The introduction of .moar files is a great addition to FWZ. Here is my proposal for a trading and selling system that would be ****-all awesome.

Description

This will basically be a place where you can come and search for those elusive parts you can’t seem to find and trade them for some of your spares. Or you can sell off some extra parts for some quick flezz (or buy some if you’ve got nothing to trade).

How it works

Blind sales/trades. No one can see who it is they are buying from/trading with/selling to. This will prevent klans to drive up/down values, and keep people from getting ****ty deals because of bumhurt.

You are given three basic options. Put up for trade, Put up for sale, and Place want ad. Each listing should be up for no more than a day or two. You put the part up and put a set price or set part for trade and if someone responds great, if not the ad goes away. While the ad is listed, the part is up in escro (i.e. you don’t have it). Placing want ads you name the part you want and how much you are willing to pay for it or what part you will trade for it.

There would also be a search feature to allow you to find any specific parts that are up for sale/trade. Search and take the best offer you can find.

The blind sales are key though, without it the whole system would be ****ed.

Deific Blunder Posted:

Even when blind trading, what do you think of a price average tracker? Something to say, “X file averages X over last X sales.” It could prevent people from gouging too hard, but I’m just throwing some ideas out.

but that would prevent dumb people from getting scamme.d

Deific Blunder Posted:

Even when blind trading, what do you think of a price average tracker? Something to say, “X file averages X over last X sales.” It could prevent people from gouging too hard, but I’m just throwing some ideas out.

Leave that to the wiki data whores to sort out. Besides the market will properly adjust naturally.

Signed

BirdofPrey Posted:

but that would prevent dumb people from getting scamme.d

I wouldn’t get upset if I paid more than others. What I am willing to pay for something is its value to me.

Could have fixed price AND auction listings like eBay. Sellers choice I guess. But with bidders, I’d say at time of bid, put the flezz they bid into escro until they are outbid so they can’t back out. I’d also say blind bidders too, just increase the price and bid count but dont show who’s bidding or anything. (Not even like Bidder 1, Bidder 2, Bidder 1 (rebid) sort of thing. Totally blind.

yeah those are good ideas LISTEN TO HOG CZ… it would be cool if a trading/selling system would be implemented in fwz, and could give something for people to work for and something to use flezz on

also in addition to that, they could create a few more .moar files that are extra special/take a lot of parts to get and stuff so it’s something people have to trade/play for etc.

Would only Flezz be used in buying/selling file parts? I could imagine someone wanting to offer a few Brownie Points in exchange for the particularly rare file parts.

seems like this might take a lot of programming if done in this particular way, perhaps theres some easier way..but i like the idea as is

meeeeeeeeee Posted:

Any trading system is going to give an advantage to players with… lots of alts. As much as I’d love to have another advantage, there needs to be a way in place to prevent or discourage that. Moving files between alts could be blocked, but that could be avoided by transferring them via third parties. Additionally, I suggest a tax per transaction (some % of the price of the transaction, with a set minimum) So if you’re moving files between alts you’re going to be paying the transaction fee twice instead of once.

Come to think of it, any trading system will of course mean flezz can be moved between alts via third parties. Now how fun will that be? Log in to see images!

Shush, I was planning on using secondary alts to farm files for my main characters Log in to see images!

Signed.

The prices for sale get to be say… 2-5x what you would get for selling the thing in the ppwn shoppe. Only because it would make a semi-workable system to keep you from getting say, a file that gives you an insane boost when you’re level 4; causing you to have to work a bit, level up, get more luck/charisma… whatever you need to do to get more money. Besides, by the time you get there, you’d have a new goal in sight, etc…

Also, while you’re grinding to get fleez, you’d probably find the files yourself anyway, thereby creating the traditional “**** you” of RPGs. (You know…don’t buy **** in stores that will inevitably be considerably weaker than what you will find for free)