Could we get an explanation why the Trading Post search function can’t include categories of “Armor, Light”, “Armor, Medium”, and “Armor, Heavy”?
From the outside it looks like a simple database query, but for some reason this seemingly basic bit of functionality has been unachievable for almost 18 months now.
Its it priorities? Is it some arcane quirk of how the TP was designed? Can we get some insight please? 
“You keep saying ‘its unfair.’
I wonder what your basis for comparison is…”
- Jareth, King of Goblins.
I propably is priorities. If we are lucky, the TP gets a little makeover with the feature patch after LS ended.
Tin Foil [HATS]-Hardcore BLTC-PvP Guild
Bloin – Running around, tagging Keeps, getting whack on Scoobie Snacks.
Evon Gnashblade is a cat and just can’t be bothered.
“No! You can’t eat the ones that talk!
They’re special! They got aspirations.”
Finn the human
Speculation: the game launched without a sufficient staff that understood how to optimize web UI. What staff was available to work on the TP at launch was dedicated to making sure it didn’t keep going down under the full weight of millions of trades each day.
Since then, the dev teams still don’t include enough people who specialize in web design (and/or are good at it) and their time is spread too thin. While everyone uses the TP a little, only a few of us deal with it a lot. So, it’s not likely to be a priority soon.
That doesn’t mean we should stop requesting improvements to the TP. But it does mean that I’m not holding my breath.
John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”