Spiral Knights - a trade market

a trade market

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Sun, 01/26/2014 - 08:48

Duct-Tape-Man

It would be like the action house but only for trading items for other items. If you want to trade something you have to find someone who wants to do the trade, most of the time the player who would trade isnt on. how you should have it is style it like the action house, but when you want to make an option you have a insert your item spot, then under it a box that has a drop down window with the types of items listed(accessories, helms). Then when you click on the type of item you want it gives you a page that asks for the star you want. Then it will load pictures of every item in the category. there should be only 1 thing to trade for 1 thing(but you can be able to ask for 10 light shards and give 2 warden helm or something like that), and it should be so that once you find a trade you want to click trade and it will take the item from your inventory and replace it with the new one. you should post featured trades like in the action house but it should be something that a 1 star can give for something 5 star or something good.

Hope this comes to SK soon it would make this game a whole lot more FUN!!! I know that tons of people agree with this idea RIGHT?

Sun, 01/26/2014 - 08:50

Duct-Tape-Man

Post replies of you think

Post replies of you think this is a good idea, if we all like it hopefully the game masters will start making it!

Sun, 01/26/2014 - 21:58

Akuryo

+....+)

(game masters don't make the game; they're community support; the devs do the coding)

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 09:32

Duct-Tape-Man

whatever, still the

whatever, still the gamemasters have control of what goes into the game. If you like this idea please post your support. I think it will make finding the items you want cheaper, faster, and much easier!

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 09:41

Thunder-The-Bright

gods ain't gonna help you, son.

still the gamemasters have control of what goes into the game.

nope. game masters help players with bugs and such. they are called so because they have powers that go way beyond the ones players have.
developers decide what to put into the game.

well, I don't see anything wrong with your suggestion, if not that the waiting times are possibly too long. not anyone is willing to trade specifc items for specific items.

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 12:21

Fangel

Not really bad, but unnecessary

There's no real flaw with the suggestion, but the auction house is basically exactly this. The only difference here it seems is that the listed item would be up forever. The auction house is here for convenience sake so that we need not to find a person to trade with, and thus we must pay extra for listing or selling an item. A trading post would be nice, but that's what the bazaar subforum and trade chat channels are for.

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 12:33

Thunder-The-Bright

gods ain't gonna help you, son.

oh wait, I changed my mind. trading items is not a good plan.
here is an example: you want my UVed polaris for your UVed brandish, but I don't want your brandish. item trading had this fundamental flaw. that's why currency was made, so that I could sell you my polaris for cr, and I can spend those cr on whatever I want.

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 12:59

Possiblespy

Keeping in mind that I'm not an economist:

Maybe adding an option to treat crowns as items too would work. Like,
"I'll trade this set of eyes for that other set of eyes." or
"I want this specific accessory, and I'll pay this much money for it."

Trading UV stuff would definately take forever to sell this way, since they're for such specific things, but it could be useful for other things.

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 15:23

Akuryo

o....o)

hmm yes i do see the flaw in a trade market now: it will be flooded by newbies' items demanding something of greater value when the purpose of the trade market is equal barter

but still, that's just my speculation

ill remove my +1 for now

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 16:39

Duct-Tape-Man

Ok, then...

i think that it will help players(yes some noobs) get what they want, there should be a limited time for the like on the AH, but many people simply ignore you on the trade channel(even if they want the item your selling). The trade channels are filled with people who dont care about any sell or buying. Your worried about noobs? They are all over the trade channel. Akuro, you think people can get stuff better then what they posted? That is the point! If a player is willing to give a item for an item of lesser value, the player who get the better item is happy and the player who got what they wanted is happy. UVs are of little importance, you dont have to use this system, and UV`s just make the item worth more so you just ask for something higher in value. Also if you dont like a trade dont take it! There are TONS of bad deals on the action house, some get sold for way more that there worth, some just die. Its how this should work aswell! Not everyone will or should be willing to trade. Like the AH its only if you want to! Please keep adding your likes or dislikes of my idea.

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 17:23

#10

Akuryo

o....o)

yes, ive also taken into consideration that there are chances that one may get an item of greater value which is a good thing for the receiver but because there is that chance, people might use that reasoning to put up trades demanding greater stuff (though we dont know to what extent, though i think would be more often with noobs and i can verify this by the number of begging noobs ive recently been encountering (i offer them mats if i have tons of them but never crowns)).

the concept of a trade market is in itself good and i have nothing else to say for now about the topic

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