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Jan

2007

Kilot

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Lol at people saying "OMG GE!" It's not like a GE it's actually better *´¨)¸.*´ Kilot ~ Failed RuneScape player.
Zeros will be done, worship the empty lord

10-Dec-2014 16:07:57

Jul

2017

H1N1

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I like the Trading post. Just a few things that I think would make it better are:

1)

Red

flashing on 2nd trade window if money is more than requested, then the money would flash and if the money is less than what the seller put in the TP then the item would flash.

2) (a bit more involved) I'm thinking it would be cool if there was a column in the TP for bank location (last bank visited/ bank offer was posted from) and an indicator light (

red

or

green

) which would let potential buyers have an approximation of where the player is (inside bank=

green

, outside=

red

) before even PM'ing. This would certainly help if there are muted players who wish to use the post.

10-Dec-2014 16:09:20 - Last edited on 10-Dec-2014 16:10:58 by H1N1

Tru Khaoz

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Kilot said :
Lol at people saying "OMG GE!" It's not like a GE it's actually better

How is this better than GE?

10-Dec-2014 16:16:14

Dec

2023

A Touch

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i would love to see an automatic sell option added. It's still extremely time consuming having to stop in the middle of PvM or slayer tasks just to go sell 1 item.

Please jagex, add an automatic sell option.

10-Dec-2014 16:23:30

Gad Zook

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There's great craftsmanship in the Trading Post. The integration into trading screens is brilliant. However, something fundamentally huge is obviously lacking.

Primary to drumming up business for a trade is communication. Player interaction is critical. We talked about this to no end. Having to meet up, yes, but not simply posting things in the GE and then having to meet up because it's a very limited GE.

Since **bez has proved so popular I can't fault you for keeping true to the item-specific manner of posting offers. You've used game mechanics that they simply don't have access to, making the system even more accurate in that respect. But without a space for "additional information" there is no way to communicate the terms of my offer.

Suppose I'm mining pure essence in Yanille and I'll sell it cheaper than normal to players who meet me at Yanille bank. If I use the Trading Post I'll just have players pm'ing me and asking why I'm not at V-west where they are. It's because I hate that place and I refuse to go there without charging more. The V-west mentality flattens the dynamics of trade in this game and I had hoped the Trading Post would endorse diversity instead of acting as though we voted for a very limited version of GE.

10-Dec-2014 16:24:16

Mar

2020

Saxo

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Can castle wars be made a bank? it currently doesn't work as one so you can't trade there, probably the same for other places with a chest bank like shanty.

10-Dec-2014 16:35:40 - Last edited on 10-Dec-2014 16:36:06 by Saxo

Richy Ray

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Tru Khaoz said :
Kilot said :
Lol at people saying "OMG GE!" It's not like a GE it's actually better

How is this better than GE?

Exactly, whats the point of this update if we still need waste time to get our supplies?

If we had G.E. you can buy + sell "INSTANT" O_o

10-Dec-2014 16:35:59

Richy Ray

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Richy Ray said :
Tru Khaoz said :
Kilot said :
Lol at people saying "OMG GE!" It's not like a GE it's actually better

How is this better than GE?

Exactly, whats the point of this update if we still need waste time to get our supplies?

If we had G.E. you can buy + sell "INSTANT" O_o

Therfore i dont understand why this update is made to Varrock -West bank wich look like to support all lazy afk bank stand merchers??

10-Dec-2014 16:37:08

Cour

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Richy Ray said :
Tru Khaoz said :
Kilot said :
Lol at people saying "OMG GE!" It's not like a GE it's actually better

How is this better than GE?

Exactly, whats the point of this update if we still need waste time to get our supplies?

If we had G.E. you can buy + sell "INSTANT" O_o

I wouldn't get hung up on having "Grand Exchange" the important part is the automatic buying /selling of items on and offline . From what I understand this will be repolled after the New Year. Just think if these features are added to the "Trading Post" we will have "GE" access in every bank across Runescape. Start rounding up support, we need 75% to win.

10-Dec-2014 16:42:41

Aug

2013

Heritage

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Tru Khaoz said :
[#LUX8299SN] said :
Can't keep everyone happy. Damn.

It's so simple though, either add a Grand Exchange or don't add a Grand Exchange. Anything in between is not worth all the trouble it causes.

I'd say a lot of people would be happy with just trading through the system.

I doubt offline trading and a price guide will be a re-polled.

I think there should be buy and sell limits for certain items if trading through the system passes a re-poll.

10-Dec-2014 16:44:36

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