Originally Posted by Captain Del
(Post 264416)
Sounds similar to some of the other posts, but here's what I think:
When you go in to your Sea Chest, in the Inventory Tab, near the "Redeem Code" Button, there can be a similar button that says "Trading." When you hit this button, it opens a separate pop-up from the Sea Chest, so that you can keep your inventory open.
In this little pop-up will be an auction house. Opening it will give you a list (scroll-down) of all the auctions that are open on your server. Each bar will describe which item is up for auction (with a picture of it from the owner's inventory), who is putting it up for grabs, what the current bid is, and what the buyout price is. (Explain that in a minute.)
Clicking on the bar pertaining to that auction will bring you to the screen for the auction. This will provide a description by the seller, the card for the weapon/item, the current bid, when the auction will close, and the buyout. At the bottom, there will also be an automatically updating box (like a chat box, only not,) that says what's going on in the auction. For example:
*Joe Shmoe bid 800 gold.
*Tom bid 900 gold.
*Joe Shmoe bid 1000 gold.
***Henry McRectangular Trousers bought out the auction for 2,500 gold.***
When somebody wins an auction, or buys out the auction, the transaction will automatically be made.
If somebody wants to set up an auction, they can go to a button at the bottom of the trading screen, that says "New Auction." Here, a new screen will open, that specifies what auction entails.
First, the pirate will drag which item they want to put up from their inventory (which opens automatically with the New Auction screen opening) in to a little box.
Next, they type a description. So, say I put up for auction a Lucky Charm. I could put as my description:
Next, you would set the prices. You can set two things: the starting price, and the buyout. The starting price is at what amount of gold the auction starts off at.
The buyout is what you are willing to end the auction for, if you were to get that. So, say I put up for auction a Seven Seas Cutlass, and set the buyout as an Admiral's Cutlass. If Billy from down the block sees that I want an Admiral Cutlass for an SS, and he's willing to make that trade, then he can put down the buyout, and he automatically wins the auction, with the trade being made automatically.
Finally, the seller will set when they want the auction to end, in the case nobody satisfies the buyout.
A "Bargain" option can also be made in an auction, where two pirates, the prospective buyer and the seller can bargain the deal of the auction. So, if Billy wants my SS, but only has a Vice Admiral's Cutlass, he can bargain with me, and maybe we can set a deal.
There will also be a button on the player card of each pirate, which can be used for private trades. When a person requests to trade, the person being asked to trade will recieve a "Would you like to trade with *******?" If they say yes, a pop-up is created, which contains a chatbox, for talking between the two traders, and a box for each trader, where they can put there items up.
So, say that Billy wants to give me 10,000 gold for my birthday. He'll open up a trade with me, and offer to trade 10,000 gold, in exchange for nothing. Both of us will recieve a pop up after bother of us finalize our deal (via a button,) where we'll both click yes. However, to prevent theft of unaware pirates, a popu-up will come up in this case saying, "This trade is unfair pertaining to the contents. Do you wish to continue?", where both of us will have to click yes to finalize our deal.
Of course, at any time, an auction or trade can either be closed, for modified, by wish of the creator.
Just my ideas.
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