I want an AH too, or at least something like a centralized trade chat channel that everyone can see.

p.hurst1b16_ESO wrote: »

The game does not need an Auction House. The guild stores need some improvement and there are some addons to help.

You could join a couple of big Trader Guilds and compare prices.

It is fine, different. Some things in ESO need some getting used to if you are a veteran MMO play (such as myself).

Better for work to be done on fixing bugs and balancing the game than an AH that would have millions of players to have access. Megaserver, think about it before posting recommendations to take the game back to the last (3rd) generation of MMO's.

EQII and WoW started it, now it is over. Time to move on.

"some addons to help."

if you don't support the idea of having an auction house, you clearly are not a veteran MMO player, lol. any veteran MMO player would remain realistic and know, out of experience, that the current system would not work out.


Then I read, millions of players.

I think you greatly overestimate how many people are actually playing the game.

If you had read through previous posts at all you would have realized that the idea was to have 3 auction houses, one for every faction, while tens of thousands of people will browse it daily, it will definitely not be millions.


WoW started it, lets not copy this mechanic as clearly, WoW has gone down a bad road, oh wait, its the #1 successful MMO of all time since years ago, making more money,having more subscribers than any other MMO out there


Change is good, too much change is bad and will result in failure.

Hawtsauce wrote: »

Again , here is the challenge , name one , ONE new MMO released in the last 2 yrs without an AH system that can be considered a success ... LOL sucessful or no - can you name ANY MMO released in the past 2 yrs other than ESO that has no AH.

Sometimes certain features become 'standard' for a reason.

Exactly this.

I don't understand why ESO didn't create separate servers though, none of this would be happening right now if they did, But megaserver can work too, GW2 did it, and while not overly successful, that was mainly cause of gameplay (for me anyway) and an auction house will never be able to kill or hurt a game in the same way gameplay does, people won't leave if they like the game but don't like an auction house, whilst people who are getting sick of always having to wait days to sell their items will eventually get sick of doing so and it will delay their progress on getting more items due to lack of gold.

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Ulvich wrote: »

There are several reasons why we don't have an auction house. One is that with this "mega-server" items would be sold as fast as they are posted. With that it doesn't really give much chance to those who might be searching for something.

No it wouldn't. Guild Wars 2 has a similar auction house, and it works wonderfully. I was almost always able to find what I needed to buy up for sale. While in this game's economy, I almost never can.

In short: both demand and supply will increase. Nothing but good comes from allowing more people to participate in the economy. Your argument ignores this, and pretends only the demand will increase and everything will be bought up instantly as a result. But that's not what would happen. Not to mention the higher demand in and of itself would encourage a greater supply as well.

Vote: No auction house. Its just a greedy machinery!

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Gwarok wrote: »

Don't think that post worked out the way you planned.

"Strive for BALANCE of all things. When the scales tip to one side or the other, someone or somethings gets short-changed. When someone gets sort-changed, unpredictability and strife unbalance the world around us...To achieve freedom from GREED, from want, and from strife, all parties in any exchange MUST find BALANCE."

-House Hlaalu's Philosophy of Trade

That just screams auction house to me. A market that's open to and accessible by everyone gives that balance that small localized markets and individual sellers do not.

Don't think that post worked out the way you planned.

I agree - the guild stores are like mud puddles and the AH is an ocean - when my fat *** does a cannonball in the mud puddle - your gonna know, in the ocean - not so much. same with fluctuations in prices , spikes in supply or demand - a bigger system like the global AH is much more stable

No, the post worked out exactly the way I wanted it to...the point I was "gunning" for was for people to start thinking outside of the obvious proverbial box of worms. If people cant grasp the concept then I guess all hope is possibly lost.

Throughout all the threads on this issue there have been many good suggestions that were "outside the box" except no-one noticed. They were too busy shooting down every idea flying by to give them a thought.

You may be looking for something outside the box, but I think you left in in that niche in the corner.

If the thread remains getting bumped and gaining pages, eventually, someone who means something will tell someone who will then tell someone who will then, hopefully, take action!

Nah but seriously, I believe the developers are aware there is a demand for an auction house

The current system, one that me and many others hate (just check the thread responses) has to be changed, it's way too time consuming to sell your items right now.

You're preaching to the choir here friend. I've voiced my opinion and offered suggestions in many threads on this issue. I don't plan on stopping anytime soon

p.hurst1b16_ESO wrote: »

The game does not need an Auction House. The guild stores need some improvement and there are some addons to help.

You could join a couple of big Trader Guilds and compare prices.

It is fine, different. Some things in ESO need some getting used to if you are a veteran MMO play (such as myself).

Better for work to be done on fixing bugs and balancing the game than an AH that would have millions of players to have access. Megaserver, think about it before posting recommendations to take the game back to the last (3rd) generation of MMO's.

EQII and WoW started it, now it is over. Time to move on.

Addons, trade channels and whatnot are mere workarounds for a feature that should have been standard. ZOS tripped over their crank on this one and you can bet it's not over.

Exactly. I'm curious to what the developers think about this suggestion and if they'r planning something or not, because the current system is just cheap and selling your items is so annoying, it should be fun posting them knowing u will get gold for them in a reasonable time, not post and know it will take days

Don't like guild auction system at all! AH please!