Trade Channel - 30 Second Cool Down Before Next Post.

the trade channel is becoming absurd, with people and their scripts spamming all 20 channels with a single click for their lotteries, the guys that CRTL V the same message 10 times in a second to try and "take over the screen". the people that post 100 items, then spam the channel...

its making the trade channel nearly impossible to use.

there should be a cool down timer, between how often people can post in the trade channel.

like 1 post per 30 seconds.

half the problem of getting exposure for your items being sold, is that people aggressively want to be at the top of the list, so they post, you post, they post a second after to "bump you down" the list.

then everyone does the same thing....
and it results in a screen moving so fast you can barely even see whats being offered.

a post cool down, would stop all of this, and make the trade channel a lot more usable.

As sometimes you mess up and need to follow up your message immediately, I might put forward a rate limiter that becomes increasingly strict the more messages you send.

i.e. you cannot send more than 2 messages in 5 seconds, nor more than 3 messages in 10 seconds, nor 4 messages in 20 seconds.

(numbers given for sake of example)

I'd say, 1 message per 20 seconds or 2 messages per 40 sec if you messed up. No more.

Oh look, yet ANOTHER post about trade chat delay.

If you're going to dip your toe in cool downs you may as well take the plunge and use R9K, like Twitch.

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munkytos wrote:

Oh look, yet ANOTHER post about trade chat delay.

Let me guess, you enjoy spamming in trade chat, right? :)

100% agree with this. Not only should there be a delay(not 30 seconds, maybe like 10) but a # of items/characters limit as well. People who put 40 items in 1 line, or 8 lines of typed text, then spam it make the first 10 trade channels useless. Anyone who thinks that trade channels are fine they way they are probably needs to have their neck beard shaved.

Also add a trade tab to the party board, in merci its like 90% trade stuff, 5% parties, and 5% wtf is that

just my 2 cents.

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DarkTl wrote:

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munkytos wrote:

Oh look, yet ANOTHER post about trade chat delay.

Let me guess, you enjoy spamming in trade chat, right? :)

Actually no I hate spam, these forums included.

Ah, you have a point there :)

Just because a player is unable to repost too fast doesn't mean the wall of text from multiple players will stop.
But it may help a little to put down channel spam.