Guild Wars 2

As of right now, the trading post interface is very cumbersome to use. This post is a summary of all the issues and inconveniences I encountered while using the trading post.

New functionality

• We need to be able to filter by items that we can use.
• A preview function is really required.
• Linking items from the TP in chat would also be convenient.
• A transaction history. Basically “Items I’ve bought” and “Items I’ve sold” in one view.
• Add a notify icon to the BLTC icon if there’s something new to pick up.
• Show the total amount of gold in sell and buy orders.

Removing clicks
This will be very helpful for people who buy low and sell high with dozens of different items. Trading currently involves a lot of clicking.

• Replace the dropdown in “My Transactions” with Tabs.
• From “My Transactions”, let me go directly to the item listings, without having to select the item twice.

Right now, if I want to check if one of my items was undercut or outbidden, I have to remember the price from “My Transactions”. Therefore…

• Highlight my own orders on the buy/sell listings.

If I want to undercut or outbid someone else, I have to put up a new order and remove the old one. This involves a lot of clicking right now, so please…

• Let me modify my orders from the buy/sell listings.

This is it for now.
Looking forward to more suggestions!

In game method of determining profit vs loss on the trading post.

in eve online, there was a system in place for one to modify orders, be they buys or sells. for a small fee, one could modify the order, but only every few minutes.

this is really no different from what we have now, except it’s just easier to use. as of now, we cancel the buy order, pick up the escrow, and relist it to the top. it seems like an unnecessary hassle.

Gao Gao.4973:

in eve online, there was a system in place for one to modify orders, be they buys or sells. for a small fee, one could modify the order, but only every few minutes.

this is really no different from what we have now, except it’s just easier to use. as of now, we cancel the buy order, pick up the escrow, and relist it to the top. it seems like an unnecessary hassle.

I played the EVE market as well. That’s basically where my suggestions came from, heh. Let’s just hope they read this. I can’t imagine myself using the TP for more than a dozen buy/sell orders, right now.

Suggestion: After placing an order, the price resets to the lowest order price. This makes it inconvenient to buy a lot of something, as you have to switch the price back every time if not buying at that price. It would be better if the price stayed at what you typed in (at least until you leave the page). Either that or allow stacks of more than 250.