Trading system?

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Trade chat is for noobs. Simple fast sales thread and u get paper in no time.
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Last edited by Aim_Deep on Dec 19, 2014, 10:28:02 AM
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Redcamus wrote:
Hi there, I'm not really active on this forum so this was possibly mentioned already (if so, sorry), but I'm really curious about this.

Why is the only way to trade items in PoE spamming in Trade Channels?
Why can't there be a solid ingame structure similar to Auction Houses in a bunch of other games?
It doesn't need to be an auction house, just a board on which players can input their wishes to buy and sell items, but it would be more visible, with a better overview (hopefully with some sorts by item types etc).

I'm playing with my real life mates for a while now, and whenever I get some decent items I'd like to sell, I check the Trade Channel to see how are prices going (considering it's only been a week since Torment started) and then there's just 7 lines long messages like
"WTS <80 characters long unique item name> x chaos < More unique items...>"
So I try typing my wts message(1-2 lines long) and when I press enter the message is lost in the stream of chat spam almost instantly. So usually I just give up on trading and put the items in guild bank.

Even though I enjoy the game a lot, that's kinda bugging me(along with the always-badass desync God kill me for playing melee).

Can anyone explain why nothing "better" was implemented so far, or if ggg has said anything about it?
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This issue has been going on for a year now. Most of us who played that long have been expecting a trade system overhaul but none of that happen. So, goodluck to those who still wish for it.
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I think this trade system is exactly what GGG wants, for better interactions between players?

Actually I got a better idea, shut down http://poe.trade, remove trade channel, so you can only trade with someone randomly found in town. This would achieve the GGG's intend better and force people to respect the "real trade system" more.
right? lol
So, we had D3 with its AH adjusted drop rates so you had to go there to get loot instead from drops and basically the same is going on here now only its about trading with other players to get the basic stuff for self crafting some better stuff. I despise both. Not that i hate trading but i wish there was a general fairness to the whole thing, i cant even get a 5L chest atm yet people who play the trading game get their bunch of hundreds of ex and just buy their 6L (which i dont even need). Meh.
I do wonder what would happen if poe.trade shut down. I feel that poe.trade existing removes a lot of the pressure and urgency to develop a proper trading system. I hope that GGG sends some money to xyz, because his work plays a crucial part in PoE's relative success.

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