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thefabricant
Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 5,248 Arc User
While this problem is fresh in my mind, lets discuss the auction house UI.
Problems:
1) If you click on the search by stats field, you can see options for stats which no longer exist and new stats are not an available option.
2) If you search without selecting a category and then search after selecting a category, it will return different results.
3) You have the option to search by 1, 2 and 3 different enchantment types, but searching by 2 and 3 returns the same results.
4) You cannot search for pet gear by stats or item level.
5) You cannot search for insignias by stats.
6) If you switch to the Consignments tab and then switch back to the Browse tab, it forgets all the details of your previous search with the exception of the item name. This means that if you are making bulk consignments, you have to keep re-selecting the category every time you want to search for another item. Say for example you are bulk selling Insignias and want to check the price on 150 different types of Insignias.
7) On consoles it defaults to sorting the ah to bid and not buyout.
With that being said, the UI for the AH is awful anyhow, here is an example of a trade UI from a different game:
It would be great to see something similar, here is an example (I don't do UI design, so this is very mock up, but you get the idea):
Every time you add a stat group, it automatically increments the button, allowing you to add another stat group and search by more. An example (shamelessly stolen from the PoE trade UI):
This allows you to search for as many different stats on an item as you like. The filter group allows you to even further refine your search. Say for example you want to search for an item which has power on it, but not critical strike, you could have 1 filter group with power and another filter group that is "not these" with critical strike in it and it would then show items with power but not crit.
Then on the Consignments tab, we need some more options as follows:
Problems:
1) If you click on the search by stats field, you can see options for stats which no longer exist and new stats are not an available option.
2) If you search without selecting a category and then search after selecting a category, it will return different results.
3) You have the option to search by 1, 2 and 3 different enchantment types, but searching by 2 and 3 returns the same results.
4) You cannot search for pet gear by stats or item level.
5) You cannot search for insignias by stats.
6) If you switch to the Consignments tab and then switch back to the Browse tab, it forgets all the details of your previous search with the exception of the item name. This means that if you are making bulk consignments, you have to keep re-selecting the category every time you want to search for another item. Say for example you are bulk selling Insignias and want to check the price on 150 different types of Insignias.
7) On consoles it defaults to sorting the ah to bid and not buyout.
With that being said, the UI for the AH is awful anyhow, here is an example of a trade UI from a different game:
It would be great to see something similar, here is an example (I don't do UI design, so this is very mock up, but you get the idea):
Every time you add a stat group, it automatically increments the button, allowing you to add another stat group and search by more. An example (shamelessly stolen from the PoE trade UI):
This allows you to search for as many different stats on an item as you like. The filter group allows you to even further refine your search. Say for example you want to search for an item which has power on it, but not critical strike, you could have 1 filter group with power and another filter group that is "not these" with critical strike in it and it would then show items with power but not crit.
Then on the Consignments tab, we need some more options as follows:
- The first automatically matches that item you are about to post's price to the lowest current price on the auction house, the second option undercuts by a fixed amount, example, 10 ad. This is a huge time save for people posting items in bulk.
- We then need a button which removes all current consignments from the auction house and places them in our bags, for players with many items currently consigned.
- The mailbox needs an option to delete all empty mails from cryptic, due to the 200 mail limit. When mass buying items it is frustrating to deal with.
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Comments
1. The Search by Name function should use the same algorithm the Find Player one uses. For some reason, AH search looks for an exact match on the input string, and not keywords like the Find Player one does.
2. To further improve mass-posting, a "Repeat []" function could be added (below the 2 options OP suggested) where you post the same Auction a given number of times, or until out of materials.
As for #6, never thought I'd label something as First World Problem to someone in SA. :P
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