Thanks out to HCS for all the advances on this new function.
Instead of commenting on everything here, I'll just copy/paste a Shout Box message:
"Dont want to deal with Buff Market? I got your lvl 175 fully sustained/exten​ded buffs right here! 1 fsp for all!"
This is NOT a critique of the Buff Market. Far from it. It is actually a reminder to some of the comments in the last few threads that there are other options for your sale techniques and prices.
All that said, I still consider this to be (and I could be wrong) a suggestion thread. So, at the risk of appearing to "be offered a hand and taking an arm"....
It was just to make it manageable for searching etc. - to have them more as 'packages' than buying individual buffs. I'm open to ideas though
Think it should be more dynamic. If we are focusing on packages, I think a multiple search function might be more efficient.
Of course, this thought is based on what I look for... But the idea is that I want to buy Stalker and Overkill (just as an example I think lower levels are also using).... I might like to search for someone selling both and check on prices.
If I could add Smashing Hammer to that mix, blah, blah...
Setting a max for gold AND/or FSP to the search might be convenient but doesn't seem to be conceptually important at this point.
Responding to the supply side, it might be interesting and more efficient to allow bulk offers like we often see. A seller could then select buffs available in a larger group of buffs along the lines of those 5 for 2 FSP offers.
Just my quick two cents.
In any case, it's theoretically looking good to me. I admit that I haven't had a lot of time to play with it, though I have been reading.
I just wanted to add that I love the fact (despite a couple of comments) that "the onus is on the requester". The way I ran my buff sales back in the day it would never be my issue anyway. However, I know tons had complaints on players that did multiple requests, buff thieves, etc. In any case, this idea also responds to some of the worries expressed about decreased interaction in game. Personally, I'll still be checking for Reinforced/Extended and will probably continue to pm people as a double-check to save myself on costs.
Prosperous smacking everybody! (o0