Itemlevel on forums

Definitely +1 to have the ability to check item levels.

Easily supported

all the reasons i see opposed to it have to be some of the most idiotic things i've ever read.

put the ilvl, thanks

Crosspost from thread in General Discussion:

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CanHasPants wrote:

Scrotie's point is that a system which categorically organizes buyouts erodes the barter economy. I don't think he would mind an indexing site, solely for the purpose of looking up which rare items exist and who possesses them--this facilitates trading. Buyouts remove haggling (you know, like "hey I got this sweet ring but it doesn't have the mods I need, you have that sweet ring that doesn't have mods you need, let's talk business") and reinforces price tags. Price tags reinforce orbs as bank investments rather than crafting materials.

This exactly. I have zero problem with a Path of Exile trading search engine — frankly, it's something which GGG should provide — but every problem with something which allows you to search by buyout.

Actually, I would like to see buyouts — yes, even the non-instantaneous kind — removed completely. But one step at a time.

If xyz removed the ~b/o tag function from his site, I'd have absolutely no problem with the site. At all. But if xyz did that, it wouldn't solve anything long-term; some other site would implement the same feature. It's on GGG to control what information gets made public, because third-party sites will index anything publicly available; it is inevitable. I have nothing against xyz here; it was him or someone else who would perform the inevitable, and at least xyz isn't RMT-infested.

In other words: this is GGG's responsibility, not on third-party sites. It's up to GGG to control what information is public, and how and whether players can indicate buyouts (knowing that all publicly available buyouts will be made searchable). What we don't need is more information made public.

As long as the situation remains as it is, I use buyout tags myself; if there's a cheat code in the game, I'm gonna use it if I feel like it. But that doesn't mean there should be a cheat code.

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grant_m wrote:

no

Auction House-alikes such as xyz and others undermine the intended function of games such as PoE and ultimately end up forcing the devs to consider their existence when implementing changes to the game. This places limits on creativity. Very bad.

If GGG were to make item level checking easier, it would be best if it were done in such a way as to not make it easily mined by sites like xyz.

^ This, Could not have said it better myself.

I wanted to express my explicit hate to anyone that spoke negatively towards this suggestion. What is wrong with you (very few) people?

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The only reason why someone wouldn't want itemlevel to be shown on the forums is to scam people.

Seriously can anyone name one legit reason why showing the itemlevel is bad?

I would like to see this happen.