If mine isn’t there then it’s even more confusing.
No, not sure. Just very strange
Not much to tell really. There are 3 different auction houses. There always has been as far as I know. There used to be able to tell which one you were in by searching a certain player and by the buy now price of said player you could tell which one you were in. That's how I discovered I was in ah 2.
I know this is still the case because one of my admins is also in my ah so we can see the exact same players listed and other guys in my league see something else.
You would have to ask @EA_David @EA_Barry for more information on this.
Bought the alternate Von then tried to sell him and it’s happening again.
Community ManagerAuctions are not player-to-player transactions, however the prices are indeed dictated by supply and demand from players.
Wow, that's a true revelation. Is there anything in the game what it seem to be? So many questions...
Bots buying the cards and predetermining the price?
Does that also mean that cards go in and out of the game?
Are bots also posting cards?
And when bots and not players buy the cards, why a timer of several hours?
And why a bidding system for selling cards to bots?
Are there also bots who are bidding up when the algoritm decides the price is too low??
Is it to avoid exploit?
Please clarify further, because I (we) don't understand.
The AH has seemed different this year. Still really surprised that we don’t buy other players’ auctions and ours are presumably bought by EA at a price determined by them. I can only think that they created a programme like this in order to stop the coin selling sites from operating. Disappointing as it takes some of the skill from the auction house for cheap skates like myself.
And again the silence is deafening.
You can't just drop a bomb like this and then go mute.....
Just one frase pops into my mind.
Attrition warfare.
Just ignore, it will die down eventually as people get tired.
Just keep in mind that we are PAYING customers.
Ignoring your customers is not the way to go.
Attrition warfare mostly ends in a pyrrhic victory and can cost you dearly.
Community Manager
@rpluumy wrote:
Is it to avoid exploit?
Please clarify further, because I (we) don't understand.
We can't really go into too much detail to ensure others can't exploit it's design, but one positive outcome from this type of system is to help minimize exploits and help protect the in-game economy. When you submit an item on the auction house an it sells, that will help set the market price. If an item doesn't sell and another player sets it lower, that will set the price. So even though you're not actively participating in a transaction with one other player directly, the market prices are dictated by other human players.
Thank you for your answer.
I understand completely you can't go into details.
In my opinion. Don't make the auction house look like something it isn't. I think more then 95% of the players think it's a player to player market.
Also if we are selling to an algorithm (or what you way to call it), the timer for several hours makes no sense. You can give the players set prices also based on the offer and demand.
Have to agree about the now apparently pointless bidding wars. Why put us through them. I’ve had several recently where it’s a two person bidding war and after at least 60 bids and half a hour after it would have left other peoples’ Screens another pops up and greatly ups the bid or buy now is triggered no matter how high it is. Just tell us what we have to pay instead of deciding nobody is getting a bargain and taking it off the table.
