I prefer the EC tunnel the way it is. Auction houses and economies heavily based on website services promote severe undercuts. Not that it doesn't happen here but if you could just undercut the guy above you with the click of a mouse it creates a problem. With the type of system in place (at least how I remember it on diablo2) even if someone is selling it cheaper that person isnt on so now its not so easy to undercut. Sometimes players need to wait for undercutter so log off or if they are lucky and sell at the right time they can charge more. Supply and demand. Need this item? Im the only one in EC that has it. Pay my price or wait. Resellers provide a service so you can sell your items quickly. This creates a part of the metagame. The whole tunnel is meta. Things like this were removed in games when they added auctions to the RPG scene. A computerized service that should be handled by real players while in game and not some livefeed.
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