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Okay, so after some thought, I decided to revamp this just a touch following Thalath's (#41669) suggestion. Since the new upgrades to the trading centre, scams are now practically impossible.



AS A SELLER

What I'm proposing is simply a re-vamp to the way the trading centre works. It will make things a whole lot more straightforward when you're asking for something specific.

As it stands, you can still make offers on trades, even when it isn't specified. You can also offer whatever you want, even when a trader has stated something specific.

As a trader, when creating a trade, there would be a series of boxes to check or not check. If you didn't check ANY boxes, there would only be an option to BUYOUT the trade:

[x] Take offers

[ ] Allow lion / lioness offers (This option could be expanded to be more specific)
[ ] Allow item offers (This option could be expanded to be more specific)
[x] Allow SILVER Beetle offers
[ ] Allow GOLD Beetle offers

You would also be able to specify a MINIMUM offer. For example, if you are seeking food, you could set a minimum offer of 10 items, or if you're looking at selling an item for GB, but open to SB offers, you could set a minimum amount of SB you would accept for the item ETC



AS A BUYER

If this is implemented, we might also be able to search for trades based on what the trader is seeking. For example we could search for trades that are seeking a lion / lioness in exchange for something.

You would also be able to search items by category, rather than have every single item listed in a drop down box. Have you ever tried searching for food without going through pages and pages? You have to search every carcass in the list until you get a hit! The hoard is already separated by categories, so why not the trading centre as well? Going with this suggestion, you'd be able to search for 'food' or 'toys' or 'decor' ETC.

Perhaps there would also be the ability to exclude certain items you are seeking OR seeking to trade to someone, from the search? IE if you are searching for food, you could exclude trades that contain rat and gerbil carcasses. OR if you searched for trades where the seller is SEEKING food, you could exclude trades of SB. Does that make sense?




This is BY NO MEANS a whinging complaint to how things currently are, its simply about improving the system and streamlining it even further. The Trading Centre is functioning GREAT and the work that's been done on it has been FANTASTIC (thanks for the whole information BTW!). This is a suggestion, not a 'fix this crap naooo' discussion.

Again, thanks to Thalath (#41669) for this great suggestion : To go even further, you could also make it so you can disallow offers of lions, items, or GB as well.

Any suggestions are WELCOME!