Guild Wars 2

There needs to be an option so that when you want to sell an item on the trading post you can CHOOSE WHO you want to sell it too.

Some players, like me, don’t want to sell to the highest buyer because:

1) some buyers, arguably most, place a bid that is just one copper above the next bidder, and the system encourages such behavior because you can only sell to the highest buyer. Importantly, it is unethical (actually an appropriate term and an euphemism for what I was originally going to say! xD).

EDIT: Also, I don’t want to encourage the behavior by selling to “extra copper” bidders.

2) it could be a bot because the highest buyer with the “extra copper” sometimes orders like 10+ of the items.

Of course, as a buyer, I have to place another significantly higher bid above the “extra copper” bidder who will likely again beat my bid by an “extra copper”. Importantly, how would you feel having your bid beaten by an “extra copper”?

As a solution please allow us to choose who we wish to sell an item to, or design the system where potential buyers have to play a bid that is SIGNIFICANTLY higher than the previous bid, determined by the market value / worth of the item. For example, for a 100 gold item, the next bid must be 1/10 of the total value which is 10 gold. Thus, if you wish to place another bid on the 100 gold item, then you need to put a bid that is 10 gold higher than the current bid, or implement a similar scaling system. Having said this, an issue can arise where items are deliberately selling at obscene prices to take advantage of the scaling bidding system and manipulate bids to get the best return for the seller. EDIT: Of course, it could backfire where another person fulfills your bid…

Consequently, I believe being able to choose who you wish to sell to is the best system!

Currently, for the ‘Eternity’ greatsword, there is a 900 gold and 3 copper bid, and as you might expect there is a 900 gold and 4 copper bid. Does this behavior sound right to anyone? Does anyone approve of the “extra copper” mentality?

Wish they had a Broker system like EQ2.