A Cross Fire Auction House
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GoPancakes wrote: »Z8 would lose money though....
They'd either lose, or gain. If it was the seasonal crates being put up, they'd gain. People aren't spending ZP on them anymore, but they'd still have people paying for ZP to put excess weapons up in the auction house. TGO has 4 different Jackhammer-H's, he would have to buy ZP in order to have them placed on the auction house, and people could buy them. Even though they're not spending ZP on the crate itself, they get the gun, Z8 gets money from the ZP to put the weapon up, and the seller gets some GP/ZP himself. -
RequiemZero wrote: »They'd either lose, or gain. If it was the seasonal crates being put up, they'd gain. People aren't spending ZP on them anymore, but they'd still have people paying for ZP to put excess weapons up in the auction house. TGO has 4 different Jackhammer-H's, he would have to buy ZP in order to have them placed on the auction house, and people could buy them. Even though they're not spending ZP on the crate itself, they get the gun, Z8 gets money from the ZP to put the weapon up, and the seller gets some GP/ZP himself.
Eeeew. There should be an option using BP or GP. I am absolutely done with ZP, and I wouldn't even get it to auction it off. I would still rather go with some kind of a trading system that required some BP or GP to trade rather than an auction. I'm not going to basically sell it and PAY to sell it and only get useless currency (maybe) in return, from which I might get nothing -.- -
thisgameowns wrote: »Eeeew. There should be an option using BP or GP. I am absolutely done with ZP, and I wouldn't even get it to auction it off. I would still rather go with some kind of a trading system that required some BP or GP to trade rather than an auction. I'm not going to basically sell it and PAY to sell it and only get useless currency (maybe) in return, from which I might get nothing -.-
You can chose to sell weapons for either GP, or ZP. So you'd be able to get a high ZP return rate if you put it up for ZP. -
RequiemZero wrote: »Exactly.. Why spend $400 on an account with a weapon you want when you could just buy some ZP and get it from the auction house?
You could write this in the first post of the topic, so we have more chances to get this considered by Z8. -
AcekillerMvp wrote: »+1.
This auction would work great, but it should have an option to remove your item, if you enter password and security q.
No, that removes some of the risk that makes the system more secure. Once the item is up it stays up and you will lose it. Period, end of story. No matter what the highest bid is they will get the gun and it will be removed from you. -
+1
for sure u got a great idea. and it nearly couldnt be abused
BTW for those who dont get it, it would support Z8games. cuz they would own money with it.
what i dont get is, I think CF korea (even if i shouldnt take ideas from other games) has a ingame weapon gift option, and what i wonder off is.. isnt that getting abused ? and why doesnt Korea care if it would ? -
+1
for sure u got a great idea. and it nearly couldnt be abused
BTW for those who dont get it, it would support Z8games. cuz they would own money with it.
what i dont get is, I think CF korea (even if i shouldnt take ideas from other games) has a ingame weapon gift option, and what i wonder off is.. isnt that getting abused ? and why doesnt Korea care if it would ?
How far did you have to dig to find this thread exactly? Oh well, it's not a necro because it benefits the thread. Thanks for the support. -
So it's simple, they don't want to have an account to account trading function, so why not an auction house? Here's how it works.Say you have a gun sitting in your inventory that you never use, because you simply don't like it but you know others do. For me, I'll use as an example my Thompson.
When I look at my own profile on the website, next to the weapons it would show a new button listed as 'Auction'. Clicking will take you to a page where you MUST enter your security question answer as well as your e-mail address. Before clicking the submit button you'd have to select the duration and price of the auction and weapon.
Once you've answered the question and input your e-mail address, you would receive an e-mail to confirm the weapon being removed from your inventory and placed in the auction house.
Once you click the link to confirm it, you put in your password on the webpage, and the weapon would be immediately removed from your inventory and placed in the auction house, where you have no access to it, and you CANNOT remove it from there.
--Other information--
The weapon can be broken when it's added, but it would say "Thompson - 10,000 damage - Price (X) - Duration of Auction { 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours, or 1 week }
It gives you a drop down menu where you select the duration of the auction. You can select a 24 hour auction, 48 hours auction, 72 hour auction, or a 1 week long auction.
Also, you select your price, and make it GP or ZP. You can make it anywhere from 1 GP to start with, to 10,000 ZP to start with. Where the auction goes from there is up to the bidders.
As I said, you cannot use the gun while it is in the auction house, once you select and confirm it, the weapon is gone for good unless no one bids.
The current highest big IS NOT shown on the auction. You would input how much you want to place on the auction, and the amount of ZP/GP would be removed from your account instantly. If you do not win the auction, then you will be returned the GP/ZP minus 10% for use of the auction house (GP only) and minus 5% for ZP.
YOU ARE TAKING A SERIOUS RISK BY USING THE SYSTEM! SO IT WOULD NOT BE EASILY FARMED!
Continuing with the example of the Thompson, someone added it and I want to purchase it. I place a bid of 25,000 GP for it. I lost the auction so my GP is returned, I only get 22,500 GP returned to me.
Only Black Market weapons can be added!
To make an argument about the company not getting anything from it, the user adding the gun MUST pay a certain amount of ZP (Determined by weapon rarity) for the weapon to be placed in the auction house, to help pay for the server space needed for it to operate.
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~::Example Rates::~ (All rates are in ZP, not GP)
Thompson is a fairly commonly won weapon, so only 250 ZP to place it up for a 24 hours, 500 for 48, 750 for 72, and 1.5K for the 1 week auction.
A rarer weapon like the seasonal ones (If they were allowed which is already stated they'd not be), example the Jackhammer-H. It's a rare weapon, and currently not available for purchase anywhere. But if this system was placed, to help pay for the server time of the auction house, 1.5K ZP for 24 hours, 2K for 48 hours, 2.5K for 72 hours, and a full 4K for the 1 week auction.
The rates for rare weapons may seem steep, but remember, the rare weapons would attract a lot more bids and activity than the lesser items like the mentioned Thompson
Although it won't show the exact bid, it will show a 'bid level to give you a round-about area of where it is. Bid levels are as follows:
-Level 1-
1 to 10,000 GP
1 to 5,000 ZP
-Level 2-
10,001 to 20,000 GP
5,001 to 10,000 ZP
-Level 3-
20,0001 to 30,000 GP
10,001 to 15,000 ZP
Continues on increasing at the same rate.
--How this varies from the trading system that most people want--
It couldn't be abused as easily, for example if you make a new account and farm it up to GP crate rank and use the GP on said crates and win the gun.. Adding it to the auction house and setting it at the lowest price available and having your main account bid on it does not mean you will win it. All auctions are public and can be seen by everyone. ANYONE CAN BID ON ANY AUCTION!
You have a limit to 5 bids a month, and placing two guns on the market per month. So once again, it's harder to abuse.
~~Other~~
People may say that this system wouldn't profit the company in any way, so I've changed a few things from the original idea.
It would reduce account selling/trading.. People wouldn't need to get an entirely new account just to get that one gun they've always wanted, instead they could simply go to the auction house and get it that way.
If anyone has any ideas on how to make this system better, tell me and I'll add it in if it's worth it.
sounds rather complicated but i guess something like this is whats required to prevent farming. -
Very well thought out idea, I agree with almost everything in it, I have thought similar things and you have put it to a method that allows for minimal abuse/no abuse.
I know of 1/2 dozen players that have multiple weapons from crates that they will never use, like you said who is going to put 4 different bags with thompson as the main gun.
as to z8 loosing money off of this, I wouldnt think so, crates will still be bought. and spun, because no matter what they will come out with a new gun that everyone will want. along with that, the handling costs for placing a bid, and auction placement cost...
there are definately a few weapons I would bid on, and as to not being able to sell seasonal weapons, I cant really see why not, its still gonna cost money to buy the zp etc, so instead of buying 100k zp and winning nothing, I could buy 100k zp and bid on an item, if I dont win then I have 90k zp (yes I know not actual numbers you used) and still have 90k zp to spin crates with or try for another auction...
I would rather see a flat fee for the weapons instead of based on rarity IE BM ZP crate gun costs 1k zp to post, bm gp gun cost 500zp for example.
It would defiately help slow down the selling of accounts through ebay or where ever. as you stated why spend 200-500 dollars for an account with the gun you want when you can spend money through z8 and get the same guns on your main account.
1 issue I see with it but it shouldnt be hard for z8 to over come would be the Ribbons that some guns/ # of guns give. if I have crate buster ribbon and sell down below 5 crate guns I should I loose the ribbon or keep it and visa versa for the buyer of the weapon he didnt actually win the crate so should it count or not... personal opinion would be the person that won the gun keeps the ribbon because the buyer didnt actually bust the crate.
personally the 1st weapon I would bid on would be the m14 ebr and then I would have to spend more zp to purchase the navy seal character so I could get the ribbon
also I would make it so that a gun can be auctioned off only one time, this would keep people from trying to buy a gun at well below "market" value and reselling it for profit
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