Bidding system didn't have the problem suggested here.

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Bidding system didn't have the problem suggested here.

Post by Killer on the drive home » Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:51 pm

You're now looking at a mini game ONLY those with leadership to 33 are going to win.

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Killer on the drive home wrote:
Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:59 pm
Oh, actually, it does appear Ive misread how it works. I have minor reading comprehension issues at times and with school back on, things are not always making sense to me.
Killer on the drive home wrote:
Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:05 pm
I thought it was a literal bidding war. Turns out it's a lottery.


Sorry, this thread is just a tired college student not acquiring all the words on the first read of an update.
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Re: Bidding system has a glaring problem.

Post by -XXX- » Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:53 pm

How is leadership related to it?

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Post by Killer on the drive home » Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:53 pm

Head bounties are basically liquid gold bars.
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Re: Bidding system has a glaring problem.

Post by The Rambling Midget » Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:58 pm

I think this is a complaint about the cost of potentially losing one or more 10% down payments. The truth is, if you don't have the means to throw away 10% of the purchase price of the quarter, you won't have the faintest hope of making rent, either. Setting aside guildhouses, this is going to be 6.5k a pop at most, and typically in the range of 500-2500gp.
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Re: Bidding system has a glaring problem.

Post by Killer on the drive home » Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:59 pm

Oh, actually, it does appear Ive misread how it works. I have minor reading comprehension issues at times and with school back on, things are not always making sense to me.
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Re: Bidding system has a glaring problem.

Post by ZeroPointEnergy » Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:59 pm

If you need a quarter there's plenty in Guldorand, there's vaults in Dis, and there's vaults in the Underdark.

It's a bit hard to feel sympathy for people losing 10% of their gold trying to get anything beyond sustainability.

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Re: Bidding system has a glaring problem.

Post by Killer on the drive home » Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:05 pm

I thought it was a literal bidding war. Turns out it's a lottery.
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Re: Bidding system didn't have the problem suggested here.

Post by Flower Power » Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:40 pm

Yeah, this is a significant improvement over what it was changed into being. The last quarter-buying system was hot trash.

This one is actually fair and equitable.
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Re: Bidding system didn't have the problem suggested here.

Post by Ninjimmy » Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:52 pm

Honest mistake, but could probably do with a thread lock if someone's about to do one
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Re: Bidding system didn't have the problem suggested here.

Post by The GrumpyCat » Sat Sep 11, 2021 12:19 am

Just popping in to say that this misunderstanding is absolutly understandable. But we couldn't easily come up with a better term other than 'Bid' even though that does have tottaly the wrong connotations. If someone has a better yet still catchy term to use, let me know!
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