"We are not adding a Trade Market to the PC version of Path of Exile. "

Botting apologists keep bringing D3 up forgetting that
a) AH in that trash pile involves real world money
b) It has bog standard currency system
c) Its itemization is garbage
POE deserves good trading system, and its baffling that chinese and console versions already have it, while the core version, that even allowed GGG to earn money and become legendary is treated as trash.

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FrodoFraggins wrote:

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tolunart wrote:

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aConcernedPlayer wrote:

BUT if they can implement an AH without breaking the economy, we can do too.

The point is, they did break the economy. They just don't care.

If you think this is a broken economy - you have no clue what would happen if they made trade easy with an AH. You really, really, really don't.

That's my line. Really, because I already know, and got tired of repeating, that an AH cannot function in this game without pretty much rewriting the entire thing.

I was talking about the AH in the Chinese version of the game, where the players have different expectations and apparently accept the game as it is. Hence, the game economy there is broken, but they (neither players nor Tencent) don't care.

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MortalKombat3 wrote:

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Phrazz wrote:

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succmadik wrote:

Balance game around trade.

What makes you think the game is balanced around trade?

Because getting loot for your build is highly improbable.
Because getting new maps for atlas is highly improbable.
And so on.
Yes, PoE is kinda easy so you can play it SSF. Though you have to invest huge amounts of time into it.

This is a virtual Skinner box. Investing lots of time for random rewards is the entire point of the game. The average player doesn't even complete the Atlas or "farm Uber Elder" or whatever during each league because they have other things to spend time on, like a job and family. Trading is only as important as you want it to be.

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tolunart wrote:

The point is, they did break the economy. They just don't care.

If you think this is a broken economy - you have no clue what would happen if they made trade easy with an AH. You really, really, really don't.[/quote]

That's my line. Really, because I already know, and got tired of repeating, that an AH cannot function in this game without pretty much rewriting the entire thing.

I was talking about the AH in the Chinese version of the game, where the players have different expectations and apparently accept the game as it is. Hence, the game economy there is broken, but they (neither players nor Tencent) don't care.[/quote]


Damn, a psychic, i would like to know my future, nvm, lmfao. Not a damn thing would have to change in POE, absolutely nothing. It is not D3, its currency is not gold, and its itemisation is actually decent. Everything is hidden behind so many layers of range already, that it would be fine. The only thing that would change is players instead of wasting an hour to make a couple trades, they could do it in 5-10 minutes and go back to playing.

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bruts wrote:

With a AH GGG would sell less Premium Tabs.

But then can add "AH premium tabs" instead.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with current trading in the game. If you want to trade, ingame trade channels, poe trade fora and poe trade are all part of the game. You can either deal with them or not.

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Reinhart wrote:

There is absolutely nothing wrong with current trading in the game.

LOL

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Reinhart wrote:

If you want to trade, ingame trade channels

ROFL

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vio wrote:

never change a running system, especially if it runs for 7 years+ this way.

can you go say Trion that?

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Reinhart wrote:

There is absolutely nothing wrong with current trading in the game. If you want to trade, ingame trade channels, poe trade fora and poe trade are all part of the game. You can either deal with them or not.

Lol. PoE is 3-rd party site, absolutely uncontrolled by GGG.

And if GGG add 2 min delay after each areas change, you'd say "deal with it" too, right?

When you see a car on market with only 3/4 wheels & hole in roof, you probably say yourself "deal with it" and buy it regardless.....

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MasterAxe wrote:

Damn, a psychic, i would like to know my future, nvm, lmfao. Not a damn thing would have to change in POE, absolutely nothing. It is not D3, its currency is not gold, and its itemisation is actually decent. Everything is hidden behind so many layers of range already, that it would be fine. The only thing that would change is players instead of wasting an hour to make a couple trades, they could do it in 5-10 minutes and go back to playing.

I'll trust the experts like David Brevik and Chris Wilson over randos like you screaming "hurr durr - gimma AH - it will be awesome"