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Sekkira · Dec 21, 2006, 09:31 AM // 09:31

The only problem with this 'auction house' is that you can only describe one item at a time. The field is far too short to do otherwise.

The whole idea with throwing the items to an npc and actually having an auction then picking up the gold later on from it when it's sold would be a better option.

fRag_Doll · Dec 21, 2006, 09:40 AM // 09:40

Wow, 3 pages and no-one has noticed the Heros and Henchmen tabs. No more running around towns trying to find the henchies.

The new party window friggen ROCKS man!

Vandal2k6 · Dec 21, 2006, 09:47 AM // 09:47

The addition of auction in the party window is a clever and superb idea. Well done Anet. Don't want to sound unappreciative but a filter would be great too.

But besides that, thanks very much for what we've got already.

Diablo™ · Dec 21, 2006, 10:31 AM // 10:31

Best wintersday present ever!

mr_groovy · Dec 21, 2006, 10:59 AM // 10:59

Love it 2, but could do with 3 enhancements. Gaile If you are reading this.
1: Lengthen the description from 32 Chars to 64 Chars.
2: If Possible make trade a global thing. (Think that would mean more server space but you never know ^^)
3: Multiple Trade descriptions?

Anyways big + on the party search

blastm · Dec 21, 2006, 11:17 AM // 11:17

It's nice

But the traders made it so it's already more a trade window than a party search window! like the illegitimate child of the general chat channel and the long awaited auction house. :/

Tydra · Dec 21, 2006, 11:18 AM // 11:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maria The Princess

/spoiled brat voice

we still dont have a hairdresser

oh yea!!!

anyways, i love the new party window too, especially that you can just add the hench to ur party from whereever u r standing.. u won't believe how many times it happened that i ran to a door and forgot to add henchmen and had to run all the way back to the other side of a town to go 'n get them. thats a huge improvement!!

only point to do though: add some filter system to the party window (for example buying-tabs, selling-tabs), it's pretty hard having to search for a party when you see french or german districts before you even see the english ones (where you are in at that moment... so maybe: English-tab, German-tab, French-tab??

). it's all mixed up right now

other than that, good job Anet!

Hand of Ruin · Dec 21, 2006, 11:21 AM // 11:21

I was expecting a lot less, I'm very impressed with this. I can see this becomming used more for trading in large trade centers than actual party formation. I mean, how many missions have more than one district at a time?

This will definately help in ToA, DoA and popular places like that though, but the real benefiet IMO is the ability to find sellers/buyers.

Guildmaster Cain · Dec 21, 2006, 01:51 PM // 13:51

LOVE THE NEW AUCTION SYSTEM

*smiles wickedly at the growing piles of platinum*

aaah the peace and quiet in the local and trade channels ^^

Kay84 · Dec 21, 2006, 02:03 PM // 14:03

Thanks a lot A-net

Addone_Abaddon · Dec 21, 2006, 02:25 PM // 14:25

my idea for this would be to drag your weapon into the description text area and it'd come up with the details for it.

XvArchonvX · Dec 21, 2006, 02:28 PM // 14:28

I love the new party/trade system, but it's a shame that every little 12 yr old twerp out there has to make some cyber sex wannabe thing from it. It's really just a sad thing to see the community use this great gift in this way.

Beat_Go_Stick · Dec 21, 2006, 02:33 PM // 14:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by twicky_kid

Without any way of sorting the list this might as well be more spam.

I do not play wow but one thing they did get right was the auction house.

True that, twicky.

I played Star Wars:Galaxies for a while and they also had the auction house you could put items in and walk away from. There were still people spamming to try and get impulse shoppers to buy from them (or selling services) but at least I didn't have to participate in that.

A.Net did an excellent job with NF and their events are always fun. New features are always a good thing but I fail to understand why this one thing is so hard for them to implement. I mean, I could code them a web based one right now with only my meager skills, and they've had a couple years.

Don't get me wrong. I don't hate A.Net for not doing it. I don't think it's my divine right to have one. I just wish someone would let those of us who are sincerely curious as to the 'why?' of it know their reasoning for not creating an auction merchant who can take your item, be browsed by others, and sell your stuff for what you want to sell it for.

Compared to all the other things they've done, it seems like such a simple thing and I, for one, would really love to know why the reality of it isn't......

Phaern Majes · Dec 21, 2006, 02:35 PM // 14:35

Lol auction house...where is the actual "auction" at? I haven't used this yet, but I don't see it cutting down on trade spamming. Still won't complain as I don't see it hurting anything either :P

Zedd Kun · Dec 21, 2006, 03:37 PM // 15:37

It's great; but it should be more advanced: Own page for party and wts/wtb. And we should be allowed to write more text about the item.. It's way too short. And there should be a system that could make you go afk, so you dont have to SIT and WATCH the chat if someones buying....

milias · Dec 21, 2006, 03:41 PM // 15:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antheus

Granted, it's sneaky in Party window, but with all the requests for something like it, this got really little attention.

Well, it's not really an auction house, it's more of a Trade LFG system

I have found it to be quite useful so far, completed 2 trades already using this new system last night.

One suggestion would be to add a sorting feature to filter out the spam. The search feature is good, but I don't think that will be enough. A sorting feature that will let you view separately people looking for mission, quest, or trade would be a very welcome addition to this new interface.

But one step at a time, I suppose

Clone · Dec 21, 2006, 04:12 PM // 16:12

Sorry, an auction house this is not. I've already seen a fair amount "will cyber for 500g/minute" ads. I like the improvements for what they are, but GW is still lacking in terms of trade systems when you compare it to other titles out there.

Myria · Dec 21, 2006, 04:23 PM // 16:23

Calling this an auction system is stretching the definition well past the point of breaking. Then again, the same is true of calling it an LFG system. WTS/WTB and general spam will ensure its utility for grouping is close to nil. A pity, but somehow less than surprising.

zelira · Dec 21, 2006, 04:29 PM // 16:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by twicky_kid

I would still rather have an auction house that sells my item for me. I don't want to sit in town for hours trying to spam a sell or even put it on the party window hoping some one will see it on that endless unsortable list.

The point is I don't want to take away from my game time just to try and sell something. This is far from an auction house.

Same here. It's a step toward the right direction, however there's a lot of crap in it now. Lots of "WTB your mom", Quest - Looking to cyber for 500g/min, and there was a MILF hunter LFG last night. -_-

In that grinding game that has 7 million subscribers, you'd actually have to put money up if you bid on an auction. I suspect it's the same if you wanted to sell an item. Which would be great because there is no item in the game called "your mom"

Theus · Dec 21, 2006, 04:31 PM // 16:31

All the trade system needs now is the ability to put something up for trade for a specific amount of gold while you go on and play the game.

Then,and only then,will it be perfect.