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Short Version:
I have been trying to get the devs attention on this for years, long before 9.5 or whatever.
Sorting by rank doesn't work reliably, sorting by rarity doesn't work reliably, the sort order descriptions are incorrect, and some items are impossible to search for with the categories/traits available (like an R&D Lvl15 Specialist).
Long version:
My workaround for the rank and rarity thing: I type in the item's name with a space and a bracket (e.g., "Plasma Dual Beam Bank Mk XII [" ) This will get me everything that's uncommon and up. Unfortunately, with the 400 item limit, sometimes I can't see the very high-end stuff. Goodness knows I can't search for Epic and get reliable results, but that's rarely an issue. It does make it difficult for me to set a reasonable price for my unneeded VR and Epic gear, though.
Sometimes sorting by price is important to me, but there are hurdles there, too. First, the order of the available options doesn't make any sense, neither pairing opposites together nor separating all the Ascendings from the Descendings. Then, you have to realize that the ultra-useful Ascending Price per Unit and Descending Price per Unit are actually switched. This is the fix I've been harping about for years and you'd think it'd be easy to fix.
Lastly, a tiny issue for me was searching for enough food and beverages to acquire my fleet's bartender was a nightmare. Not only must you search under Personal Devices (!), but not every consumable item counts as food or beverage. Those pink Winter Event snowball things? Nope. Romulan Ale? Uh-Uh. Minty Raktajino? Try again. Why aren't they food? How are you supposed to know?
Okay, so that wasn't the last thing. Setting prices is interesting and all, but why can't we have auctions? Let the buyer decide what to pay? As an active seller, I sometimes tire of trying to undercut the other guy or price something at an arbitrary amount of fake money.
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Short Version:
I have been trying to get the devs attention on this for years, long before 9.5 or whatever.
Sorting by rank doesn't work reliably, sorting by rarity doesn't work reliably, the sort order descriptions are incorrect, and some items are impossible to search for with the categories/traits available (like an R&D Lvl15 Specialist).
Long version:
My workaround for the rank and rarity thing: I type in the item's name with a space and a bracket (e.g., "Plasma Dual Beam Bank Mk XII [" ) This will get me everything that's uncommon and up. Unfortunately, with the 400 item limit, sometimes I can't see the very high-end stuff. Goodness knows I can't search for Epic and get reliable results, but that's rarely an issue. It does make it difficult for me to set a reasonable price for my unneeded VR and Epic gear, though.
Sometimes sorting by price is important to me, but there are hurdles there, too. First, the order of the available options doesn't make any sense, neither pairing opposites together nor separating all the Ascendings from the Descendings. Then, you have to realize that the ultra-useful Ascending Price per Unit and Descending Price per Unit are actually switched. This is the fix I've been harping about for years and you'd think it'd be easy to fix.
Lastly, a tiny issue for me was searching for enough food and beverages to acquire my fleet's bartender was a nightmare. Not only must you search under Personal Devices (!), but not every consumable item counts as food or beverage. Those pink Winter Event snowball things? Nope. Romulan Ale? Uh-Uh. Minty Raktajino? Try again. Why aren't they food? How are you supposed to know?
Okay, so that wasn't the last thing. Setting prices is interesting and all, but why can't we have auctions? Let the buyer decide what to pay? As an active seller, I sometimes tire of trying to undercut the other guy or price something at an arbitrary amount of fake money.