Guild Wars 2

So, from reading through the forum threads and the various reddit threads this is my current understanding of the situation.

What developers wanted to introduce:
• A quick and easy way to exchange gold and gems that did not require the player to have to get out a calculator.
• Reduce the amount of information displayed to just what is necessary to avoid confusion
• Make the user interface consistent to aid in learning

What players want that was taken away:
• The transparency of having the market data displayed (and for some power users the ability to track trends using this data)
• The ability to exchange precise amounts of gold and gems.
So, with these factors in mind I have attached my mockup of a currency exchange that would satisfy both parties.

Notes:
• The sliders would automatically have their max = the amount of gold/gems the player has
• The player would be able to input numbers into any of the boxes and the slider and opposite box would self-adjust
• The player would be able to input more gem/gold then they currently have into the boxes (to allow them to sort of set a goal). However, if they click buy they will get an error message saying that they do not have enough gems/gold and they need to have x more gold/gems to complete the exchange
• I realized that including the market data made the UI way too tall (and I am guessing this is why it got pulled out). So, this may need to be a separate page with a button that links to/from the main exchange page.

Personal thoughts:
When the new trading post was introduces one of the highly lauded features was the ability for the developers to introduce quick changes. Additionally Anet’s quick response to player feedback on commander tags helped to quell any negative feelings over the original design. All this to say that Anet really needs to make these changes as quick as possible to keep this from becoming a bigger deal than it is right now, and when the fix is made it should not be made quietly.

PS. I have a feeling that this will be merged into the mega thread, however I wanted it to start its life in its own thread and not be buried by the rant.