 4 anonymous trading guilds, then disable the chat of guilds 2-5 and only keep chat of guild 1.
Or, you can create a special chat tab that has the trade guild chat redirected to it that you won't see unless you want to.
Then what is the point of being in the guild?
The point of being in a trading guild is to trade. Other guilds have different points, and of course you would not disable their chat...
which reminds me: in case you are not aware, you can disable guild chat on a per-guild basis. So you can joing a great RP guild, and 4 anonymous trading guilds, then disable the chat of guilds 2-5 and only keep chat of guild 1.
Or, you can create a special chat tab that has the trade guild chat redirected to it that you won't see unless you want to.
I understand your point. But I am still being forced to join guilds that I would otherwise have no intention of joining just to fulfill a mechanical part of the game, trading.
It is a good Idea on paper, but in practice I think it fails.
Then what is the point of being in the guild?
The point of being in a trading guild is to trade. Other guilds have different points, and of course you would not disable their chat...
which reminds me: in case you are not aware, you can disable guild chat on a per-guild basis. So you can joing a great RP guild, and 4 anonymous trading guilds, then disable the chat of guilds 2-5 and only keep chat of guild 1.
Or, you can create a special chat tab that has the trade guild chat redirected to it that you won't see unless you want to.
I understand your point. But I am still being forced to join guilds that I would otherwise have no intention of joining just to fulfill a mechanical part of the game, trading.
It is a good Idea on paper, but in practice I think it fails.
You are forced to send a guy advertising a trading guild a tell "Hi, i would like to join". Then press F to accept the invite. That is all.
And how does this 'fail in practice'? It worked very well in my practice.
You didn't offer many yourself, apart from a spurious reference to RMT.Constructive comments please, no flaming, baiting, or trolling, its just my opinion.
Then what is the point of being in the guild?
The point of being in a trading guild is to trade. Other guilds have different points, and of course you would not disable their chat...
which reminds me: in case you are not aware, you can disable guild chat on a per-guild basis. So you can joing a great RP guild, and 4 anonymous trading guilds, then disable the chat of guilds 2-5 and only keep chat of guild 1.
Or, you can create a special chat tab that has the trade guild chat redirected to it that you won't see unless you want to.
I understand your point. But I am still being forced to join guilds that I would otherwise have no intention of joining just to fulfill a mechanical part of the game, trading.
It is a good Idea on paper, but in practice I think it fails.
You are forced to send a guy advertising a trading guild a tell "Hi, i would like to join". Then press F to accept the invite. That is all.
And how does this 'fail in practice'? It worked very well in my practice.
Yes exactly I am forced to join a guild, it is not the complexity of the task in joining, it is the fact I need to join at all.
To fight with weapons do you need to join the fighters guild? To us magic do I need to join the mages guild? NO!
So why to trade should I need to join a trading guild which for all intents and purposes, is just a mechanic of a game they implemented because they couldn't use a traditional AH because everyone is on the same server and it would cost next to nothing to buy top end gear.
The idea is good, in reality it is not so good. For every person on here who supports it, there is another who doesn't. SO clearly it is not the best system they could have implemented.
Constructive comments please, no flaming, baiting, or trolling, its just my opinion.
Then what is the point of being in the guild?
The point of being in a trading guild is to trade. Other guilds have different points, and of course you would not disable their chat...
which reminds me: in case you are not aware, you can disable guild chat on a per-guild basis. So you can joing a great RP guild, and 4 anonymous trading guilds, then disable the chat of guilds 2-5 and only keep chat of guild 1.
Or, you can create a special chat tab that has the trade guild chat redirected to it that you won't see unless you want to.
I understand your point. But I am still being forced to join guilds that I would otherwise have no intention of joining just to fulfill a mechanical part of the game, trading.
It is a good Idea on paper, but in practice I think it fails.
You are forced to send a guy advertising a trading guild a tell "Hi, i would like to join". Then press F to accept the invite. That is all.
And how does this 'fail in practice'? It worked very well in my practice.
Yes exactly I am forced to join a guild, it is not the complexity of the task in joining, it is the fact I need to join at all.
To fight with weapons do you need to join the fighters guild? To us magic do I need to join the mages guild? NO!
So why to trade should I need to join a trading guild which for all intents and purposes, is just a mechanic of a game they implemented because they couldn't use a traditional AH because everyone is on the same server and it would cost next to nothing to buy top end gear.
The idea is good, in reality it is not so good. For every person on here who supports it, there is another who doesn't. SO clearly it is not the best system they could have implemented.
Dude i thought you had a problem and wanted to hear a solution. But now i realize you just want to complain.
You are like a guy who is staring at a closed door and complaining that it is closed, and when someone points out the door can be opened using the door knob, instead of 'thanks i'll do that' he goes on about how he is FORCED to use a doorknob when the door clearly should open by itself, and how this fails in practice. I'm done with you.
Have a nice day.
"I want anything like it was in WoW and it clones"
rawne1980b16_ESO wrote: »"I want anything like it was in WoW and it clones"
I love these comments like WoW was the first MMO to introduce things.
Auction Houses were in Meridian 59 (released in 1996), UO (released in 1997), Everquest (released in 1999), Asherons Call (released in 1999) and Dark Age of Camelot (released in 2001)....
WoW didn't appear until 2004.
WoW did not introduce one single unique feature. Everything it has was done in another game before it appeared in WoW.
I get that it's the biggest MMO and people will keep bringing it up but when folk ask for things it's not always WoW based.