I've always been in the "I hate what the bazaar" did to the game camp. I'm also willing to understand that what I and others like about face-to-face trading is excruciating to those that don't care to trade- just game.
Original EQ was a world. Worlds have conflict, resolution, an economy, and so on...
I loved the economy of face-to-face trading. I like to haggle. I understand that many don't. It's obvious when I trade all the time. Very few folks even attempt to haggle. I always list my price. Few folks haggle and make a counteroffer. When they do, it's game time!
I've never looted an item in game worth more than 2000p, but my toon and my wife's toon are fairly well geared AND I managed to purchase the pieces to a full suit of rubicite. I only ever got a bracer and boots in live, so I wanted to get that set here =)
Ah! Farming, selling, buying, selling! One stop shop! I'll cut a deal, I'll haggle! Most droppable items drop in EC!
Okay. I realize I'm silly, but I love non-bazaar trading. With the bazaar, there was almost never room for haggling. Even if there were, it was almost never instant. Leave a tell... come back later.... *sigh*
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Lagaidh Smif
Proud Paladin of the Rathe
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