Why do people not like the new TP? It’s ergonomically unfriendly.
Let’s examine why!
Selling Issues!
The first reason is that all the tabs of the first TP have been reduced down to one tab. At first glance, this shouldn’t seem like an issue.
http://i.imgur.com/I01nej7.jpg
What one fails to realize is that the previous TP had a separate tab for selling all your goods. Selling goods on the TP in the past took a single click. Now it takes at least two clicks. If you do this multiple times during a dungeon run, this literally doubles your clicking.
The next issue is the number of items on the sell list. Previously, about 20 items were shown per screen, without any need to scroll. Now, we only get 9 items shown per screen, and we need to scroll down to see the 10th and beyond.
http://i.imgur.com/5a3RB7P.jpg
On the buy list, we get 8 items before we need to scroll.
http://i.imgur.com/LJ8itxl.jpg
The other additional factor in buying is that the “pages” no longer exist. While in theory this is good (it does reduce overall clicks), it makes it more difficult to keep track of your place when looking through a large list of items.
Moving on, let’s see how the actual buying and selling of items has been… unimproved.
Let’s say I want to sell an item instantly. In the past, you clicked a single button and poof! Everything sold instantly to the the person paying the most money, until the order was fulfilled. Do it again until items are gone or orders are filled.
What happens now is you have to first click on a buy order in order to sell instantly. (+1) click.
http://i.imgur.com/58w9Vo4.jpg
Afterwards, a screen pops up saying to pick up your coin. Hitting “Ok” or “Close” do the same thing, functionally, which is confusing. Additionally, hitting these buttons is another click, and although that was in the previous TP, it was almost exactly next to the sell button, which made it very quick.
http://imgur.com/58w9Vo4,G1E5XBA#1
Then when you click the button, it automatically puts you at the next sell instantly order. This is good! Automatic is good. What isn’t good is that the system by default doesn’t put the slider on sell all instantly — this is generally what people want, and what the system did by default previously. This adds another click (+1 click).
http://i.imgur.com/E0Snw7E.jpg
The issue of automatically including all items also pops up when listing the item, instead of using the buy order system. Listing the item makes the slider, by default, only sell 1 of the item. Most people don’t want to list just 1 item. Most people will, by default, want to list all items and reduce from there. This requires an extra click and drag to correct (+1 click).
http://i.imgur.com/AMHcxDN.jpg
Now imagine doing this after a dungeon run. If we assume the new patch made it take 6 clicks to sell items, instead of the previous 3 clicks it took, then you have effectively doubled the amount of clicking it takes to sell all your loot. This starts to wear on people’s patience.
Buying Problems
Let’s say I want to buy 250 Ancient Bones instantly, instead of placing a buy order.
On the old TP, I would simply enter 250 into the quantity slot, and the TP would automatically go through all available listings until my desired quantity was fulfilled. I can’t do that any more. Entering 250 on an item without 250 available in the first listing will only fill until the first listing is nullified.
http://i.imgur.com/khqda0B.jpg
I have to first check multiple boxes for available listings and make sure that at least 250 Ancient Bones are available in those listings. I then have to enter the quantity (250) and hit buy. As before, I also have to pray that somebody doesn’t buy at the same moment I do and cause the listings to change. As you can see from the image below, I actually have to start scrolling through listings and checking to reach the required 250 Ancient Bones. This is INCREDIBLY tedious, especially when considering the number of buys some people need to make.
http://imgur.com/khqda0B,CpQOnbA#1
Now let’s say I say “Screw that!” and want to place a buy order. This has been simplified over the previous iteration of the TP, but it’s confusing to newcomers. Now I have to click on the left side of the screen, enter my quantity and desired price, and list the item. This part is done fairly well, but not very clearly to newcomers.
http://i.imgur.com/nR4mpj1.jpg
However, I ran into a snag while doing this. I tried to place a buy order at the same price as a listing. The system automatically shifted me over into the instant buy section. This was not my desired goal — I wanted to place a buy order at a specific price and quantity, not buy instantly at variable prices and variable quantities. Now we’re back to the aforementioned issue of instant buys!
http://i.imgur.com/woE7Tnm.jpg
See more in Part 2!