I've come to love the new buff market feature, it has allowed low level players to get buffs that they need more easily and has dropped the prices drastically to a more fair rate for all players to afford. Its also a great replacement to the find buff function on the helper but that is not the point I'm making. I feel the buff market could use an overhaul to make it more accessible and easier to use. Here's what I propose:
1. Quick links from a players profile to see all of their available buff packages!
Reasoning: We all know who the cheapest buffers on the market are, this option will help us see what other deals they have going as well.
2a. Option to favourite buff packages!
Reasoning: When in the market I come across the same buff packages, and I tend to buy the same ones from the same suppliers. If we could favourite buff packages it will be much quicker than having to search for the same buffs every time we need it.
2b. Option to favourite buff searches (search templates)!
Reasoning: Analogous to 2.a except in this case we just have quick search templates like we now have in the AH. This option gives us the chance to see if newer, cheaper packages become available (idea supplied by Yotwehc!)
3. Instead of a drop down on the buff names, have the buffs show up as we type them (similar to searching on google)!
Reasoning: If we start typing in the name and all the buffs with relevant spelling shows up it will be a lot quicker than scrolling all the way to the buff name.
4. Limit the amount of times a player can list a certain buff in their packages (3 or 4 times is plenty)!
Reasoning: I've seen people list the same package 3-4 times (no joke) preventing other packages from showing up and making the list extra long. Since this can be exploited to make us buy your buffs instead of another's who may have a better package, I think this should be implemented!
*5. Buy "Buff Vouchers" from the upgrades screen and use them to buy buffs (Similar to Bounty Tickets)!
Reasoning: The sellers will list their buffs in the new game currency "Buff Vouchers" where players must spend their vouchers (purchasable in the upgrades section for say 200k = 50 Vouchers). As for the sellers I am on the fence, they should either: (i) Receive a set amount of gold proportional to the vouchers spent by the buyer (ex. if the pack cost 25 Vouchers they receive 100k) or (ii) Receive the vouchers spent by the buyer which can be exchanged for gold (similar to the Arena token exchange) where the rate is identical to what buyers must spend (for my example it would be 50 Vouchers = 200k). In my opinion (ii) could be abused with auto refresh so I'm leaning more to (i). The whole point of this is to prevent under cutting in the buff market (Ex selling the same buffs 100 gold less than another player). I think this is more fair to the sellers as people cant abuse undercutting. This will balance things out like having to bid 5% more in the AH. Buffs can still be sold for FSP as well but no longer for gold.
I hope the community provides some feedback on the additions I have proposed. Clearly #1 - 4 are are obvious improvements to the game feature, but #5 is up for some debate!
Edited by Blue Tail, 03 December 2014 - 04:29.


