[suggestion] BIG BIG suggestion for trade channels !!!

[solomonar]

Here is my point of view abut the trade channels:
We want trade channels to have shops and customers right ?
Well in this moment the ppl join trades and open shops and then you will see that there is no customers because who opened a shop will stay afk hours and there will be no room for customers to buy.

My idea is like this:
- Restrict the number of shops to ~ 50 - 75% from the max number of ppl / channel.

good points:
- in this way there will allways be shops and customers
- if he max nr of shops is reached a mesage will appear that will say "max nr. of shops exeeded please join another channel to open your shop"

no bad point.:
none


If the max nr. of shops is exeeded that they will join another trade channel and try there.

Think about it like in real live. A plaza there are slots for shops but also there is room for ppl to walk and enter the plaza to search for goods. What will happend if plaza will have no limit of shops.. than all producers will put shops there and no ppl could buy their goods. Just think about it ppl.

GM's hope you get my point of view about this.

p.s. the idea is to limit the number of shops to 50-75% of max nr of ppl / channnel.

[adSyrD]

Good point

[Brewfus]

Bet they will still be full tho :P

[flaskis]

I think the first problem to address before that is to disable the ability to play and use skills in the trade channel. Because as it is right now you can see people coming in and out of Port Lux as an example, apparently playing instead of using the trade channel for trade. We need to remove those that think "I want to play and also have quick access to all the shops" from that channel. That mentality is extremly selfish as they are occupying slots in the trade channel that other people have to wait for.

[solomonar]

Flaskis this is not a problem... let them play .. they are customers there ... we need to keep it simple as possible... when you develop a game..
Simple as that: nr of shops is max 75% of max number of ppl / channel
If 100 ppl / channel allowed then 75 shops can be opened and that's it.
Also i think that the Trade channel should be removed.... all channels to be the same..

the percent 75 is just for demo purpose is not fixed the percent of shops should be calculate by GM's to find the best and optimum ammount of shops / channel.

[solomonar]

Bet they will still be full tho :P

Yes they will be but not only with shops and no customer. this is not the point to keep channels not full. Let them be full but as there are shops and buyers then the market is working well. The point here is not to prevent the "full " problem this is perfectly normal to be full.

[jiend]

Solomonar : i disagree. I find it ****** to have a Trade channel not 100% focused on Trade.

If skills were disabled on Trade Chan, along with no mobs at all, people would go there purely for selling/buying purpose only - did someone say TRADE channel ? - and not, as it is now, with every single guy going there just to play as if it was a normal chan but with access to shops easily.

Yes this is a problem, just because you don't like his idea doesn't make it bad, on the contrary imo. "Let them play" ? lol. Nothing is preventing them from playing. Just, atm so many guys stay on chan2 for hours doing absolutely nothing that deals with trade, while other people have to zzzz for 10/15 mins before finally getting in and have a chance at finding what they want/need.

Not to mention, it would make it easier for people to sell if there were more buyers instead of half buyers / half people XP'ing or whatever among "active" people on chan2.

Anyway, the maximum of shops thingy could be nice but not sure it's necessary, i'd rather go for the unability to do anything but trade on the trade channel, THEN see if the ratio sellers/buyers needs some balance and if necessary input a shop number limit.

[Edit] lol ? How is it perfectly normal to be full ? Awaiting for a logical explanation here.

[solomonar]

lol... So what you think that if the channel supports x3 more ppl it wouldn't be full ? no matter the size the trades will always be full man.. in time....
Regarding mobs if you noticed ppl use ch lv1 for trades... or <10 so you need lv 3 to go through warp gates ... so if you don't have mobs you can't reach lv 3 no ? so you just can't go through warp gates.. ? see ?
any way i will not argue with you here... who knows what a mmo means will ...understand that have to be some constrains and some limits.
c ya and have a great life ...

[flaskis]

Of course it will be full over time. The amount of players doing trade at a certain moment will always be a certain percent of the total playerbase. If the amount of players go up, the amount of traders will too. You can't just think that "the channel will always be full, hence it's useless to increase the max limit on the trade channel".

[solomonar]

any news ?

[Denmad]

Your arguing is against your own idea. As for now, I guess there aren't those 75% of players having open shops because there are quite a few players *playing* on that channel. If the "prevent people playing on trade server instead of trading" action isn't taken, your idea will not have success.

[strikexDK]

lol If you disable all skills and mobs you think ppl will run around in war zones and dont be able to attack eachother... it will be ******... pf without eny bosses.... sorry but i cant see the smart in that

[dedantemon]

lol If you disable all skills and mobs you think ppl will run around in war zones and dont be able to attack eachother... it will be ******... pf without eny bosses.... sorry but i cant see the smart in that

Ah, 3 years+ old thread -> got to love the necro stuff !

[strikexDK]

haddn't even noticed it was that old xD