Guild Wars 2

Sevveral people are using this to have an advantage over other traders. I also know devs are well aware of the details of this. Seeing as this is just how the system works I dont think sharing the details is wrong, and infact puts people on a level playing field.

The system works like this. Items are sorted smallest to largest and smallest goes out first. This is to clear as many entries in the database as possible, reduce partials, and not have to store as detailed timestamps etc. Its all about minimizing data for a smoother experience.

Unfortunetly once you figure this out you can use it dominate inattentive sellers. I wont detail how.

Are we having a vulnerability disclosure day? This could get messy grin

Sevveral people are using this to have an advantage over other traders.

Yes, we are :P

Interesting to know. Very interesting.

Current system is bot-friendly — only bots can reliably sell items 1 by 1 and keep listing new ones right when the first sells.

I also really don’t think they’re saving much server resources by a nonsense system like this – if it was a proper FIFO queue they would only need to save the order of offers and a maximum of 1 partially sold offer per item.

EDIT: Also I really don’t think ENCOURAGING players to make lots of little sell orders instead of dumping all 1 giant sell. Keep in mind they store all the sales history.
It would be really nice to have this stuff implemented properely.

a FIFO system would make undercutting even more pervasive than it is now

It would do the same for overcutting, though, so I don’t know that it would push prices consistently in either direction.

It should work FIFO if people put up the exact same price per product.

Which is why no one will post the same price when there are already 300k sitting there at that price.