09-01-2012, 07:20 PM
Or if the automatic buy order thing doesn't work, what if there was a bidding system instead of purely buyout? You could set the starting bid which would be the reserve value, and the item would be returned to you if no bids were made. Maybe you could also set a buyout price so if you need the money immediately, you could set a low buyout.
So if you don't set a buyout price, the advantage would be that you would more likely get more money, but you'd have to wait until the auction ended to get the money. If you set a low buyout price, the advantage would be that you get the money immediately, but you probably wouldn't get as much as if you waited for the bidding.
The problem I have with the current Auction House system is that anything that is a decent price gets bought within 20 seconds. So often I refresh my page, try to buy an item, and get the message that the item is no longer available. This means that the best way to make money is to just camp the AH 24/7 and immediately take the good deals. This is bad for the uninformed sellers who don't realize what their item is worth. It's also bad for the rest of the buyers. If a bidding system were implemented, it would cause prices to be much more stable. Right now they're all over the place. It would also greatly help newer players make money early on. A lot of times I see valuable goods selling for 10% of their value because the person is new and has no idea how much they're worth. With a bidding system, the buyers can decide how much things are worth and that way nobody gets ripped off. This will allow newer players to get a faster start earning money, and to be honest, would probably increase the retention rate of newer players since they'd be upgrading to better gear faster.
So if you don't set a buyout price, the advantage would be that you would more likely get more money, but you'd have to wait until the auction ended to get the money. If you set a low buyout price, the advantage would be that you get the money immediately, but you probably wouldn't get as much as if you waited for the bidding.
The problem I have with the current Auction House system is that anything that is a decent price gets bought within 20 seconds. So often I refresh my page, try to buy an item, and get the message that the item is no longer available. This means that the best way to make money is to just camp the AH 24/7 and immediately take the good deals. This is bad for the uninformed sellers who don't realize what their item is worth. It's also bad for the rest of the buyers. If a bidding system were implemented, it would cause prices to be much more stable. Right now they're all over the place. It would also greatly help newer players make money early on. A lot of times I see valuable goods selling for 10% of their value because the person is new and has no idea how much they're worth. With a bidding system, the buyers can decide how much things are worth and that way nobody gets ripped off. This will allow newer players to get a faster start earning money, and to be honest, would probably increase the retention rate of newer players since they'd be upgrading to better gear faster.