What time range is Very Long?
What time range is Long?
What time range is Medium
What time range is short?
What time range is very short?
Thank you! =D
Auction House Mechanics
Thu, 05/19/2011 - 23:17
Wed, 05/25/2011 - 05:14
#2
I'd say Very Short is more
I'd say Very Short is more like 5 minutes or less...
Thu, 05/26/2011 - 00:17
#3
Actually...
I got into a bidding war in a very short auction that went on for 45 minutes before I had to go. I strongly suspect 'very short' of being equal to 1 hour.
Thu, 05/26/2011 - 01:48
#4
One of my friends recently
One of my friends recently suggested that the duration might be dependent on the original duration... [I personally doubt it but here it goes:]
So "Very short" might be 15 min or less for a 4h auction, whereas it might be 1h for a 2 days auction
If that it the case, it would really be verrrrry annoying, but...
Mon, 05/30/2011 - 17:58
#5
Been wondering this for a while....
Whenever I'm sitting at the AH, I'm wondering how long each stage technically lasts. Any form of clarification of this would be awesome, be it Forum, Wiki or in-game. If the stages are definite would we get a list? If they're relative could we get a percentage for each, perhaps?
Mon, 05/30/2011 - 23:29
#6
Oh yes.
Over in some other threads we have learned (and it has been confirmed by a developer) that 'very short' is not a fixed time, and one of the factors auction duration is influenced by is bid activity. A bidding war will push off the auction end, making 'very short' appear to take a long time when it's actually that the end time keeps moving back.
This, of course, makes getting hard numbers a bit difficult.
Good question. I don't think anyone has exact answers, -but-
a 2-day auction starts at very long
a 1-day auction starts at long
I think a 4-hour auction starts at medium but very soon becomes short.
'Very short' is ... -very- short. Definitely less than an hour. Quite probably 15 minutes or less.
So roughly, I propose (without doing extensive testing):
Very Long: 48-24 hours
Long: 24-12 hours
Medium 12-2 hours
Short: 2 hours - 15 minutes
Very short: Less than 15 minutes.
That's just from using it though and not taking notes, probably flawed.