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I would definitely vote for the Grand Exchange.
I would like like the G.E into 2007, for starters people who say "this isn't old school with the G.E!!". G.E came out on November 26th 2007 I believe. and other people saying "bring on the mercher's" etc. There are alot of merchers now anyway so in my opinion that won't make a difference.
Also, if the G.E comes in at least it will stop the people who post stuff on the trading post with there friends list on "friends only" or "off".
Another reason why I think G.E will be good in osrs, If you need little items for a quest etc. no one might not be selling them and if your lvl isn't higher enough for the item to be crafted etc. then people would need to go out of there way to get that level, maybe lose some money on the way, then make that item, then finish the quest. Maybe turning there 20 minute quest into 3 hours maybe a day to get the level to create the item.
Also if people have little item's in there bank just laying around and people wan'* them gone most likely people will wan'* to sell them item's, even though its a little amount, and quite a few people buy in bulk, so say if they have 36 yew logs from dks etc. You would have to put 36 yew logs on the trading post and wait for people to buy and personally not many people will buy low amount's of skiling item's.
I am hopefully writing on behalf on the community that wan'* the G.E implemented into the game by saying some true facts. so for the people hating and not sure about the G.E take a second to think about the pros and cons, and maybe what the community what's and not just yourself.
I would like like the G.E into 2007, for starters people who say "this isn't old school with the G.E!!". G.E came out on November 26th 2007 I believe. and other people saying "bring on the mercher's" etc. There are alot of merchers now anyway so in my opinion that won't make a difference.
Also, if the G.E comes in at least it will stop the people who post stuff on the trading post with there friends list on "friends only" or "off".
Another reason why I think G.E will be good in osrs, If you need little items for a quest etc. no one might not be selling them and if your lvl isn't higher enough for the item to be crafted etc. then people would need to go out of there way to get that level, maybe lose some money on the way, then make that item, then finish the quest. Maybe turning there 20 minute quest into 3 hours maybe a day to get the level to create the item.
Also if people have little item's in there bank just laying around and people wan'* them gone most likely people will wan'* to sell them item's, even though its a little amount, and quite a few people buy in bulk, so say if they have 36 yew logs from dks etc. You would have to put 36 yew logs on the trading post and wait for people to buy and personally not many people will buy low amount's of skiling item's.
I am hopefully writing on behalf on the community that wan'* the G.E implemented into the game by saying some true facts. so for the people hating and not sure about the G.E take a second to think about the pros and cons, and maybe what the community what's and not just yourself.
09-Jan-2015 22:52:06
Nooooo... Come on... Why don't you just include the ability to accept offers through the trading post instead of having to arrange meeting to trade? That way you get something like an auction house known from many other games, much more flexible than the hermetic Grand Exchange.
Correct me if I'm wrong (but I don't think I am), but the GE was developed the way it was in order to hide the actual transactions happening inside a black box so that you don't know who you're trading with, which prevents making deals with specific people. That was necessary because RuneScape had TRADE LIMITS. Grand Exchange came not long before introducing them, as you were already preparing to restrict trading and you knew you needed something like this in place before blocking trades.
We don't need this sort of black box mechanics anymore. To be honest I'd love to see it changed in modern RS as well, but that's besides the point. What I'm saying is that seeing actual offers being posted gives a lot more flexibility and makes trading as open as possible.
And Grand Exchange is a really weird creation where you post an offer, and it either works or not. Then you have to cancel if the trades aren't happening. And the prices of things are much more artificially set. As much as you try to make them adjust according to supply and demand, those mechanisms still aren't like human brain and they never follow immediate trends that may be caused by various factors. One of the downsides of that for example can be seen when new tradable items are released (or changed) with an initial GE price, but people trade it for way more / less and it takes weeks before the GE price reaches what people are comfortable with. Then everybody still asks what the street price of something is, because they can't get it from GE. (Popular question on RS3 a while back: "How much are silverhawks atm?"
Why are you trying to put an artificial system in place instead of a natural one based on actual offers?
Correct me if I'm wrong (but I don't think I am), but the GE was developed the way it was in order to hide the actual transactions happening inside a black box so that you don't know who you're trading with, which prevents making deals with specific people. That was necessary because RuneScape had TRADE LIMITS. Grand Exchange came not long before introducing them, as you were already preparing to restrict trading and you knew you needed something like this in place before blocking trades.
We don't need this sort of black box mechanics anymore. To be honest I'd love to see it changed in modern RS as well, but that's besides the point. What I'm saying is that seeing actual offers being posted gives a lot more flexibility and makes trading as open as possible.
And Grand Exchange is a really weird creation where you post an offer, and it either works or not. Then you have to cancel if the trades aren't happening. And the prices of things are much more artificially set. As much as you try to make them adjust according to supply and demand, those mechanisms still aren't like human brain and they never follow immediate trends that may be caused by various factors. One of the downsides of that for example can be seen when new tradable items are released (or changed) with an initial GE price, but people trade it for way more / less and it takes weeks before the GE price reaches what people are comfortable with. Then everybody still asks what the street price of something is, because they can't get it from GE. (Popular question on RS3 a while back: "How much are silverhawks atm?"
Why are you trying to put an artificial system in place instead of a natural one based on actual offers?
09-Jan-2015 22:53:03
TooManyKinks
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I would definitely vote for the Grand Exchange.
I would like like the G.E into 2007, for starters people who say "this isn't old school with the G.E!!". G.E came out on November 26th 2007 I believe. and other people saying "bring on the mercher's" etc. There are alot of merchers now anyway so in my opinion that won't make a difference.
Also, if the G.E comes in at least it will stop the people who post stuff on the trading post with there friends list on "friends only" or "off".
Another reason why I think G.E will be good in osrs, If you need little items for a quest etc. no one might not be selling them and if your lvl isn't higher enough for the item to be crafted etc. then people would need to go out of there way to get that level, maybe lose some money on the way, then make that item, then finish the quest. Maybe turning there 20 minute quest into 3 hours maybe a day to get the level to create the item.
Also if people have little item's in there bank just laying around and people wan'* them gone most likely people will wan'* to sell them item's, even though its a little amount, and quite a few people buy in bulk, so say if they have 36 yew logs from dks etc. You would have to put 36 yew logs on the trading post and wait for people to buy and personally not many people will buy low amount's of skiling item's.
I am hopefully writing on behalf on the community that wan'* the G.E implemented into the game by saying some true facts. so for the people hating and not sure about the G.E take a second to think about the pros and cons, and maybe what the community what's and not just yourself.
To summarize the above post, it makes it easier.
I would definitely vote for the Grand Exchange.
I would like like the G.E into 2007, for starters people who say "this isn't old school with the G.E!!". G.E came out on November 26th 2007 I believe. and other people saying "bring on the mercher's" etc. There are alot of merchers now anyway so in my opinion that won't make a difference.
Also, if the G.E comes in at least it will stop the people who post stuff on the trading post with there friends list on "friends only" or "off".
Another reason why I think G.E will be good in osrs, If you need little items for a quest etc. no one might not be selling them and if your lvl isn't higher enough for the item to be crafted etc. then people would need to go out of there way to get that level, maybe lose some money on the way, then make that item, then finish the quest. Maybe turning there 20 minute quest into 3 hours maybe a day to get the level to create the item.
Also if people have little item's in there bank just laying around and people wan'* them gone most likely people will wan'* to sell them item's, even though its a little amount, and quite a few people buy in bulk, so say if they have 36 yew logs from dks etc. You would have to put 36 yew logs on the trading post and wait for people to buy and personally not many people will buy low amount's of skiling item's.
I am hopefully writing on behalf on the community that wan'* the G.E implemented into the game by saying some true facts. so for the people hating and not sure about the G.E take a second to think about the pros and cons, and maybe what the community what's and not just yourself.
To summarize the above post, it makes it easier.
09-Jan-2015 22:53:28 - Last edited on 09-Jan-2015 22:53:58 by Diggydug1
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