Why not have an in-game Auction House?

There is already an official Auction House on poe's website, as well as an unofficial one on poe trades. Having an in-game Auction House would save us from having to constantly alt-tab, message people who never respond, or bother people who are busy delving or in memory fragments. I don't believe it would hurt the game in the slightest. To those who argue that it would hurt human interaction, I would respond with there is already no human interaction. Here is how 99% of my trades go: After messaging a dozen people with generic copy paste message, Seller responds. We party and go to his hideout where I don't move. He trades me the item. We part ways with a meaningless robotic "ty". It's tedious and boring. I would rather cut all that out and just have my item.

I also think GGG is missing a good opportunity for MTXs with a new Auction House in the form of hideout Mailboxes. Let's say you get a basic one for free. But then you could buy new skins for it for $10 to $20, depending on how fancy. Such as a fairy garden Mailbox or a flaming Kitava skull Mailbox. This would fund the Auction House development and generate profit to boot.

In a game where trades are a vital part of the game, even the backbone of the very economy itself, an in-game Auction House is not only needed but necessary. This lack of feature is the single greatest problem POE has right now. If it operated like the official and unofficial websites currently do, all it would do is save players an immense amount of time and energy. All the while providing another source of financial income for GGG. It's a win/win.

bots.
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because the people who make a living streaming/farming and RMT would quit and the game would die pretty quick.

I am all for an in game AH like GW2

Because this:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2025870

Easy trade is simply not an option in a game where items aren't 'used up as they're used', and even more so when the game have to accomodate both trading and non-trading players using the same balancing.

+1 for an auctionhouse for maps/currency.

Because they want you to develop anxiety when playing the game so you buy moar stash tabs.

because auction houses are proven to be game killing features.

Because GGG are too lazy to code proper AH...

what part of "bots" you ppls didnt undestand ? poe economy AND gameplay runs on item currency. there is NO gold,NO dollas HA would kill poe as it is.

also,if you think you are first human to land on a moon i have bad news for you. if something so fundamental didnt changed in 6-7 years it wont change now.

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Nibelton wrote:

what part of "bots" you ppls didnt undestand ? poe economy AND gameplay runs on item currency. there is NO gold,NO dollas HA would kill poe as it is.

also,if you think you are first human to land on a moon i have bad news for you. if something so fundamental didnt changed in 6-7 years it wont change now.

You're right, the full party currency farmers that sell for RMT and also low ball trade currency / items items do not currently already control the market... no wait that's not right.