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A recent Poll in this forum found that Auction & Market History was the #1 interface that players want overhauled/improved, with almost 40% of participants in the Poll voting for it. (That poll can be found in this thread: Which User Interface should MindArk overhaul next? please vote if you haven't already)
So as a follow-up Poll, I would like to ask what specific improvements you would like to see made to the current Auction & Market History. In order to compile a comprehensive list, I went through the Suggestions/WishList section all the way back to 2016 and identified what seems to be the 20 most repeated and popular features that players have asked for over time and put them all in this Poll so that you could vote on which ones you think really need to be implemented in the Auction system overhaul.
In this Poll, you can choose as many features as you want, you are not limited to just 1 choice. There is no time limit for voting in this Poll. Here are the choices, along with links to threads where these ideas were mentioned:
1. Allow decimals instead of the current 1 PED increment for Startbid and Buyout. It can be especially annoying when creating an auction for a stackable item to try to figure out what quantity to auction in order to get the desired Markup.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/...-not-being-able-to-choose-stackable-MU-freely
2. Remove Auction fee to list: there would still be a fee when something sells. This would promote availability of rare, expensive items on the auction since listing them would cost nothing. As it is, listing an expensive unlimited weapon or amp can cost the seller 50 PED, with no guarantee of actually selling the item.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/...-not-being-able-to-choose-stackable-MU-freely
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?287967-My-Version-16-Wishlist
3. Create an 'Exchange' for mats & resources: Stackables could be handled in an exchange fashion where you add your quantity in and set a price. People buying can set how much they want to buy and their max price and it will buy that amount from the pool, starting with the cheapest and then up to your maximum, if available. That way there is no more need for undercutting wars, price fixing on small stacks, overbuying more than they need or overpaying by mistake. EVE Online comes to mind as an MMO which uses this type of system.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
4. Get rid of the 5 minute extension: Auctions would end at the time they are set to end and would no longer reset to 5 minutes with each bid. The idea is to solve the "let's spend the next 6 hours adding 1 ped to the price when there is less than a minute left", where one person is just hoping the other has to leave or drops connection so they can win the auction.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
5. Increased Auction slots: let everybody have a larger number of listing slots. 30 is just too limiting.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?298961-Wishlist-More-auction-slots!
6. Search orders too: add a search function for 'Available Orders', rather then having to navigate the almost 700 pages of items to find the one you wish to place an order on.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
7. Copy Item Link: make it possible to grab item links from the 'Available Orders' page.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
8. Portable Auction tool: add Portable Auction house tools just like the Portable TT and Portable Repair.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?302956-Give-auction-house-some-love
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
9. Fix the 90% warning feature: the 90% difference in markup warning needs to be fixed. Right now it pops up when it shouldn't and is completely pointless as it's not preventing people from listing 1000 AUD's for 70 PED total.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
10. Add "Favorited" or "Watched" listings: so you can quickly navigate to those Auctions you want to keep an eye on.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?284524-Watch-auction-item
11. Email Notifications: add an option for external email notifications when you are outbid or win an auction so players get an alert if they want to when not logged in. This would be brilliant for MA because it's also a great way to get people to log in more often. They get the email and they log in to adjust their bid and while they are in there why not do a quick hunt?
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
12. Show avatar names on Orders: some players would like to see who they are selling to on the auction. Allow people to see the names of those buying and allow them to choose who they sell to rather then the system deciding for them.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/...ements-to-1-ped-(or-more)-instead-of-0-01-ped
13. Re-think unreadable Market Histories e.g. >999999%: it can be tricky to decipher what the actual sales have been when dealing with numbers in the hundreds of thousands of percent, for example Strongboxes and Fruits. Sure, traders will take the time and figure it out, but many new players are daunted and often end up having to ask someone to be sure.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?301715-Strongboxes-should-show-MU-in-TT
14. Split up Market History by planet: Damage Enhancers might sell for three hundred something percent on Caly, but what do they usually sell for on Ark or RT? It's not possible to tell with the current Market History graph.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?285543-Planet-specific-markup-information
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?287967-My-Version-16-Wishlist
15. Time delay listings: give the seller 5-10 minutes to cancel his listing before it goes live on the Auction House, in case he/she made a mistake, e.g. listing 10 CLDs for 1,920 PEDs instead of 19,200.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?287627-Make-orders-pay-the-offered-price
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?282300-Fixing-Auction
16. Show items available in Shops: add a section where all items available in shops are shown, along with price info and shop location. Make it searchable and user friendly. You'd still have to visit the shop to get the item.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?286403-Shops-malls-inventory-search-list
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/...make-malls-and-players-shops-worthwhile-again
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?183282-Shop-directory
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?281035-New-retail-item-finder!
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?302956-Give-auction-house-some-love
17. When not sold, make the Auction extendable: extend your Auction 1 more week for a reduced fee (paramenters can't be changed if extended).
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?302956-Give-auction-house-some-love
18. Auction Memberships, for example: Adj/Imp/Mod/Aug/Perf memberships, prices 50/100/200/500/1000 PED (yearly), reduced auction fees 10/20/30/40/50%, extra auction days (+1/2/3/4/5), extra auction slots(+5/10/15/20/25), etc...
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?302956-Give-auction-house-some-love
19. External API for Auction data: provide external API data via website so external auction apps & tools can be developed by third parties for the community.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?287967-My-Version-16-Wishlist
20. New search filters: e.g. SIB weapons, items with specific buffs, maxed weapons, DPS, efficiency, etc ...
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?282117-Extend-search-options-in-auction
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?301950-Search-by-DPS-interval-in-auction
Feedbacks welcomed of course but please realize, none of these are MY suggestions, all I have done is try to compile this information from other people's threads on this Forum. I just figure having all of these in one place for people to review could be of benefit to everyone.
Please take the time and vote on these features and let's see what the Community wants!
Cheers o/
Legends
So as a follow-up Poll, I would like to ask what specific improvements you would like to see made to the current Auction & Market History. In order to compile a comprehensive list, I went through the Suggestions/WishList section all the way back to 2016 and identified what seems to be the 20 most repeated and popular features that players have asked for over time and put them all in this Poll so that you could vote on which ones you think really need to be implemented in the Auction system overhaul.
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In this Poll, you can choose as many features as you want, you are not limited to just 1 choice. There is no time limit for voting in this Poll. Here are the choices, along with links to threads where these ideas were mentioned:
1. Allow decimals instead of the current 1 PED increment for Startbid and Buyout. It can be especially annoying when creating an auction for a stackable item to try to figure out what quantity to auction in order to get the desired Markup.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/...-not-being-able-to-choose-stackable-MU-freely
2. Remove Auction fee to list: there would still be a fee when something sells. This would promote availability of rare, expensive items on the auction since listing them would cost nothing. As it is, listing an expensive unlimited weapon or amp can cost the seller 50 PED, with no guarantee of actually selling the item.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/...-not-being-able-to-choose-stackable-MU-freely
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?287967-My-Version-16-Wishlist
3. Create an 'Exchange' for mats & resources: Stackables could be handled in an exchange fashion where you add your quantity in and set a price. People buying can set how much they want to buy and their max price and it will buy that amount from the pool, starting with the cheapest and then up to your maximum, if available. That way there is no more need for undercutting wars, price fixing on small stacks, overbuying more than they need or overpaying by mistake. EVE Online comes to mind as an MMO which uses this type of system.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
4. Get rid of the 5 minute extension: Auctions would end at the time they are set to end and would no longer reset to 5 minutes with each bid. The idea is to solve the "let's spend the next 6 hours adding 1 ped to the price when there is less than a minute left", where one person is just hoping the other has to leave or drops connection so they can win the auction.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
5. Increased Auction slots: let everybody have a larger number of listing slots. 30 is just too limiting.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?298961-Wishlist-More-auction-slots!
6. Search orders too: add a search function for 'Available Orders', rather then having to navigate the almost 700 pages of items to find the one you wish to place an order on.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
7. Copy Item Link: make it possible to grab item links from the 'Available Orders' page.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
8. Portable Auction tool: add Portable Auction house tools just like the Portable TT and Portable Repair.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?302956-Give-auction-house-some-love
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
9. Fix the 90% warning feature: the 90% difference in markup warning needs to be fixed. Right now it pops up when it shouldn't and is completely pointless as it's not preventing people from listing 1000 AUD's for 70 PED total.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
10. Add "Favorited" or "Watched" listings: so you can quickly navigate to those Auctions you want to keep an eye on.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?284524-Watch-auction-item
11. Email Notifications: add an option for external email notifications when you are outbid or win an auction so players get an alert if they want to when not logged in. This would be brilliant for MA because it's also a great way to get people to log in more often. They get the email and they log in to adjust their bid and while they are in there why not do a quick hunt?
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?306265-MAGA-Make-the-Auction-Great-Again
12. Show avatar names on Orders: some players would like to see who they are selling to on the auction. Allow people to see the names of those buying and allow them to choose who they sell to rather then the system deciding for them.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/...ements-to-1-ped-(or-more)-instead-of-0-01-ped
13. Re-think unreadable Market Histories e.g. >999999%: it can be tricky to decipher what the actual sales have been when dealing with numbers in the hundreds of thousands of percent, for example Strongboxes and Fruits. Sure, traders will take the time and figure it out, but many new players are daunted and often end up having to ask someone to be sure.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?301715-Strongboxes-should-show-MU-in-TT
14. Split up Market History by planet: Damage Enhancers might sell for three hundred something percent on Caly, but what do they usually sell for on Ark or RT? It's not possible to tell with the current Market History graph.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?285543-Planet-specific-markup-information
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?287967-My-Version-16-Wishlist
15. Time delay listings: give the seller 5-10 minutes to cancel his listing before it goes live on the Auction House, in case he/she made a mistake, e.g. listing 10 CLDs for 1,920 PEDs instead of 19,200.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?287627-Make-orders-pay-the-offered-price
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?282300-Fixing-Auction
16. Show items available in Shops: add a section where all items available in shops are shown, along with price info and shop location. Make it searchable and user friendly. You'd still have to visit the shop to get the item.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?286403-Shops-malls-inventory-search-list
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/...make-malls-and-players-shops-worthwhile-again
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?183282-Shop-directory
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?281035-New-retail-item-finder!
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?302956-Give-auction-house-some-love
17. When not sold, make the Auction extendable: extend your Auction 1 more week for a reduced fee (paramenters can't be changed if extended).
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?302956-Give-auction-house-some-love
18. Auction Memberships, for example: Adj/Imp/Mod/Aug/Perf memberships, prices 50/100/200/500/1000 PED (yearly), reduced auction fees 10/20/30/40/50%, extra auction days (+1/2/3/4/5), extra auction slots(+5/10/15/20/25), etc...
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?302956-Give-auction-house-some-love
19. External API for Auction data: provide external API data via website so external auction apps & tools can be developed by third parties for the community.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?287967-My-Version-16-Wishlist
20. New search filters: e.g. SIB weapons, items with specific buffs, maxed weapons, DPS, efficiency, etc ...
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?282117-Extend-search-options-in-auction
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?301950-Search-by-DPS-interval-in-auction
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Feedbacks welcomed of course but please realize, none of these are MY suggestions, all I have done is try to compile this information from other people's threads on this Forum. I just figure having all of these in one place for people to review could be of benefit to everyone.
Please take the time and vote on these features and let's see what the Community wants!
Cheers o/
Legends
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