What is everyone’s views with the marketplace now that it’s been released? The server I was on voted to remove so I’ve not seen it myself but curious as to the views from others.
Have you made any purchases?
Is what’s on offer enticing?
Do you see this as the thin end of the wedge?
Are people who purchase getting an unfair advantage?
External link →I think the marketplace isn’t well implemented, in terms of being easy to access or even know about without reading the discussions or patch notes.
It’s exceptionally non-intrusive for an in-app purchase.
To be fair, variants are shown in the crafting menus. But we also wanted to leave it at that.
Variants don’t belong in the top level crafting menu. We all know that.
This is confusing to new players. I’m constantly bombarded with “why can’t I craft this?”.
This is frustrating to existing players. If I’m looking for the Egyptian canoe variant, I would be looking for a variant within the canoe item.
The new crafting UI was made as a result of a long test time of compromising between the desires of existing, experienced players that want to stack as much information as possible in the overview and new players that prefer way less overload. Getting it right for everyone seemed like an impossible task, but we feel the compromised result is one of the best we could do. Nontheless all the feedback outstanding was tracked and we'll likely iterate on that UI a few more times, maybe even introduce an "advanced" mode.
They do not belong in the game specially when the admin has turned off the store completly
They are part of the game and as such displayed. Servers have the ability to prevent users from using the marketplace and its contents on them, but not to alter the display of game elements.
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