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Auction House idea - With a twist

Silowyi
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I understand that one of the reasons to not have a world auction house is to protect against gold seller company exploits. The problem is that the plan in place with individual guilds doesn't "work". It is functional, but the market you have access to even with 5 guilds is way too limited to be really useful. I mean it is what it is and I'm going to play the game regardless so I'm not whining about it, but...

What if

We had a world market where people could post what they want to buy and what they are willing to pay for it and people could fill those requests? I believe this has worked well in EVE and other games have used this (Pirates of the Burning Seas).

I am not saying this is an idea that everyone will love, but it comes with a built in way to track people who are abusing it as it's the buyer who is posting what they will pay for something and can be easily flagged if someone is buying one iron ingot for 100k gold.

It's just a thought, something I'd love to see down the road. A crafter can actually know what people want and will pay and can spend their time making things they know will sell. How useful is that?

Anyway, just my 2 cents, would love to see it down the road somewhere.

Thanks for indulging me and have a great day!
  • concobar
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    I will still look across the lands from my perch at Arrius, Nerf or no I will still be the Night. I may not be the hero Ebonheart Pact wanted but I will be the hero Ebonheart pact deserves.
  • Blackwidow
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    I'd take almost anything over the system they have now.
  • dennissomb16_ESO
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    In a sense GW2 has this. People go on the auction house set a price for items they want (usually crafting mats of course) and wait for people to fill their orders. Example they will place an order for 1000 iron ingots for 2 silver each (making up price btw) and wait for people to sell to them. It really changes nothing when it comes to world auction house. These players always use mods to do all the work so they don't even have to be online. I am not sure what ESO's thinking was around their system as it does nothing to stop the expoiters/gold sellers, but a world AH like OP suggest also won't
  • Jeremy
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    Blackwidow wrote: »
    I'd take almost anything over the system they have now.

    Same. At this point, almost anything would be an improvement.
  • vyal
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    Yep, no harm in global WTB market. Would be awesome, no downside.

    Just as long as they never. EVER. put in a global WTS market. That way there be dragons of death, doom, and destruction.
  • Silowyi
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    The responses here should be enough to ensure it happens!
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