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YOU MORONS CRYING FOR AUCTION HOUSE DIDNT SEE D3
" No, no, no, I'm not talking about Trade via Mail. I'm talking about inbox generaly. Inbox with possibility to sending items by it. Mail-Trade system would be completly shit. There is no place for it. Baby don't Vaal me, don't Vaal me, no more!
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" Exactly. That's the reason why I don't play D3 anymore. No variety. It's super dull. |
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" Not a bad idea, would keep scammers in check. Still would need the POETRADE platform moved to ingame though. Could also make it so the person can message you with the buy order, and all you have to do is send the item. IGN:Axe_Crazy Last edited by MasterAxe#6129 on Apr 15, 2017, 3:43:30 PM
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" Wrong. Prices would actually increase on actually rare items (of which there are tons) due to much, much higher demand through higher accessibility, as well as more currency in play through market inflation. The effort you have to put into trading should not come in form of having to alt-tab or be at the mercy of your potential trade partner actually reading your queries. That's the wrong kind of effort. Effort in trading should take the form of price and item value research, playing the market, or "trading up", not through annoyance and timesinks that add nothing to the gameplay except just that - wasted time. More items will be accessible - technically, no. The exact same amount will have dropped as before. People would just actually give a rat's ass about trading them if it were made easier. So in a way, yeah. But that is not a bad thing, and it does not change the gear sourcing meta. You can't tell me, while watching everyone deck out in gear through trade for years, that having trade be more accessible would suddenly drastically change the meta in that regard, because it simply wouldn't. The economy would have much faster cycles, and high end would be pushed faster, yes. More people would probably play, and more people would actually enter endgame. There are no game-breaking aspects here, just game-changing ones. |
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" Yes, it is a hassle. But no, that's not a accident. From a developer point of view, that "hassle" that you see, is an intentional bit of friction that keeps the existing trading system from causing the problems that Blizzard had with the D3 AH. The degree to which game mechanics frustrate players is an element that developers intentionally, purposefully control. As a player, you see "hassle" and "frustration" as universally bad. A developer sees them differently. A developer sees those same elements as important tools for adding a sense of meaning to the time a player invests into the system. And also as a system for controlling the speed at which players negotiate the progression curve (as outlined in my first post in the thread). " Okay, you can disagree, but I'm not stating an opinion. I'm reporting on the current, extant game development theories and practices. Your entire example (above) is focused on the players who actually WANT to trade. Those players are a subset of those who want to play ARPGs. I am not speculating: Any AH system that makes sourcing too easy damages or destroys (one of) the primary gameplay of an ARPG. Citations: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/d3/topic/9972208129 https://www.wired.com/2013/09/diablo-auction-house/ " Yes, you're correct that it is an element of friction. However (again) the frustration and hassle that you see as universally bad are in fact elements that the Developers intentionally add in and manipulate in order to manage player (sense of) accomplishment. No, it's not rocket science. It IS however Game Development (a business related craft and also an area that has been studied by actual scientists), and (with all due respect) I suggest that your understanding thereof could stand to be a bit more nuanced. 'A Balrog,' muttered Gandalf. 'Now I understand.' He faltered and leaned heavily on his staff. 'What an evil fortune! And I am already weary.'
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I made a lot of cash with the D3 AH , I've seen it all .
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" I am entirely aware of what you refer to, and I fully understand what you are saying. However, I don't think you are properly considering all factors are play here. D3 AH was not shut down for just that sole purpose, it had a host of other issues that significantly impacted gameplay, not the least of which was the itemization during its lifetime and what that design meant for an AH-type economy. Diablo players could easily buy items that got them to a certain point in Inferno, and then ran into brick walls that were only circumventable via real money, since smart AH players bought up valuable progress nearly instantly and turned it into real cash. The problems in D3's AH iteration were manifold, and simply removing it was frankly the easiest and fastest way of dealing with them - but the AH itself was not, at its core, the root of the issue, as the host of accompanying, gigantic gameplay changes indicated. " But you are stating an opinion. The fact that it comes from Blizzard does not alter this. As I described above, it was easier to flat out kill off Diablo's AH than change it. The game had already suffered an irrepairable stigma due to it and several other major flaws in the Vanilla iteration, and a fresh slate was needed. An AH system can be tuned to not marginalize key sourcing paths, and it's not that hard to do it - MMOs do it all the time, and they are not as drastically different from ARPGs. Whether that be through limiting what you can trade on it, tuning drop rates or various other measures such as limiting trading pools etc, it is entirely possible to implement an ingame trading system without ruining the ARPG experience. I would put it to you that the part of the playerbase that does NOT want to trade barely ever reaches parts of the game that require it to progress. For require it it does. One of the game's key aspects of endgame progression is plain and simple item grind, and anyone can tell you that achieving that through pure single player grind is barely in anyone's interest. Finding potentially unbelievably valuable items but not being able to cash in on that exciting find is frustrating to no end. Hence why games like TitanQuest and other ARPGs without said functions have short lifespans indeed. " I am in no way stating that frustration or friction is universally bad in a progression path, not even close. I am simply stating that PoE's trading system is a lot more frustrating and cumbersome than it needs to be. The point still stands - whether you use the current system or an AH there will not be more Mirrors dropping, just potentially more people trading them, and ergo potentially more people actually reaching endgame rather than quitting. Having access to an AH does not mean that you suddenly have easy access to the best gear in the game, as they have significant value attached to them in any system, it is even arguable that they might be harder to obtain under an AH system as demand would quite logically increase as would price. Item distribution and obtainment would become easier - to a point. The issues of obtaining significant progression upgrades "too easily" is just as existant in the current iteration of the trading system - just ask anyone that's ever made a huge steal from an unaware seller. With all due respect, I suggest you add a little bit more nuance to your own stance on the subject. As a almost 20 year "veteran" player, if you will, of the genre as well as MMOs I've seen all kinds of variations on the subject and frankly, the old D2 days of 3rd party trading are basically the same as PoE*s current system, with no risks attached, and that is barely any progress at all in my opinion. That mechanic was not enjoyable back then, and it still isn't. D3's "scorched earth" approach to the problem was another typical Blizzard maneuver of "fine, if it has problems, we'll go the complete opposite way" and utterly eliminated trading from the game, leaving it an empty husk of the genre in my opinion. Poe's itemization and progression path is drastically different from vanilla D3's, much more complex and with much more leeway to implement alternate approaches. It is not a matter of simply obtaining a few uniques, and the economy has literally multiple times the number of tuning dials implemented within it than D3 did. To flat out dismiss the notion entirely because of Blizzard's statements (without considering context, I might add), or vague assertions of "scientists", is a little bit absurd. I see your point, it was understood from the get-go, I would suggest there are more than two answers though. |
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I think you broke this thread with too much logic, LOL
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" That was a great link that introduces some objectivity into the conversation and links trading to the overall progress of the game. It puts the temp leagues into a nice perspective and explains the "neglect" of standard. It also does suggest some solutions. What do you see as the best paths for moving forward? "Gratitude is wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk." Rumi
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Honestly, I feel that the reason that trade changes are just not happening and why GGG feels that the current state of trade is in a "critical" condition is protecting the status quo. They as a company have a reliable group of individuals who support them financially and provide free advertising who are heavily invested in the current system. Most of the people who would be hurt by the introduction of an AH are those that currently "control" the market or are representing the top portion of the most dedicated players.
An AH wouldn't hurt the person trying to buy a jewel and not having to spend half an hour looking for someone who would sell it to them, it would hurt the people who spend most of their time listing items at prices the market simply refuses to respond to. This all comes down to who you are catering to, really that is the crux of the issue involving the AH. The current stance that GGG has requires you to be "hardcore" enough about trading to reap its benefits. A system designed for the audience they are desperately attempting to keep. The problem being that said audience given their dedication to the game requires an exceptional level of challenge to be satisfied, leaving the rest of the system woefully skewed towards an unrealistic standard. Sadly this stance also shows that GGG is willing to damn everyone to satisfy the needs of a very niche audience (honestly lets not kid ourselves about who this represents) and refuse even the concept of testing a system that would offer an alternative. ~ I am Wreaclast middle class and proud of it! ~ Poor investment =/= entitlement to compensation. ~ Build smart, build S-mart! Last edited by Ageless_Emperion#2844 on Apr 17, 2017, 1:01:20 PM
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