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#1 fs_c00k13puss

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 15:30

I know I'm not the only one to think this, but no-limit auctions are broken. There may be a post with a similar suggestion, but I was unable to find one in the forum search.

The fact that someone can bid in the very last second and win is poor design. When people who had previously bid on the item have no recourse, people will gladly play the waiting game and only outbid people at the last second.

Anytime someone bids on an item the time should be extended by 15 seconds to allow players who are willing to pay more to do so.

#2 spidey101

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 16:57

good idea, never understood why it cant be implemented. I thought at first you wanted to be able to list something for an unlimited amount of time. :P

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 17:31

I now realize the title might be misleading, but I mean auctions without a buyout, such as the special potions.

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 17:58

we have no buyout ah already, what you mean is that you want auctions to be extended for a small time if someone bids on them in the last minute or so that way it gives others a chance to get it and not be sniped by people with faster conections or computers.

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 18:37

I like the suggetion of extending by 15 seconds the auction when there's a new bid. But do it only for the bids in the last minut

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#6 SirAdmiral

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Posted 24 September 2010 - 02:20

I would say bump it up to like 30 seconds to a minute. 15 seconds probably isn't enough to notice the "new log message" read it, then go back to the AH, find your bids, and rebid.

#7 Anemie

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Posted 24 September 2010 - 08:22

I'm going to be against this suggestion...
bookmarking some auction and watching it for a day,waiting for the last sec to bid just to find out that someone offered 1-2 fsp more than you did can be frustrating...Winning the same auction would feel great...
extending them after every bid would remove fun element for me...
You need to know how much the item is worth-and you have to guess how much the others will bid-extended time would in some part remove item sale through ah-and you would see more messages on FsBox saying:"bid on items in my bio-auction ends at ..:.."

Extending time on game offered potions could work though-


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