Hello,
I think it would be very beneficial for the server to reevaluate minimal character trade prices on some realms and items. I have 2 main suggestions :
1) Gear that is not BiS should cost much less
I higly doubt that anyone is going to pay for example 200-400 coins (price based on my own experience) for a badly or averagely geared character on Icecrown when they can get SHM for 150 coins or BiS pieces for roughly 23 coins each, which leads to people selling chars either completely without gear or just with a few good pieces (or a few pieces that somehow do not trigger the minimal price increase). Take this into consideration with market items too please, as I doubt anyone buys a non-HC Bloodsurge for 22 coins when they can get a HC one for 23 (This does not apply to Lordaeron and TBC realms atm because the market is different or not yet implemented there). This point also makes it kinda pointless to sell characters with mostly mediocre offspec items in inventory because it raises the price to astronomical amounts (1 coin is about the same as 1 dollar) and noone would buy that.
2) The prices should vary between realms based on rates, market rules, enabled services etc.
For example, with Lordaerons market rules, no instant 80 service and x1 rates the prices are, in my opinion, completely sensible and fine (even tho I doubt the majority of people sell for much more than preset minimum prices). But on realms like Icecrown or Neltharion, the same prices are kind of nuts and sometimes even comical because you can get the same stuff (except character name) cheaper. For example, a naked lvl 80 or 85 char should not cost 30 coins on realms on which you can create a char and give it instant max lvl for 20 coins. If you disagree, find me a person who would buy
this http://armory.warmane.com/character/...harion/summary moltdown char for the 96 coins minimum,
this http://armory.warmane.com/character/...harion/summary moltdown char with some time spent into it for a whopping 381 coin minimum (you could get that kind of gear with almost 0 effort instead of spending a 300 bucks donation worth of coins, thats like 5 or more AAA games of choice on day one release, hell you could even get a freaking handgun for that price where I live in),
this http://armory.warmane.com/character/...harion/summary another moltdown char with some really bad gear for a 273 coins minimum with inv included
or this http://armory.warmane.com/character/...ecrown/summary for the 207 coin minimum.
Minor suggestions :
+ chill on the minimal prices, it is cutting your profits considerably in my opinion, smiliarly to the effect that would happen if Valve decided that nothing on their market could be sold for less than 0.30+ dollars depending on item, which would not only cut their profits but result in the market moving to other sites like opskins (which is happening anyway but mostly because Valve has a maximum preset price and some poeple wont get satisfied until they get real cash)
+ make it visible to see the characters mounts please, would be awesome
+ make Heirlooms available for points at least on some realms like during the old Molten days
+ make America great again
Thank You, no hate pls and feel free to move or delete once read as I am not sure if I posted the topic in the right place