In-game auction houses may be taken for granted by World of Warcraft or Star Wars: The Old Republic players, but not every gaming economy is blessed with such intuitive in-game commerce systems that manage to successfully avoid disrupting the fun of the loot-upgrading experience. We all saw how disastrous the Diablo 3 auction house experiment was, and that had been produced by a company with close to a decade of experience running gaming auction houses. To help avoid some of the problems that come along with being able to trade for or buy all the best gear in the game, the developers of The Elder Scrolls Online opted to omit an auction system from the game. But that doesn’t mean players haven’t found a way around that hurdle…
The community at TESO Elite have put together a fully-functioning marketplace forum to make up for the game’s lack of options when it comes to global commerce. The forum offers TESO players an organized venue to buy, sell, and trade in-game items. Not only have the fans of TESO embraced the grassroots auction forum, but the game’s creators are also giving the forum the thumbs up.
