Have a suggestion regarding the trade center.
Price checking has been an experience for a new player like myself. I've played a few seasons just messing around. Kind of starting to explore the trading side. I think the simpler change would be to add the option for the seller to add their own comment on the item, even add an optional screenshot. Allowing a descriptor for the items that have important variance. In turn making price checking easier, because from what I see a lot of the times comments are ty or whatever or just the item name. Which is what that is, a comment.
The more complicated way would make a trade procedure via site. Now idk if the devs are against something like this or if there's just limitations. To me it seems like the groundwork is there. I don't understand web development at all so if it's not that easy excuse my ignorance. Players are already receiving their trade gold, confirming they got it and then just giving the item to the person. There's even automation via the auction house. Now you can even look up players accounts and characters, inventory even.
Seems like all the data is already being sorted. What if you could sign into your account, flag an item in your inventory/stash as for trade. Put in your BIN/OBO/ONO + comments. The buyer can go in the trade center, look up an item, filter the stats, see sellers item stat for stat, create an offer within the parameters, seller can see offer, accept or deny, schedule delivery. Think of each transaction like a ticket, the buyer offering to buy the item creates this log, there's no actual discussion happening just comments on the offers and accepting/rejecting, it's just offer (accept or reject), once accepted it moves on to communication and scheduling via discord or however they wanna do it.
This will make trading more streamlined and more transparent for all skill levels. There's probably some better ways to do some parts of the system. Maybe if possible a message notification when an offer is made in-game? Idk the limitations, but just feel like the trading aspect could be better. Could always keep the current system as well for those that want to make a quick trade for basic stuff.
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