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| Author | Acution bid program(hack)? |
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| Is there such a thing as a program that automatically re-bids on items in the market when you've been outbid or is there some option I'm not seeing in the game? I'm asking because I often place a bid and see that I have already been outbid (without previously being told that I'm the highest bidder). Also, is that legal? Using programs that automatically do your work, I know most browser MMO's ban these and I believe that's why there's an enroll code in place here. | | [Post deleted by moderator EROCS // nvm. Follow misself's.] | 6. Instant raising of bids on the market - is not a 'cheat!', but the pecularity of auction mechanics instead. You can check it here: https://www.lordswm.com/help.php?section=27
Using programs that automatically do your work
scripts that havn't been approves are illigal | 6. Instant raising of bids on the market - is not a 'cheat!', but the pecularity of auction mechanics instead. You can check it here:
See, I don't understand this... what am I supposed to be looking at on that page? It describes how the Market works, but I see nothing there about an option to automatically re-raise over someone who just bid. I'm more inclined to go with EROCS' explanation that the Market simply didn't refresh and that's why when I posted a bid, it showed me that someone had bid higher.
I will be sure to check how many bids there are before and after I place mine, though. This way if I see something that looks like a scripted auto-bid I can report it or something. | This part:
Ordinary auction. It is an auction where the creator places a lot to sell an item. The character with the highest bid at the moment when the auction expires is considered the winner of the lot. The buyer can take part in auctions, increasing bids gradually or setting his or her highest bid right away. In the latter case, the program will effectuate gradual bids instead of the buyer, even if he or she goes offline, but won't bid higher than the preset maximal bid. | | Hmm... I see now. So basically instead of the Market showing me his highest bid, it shows me the current one, but if I do a minimal raise, it (the game itself) will automatically outbid me, is that it? I'm sorry to say, but this is just awfully wrong in my opinion, what does it help to not know how much the others bid? If I want to buy an item on an auction and I don't know how much the others have bid before me... it's silly and nothing like anything I've ever encountered. | Ordinary auction. It is an auction where the creator places a lot to sell an item. The character with the highest bid at the moment when the auction expires is considered the winner of the lot. The buyer can take part in auctions, increasing bids gradually or setting his or her highest bid right away. In the latter case, the program will effectuate gradual bids instead of the buyer, even if he or she goes offline, but won't bid higher than the preset maximal bid.
What happens is, someone places a higher bid than the minimum. Then, the program automatically makes that player match any new bids until their original bid is beaten. | What happens is, someone places a higher bid than the minimum. Then, the program automatically makes that player match any new bids until their original bid is beaten.
Just to clarify, minimum bid to outbid the previous highest bid is 101% of that, so if some placed higher than that, system will only show that 101%, and item will be sold at that 101% if no one else places anymore bid, and not at the initial "highest bid". | | Yes, Xeno, thank you, I understand now. I'll lock this, since my question has been answered, but I'm really disappointed, this system does not represent how auctions work and to me it just seems stupid (not knowing how much others have bid before me...). The whole point of an auction is to pay more then the others, if I don't know how much they bid, should I spend half an hour re-raising bid by bid, just so I can find out how much the person before me has ACTUALLY bid, then bid 1% more? Doesn't seem right and, frankly, I see no reason why it should be like this other then the fact that it saves a little money for the bidder - if he places a 2k bid and the highest under him is 500, he will actually pay 503 or smth, which is, again, NOT the whole purpose of an auction. It just looks like the Market is designed for the buyers, not the sellers or traders (like myself) who like to profit little by little from opportunities like last-minute bidding on low-cost auctions and such. | | closed by Lannik (2010-01-13 05:35:24) |
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