Auction house Yes/No?

I think it is in the pipeline

It is not an auction house per se
but a PUBLIC STASH which is fully searchable with b/o and c/o
Seller could chose the best offer
Buyer could retract offer
Public Stash will be purchaseable through microtransactions(Let us support this game please)
It will also have a Web Interface


just wish they could implement it sooner
so sick of finding through indexer
and sellers who does not post bo and complaining of lowballers

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muggedshot wrote:

I think it is in the pipeline

It is not an auction house per se
but a PUBLIC STASH which is fully searchable with b/o and c/o
Seller could chose the best offer
Buyer could retract offer
Public Stash will be purchaseable through microtransactions(Let us support this game please)
It will also have a Web Interface


just wish they could implement it sooner
so sick of finding through indexer
and sellers who does not post bo and complaining of lowballers

This would also be quite good, put PoE would become even more PayToWin (the extra stash tab is already PayToWin, since gives player better chance to sell). I do not blame GGG for that, they have to collect money somewhere.

However i remark again that a trade system where you CANNOT retrieve your object (if you put an object on sale then you have to sell it, either to real player or to NPC) would be of great benefit for the standard economy since at moment it lacks any form of item sink (the standard vendor is not sufficient).

Now it's a lot of work to create a shop and to update it. And at the same time it's a lot of work to find the type of items you need. Whatever improves the demand meeting the supply, has to be implemented, if it has to be auction house, then go for it, but there are other options also. The best idea I can come up with is that GGG grants everyone 1-2 shop stash tabs that are public and implement an ingame interface for searching through everyone's shop stash tabs.

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zamppe wrote:

Now it's a lot of work to create a shop and to update it.

Not necessarily :P

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muggedshot wrote:

I think it is in the pipeline


and sellers who does not post bo and complaining of lowballers

that last line is perfect ! they dont want lowballers , they want fish that overpay :)


and yes for an auction house !

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HellGauss wrote:

This would also be quite good, put PoE would become even more PayToWin (the extra stash tab is already PayToWin, since gives player better chance to sell). I do not blame GGG for that, they have to collect money somewhere.

You can create as much accounts at you want, so as much stash as you need. This is not pay 2 win, it's just confort.

Haven't read through all 18 pages so forgive me if somebody suggested this before :)

I would love to see an in-game marketplace. Trade can only happen in the marketplace area, and trade chat is only visible to you when you are in the marketplace.

- The marketplace would bustle with sellers announcing their wares and prices via the local trade chat
- There would be market stalls that traders can purchase (microtransaction) and display their wares with c/o and b/o when they are online
- You can upgrade your market stall with a NPC vendor (again a microtransaction, requres the microtransaction above) who will automatic sell anything in your shop if somebody offer the announced b/o price

If you as a trader have purchased both the above mentioned microtransactions his wares will be displayed and possibly sold (b/o) while he is farming maps or even offline.

This would be a sketch with plenty of room for improvement, but just a thought I had when seeing this thread. I think it would also make Wraeclast feel more alive, improve the social aspects of the game, and make PoE feel more like a MMO.

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zamppe wrote:

Now it's a lot of work to create a shop and to update it. And at the same time it's a lot of work to find the type of items you need. Whatever improves the demand meeting the supply, has to be implemented, if it has to be auction house, then go for it, but there are other options also. The best idea I can come up with is that GGG grants everyone 1-2 shop stash tabs that are public and implement an ingame interface for searching through everyone's shop stash tabs.

+1 or an Ah would be nice.

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WUlf1337 wrote:

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zamppe wrote:

Now it's a lot of work to create a shop and to update it. And at the same time it's a lot of work to find the type of items you need. Whatever improves the demand meeting the supply, has to be implemented, if it has to be auction house, then go for it, but there are other options also. The best idea I can come up with is that GGG grants everyone 1-2 shop stash tabs that are public and implement an ingame interface for searching through everyone's shop stash tabs.

+1 or an Ah would be nice.

+1 (except for the AH comment, that's stupid).

That's essentially what I want. A search function in the game with public stash tabs to put my items in to be sold.

I am not in favor of having a B/O or C/O for these things however. I believe once the item is found that you want to buy, you must message or leave a note for the person asking for/offering a price.

Leave the bartering. Just make it a tad more convenient.

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shaar wrote:

Auction house no. But something akin to a marketplace yes, especially one where you have to pay some orbs to list your items. Would help limit the amount of garbage spammed in forums and trade chat, and provide another nice currency sink.

That's actually not a bad idea.

i.e.
Sell Magic (Blue): list price is Orb of Alteration
Sell Rare (Yellow): list price is Orb of Chance
Sell Unique (Yellow): list price is Orb of Alchemy

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Atm the whole trading business is nothing but a nuisance unless you sit and stare at trade chat until something you need pops up.

Part of the problem is that all existing AHs in games are completely half-baked.

No game nor game company (yet) has done a corresponding "WTB" side to counter-balance the "WTS" spam side everyone else does.

If there is an AH, why can't I "virtual list WTB Shav 40 exa" for example.