Trade Post Time Limits

Trade Post Time Limits

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Posted by: Ravion Hawk.4736

Ravion Hawk.4736

I did a quick search and didn’t find this suggestion so here goes:

Can something like a two week time limit be put on Sell orders in the trade post?

I make this request since I have had items on the TP that kept getting “one-coppered” and they actually sat for a while and I ended up getting them off when I noticed.

I’m not upset that what I tried to sell didn’t sell, I still had the merchant I could sell the items to.

My experience with MMO Trade Posts/Auction Houses are limited, but GW2’s Trade Post is the only one I’ve used that didn’t have a time limit on the Sell orders.

I know it would help curb ridiculous prices on some things plus it would allow buyers to have a bit more say in the value of items instead of just the seller since the sellers would get the hint after paying the tax 4~5 times because no one was willing to buy the item at such a ridiculous price.

This could also get players to actually go out and work on legendary weapons for themselves since players won’t want to part with those weapons cheaply after all the work they put into them.

Finally, a two week time limit for sell orders may aid in bot prevention especially if bots can’t take items off the trade post if their inventories are full. A high rate of items needing to come off the trade post due to expired sales coupled with full inventories may assist in tipping off potential bots to ANet though I really don’t know if there is a limit on how many items you can put on the Trade Post.

On that note, thinking of it I believe GW2 is also the first MMO I’ve played with a TP/AH that doesn’t have a limit on how many items you can have for sale at one time. counting full stacks as one item of course. The max that I tend to see is between 15 to 20 items. Maybe we could do a limit of 30 items for sale at one time.

Anyhoo, that is my suggestion.

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Posted by: RebelYell.7132

RebelYell.7132

The trick I’ve found to getting undercut is, don’t be desperate enough to need money now. If you forget you posted the order, and the order was for a reasonable amount that the item has gone for in the past 24 hours, it will sell sooner or later.

I have to respectfully disagree here. I think putting a commodities market model into a game a lot more casual than EVE is a huge step forward. The lack of time limits leads less of the antagonistic behavior you get in WoW, too.

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Posted by: Spiral.3724

Spiral.3724

Yes, please put a time limit on items for sale in the Trading Post. If you search, there are thousands upon thousands of items just sitting in there.
In another game I played, your sell fee was based on how long you wanted to list the item. Your sell fee is not refunded, but the item is given back to you when the listing expires.

(Yes, I know this thread is very old, but I didn’t want to post a duplicate.)

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