if the auction house has to remain the main source of player to player item sales then I'm definitely with others in saying it needs changes because I've hated it from day one @_@ I mean, I dont like auctions at all, but the lack of an autobuy or even a minimum bid increase setting is uh. I hate to rag on it so much but when it's something I don't enjoy to begin with, it's hard to word things so they dont sound so dramatic lmao

This thread is meant to be about the auction house, but can I say something on usershops? Because I really think they're connected! I know some people do enjoy auctions to a degree, and reading why some people are frustrated in the other thread, I think improving the usershops would benefit the item market/auction house as well

For instance, I saw a lot of people frustrated when people swoop in and outbid them by huge amounts, and I'm guilty of doing that all the time (i am so sorry anyone that I've annoyed with this I hope you know it's not personal) because I just wanted the item asap without all the riffraff, and couldn't find it elsewhere! If the usershops were searchable and improved, had more slots and stuff, people who dont like auctions wouldn't be so tempted to try their luck over there and make things less fun for the people actually looking for a bid war

And definitely adding more auction customisation would be great, people would know what they're getting into (those who hate one pc outbids only look for auctions with minimum bid increments and whatnot). Maybe having a maximum bid increase would be good for that too, not for people like me who want to discourage a bid war and just get the item obvi, but for people who actually want an auction!

Anyways, I think having more avenues to get items would benefit everybody, cos it really feels like a lot of item market/auction house tension comes from not having many other options to buy them. And as the site grows, there will be more people who do like auctions still using that feature. At the very least, having an autobuy feature would be so nice, but that puts the wealthy players at a huge advantage unfortunately :c I'd love for newbies and casual players to get nice things too