Spiral Knights - Reclaiming your trade channel 101

Reclaiming your trade channel 101

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Tue, 04/26/2011 - 09:06

Trias

Now that the trade channel is broadcasted over all instances of haven, it is completely overrun by sellers spamming the channel none stop. This goes to the extreme that at sometimes it is just not possible to read all chat messages. However, until the auction house arrives (which might be a while) we have to cope.

Luckily, at most times, most of the trade noise is caused by a few very loud individuals. This is easy enough to deal with. Just /ignore them. After ignoring the most vocal 5 to 6 sellers, trade chat returns to an somewhat managable state. Note that since the people spamming the channel were total d***heads in the first place, you are not missing out on much anyway.

Currently, whenever I see somebody repeating the same message over and over, even before the last one scrolled of the screen, I add them to my ignore list. Same goes for people using all caps or lots of special characters in their advertising. At the moment my trade channel has returned to a readable pace. It is still very busy, but at least I'm not getting the same message over and over again.

If more people start doing this, they will not only be helping theirselves, but at some point it will start as a determent to traders trying to spam, since ending up on everybody's ignore list is very bad for business.

Tue, 04/26/2011 - 09:13

Sniperjoe

Maybe...

We could have seperate buyers / sellers / traders channels? Depending on my own resources, I'm either looking for one or the other, but usually not all three at once. If you're into wheeling and dealing, it wouldn't be that hard to join all of them.

Tue, 04/26/2011 - 09:26

Pawn

How do you ignore

@trias how do u ignore

it would go a long way to reclaiming sensible trade opportunities if they'd at least separate whispers. Whispers should be it's own chat box to the right of trades. It's near impossible to whisper with 2 people at once now. You really can't hardly follow more than one buy/sell lead at a time anymore, maybe 2. Unless you take notes on a sheet of paper, lol.

Tue, 04/26/2011 - 09:26

sabriath

Legacy Username

honestly

/leave 2
problem solved

Seriously, trade chat is annoying anyway. Although there is no AH at the moment, it just feels like scam-a-lot to me, so I turned it off the moment I started playing. I keep all the items I get in my runs for myself, and I pretty much do everything solo (or run with my brother). I know I'm probably missing out on a lot of crowns/CE or crafting jobs, but for me, I don't want to gouge people, and I definitely don't want to lowball my wares....without a proper AH and market for item prices, I cannot safely put values on them in order to be a good enough trader.

Tue, 04/26/2011 - 09:44

Trias

Obviously, turning off the

Obviously, turning off the trade channel solves the problem of spam, however if you do want to trade you need a way to manage the trade channel.

@jeburk

"/ignore screenname" adds the character with name 'screenname' to ignore list. Very useful to silince the most annoying spammers.

Tue, 04/26/2011 - 11:08

Pawn

sabriath

@sabriath,
your plan is kinda junky in that it ignores time value of money and definitely of better equipment. You may lose profit selling your wares for cheaper than they are worth, but if you use the money you do make on stronger armor/weapons you'll make up the lost profit and more in profitable dungeon runs.
I will admit it sucks buying mats you sold 3 days prior for twice as much as you sold them, lol. But learning has a value as well.

Tue, 04/26/2011 - 16:59

xienwolf

Legacy Username

The amusing thing is that it

The amusing thing is that it is against the Terms of Service (item 7) to spam the chat channels in such a way that it isn't possible to carry on a normal conversation.

So OOO implemented an entire channel to violate their own Terms of Service.... Brilliant.

Tue, 04/26/2011 - 17:03

Hazel

It's a widely accepted theory

It's a widely accepted theory that excessive recreational usage of cough medicine was responsible for the trade chat decision.

The only real way to function in it, that I've found, is to post a message, then /leave the channel for a bit to see if I get any whispers. If not, join again, rinse, repeat.

Tue, 04/26/2011 - 19:12

Raul

I make liberal use of my

I make liberal use of my /ignore feature. I will clear the list once we get an Auction House. I encourage all players to do the same.

Tue, 04/26/2011 - 20:49

Pawn

@hazel

lmao, that was funny.
AND...
i'm going to have to do that, send out 3-4 whispers and leave the channel. That is actually pretty clever (and sad that it's the best method).

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