What is the logic behind not having a central AH?

smeeprocketnub19_ESO · August 2014

Gillysan wrote: »

smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »

Phantax wrote: »

andre.roques.3b14_ESO wrote: »

I think the biggest concern is the use of mega servers rather than smaller population servers that many MMOs used previously. The logic is that if you have 1/2 million people playing on a mega server, a single AH would be a bit of a nightmare.

Rubbish ! Works perfectly well in EVE. They have megaserver technology (single too, not split into NA/EU) and they have no problems with it. Hell trade is actually one of EVE's selling points so as you can imagine they need a dynamic system that works !
(Oh and they have about the same amount of players as we do, so don't try using that as an excuse...lol)

Eve does not have a centralized auction house, their syatem is now similar to ours. SO no idea wtf you are talking about.

So much misinformation here, including the previous quotes.

There are 26 regions and hence 26 markets in EVE Online and region can have say up to 50 systems(I believe the grand total of systems is somewhere around 6000). EVE is a PVP game, granted you can avoid a lot of PVP in High Security systems, however this is exactly where traders moving between markets get popped.

People who outfit their ships in shiny modules (purple/legendary) then go mission running (questing) are hunted down in Hisec with extreme prejudice. People who transport such valuables and don't take steps to avoid being ganked, are hunted down with extreme prejudice. People in EVE make a living off people making a living.

Also people make a living baiting the gankers. Good times.

I didn't play eve very long. It seemed like a good game, but lonely. My friends were so much higher level, so when I partied with them, I was useless.

The newbie quests were awesome though.

My real goal was to go out into dangerous areas and mine gas clouds for materials to make addictive drugs, then sell those drugs on enemy owned markets. I was regularly told this was too dangerous and I would never get to be a intergalactic pusher.

Gillysan · August 2014

2 weeks of skill training and you can join gang roams. There is always a role to fill and if you find a good group they will even give you free ships to get blown up in. I'm an independent in a chat channel with some people who were in Beta, some never joined a player corp, have their own personal corp, or are part of some of the biggest nullsec corps in the game. They invited me after watching me in the starter corp chat for a year along with several other people because they wanted new blood. Then us newer "vets" were running roams for new people.

You can get into stuff relatively quickly, but it does help with throwing your lot in with others or just chatting them up for survival knowledge. EVE isn't a game that rewards you right away, but I have yet to see any MMO come close to what craziness you find in EVE. Eventually I'll go back, I jump into some other MMO, but I always go back to EVE. I don't ever go back to any other MMO once I'm done with it.