Honestly, we had the most convenient trading tool, the AH. Anything they implement after that will just be clumsier. Why artificially restrict the number of people you can trade with to "the people who are in my game rigth now"? Or trade 2-3 items at a time ?
It's a very thin line. If the new system is too comfortable ( think AH ) then they could have left the AH in anyway. If the new system is too clumsy ( let's say for example that it will be easier to trade on forums than ingame ) then everybody will start trading on the forums.
I would not want to have to be the one making these decisions...
I agree here. its fine to bring forth something you guys WANT to see as the new trade environment, but take into account what this guy says. Blizzard will not make a "system" for you. You had it, and it caused issues Blizzard was not happy with.
There will probably be something like general and trade channels, as the only means to trade with strangers. No trading game, no system. And honestly I think we will make it work, although forum trading will probably increase for the "I play a lot" players.
We will not get game lobbies. A list of games that gets filled/closed etc. faster than you can read the title will not work. There are simply too many people playing on each server to have a lobby. That is at least what Blizzard has stated, and I think it makes sense.
I agree with you in that the scenario of simply going back to Diablo 2 style mean of trading is very likely. And like someone else said, Battle.net improvements could result in a vast improvement for player trading experience if the DIablo 2 style direction is taken by Blizz.
Either way, I think we can all agree that no matter what happens after the auction houses are removed, players who put in more time attempting to trade will have a much higher success rate of making a trade for an item they desire with another player. As a result, the same player spending time searching to make a trade in turn will have 'lost' that time in-game slaying monsters; having a chance to get that l33t item drop. Different players will continue to enjoy different aspects of the game and it goes without being said that having options is always better than having none. Some players would use a new system and some would not; choice is key.
Also, Pietrak: Could you possibly detail some features you'd like to see in the Trading Post idea you mentioned? Thx!
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I agree with you in that the scenario of simply going back to Diablo 2 style mean of trading is very likely. And like someone else said, Battle.net improvements could result in a vast improvement for player trading experience if the DIablo 2 style direction is taken by Blizz.
Either way, I think we can all agree that no matter what happens after the auction houses are removed, players who put in more time attempting to trade will have a much higher success rate of making a trade for an item they desire with another player. As a result, the same player spending time searching to make a trade in turn will have 'lost' that time in-game slaying monsters; having a chance to get that l33t item drop. Different players will continue to enjoy different aspects of the game and it goes without being said that having options is always better than having none. Some players would use a new system and some would not; choice is key.
Also, Pietrak: Could you possibly detail some features you'd like to see in the Trading Post idea you mentioned? Thx!
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