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nalkin
06-12-2010, 02:18 AM
Heya guys, so I had a good idea to make buying and selling in the EC alot nicer and easier. My idea is as follows:

If you are selling something use /auc.
If you are buying something use /shout.

This way the colors are different and so if you are looking to buy or sell something you know precisely where to look. I think if we all used this pattern for buying/selling it could be highly optimized.
smokiing
06-12-2010, 02:30 AM
Nothing can improve buying/selling in EC.

It just sucks.
Omnimorph
06-12-2010, 08:00 AM
I get annoyed when people auction in ooc, if i see someone auction in shout, they're getting ignored.

/auction WTB
/auction WTS

how is that so hard?
Kinamur1999
06-12-2010, 08:47 AM
I get annoyed when people auction in ooc, if i see someone auction in shout, they're getting ignored.

/auction WTB
/auction WTS

how is that so hard?

^
soup
06-12-2010, 09:02 AM
It's not a terrible idea, except that people are way too finicky about chat channels. I really don't see why the text being a different color with a different word at the beginning is suddenly some massive annoying inconvenience that merits ignoring them.
Thac0
06-12-2010, 09:13 AM
I get annoyed when people auction in ooc, if i see someone auction in shout, they're getting ignored.

/auction WTB
/auction WTS

how is that so hard?
Worked in classic and is working for me now.
eqdruid76
06-12-2010, 09:14 AM
Worked in classic and is working for me now.

This.
oldhead
06-12-2010, 11:04 AM
I get annoyed when people auction in ooc, if i see someone auction in shout, they're getting ignored.

/auction WTB
/auction WTS

how is that so hard?

this...

You start using ooc (for chatting) and shout (for non auction zone wide crap) for auction stuff you will get on peoples ignore list.
nalkin
10-24-2010, 06:31 PM
Heya guys, so I had a good idea to make buying and selling in the EC alot nicer and easier. My idea is as follows:

If you are selling something use /auc.
If you are buying something use /shout.

This way the colors are different and so if you are looking to buy or sell something you know precisely where to look. I think if we all used this pattern for buying/selling it could be highly optimized.

bump.
Kassel
10-24-2010, 06:33 PM
that really wont help anyone but the retarded.
nalkin
10-24-2010, 07:04 PM
that really wont help anyone but the retarded.

Do you have a problem with efficiency or a problem with optimization?
Kassel
10-24-2010, 07:08 PM
Do you have a problem with efficiency or a problem with optimization?

I fail to see how either will be achieved. Keep in mind there is only about 1 WTB auction for every 15 or so WTS. The current system works fine and you will never convince 100% of the server to buy into your plan.
Uthgaard
10-24-2010, 07:52 PM
It's not a terrible idea, except that people are way too finicky about chat channels. I really don't see why the text being a different color with a different word at the beginning is suddenly some massive annoying inconvenience that merits ignoring them.

There's more to a channel than its color. It's got more to do with which filter it's under, most folks filter things to certain windows so they don't miss important content in another window.
Curmudgen
10-24-2010, 08:07 PM
efficiency and optimization. current /wts or /wtb....I change nothing, i have to fiddle with nothing, what I want is completely understood right away.

How is your method, which is adding layers of things to do and adding complications for folks in any way more efficient or optimized?

KISS...it works.
DekThai
10-24-2010, 09:18 PM
I get annoyed when people auction in ooc, if i see someone auction in shout, they're getting ignored.

/auction WTB
/auction WTS

how is that so hard?

I agreed.
Wizerud
10-25-2010, 01:10 AM
If I see an item link I assume it's a WTS, if I don't and it's in /auc I assume it's WTB. Generalization but it works most of the time. It's just the actual /ooc spam that I tend to inadvertantly ignore.
Combo
10-25-2010, 09:05 AM
Awful idea, go away.
Darklake
10-25-2010, 09:10 AM
Do you have a problem with efficiency or a problem with optimization?

I have a problem with people bypassing filters I've set up. Would you like it if I used /tell instead of /auc? That's a different colour too.
Omnimorph
10-25-2010, 09:42 AM
4 Month old topic, and i think it's save to say this idea never really got off the ground. Not everyone reads the forums so it seems unlikely people will start doing this.

Shout is meant to be a zone wide channel for things of semi-importance, not auction spam.

If it ain't broke...