Auction System

Jethro · Post by **Jethro** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:27 am

I think this is a good idea, an auction system.

Heres how I imagined it working, in each town there is an auctioneer, or an auction house. Let's say I go to the Troll's Bane auctioneer, I can only BUY goods in Troll's Bane, BUT, I can view the goods in all towns.

As a trader I would submit the item, and my desired price. It would then be removed from my inventory. After this I wait until someone stops by and decides to buy it. The money would then be left with the auctioneer, which I could pick up at a later date.

Now, as someone who wants to buy something I would go to the auctioneer, and choose what Type of item I want (Food, Weapon, Armor, Etc.), and whether I want it for all cities or the city im currently in.

Though, it might be too much of a hassle / not compatible with the current code-base, but I thought I might as well submit seeing as how no one has submitted an idea like this (Or thats what the Search Function says)

Shingo · Post by **Shingo** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:34 am

Kinda seems to me that it would take away even more char interaction.

Avalyon el'Hattarr · Post by **Avalyon el'Hattarr** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:13 am

I am not sure, but I think that writing in database from IG it's impossible due to server restrictions.

Post by **Estralis Seborian** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:56 am

In principle, with some "dirty hacks", this might be possible even though our devs will not use the hacks for an islandwide trading system. But I fail to see any benefit that justifies the effort. A feature that is ment to reduce player interaction needs good reasons to get implemented.

Jethro · Post by **Jethro** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:32 pm

Alright, good point.