Guild Wars 2

It’s not that a global market sucks or is causing trouble, if anything it is creating equilibrium.

The trouble is that there is SO MUCH STUFF dropping in the game. Ungrouped people, attacking the same mob, mining the same node all getting a separate loot table means there are FAR MORE resources being dumped into this global trading market than any other market in any other game.

It means supply is high and demand is low, which crashes the supply vs demand and drives prices down until they match or are worth less than vending the product instead. I understand Anet did it to reduce player rivalry, but they could stand to lower the loot table from all mobs and nodes. (and reset all auctions to players who still have those posts below vendor pricing would disappear).

Rather than fiddle with the loot tables, which will feel like a major nerf the way you suggest it (no offense), why not limit the number of items for sale at a given price point? Everyone else can sell at a vendor and needs to plan to empty their bags rather than going “Oh frak!” in the field and dumping all their worthless junk onto the TP.

Give a 2,000 item limit at each specific price point, and if one price point fills up you may not post that item at that price point until that price point and the one above it hit zero.

Colonel Kernel.7506:

Give a 2,000 item limit at each specific price point, and if one price point fills up you may not post that item at that price point until that price point and the one above it hit zero.

That is an absolutely terrible idea, because all it really accomplishes is artificially keeping supply down with no real benefit. For items that trade in the hundreds of thousands, a 2k (or even 200k) limit at one price point would be rather crippling, and wouldn’t provide any benefit.

Hippocampus.8470:

Colonel Kernel.7506:

Give a 2,000 item limit at each specific price point, and if one price point fills up you may not post that item at that price point until that price point and the one above it hit zero.

That is an absolutely terrible idea, because all it really accomplishes is artificially keeping supply down with no real benefit. For items that trade in the hundreds of thousands, a 2k (or even 200k) limit at one price point would be rather crippling, and wouldn’t provide any benefit.

And there is where we disagree.

The benefit is it keeps the surplus down, not the supply. It gives some vague hope that the market price might someday rise above vendor +1c again, even though the market interface and the number of each item on the market make that hope seem vain.

It also forces people to manage their inventory somewhat intelligently rather than going to pick up loot and going “Oh frak! I’m full (again)!” and dumping all their worthless trash on the TP (at a loss I might add).