[b] Features
Again on the Marketplace, this time on the reset timer for bids. Aramaa gave me an answer [url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/services/ask-the-staff-free-question-posting-service/t.95704725_361/]here [/url]as to why we have it, and having been sniped recently on eBay myself, I can understand why. Rather than having a reset timer, though, can I suggest having a minimum number of bids? For example, say an item is up with the bid amount being 15g. For a person to put in a bid at the last moment, they'll have to bid previously on the item at least - oh, lets say six or seven times. The lower the bid amount, the more previous bids a person will have had to make to be able to bid at the last moment. If an item is up for bid over an extended period, then the minimum number of bids have to be made over that time and not all at once, to avoid people getting in early and then waiting it out.
A feasible idea? Probably not, but the reset timer is both irritating and unfair. Bidding on an item for some time and thinking you've won it only to find out someone else did because the timer reset and (a) you didn't realise it did that or (b) had forgotten that it did is more than a little frustrating. And for users who don't have a stockpile of gold, having a chance to win an item because it has a low bid amount only for the price to skyrocket because the timer keeps resetting... Why would you want to use a system that doesn't give much of a chance, and takes all the fun out of it?
[size=9](Sorry, Nenanah and Bubble, I'm gonna be bothering you with these two questions until they're answered, since ATS is held during my work hours.)
Question is originally by [quote]Calovere[/quote][/b] [/size]
Again on the Marketplace, this time on the reset timer for bids. Aramaa gave me an answer [url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/services/ask-the-staff-free-question-posting-service/t.95704725_361/]here [/url]as to why we have it, and having been sniped recently on eBay myself, I can understand why. Rather than having a reset timer, though, can I suggest having a minimum number of bids? For example, say an item is up with the bid amount being 15g. For a person to put in a bid at the last moment, they'll have to bid previously on the item at least - oh, lets say six or seven times. The lower the bid amount, the more previous bids a person will have had to make to be able to bid at the last moment. If an item is up for bid over an extended period, then the minimum number of bids have to be made over that time and not all at once, to avoid people getting in early and then waiting it out.
A feasible idea? Probably not, but the reset timer is both irritating and unfair. Bidding on an item for some time and thinking you've won it only to find out someone else did because the timer reset and (a) you didn't realise it did that or (b) had forgotten that it did is more than a little frustrating. And for users who don't have a stockpile of gold, having a chance to win an item because it has a low bid amount only for the price to skyrocket because the timer keeps resetting... Why would you want to use a system that doesn't give much of a chance, and takes all the fun out of it?
[size=9](Sorry, Nenanah and Bubble, I'm gonna be bothering you with these two questions until they're answered, since ATS is held during my work hours.)
Question is originally by [quote]Calovere[/quote][/b] [/size]
