WE - NEED --> Auction House

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andreicde wrote:

We do have sinks in here though, aka vaal orbs that usually brick your gear (or rather most of the time)

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Blackjak wrote:

Suddenly, everyone got a masterdegree in economy

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Blackjak wrote:

Suddenly, everyone got a masterdegree in economy

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Cergic wrote:

I'd personally like a system which uses "afk" to someone's benefit. Items in tabs linked to trade would have a price OR a "place offer, will say yay/nay"-function linked to them, and they would ONLY appear when people were in home base, AFK or not. That way, it would benefit people to be a) online b) afk c) commiting to trade. The current trade-chat would still remain part of the game of course, and this would utilize non-mapping/playing for people as well. Instead of logging off/wasting time AFK for nothing, it would make trade possible. No one would get the short end of the stick with this, and an external service (which in my eyes indicates that something _really_ is lacking) would be rendered useless.

I'm sure someone will point out that this system means that you can't have items you want to trade on display WHILE mapping. Which i think is still an ok price to pay for the advantages. And you don't spam tradechat while mapping anyway. The only way someone gets rekt by this is if they rely heavily on poetrade. Which is something that needed fixing from the start.

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Your one liners are doing wonders for your credibility.

Like I say to all sensationalist trolls like you: dont' stop. Please continue. I want the devs to know just how good the arguments for the auction house is, as presented by such eloquently worded responses by people such as yourself.

You ran out of real reasons so you resort to hyperbole and sarcasm and others just downright lies and deception.

I agree with goetzjam's basic premise in that almost all the arguments for implementing an official auction house is that people want an easier to use and more convenient alternative to poe.trade. One person mentioned eliminating scamming but it's actually really hard to be scammed. The rest of the arguments are all about ease of use and personal convenience.

I've also had moments of selfishness in which I wish for more convenience. I see the exact item I need that is perfect for my build, but the person is offline. I see a price for an item, offer it but the person suddenly wants more. I don't care abut the other minor things such as talking to people (OMG, I gotta TALK to people in an ONLINE GAME??!?!? the HORROR) But the lazy feeling passes quickly because I know an auction house is much too risky to implement in this game if you care about its longevity at all.

Many of those kids who are lazy are the ones shouting for the AH and many of those same kids are the Steam game types of kids who play a game until the next shiny sale or game comes out and moves on. They don't give an actual damn about the game, only about their own personal experience.

Good for you and I honestly hope you enjoy the next game. But I care about the long term for this game and most of the past evidence of other games and similar situations show that having a full blown official auction house with everything automated will hurt this game greatly.

So please, devs. No, we do not NEED an auction house.

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DTD_Hiro wrote:

If an AH was implemented, as so many seem opposed to, you wouldn't have to use it right? All the people here saying to go use poe trade could still go use poe trade right? Or would most players stop using it because there is now an AH. Give players the choice and see what happens.

An AH with visible average pricing would address some of the needs of the players but for certain, new problems would arise. No system is perfect. However, I would like to be able to buy and sell items WHILE I play, not camp the trade channels or go to a questionably safe 3rd party site when I could be playing.

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goetzjam wrote:

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goetzjam wrote:

We don't NEED an AH, lazy players are asking for one. Fucking stop. The vast majority of these threads\comments all end in the same way, which is a dozen or so people that have no idea about the trade system\economy\downsides\ect.

People use stupid and silly excuses like:

3rd party (name a single game that doesn't use 3rd party apps, specifically ones that are smaller like GGG is)



poe.trade doesn't suck @domah, it seems you are fairly oblivious on how to use it to your benefit.

Yes its annoying to whisper people who arent online or afk, but that isn't a reason for an AH.


People seem to think this is a problem\solution and the only solution is an AH, no its one of the solutions, but its the wrong solution.


If poe.trade was not 3rd party, but rather GGG supported, it could have features like actually checking if a player is online and active and not just afk in hideout. Hum, that seems like it might solve the issue right, but nope the only answer is an AH \s


What aggravates me most about threads like this is a bunch of clueless people chiming in with nothing compelling to say, we've heard these "cheesy" 3rd part and afk arguments before, come in with something original and genuine experience, stop wasting the devs times.

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You going to support that claim with any proof? I don't and never have RMT in this game, I've spend over $1,000 on supporter packs and would A) never risk my account and B) never cheapen my experience by just taking the easy way out.

Of course the easy counter is just to point the finger and do so without a claim in order to discredit my postion.