Could Server Wide Auction Chat be a consideration?

[Botten]

Blue server now a days has an estimated online max population of about 400 and a minimum of 300.

Red server's peak population in April 2014 had an active population reaching 100 players.

For this reason a serverwide /ooc chat was implemented as well as a change in the implemented rules for Red Server.

Lately, I have been noticing that East Commons are dwindling in the number of active players selling equipment. This is a bit troubling.
Many of the players have reverted to cash is king when selling their wares; no longer accepting trades.

Still some players are found for weeks spamming WTB for some of the simplest of items; with no luck.

Now I am not asking or demanding a permanent server wide auction chat channel but perhaps maybe one hour in the day? Or perhaps this could also be implement only when the server has below 250 players?

Just food for thought? And doesn't need to be implemented if found not needed but it could be exciting.

(P.S. For those players concerned about this idea: I know this isn't classic but neither was adding serverwide OOC chat to pvp servers in Everquest.)

By the way - Thanks Rogean, developers, GMs and Guides for supporting Everquest Project 1999. *Cheers!

[vales]

they aren't going to make changes like that

the next best thing is to encourage people to join the tunnelquest discord

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Botten [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Red server's peak population in April 2014 had an active population reaching 100 players.

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100 eh?

[Swish]

If you ever watch twitch you'll see there's a couple of tunnel cam streams. Whoever puts those up does great work. That's one workaround that keeps it classic in game.

[cd288]

Server wide auction channel? Lol

"Hey I'd like to buy that thing you're selling where are you?"
"I'm in the Hole where are you?"
"Oh, I'm in Everfrost"

Discord already serves this same purpose.

[Zuranthium]

Global /ooc is wonderful, I'd put it in for Blue until a merge happens. It's not classic for server population to be so low (and thus most zones being empty and new players not having the ability to ask questions to people in their zone), so the more classic and logical thing is having global /ooc in this case.

Although keeping it as a unique feature of Red is also desirable.

[Goregasmic]

Originally Posted by Botten [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Many of the players have reverted to cash is king when selling their wares; no longer accepting trades.

Yeah that's because most people offering trades are merely trying to shift their burden on you instead of offering something desirable. Yeah I'll come out ahead by 200pp if I sell all your stuff at market price but now I have 3 things to sell instead of one.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Discord already serves this same purpose.

Yeah a lot of trading has been done out of EC for a while now. I wouldn't be suprised if most of it was done on Discord now.

There is already a player solution for global auction chat.

[Teddie1056]

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[loramin]

This idea is lipstick on a pig. Merge Green into Blue, as should have happened (by the staff's own plan) years ago, and this whole thread becomes moot.