Turn off trading, ban all RMT botters

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New players are just having a hard time understanding the filters, let alone how to scale them to a budget.
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Trading in this game is really complex, would be nice if a bigger content creator would sit down an make like an hour long video addressing things for newer players.


Agree. There's many things going on in the trade I don't know either, despite have been playing for years. I've just become used to it and don't mind much. But can totally understand if it stresses people out.

The main problem and most frequently asked question is probably "why does nobody respond". Now I know it's because traders often list things to determine the highest accepted price, like at an auction. Not to just sell them. I understand why this is frustrating to new players. It's also annoying if you know about it, but just want to upgrade your gear at that moment. After all you keep spending a good amount of time on whispering people until you eventually find someone who will respond.

So people calling for an "auction house" is contradictory - they just know "auction houses" from other rpgs where you can directly buy things without the other one having to confirm. But that's not an auction, it's just selling. They actually look for a "store".

Well the only thing that is bothering me personally is: people listing stuff for low prices, and then they don't respond because "I won't leave the map just for 1 Alch". Then why do you offer things for 1 Alch if you spend most of your time mapping and not responding to anyone. That way your stuff will never sell and just clutter your stash XD
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See title. The trading board is in the hands of RMT bots. Random items cost 20+ divine.

Turn off trading until further notice, investigate all the botters and ban everyone that has a significant amount of Exalt or Divine Orbs.

Trading board is as off now, unusable.


there is a whole game mode designed for you buddy
I fight the scourge by selling everything I find for 1 exalt only.
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New players are just having a hard time understanding the filters, let alone how to scale them to a budget.
[...]
Trading in this game is really complex, would be nice if a bigger content creator would sit down an make like an hour long video addressing things for newer players.


Agree. There's many things going on in the trade I don't know either, despite have been playing for years. I've just become used to it and don't mind much. But can totally understand if it stresses people out.

The main problem and most frequently asked question is probably "why does nobody respond". Now I know it's because traders often list things to determine the highest accepted price, like at an auction. Not to just sell them. I understand why this is frustrating to new players. It's also annoying if you know about it, but just want to upgrade your gear at that moment. After all you keep spending a good amount of time on whispering people until you eventually find someone who will respond.

So people calling for an "auction house" is contradictory - they just know "auction houses" from other rpgs where you can directly buy things without the other one having to confirm. But that's not an auction, it's just selling. They actually look for a "store".

Well the only thing that is bothering me personally is: people listing stuff for low prices, and then they don't respond because "I won't leave the map just for 1 Alch". Then why do you offer things for 1 Alch if you spend most of your time mapping and not responding to anyone. That way your stuff will never sell and just clutter your stash XD


Ya idk personally i dont bother listing anything for less than 10ex anymore since thats the lowest amount at the point im at now thats worth leaving my map for. If things sit in my 10ex tab for too long i just trash it.

People listing things for 1ex when they have no intention to ever leave a map and youll have to catch them at the perfect time are a bit pyscho really.

Only way around it is when you are buying items this cheap is to spam whisper 5-10 ppl at a time, take the first inv and ignore any inv's that come after. Which is just as scummy as the seller mentality mentioned.

Basically you have to throw out any normal social behavior youd expect in a game and just be a dickhead but it is what it is.
Last edited by BossOfThisGym#2062 on Dec 20, 2024, 12:35:04 PM
New to POE but if I'm understanding this correctly I need to farm for crafting drops that I'm not going to use to craft. Then I horde these as a currency so when I get enough I can go to a site outside of the game engine that I can then search for an upgrade ,cause I'm not getting that farming drops, and hope the person answers and sells it to me and that's how I progress? But now unless I get lucky and get something worth a lot which I need to sell I can't afford much good because of botting and RMT?

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